Publications by authors named "Maria Eugenia Farias Almeida Motta"
Objective: To determine the prevalence of celiac disease in patients with myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy.
Methods: Fifty-six patients between 1 and 18 years old with dilated cardiomyopathy or myocarditis were evaluated and followed up at Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira. Patients with previous diagnosis of celiac disease were excluded.
Objectives: To present the main mechanisms that cause gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with diabetes mellitus, their frequency, and controversies as to their occurrence in children and adolescents.
Sources: Non-systematic review of the literature conducted in the MEDLINE/PubMed and SciELO databases (1983-2011), as well as relevant book chapters. The most relevant and up-to-date articles on the topic were selected.
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequencies of the HLA genotypes DQ2 and DQ8 and the alleles A1*05, A1*0201, B1*0201 and B1*0302 in individuals with celiac disease in Recife, northeastern Brazil.
Methods: HLA DQ2 and DQ8 genotyping was performed for 73 individuals with celiac disease and 126 first-degree relatives with negative transglutaminase serology. The alleles DQA1*05, DQA1*0201, DQB1*02 and DQB1*0302 were identified by sequencing using specific primers and the EU-DQ kit from the Eurospital Laboratory, Trieste, Italy and double-checked by the All Set SPP kit (Dynal).
Food allergy is an immunologically mediated adverse reaction to food protein. Cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA) is the most frequent type and is the one that is most difficult to diagnose. This study had the objective of analyzing the accuracy of hypersensitivity and specific IgE skin tests among children with CMPA and predominantly gastrointestinal clinical manifestations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate determinants of physical inactivity among adolescents aged 15 to 19 years in the city of Recife, northeastern Brazil.
Method: This case-control study involved 597 private school students aged 15 to 19 years selected by convenience sampling. Exclusion criteria were adolescents with diseases that interfered with or hindered anthropometric measurements, who were being treated with drugs or diet for excess weight or who had changed their physical activity over the past 30 days.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of cow's milk protein allergy in children with symptoms attributed to cow's milk intake.
Methods: Sixty-five children with symptoms attributed to cow's milk intake were studied. Diagnosis was established after an open oral food challenge test carried out at least 15 days after an elimination diet and absence of symptoms, with a follow-up period of up to 4 weeks after the test.
Objective: To investigate whether early weaning constitutes a risk factor for overweight at preschool age and to identify other factors that affect this association.
Methods: This was a case-control study of 366 children aged 2 to 6 years (176 boys and 190 girls) from three cities. The case group comprised overweight children, as defined by body mass index (BMI) for age greater than or equal to the 85(th) percentile.
Context And Objective: Low bone mineral density may be a finding among children and adolescents with celiac disease, including those undergoing treatment with a gluten-free diet, but the data are contradictory. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of bone mineral density abnormalities in patients on a gluten-free diet, considering age at diagnosis and duration of dietary treatment.
Design And Setting: Cross-sectional prevalence study at the Pediatric Gastroenterology Outpatient Clinic of Instituto Materno Infantil Professor Fernando Figueira.
Background: There was no study evaluating clinical characteristics of constipation according pediatric age groups.
Aim: To evaluate the clinical characteristics of patients with chronic constipation according to age group.
Methods: This retrospective study evaluated the demographic data and clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with chronic constipation who had been admitted to an outpatient clinic between May 1995 and December 2000.
[Effectiveness of anorectal manometry using the balloon method to identify the inhibitory recto-anal reflex for diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease].
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)
June 2006
Objective: To evaluate results of anorectal manometry performed with equipment made in Brazil for the screening of Hirschsprung's disease in children with chronic constipation.
Methods: Results of 372 anorectal manometries performed consecutively in children with chronic constipation were evaluated. The equipment (Proctosystem Viotti) has two channels for pressure registration by the balloon method and is connected to a computer using specific software.
Objective: To evaluate the association between low birth weight and nutritional status at the end of the first year of life.
Methods: This was a nested case-control study within a cohort. The study was carried out at maternity hospitals in four cities in the Zona da Mata Meridional in Pernambuco state, Brazil.
Context: Protein energy malnutrition constitutes a public health problem, especially in less affluent countries. The identification of amenable predictive risk factors is of major importance for policy makers to plan interventions to reduce infant malnutrition.
Objective: To identify risk factors for protein energy malnutrition among hospitalized low-income children aged 6 to 24 months.
Background: Persistent diarrhea is a multicausal disease. The analysis of risk factors for persistent diarrhea includes environmental and biological variables as well as therapeutical management.
Aim: To identify risk factors for persistent diarrhea among children hospitalized with acute diarrhea.