Referred pain is frequently associated with misdiagnosis and unnecessary therapy directed to the pain location instead of its origin. When craniofacial pain is the sole symptom of myocardial ischemia, failure to recognize its cardiac source can endanger the patient. In particular, patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who do not experience chest pain run a very high risk of misdiagnosis and death. Pain that is limited to the craniofacial region during myocardial ischemia has so far been described only in case reports and its overall prevalence is unknown. Experimental research in animals suggests a vagal involvement in the pathological mechanisms of cardiac pain referred to the face. The aim of this study was to gain knowledge about the prevalence, clinical characteristics and possible mechanisms of craniofacial pain of cardiac origin, in order to improve the clinician’s ability to make a correct diagnosis. It was hypothesized that the quality of craniofacial pain from cardiac versus dental origin would differ, implying a high diagnostic validity. It was also hypothesized that craniofacial pain can be the sole symptom of a prodromal (pre-infarction) angina episode and that this pain location would be especially associated with cardiac ischemia in the areas more densely innervated by vagal afferent fibres. The study group was comprised of consecutive patients who experienced craniofacial pain of a verified cardiac (n=326) or dental (n=359) origin. Demographic details on age, gender and pain characteristics (location, quality and intensity) were assessed in both groups. Cardiovascular risk factors, cardiac diagnosis and ECG signs of ischemia were also assessed in the cardiac pain group. Ethics approval and informed consent for each patient was obtained. Craniofacial pain was found to be the sole symptom of myocardial ischemia in 6% of patients and was the sole symptom of an AMI in 4% of patients; this craniofacial pain was more prevalent in women (p=0.031). In those patients without chest pain, it was the most frequent pain location and was the only symptom of prodromal angina in 5% of AMI patients. The craniofacial pain included the throat, the jaws, the temporomandibular joints/ears and the teeth, mainly bilaterally. The pain quality descriptors “pressure” and “burning” were statistically associated with pain of cardiac origin, while “throbbing” and “aching” were associated with an odontogenic cause (p<0.001). In myocardial ischemia patients, the occurrence of craniofacial pain was associated with an inferior localization of ischemia in the heart (p<0.001). In conclusion, this study showed that pain in the craniofacial region could be the sole symptom of cardiac ischemia and AMI, particularly in women. Craniofacial pain of cardiac origin was commonly bilateral, with the quality pain descriptors “pressure” and “burning”, and pain provocation with physical activity and pain relief at rest. The association between the presence of craniofacial pain and inferior wall ischemia suggests a vagal involvement in the mechanisms of cardiac pain referred to the craniofacial region. Since the possibility of misdiagnosis and death in this group of patients is high, awareness of this clinical presentation needs to be brought to the attention of researchers, clinicians and the general public.

Thesis (M. Ed.(Educational psychology))-University of Pretoria, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Thesis--University of Turku, Finland, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--University of Turku, Finland, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--University of Turku, Finland, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references.

The use of geometric morphometrics (GM) in physical anthropology has increased markedly over the recent years. In current studies of secular change, anthropologists have more frequently turned to this technique as it provides scientists with a powerful tool for shape analysis. Secular change is defined as changes in the skeletal biology, usually seen in a population, resulting from shifts in living standards or exposure to a new environmental factor over a short timeframe (Jantz and Meadows Jantz 2000; Weisensee and Jantz 2011). Studies conducted in Europe, Asia, and the United States have shown significant signs of secular change in craniofacial morphology. This thesis will utilize GM analyses of 57 craniofacial landmarks from 313 individuals to determine secular change in the European male populations of the Raymond A. Dart and Pretoria Skeletal Collections located in Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa, respectively, with birth years ranging from 1850 to 1956. Craniofacial data points were collected using a 3D Microscribe digitizer, upon which the Generalized Procrustes Analysis (GPA) was used to align all landmarks into one coordinate reference plane. In order to determine the presence of shape change, a Principal Components Analysis (PCA) was run on the Procrustes coordinates of all individuals. Then, a multivariate regression of shape score on year of birth was conducted to determine the magnitude of change as explained over time. Following the multivariate regression, various Canonical Variates Analyses (CVA) were performed to determine whether secular change was occurring. In addition to collecting metric data, ultimate and proximate causes are explored to provide a more holistic understanding of the potential reasons for the changing or unchanging nature of the crania in the ancestrally European South African population. This study hypothesizes these collections will exhibit craniofacial secular change resulting from greater exposure to increased nutrition over time, greater access to healthcare, and socioeconomic and political stability. Additionally, genetic factors could be affecting the development of the crania through time. As many studies use the Dart and Pretoria collections in tandem to understand population-specific traits of modern South Africans, the presence of secular change will greatly affect the way researchers utilize samples for their studies. Forensic anthropologists study collections to create better estimations for elements of the biological profile such as stature, age, and sex. However, failure to take into account secular change would provide erroneous results. This study provides answers regarding the need to account for secular change if necessary. This research indicates that there are some changes occurring in the craniofacial morphology as see by the PCA, but the results of the CVA indicate that this is not necessarily due to secular change. The results do not clearly indicate the presence of secular change. There are many possibilities dictating potentially why. The first possibility is that there are small changes occurring in the craniofacial morphology; however, this is not caused by secular change. There are other variables, potentially genetic, that are influencing these slight changes that we see. Despite other nations with similar economic development trajectories experiencing a definite presence of secular change, the unique history and population structure of European South Africans could be contributing to the lack of secular change present. Another possible reason is the lack of passage of time from the industrialization of the nation. Furthermore, there is potentially not enough data tested to warrant a reliable conclusion that secular change is or is not occurring. With the cranium, the possibility exists that a minimum threshold of specimens is needed in order to have a reliable conclusion.

