The use of contraceptives and their nutritional impact on medical students.

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the impact of contraceptives on medical students at the Federal University of Paraná and verify adherence, consequences, and lifestyle effects of the contraceptive method used.

Methods: This is an observational, cross-sectional study in which 214 participants answered an online questionnaire composed of 30 questions. For statistical analysis, the Stata® 16.

Antenatal screening of depressive and manic symptoms in south Brazilian childbearing women: A transversal study in advance of the pandemic scenario.

Background: The diagnosis of mood disorders (MD) during pregnancy is challenging and may bring negative consequences to the maternal-fetal binomial. The long waitlist for specialized psychiatric evaluation in Brazil contributes to the treatment omission. Almost 20.

Assessing Brazilian Medical Student Awareness About Global Surgery: A Survey-Based Study.

Background: Global surgery is an interdisciplinary field that advocates for access to equitable, affordable surgical services for all people. Engaging medical students in the field can strengthen the surgical workforce in low- and middle-income countries. We aim to investigate Brazilian medical students' acknowledgment of global surgery and their preferred learning platforms.

Myoma Expulsion after Uterine Artery Embolization.

Introduction: Uterine leiomyomas are the most common benign pelvic tumors in women over 35 years and can be symptomatic or asymptomatic. Among the main treatment strategies, there are hormone therapy, hysterectomy, myomectomy, and uterine artery embolization (UAE), a recent and promising treatment for patients who wish to avoid hysterectomy. Ideal candidates for UAE are women with symptomatic uterine leiomyomas that present no desire for pregnancy, premenopausal and heavy menstrual bleeding, or dysmenorrhea caused by intramural fibroids.

Influence of psychosocial distress in the results of elective lumbar spine surgery.

Background: Low back pain can be caused by several pathological entities and its perception can be altered by external factors, for example by some psychological and social factors. The objective of this study was to compare surgical outcomes in patients with or without psychosocial issues.

Methods: Single center, retrospective and comparative study.

The Effect of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Fertility in Experimental Retrocervical Endometriosis.

 To evaluate the effect of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on fertility in experimental retrocervical endometriosis.  A total of 27 New Zealand rabbits were divided into three groups: endometriosis, in which endometrial implants were created; mesenchymal, in which MSCs were applied in addition to the creation of endometrial implants; and control, the group without endometriosis. Fisher's exact test was performed to compare the dichotomous qualitative variables among the groups.

Evaluation of the prevalence of stress and its phases in acute myocardial infarction in patients active in the labor market.

Introduction: Acute myocardial infarction is a social health problem of epidemiological relevance, with high levels of morbidity and mortality. Stress is one of the modifiable risk factors that triggers acute myocardial infarction. Stress is a result of a set of physiological reactions, which when exaggerated in intensity or duration can lead to imbalances in one's organism, resulting in vulnerability to diseases.

Myocardial regeneration after implantation of porcine small intestinal submucosa in the left ventricle.

Introduction: Most cardiomyocytes do not regenerate after myocardial infarction. Porcine small intestinal submucosa has been shown to be effective in tissue repair.

Objective: To evaluate myocardial tissue regeneration and functional effects of SIS implantation in pigs after left ventriculotomy.

Effect of exercise associated with stem cell transplantation on ventricular function in rats after acute myocardial infarction.

Objective: To analyze the functional and anatomical-pathological effect of transplantation of bone marrow mononuclear cells associated to aquatic physical activity after myocardial infarction in rats.

Methods: Twenty-one rats were induced by myocardial infarction, through left coronary artery ligation. After a week, the animals were subjected to echocardiography for evaluation of left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF, %) and dyastolic and end systolic volume of the left ventricle (EDV, ESV, ml), randomized and the transplantation of mononuclear stem cells.

The functional effect of soybean extract and isolated isoflavone on myocardial infarction and ventricular dysfunction: the soybean extract on myocardial infarction.

Background: Myocardial infarction is a public health problem. Functional food is an alternative treatment for cardiovascular diseases.

Objective: The objective was to analyze the functional and anatomopathological post-myocardial-infarction effects of soybean extract (SE) and isoflavone (IF).

A periodized model for exercise improves the intra-hospital evolution of patients after myocardial revascularization: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To compare models of the postoperative hospital treatment phase after myocardial revascularization.

Design: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Hospital patients in a hospital setting.

