Incidental Diagnosis of Rheumatic Myocarditis during Cardiac Surgery-Impact on Late Prognosis.

Rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are still highly prevalent, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. RHD is a neglected and underdiagnosed disease for which no specific laboratory diagnostic test is completely reliable. This is a retrospective observational study, which included 118 patients with RHD who underwent cardiac surgery from 1985 to 2018.

Influence of image file and white balance on photographic color assessment.

Statement Of Problem: How the color parameters obtained from digital photographs may be influenced by illumination, file format, and subject color is unclear.

Purpose: The purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate color differences (ΔE) and CIELab color coordinates among different types of file formats of dental shade tab images with and without white balance.

Material And Methods: Different shade tab colors (n=10) were photographed with a digital camera under standard conditions.

Revisiting global cognitive and functional state 13 years after a clinical trial of lithium for mild cognitive impairment.

Objectives: To re-evaluate a sample of older adults enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of lithium for amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) after 11 to 15 years, re-assessing their current (or last available) global cognitive and functional state.

Methods: We recalled all former participants of the Lithium-MCI trial conducted by our group between 2009 and 2012 to perform a single-blinded, cross-sectional evaluation of their global clinical state to compare the long-term outcome of those who received lithium vs. those who received placebo.

Impact of a multidisciplinary evaluation in pediatric patients with nocturnal monosymptomatic enuresis.

Background: Enuresis (NE) is a clinical condition of multifactorial etiology that leads to difficulties in child/adolescent social interaction.

Methods: This was a prospective study on the impact of multidisciplinary assessment of 6- to 17-year-old patients with monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (MNE), including a structured history, clinical/neurological examination, bladder and bowel diaries, sleep diary and questionnaires, psychological evaluation [Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and PedsQL 4.0 questionnaires], urinary sonography, blood and urine laboratory tests, polysonography (PSG), and balance evaluation.

Topical betamethasone and hyaluronidase in the treatment of phimosis in boys: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy of three different formulations containing Betamethasone Valerate versus placebo in the topical treatment of phimosis. As a secondary goal, we compared the outcomes after 30 and 60 days of treatment.

Materials And Methods: Two hundred twenty boys aged 3 to 10 years old with clinical diagnosis of phimosis were enrolled.

Quality of life, behavioral problems, and marital adjustment in the first year after radical prostatectomy.

Unlabelled: Patients submitted for prostatectomy were evaluated regarding their quality of life, behavioral problems, and marital adjustment. Thirty-two patients aged 54-76 years old were included. The results indicated that prostatectomy does not prevent normal psychological functioning, although there is a relationship between smoking and lower quality of life in these patients.

Behavioral alarm treatment for nocturnal enuresis.

Purposes: To investigate the efficacy of alarm treatment in a sample of Brazilian children and adolescents with nocturnal enuresis and relate treatment success to age and type of clinical support.

Materials And Methods: During 32 weeks, 84 children and adolescents received alarm treatment together with weekly psychological support sessions for individual families or groups of 5 to 10 families.

Results: 71% of the participants achieved success, defined as 14 consecutive dry nights.

[Cushing's disease caused by pituitary macroadenoma].

Cushing's syndrome comprises the symptoms and signs associated with prolonged exposure to inappropriately elevated levels of free plasma glucocorticoids. When iatrogenic causes are excluded, the commonest cause of Cushing's syndrome is Cushing's disease, accounting for approximately 70% of cases. We present the case of a 20-year-old male patient with central obesity, moon face and purple-red striae, whose diagnostic investigation shows a pituitary macroadenoma.

Chronic ethanol intake and ageing effects on cortical and basal forebrain cholinergic parameters: morphometric and biochemical studies.

Abstract Twenty-eight Wistar rats treated orally with 20% ethanol solution, were divided into two groups: adult group (n = 19) and aged group (n = 9) consisting of animals aged 4 and 12 months, respectively, at the beginning of the treatment. Neurons from the basal nucleus region were counted and the percentage of choline acetyltransferase-immunoreactive cholinergic neurons was determined in adjacent sections. Acetylcholine release and choline-acetyltransferase activity in the cerebral cortex were assessed in the same animals.