INTRODUÇÃO: As reconstruções ósseas craniofaciais utilizam enxertos ósseos rotineiramente. Entretanto, pode haver problemas na disponibilidade ou na cicatrização óssea. A engenharia tecidual visa a solucionar problemas como este, através da produção de órgãos e tecidos pela combinação entre matrizes, células e fatores de crescimento. OBJETIVO: O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar cranioplastias experimentais, através da combinação entre proteína morfogenética óssea tipo 2 (BMP-2) e diferentes matrizes e carreadores. MÉTODO: Realizamos um estudo experimental prospectivo, comparativo e aberto, dividido em sete grupos: 1 – BT: BMP-2 e fosfato de cálcio (TCP); 2 – BM: BMP-2 e matriz dérmica acelular Matriderm ® (MDM); 3 – BA: BMP-2 e alginato de cálcio (ALG); 4 – TCP; 5 – MDM; 6 – ALG; 7 – Enxerto autógeno ou autoenxerto (AEN). Uma falha de 3 x 5 mm foi criada no osso parietal esquerdo de camundongos machos adultos, com mais de 3 meses. No mesmo tempo cirúrgico, uma das sete reconstruções foi realizada. Após cinco semanas, os animais for submetidos a eutanásia e um bloco ósseo, envolvendo a cranioplastia e uma margem de osso nativo circunjacente, foi retirado e preparado para análise histológica. Utilizamos o teste de Kruskal-Wallis para a análise estatística, com nível de significância de P<0,05. Os critérios histológicos utilizados foram: fusão de corticais; neoformação óssea; neovascularização e formação de medula óssea. RESULTADOS: Foram estudados 38 animais. Em todos os animais, houve permanência do material utilizado para reconstrução. Não houve retração cicatricial nem deiscência em nenhum dos casos. Uma incidência elevada de infecção ocorreu no grupo MDM (57%, P=0,037). Houve diferença estatística na maioria dos critérios avaliados. No critério fusão de corticais, os grupos AEN, TCP e BT obtiveram as melhores pontuações em relação aos demais (P=0,00846). No critério neoformação óssea, os grupos BT, AEN e TCP obtiveram as melhores pontuações (P=0,00835). Já no quesito neovascularização, os grupos melhor pontuados foram BM, BA, TCP e MDM em relação aos demais (P=0,001695). Por fim, no critério formação de medula óssea, o AEN liderou a pontuação, seguido dos grupos BT e TCP (P=0,008317). CONCLUSÕES: O uso de BMP-2 melhorou a regeneração óssea de cranioplastias experimentais, principalmente com a associação de TCP, que foi comparável ao AEN, o padrão-ouro, em alguns critérios histológicos. Ademais, a associação BM aumentou significativamente a neovascularização na área receptora e diminuiu a incidência de infecção em relação à MDM isolada. / INTRODUCTION: Bone craniofacial reconstructions employ bone grafts routinely. Nevertheless, there may be troubles either in availability or healing. Tissue engineering aims to solve such problems, building either organs or tissues through combination among matrices, cells and growth factors. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate experimental cranial vault reconstructions, by combining bone morphogenetic protein type 2 (BMP-2) and different matrices or cell carriers. METHOD: We performed an experimental, open, prospective and comparative study, divided in seven groups: 1 – BT: BMP-2 and calcium phosphate (TCP); 2 – BM: BMP-2 and acellular dermal matrix Matriderm® (MDM); 3 – BA: BMP-2 and calcium alginate (ALG); 4 – TCP; 5 – MDM; 6 – ALG; 7 – Bone autograft (BAG). A bone failure, measuring approximately 3 x 5 mm was created in left parietal bone of adult male mice, aging more than 3 months old. At the same procedure, one of the seven reconstructions was performed. After five weeks, animals were sacrificed and a bone block, including cranial vault reconstruction area and nearby native bone was removed and processed to histological analysis. Statistics was made with Kruskal-Wallis test, and significance was considered when P<0.05. Histological criteria were: cortical fusion; new bone formation; neovascularization; and bone marrow formation. RESULTS: Thirty-eight animals were evaluated. In all of them, materials used to reconstruction remained at the receptor site. There has been neither dehiscence nor wound retraction in any case. A higher incidence of infection has occurred in MDM group (57%, P=0.037). There has been significant difference in most of the studied histological criteria. In cortical fusion, groups BAG, TCP, and BT have got the best scores, comparing to the others (P=0.00846). In new bone formation, groups BT, BAG, and TCP have presented the best scores (P=0.00835). When neovascularization was considered, best groups were BM, BA, TCP, and MDM (P=0.001695). At last, BAG group has been the best in bone marrow formation, followed by groups BT and TCP (P=0.008317). CONCLUSIONS: BMP-2 has increased bone regeneration in experimental skull reconstruction, especially when combined to TCP. Such association was even comparable to BAG, the gold-standard treatment, in some histological criteria. Besides, BM group has increased significantly neovascularization in receptor area and decreased the incidence of infection, when compared to MDM alone.

Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa descritiva que teve como objeto de estudo as estratégias de enfrentamento dos pais com o nascimento de uma criança com anomalia craniofacial. Objetivou identificar o impacto causado nos pais frente ao nascimento de um filho portador de anomalia craniofacial; descrever as estratégias de enfrentamento que os pais utilizam para estabelecer vinculação com o filho que apresenta malformação. Utilizou o método Narrativa de Vida, através da entrevista gravada com 15 mães e sete pais de crianças com malformação craniofacial. O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. A coleta de dados foi realizada entre junho e agosto de 2014. As narrativas apontaram para a emergência de três categorias: Ter um filho com anomalia craniofacial: situação impactante; Estratégias de enfrentamento utilizadas por pais de crianças com malformação craniofacial; Pais e profissionais da equipe de saúde: uma relação conturbada. As categorias puderam explicitar que a notícia da malformação gera impacto e crise na vida dos pais e no seio familiar. A grande expectativa na gravidez pelo bebê perfeito se transforma em frustração, choque e culpa. Diante dessa adversidade, as famílias começam a desenvolver estratégias de enfrentamento que auxiliam vinculação com seu filho malformado. Essa capacidade de desenvolver forças e habilidades para se adaptar à nova realidade, minimizando os efeitos negativos, é chamada de resiliência. As narrativas apontam a experiência religiosa e a rede de apoio como as principais estratégias de enfrentamento utilizadas pelos participantes. A equipe de saúde é chamada a apoiar os pais ao longo do processo de adaptação com o filho malformado. Os profissionais de saúde podem auxiliar no suporte e adaptação destes pais, diante da nova condição, sendo agentes promotores da escuta terapêutica. Compreender o que há por detrás de cada história desvelada, traz subsídios para potencializar a resiliência no acolhimento institucional dos pais e sua família. / This paper is a qualitative descriptive research that studies the parents' confrontation strategies when in the birth of a child with a craniofacial anomaly. It targeted to identify the impact on parents of a birth of a child with craniofacial anomaly; to describe the parents' confrontation strategies to create a bounding with their ill-formed child. This paper used the Life's Narrative method through an interview with fifteen mothers and seven fathers of children with craniofacial anomaly. This study was approved by the Rio de Janeiro State University Ethics Committee. The data gathering took place between June and August 2014. The narratives pointed to the emerging of three categories: having a child with craniofacial anomaly: impacting situation; Confrontation strategies used by the parents of children with craniofacial anomaly; Parents and healthcare workers: a disturbed relationship. The categories were able to clarify that the ill-formation's news generate an impact and a crisis in the parents' life and in the family unity. The pregnancy's big anticipation for a perfect baby turns into frustration, shock and guilt. In face of this adversity, the families start to develop confrontation's strategies that assist the bounding with the ill-formed child. This capacity to develop forces and abilities to adapt to this new reality, minimizing its negative effects, is called resilience. The narratives point to the religious experience and the support system as the main confrontation strategies used by the participants. The healthcare team is called to support the parents through the adapting process to an ill-formed child. The healthcare professionals can auxiliate on supporting those parents through adaptation to this new condition being promoting agents of the therapeutical listening. Understanding what is behind each unveiled history brings aids to strengthen the resilience in the institutional reception of the parents and their family.

Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa descritiva que teve como objeto de estudo as estratégias de enfrentamento dos pais com o nascimento de uma criança com anomalia craniofacial. Objetivou identificar o impacto causado nos pais frente ao nascimento de um filho portador de anomalia craniofacial; descrever as estratégias de enfrentamento que os pais utilizam para estabelecer vinculação com o filho que apresenta malformação. Utilizou o método Narrativa de Vida, através da entrevista gravada com 15 mães e sete pais de crianças com malformação craniofacial. O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. A coleta de dados foi realizada entre junho e agosto de 2014. As narrativas apontaram para a emergência de três categorias: Ter um filho com anomalia craniofacial: situação impactante; Estratégias de enfrentamento utilizadas por pais de crianças com malformação craniofacial; Pais e profissionais da equipe de saúde: uma relação conturbada. As categorias puderam explicitar que a notícia da malformação gera impacto e crise na vida dos pais e no seio familiar. A grande expectativa na gravidez pelo bebê perfeito se transforma em frustração, choque e culpa. Diante dessa adversidade, as famílias começam a desenvolver estratégias de enfrentamento que auxiliam vinculação com seu filho malformado. Essa capacidade de desenvolver forças e habilidades para se adaptar à nova realidade, minimizando os efeitos negativos, é chamada de resiliência. As narrativas apontam a experiência religiosa e a rede de apoio como as principais estratégias de enfrentamento utilizadas pelos participantes. A equipe de saúde é chamada a apoiar os pais ao longo do processo de adaptação com o filho malformado. Os profissionais de saúde podem auxiliar no suporte e adaptação destes pais, diante da nova condição, sendo agentes promotores da escuta terapêutica. Compreender o que há por detrás de cada história desvelada, traz subsídios para potencializar a resiliência no acolhimento institucional dos pais e sua família. / This paper is a qualitative descriptive research that studies the parents' confrontation strategies when in the birth of a child with a craniofacial anomaly. It targeted to identify the impact on parents of a birth of a child with craniofacial anomaly; to describe the parents' confrontation strategies to create a bounding with their ill-formed child. This paper used the Life's Narrative method through an interview with fifteen mothers and seven fathers of children with craniofacial anomaly. This study was approved by the Rio de Janeiro State University Ethics Committee. The data gathering took place between June and August 2014. The narratives pointed to the emerging of three categories: having a child with craniofacial anomaly: impacting situation; Confrontation strategies used by the parents of children with craniofacial anomaly; Parents and healthcare workers: a disturbed relationship. The categories were able to clarify that the ill-formation's news generate an impact and a crisis in the parents' life and in the family unity. The pregnancy's big anticipation for a perfect baby turns into frustration, shock and guilt. In face of this adversity, the families start to develop confrontation's strategies that assist the bounding with the ill-formed child. This capacity to develop forces and abilities to adapt to this new reality, minimizing its negative effects, is called resilience. The narratives point to the religious experience and the support system as the main confrontation strategies used by the participants. The healthcare team is called to support the parents through the adapting process to an ill-formed child. The healthcare professionals can auxiliate on supporting those parents through adaptation to this new condition being promoting agents of the therapeutical listening. Understanding what is behind each unveiled history brings aids to strengthen the resilience in the institutional reception of the parents and their family.