Effect of anti-TNF-α on peritoneal endometrial implants of rats.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of anti-TNF-α in the treatment of endometrial implants in the peritoneum of rats.

Methods: Endometrial implants were surgically induced in 120 female Wistar-Albino rats. The animals were randomly divided into four groups.

Nutrient intake, anthropometric data and correlations with the systemic antioxidant capacity of women with pelvic endometriosis.

Objective: Endometriosis is a multifactorial disease of uncertain etiology. There is currently insufficient evidence to assess the participation of nutritional and anthropometric aspects and their association with systemic oxidative stress.

Study Design: Twenty-five women with endometriosis and twenty controls were selected and evaluated to determine calorie and nutrient intake, to obtain data on body composition and analyze antioxidant capacity by measuring total serum thiol levels using DTNB (5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid).

Effect of the bone marrow derived-mononuclear stem cells transplantation in the growth, VEGF-R and TNF-alpha expression of endometrial implants in Wistar rats.

Objective: To study the effect of bone marrow derived-mononuclear stem cells transplantation in the growth, VEGF-R and TNF-alpha expression of surgically induced endometriosis in an experimental model.

Study Design: This is an experimental study conducted in the Center for Health and Biological Sciences at the Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Brazil. Endometriotic implants were surgically induced in 120 female Wistar rats.

Evaluation of urinary incontinence in pregnancy and postpartum in Curitiba Mothers Program: a prospective study.

Introduction And Hypothesis: The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI), the pelvic floor, and the quality of life during pregnancy and in the postpartum.

Methods: Three hundred and forty-three women in the third trimester of pregnancy were submitted to physiotherapeutic evaluation for UI and evaluation of pelvic floor muscle function and were asked to fill out the King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ). Of these, 236 returned for postpartum evaluation (65.

Development of an experimental model of endometriosis in rats.

Objectives: To develop an experimental model of endometriosis in rats.

Methods: Thirty adult female Wistar rats were used. The surgical technique consisted of median laparotomy with identification of the bicornuate uterus and resection of a 2-cm segment of the right uterine horn.

White fibrous papulosis of the neck: the first South American case.

A 69-year-old woman presented with white papules on her neck. These papules were multiple, white, discrete, asymptomatic, non-follicular, 2 to 3 mm in diameter, and located on both sides of the neck. On histopathological examination, there was a thickened and abnormal organization of collagen bundles in the papillary to mid-dermis and a decrease in the number of elastic fibers.

Accuracy of laparoscopy for assessing patients with endometriosis.

Context And Objective: Diagnoses of endometriosis are based on observation of endometriotic lesions by means of laparoscopy, along with the pathological findings. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the macroscopic findings in relation to the histopathological findings. More specifically, we aimed to test the efficacy of laparoscopy alone for diagnosing endometriosis and to evaluate the laterality of endometriosis among the study population.

Depressive symptoms, anxiety, and quality of life in women with pelvic endometriosis.

Objective: To assess depressive symptoms, anxiety and quality of life in women with pelvic endometriosis.

Study Design: A prospective study of 104 women diagnosed with pelvic endometriosis. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D) were used to evaluate depressive symptoms; the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HAM-A) to evaluate anxiety symptoms; and the short (26-item) version of the World Health Organization Quality Of Life instrument (WHOQOL-BREF) to evaluate quality of life.

Positive correlation between serum and peritoneal fluid CA-125 levels in women with pelvic endometriosis.

Context And Objective: One of the diagnostic markers of endometriosis is CA-125, and elevated levels of this are caused by high concentrations in the ectopic endometrium. The objective of this study was to correlate CA-125 levels in serum and peritoneal fluid from women with and without pelvic endometriosis.

Design And Setting: This was a prospective, cross-sectional, controlled study of consecutive patients undergoing laparoscopy for infertility, pelvic pain or tubal ligation, during early follicular phase, at the university hospital of Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto.

Lipid peroxidation in the peritoneal fluid of infertile women with peritoneal endometriosis.

Objective: To assess the level of lipid peroxidation in the peritoneal fluid of infertile women with peritoneal endometriosis and of fertile disease-free controls.

Study Design: Level of lipid peroxidation (malondialdeyde, malondialdeyde with copper addition, and cholest-3,5-dien-7-one) was measured in the peritoneal fluid obtained from 21 women with endometriosis-related infertility and from 21 fertile women having tubal ligation.

Results: : The level of lipid peroxidation did not differ significantly (P > 0.