Thirst Distress Scale for Patients With Heart Failure: Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Preliminary Psychometric Assessment in Brazil.

Thirst-related distress in individuals with heart failure (HF) is associated with exacerbated symptoms. This study aimed to culturally adapt the Thirst Distress Scale for Patients with Heart Failure (TDS-HF) for Brazil and assess the content validity of the adapted version. The TDS-HF was translated, back-translated, and evaluated for linguistic equivalence, clarity, relevance, and pertinence by seven professional experts.

Control Attitudes Scale-Revised-Brazilian Version.

Background: Heart failure demands self-care skills and behaviors that can be negatively impacted by a low level of perceived control (PC), a belief about having the necessary resources to deal with negative events. Having valid and reliable instruments to measure PC is important to support interventions that improve self-care and related outcomes. The Control Attitudes Scale-Revised (CAS-R) was developed in the United States to measure PC in cardiac conditions.

Symptom Status Questionnaire - Heart Failure - Brazilian Version: cross-cultural adaptation and content validation.

Background: In Brazil, there are no instruments available to measure the presence, frequency, severity and distress related to heart failure (HF) symptoms.

Aims: To adapt the Symptom Status Questionnaire - HF (SSQ-HF) into Brazilian Portuguese and to examine the content validity of the adapted version.

Methods: The instrument was translated, back-translated and evaluated by an expert committee for semantic, idiomatic, cultural, and conceptual equivalences.

Are the 50's, the transition decade, in choroid plexus aging?

The choroid plexus (CP) is an important structure for the brain. Besides its major role in the production of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), it conveys signals originating from the brain, and from the circulatory system, shaping brain function in health and in pathology. Previous studies in rodents have revealed altered transcriptome both during aging and in various diseases of the central nervous system, including Alzheimer's disease.

Assessing gastric residual volume: a description of nurses' clinical practice.

Objective: To analyze the differences in nurses' clinical practice for assessing residual gastric volume and identifying the theoretical framework which supports their practice.

Method: A cross-sectional study carried out by sending an online questionnaire by e-mail to nurses registered at the Regional Nursing Council of the State of São Paulo.

Results: This study included 598 nursing professionals, with 484 only providing care to adults and 114 exclusively to children.

Association between diabetes and causes of dementia: Evidence from a clinicopathological study.

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for dementia, especially for vascular dementia (VaD), but there is no consensus on diabetes as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other causes of dementia.

Objective: To explore the association between diabetes and the neuropathological etiology of dementia in a large autopsy study.

Methods: Data were collected from the participants of the Brain Bank of the Brazilian Aging Brain Study Group between 2004 and 2015.

Diabetes is Not Associated with Alzheimer's Disease Neuropathology.

Background: Previous evidence linking diabetes to Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology is mixed and scant data are available from low- and middle-income countries.

Objective: To investigate the association between diabetes and AD neuropathology in a large autopsy study of older Brazilian adults.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, diabetes was defined by diagnosis during life or use of antidiabetic medication.

Perivascular Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Coronary Artery Disease: An Autopsy Study Protocol.

Background: Perivascular adipose tissue (PAT) inflammation may have a role in coronary artery disease (CAD) pathophysiology. However, most evidence has come from samples obtained during surgical procedures that may imply in some limitations. Moreover, the role of B lymphocytes and inflammation in PAT that is adjacent to unstable atheroma plaques has not been investigated in humans using morphometric measurements.

Argyrophilic Grain Disease: Demographics, Clinical, and Neuropathological Features From a Large Autopsy Study.

Argyrophilic grain disease (AGD) is a frequent late-onset, 4-repeat tauopathy reported in Caucasians with high educational attainment. Little is known about AGD in non-Caucasians or in those with low educational attainment. We describe AGD demographics, clinical, and neuropathological features in a multiethnic cohort of 983 subjects ≥50 years of age from São Paulo, Brazil.