INTRODUÇÃO: As reconstruções ósseas craniofaciais utilizam enxertos ósseos rotineiramente. Entretanto, pode haver problemas na disponibilidade ou na cicatrização óssea. A engenharia tecidual visa a solucionar problemas como este, através da produção de órgãos e tecidos pela combinação entre matrizes, células e fatores de crescimento. OBJETIVO: O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar cranioplastias experimentais, através da combinação entre proteína morfogenética óssea tipo 2 (BMP-2) e diferentes matrizes e carreadores. MÉTODO: Realizamos um estudo experimental prospectivo, comparativo e aberto, dividido em sete grupos: 1 – BT: BMP-2 e fosfato de cálcio (TCP); 2 – BM: BMP-2 e matriz dérmica acelular Matriderm ® (MDM); 3 – BA: BMP-2 e alginato de cálcio (ALG); 4 – TCP; 5 – MDM; 6 – ALG; 7 – Enxerto autógeno ou autoenxerto (AEN). Uma falha de 3 x 5 mm foi criada no osso parietal esquerdo de camundongos machos adultos, com mais de 3 meses. No mesmo tempo cirúrgico, uma das sete reconstruções foi realizada. Após cinco semanas, os animais for submetidos a eutanásia e um bloco ósseo, envolvendo a cranioplastia e uma margem de osso nativo circunjacente, foi retirado e preparado para análise histológica. Utilizamos o teste de Kruskal-Wallis para a análise estatística, com nível de significância de P<0,05. Os critérios histológicos utilizados foram: fusão de corticais; neoformação óssea; neovascularização e formação de medula óssea. RESULTADOS: Foram estudados 38 animais. Em todos os animais, houve permanência do material utilizado para reconstrução. Não houve retração cicatricial nem deiscência em nenhum dos casos. Uma incidência elevada de infecção ocorreu no grupo MDM (57%, P=0,037). Houve diferença estatística na maioria dos critérios avaliados. No critério fusão de corticais, os grupos AEN, TCP e BT obtiveram as melhores pontuações em relação aos demais (P=0,00846). No critério neoformação óssea, os grupos BT, AEN e TCP obtiveram as melhores pontuações (P=0,00835). Já no quesito neovascularização, os grupos melhor pontuados foram BM, BA, TCP e MDM em relação aos demais (P=0,001695). Por fim, no critério formação de medula óssea, o AEN liderou a pontuação, seguido dos grupos BT e TCP (P=0,008317). CONCLUSÕES: O uso de BMP-2 melhorou a regeneração óssea de cranioplastias experimentais, principalmente com a associação de TCP, que foi comparável ao AEN, o padrão-ouro, em alguns critérios histológicos. Ademais, a associação BM aumentou significativamente a neovascularização na área receptora e diminuiu a incidência de infecção em relação à MDM isolada. / INTRODUCTION: Bone craniofacial reconstructions employ bone grafts routinely. Nevertheless, there may be troubles either in availability or healing. Tissue engineering aims to solve such problems, building either organs or tissues through combination among matrices, cells and growth factors. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate experimental cranial vault reconstructions, by combining bone morphogenetic protein type 2 (BMP-2) and different matrices or cell carriers. METHOD: We performed an experimental, open, prospective and comparative study, divided in seven groups: 1 – BT: BMP-2 and calcium phosphate (TCP); 2 – BM: BMP-2 and acellular dermal matrix Matriderm® (MDM); 3 – BA: BMP-2 and calcium alginate (ALG); 4 – TCP; 5 – MDM; 6 – ALG; 7 – Bone autograft (BAG). A bone failure, measuring approximately 3 x 5 mm was created in left parietal bone of adult male mice, aging more than 3 months old. At the same procedure, one of the seven reconstructions was performed. After five weeks, animals were sacrificed and a bone block, including cranial vault reconstruction area and nearby native bone was removed and processed to histological analysis. Statistics was made with Kruskal-Wallis test, and significance was considered when P<0.05. Histological criteria were: cortical fusion; new bone formation; neovascularization; and bone marrow formation. RESULTS: Thirty-eight animals were evaluated. In all of them, materials used to reconstruction remained at the receptor site. There has been neither dehiscence nor wound retraction in any case. A higher incidence of infection has occurred in MDM group (57%, P=0.037). There has been significant difference in most of the studied histological criteria. In cortical fusion, groups BAG, TCP, and BT have got the best scores, comparing to the others (P=0.00846). In new bone formation, groups BT, BAG, and TCP have presented the best scores (P=0.00835). When neovascularization was considered, best groups were BM, BA, TCP, and MDM (P=0.001695). At last, BAG group has been the best in bone marrow formation, followed by groups BT and TCP (P=0.008317). CONCLUSIONS: BMP-2 has increased bone regeneration in experimental skull reconstruction, especially when combined to TCP. Such association was even comparable to BAG, the gold-standard treatment, in some histological criteria. Besides, BM group has increased significantly neovascularization in receptor area and decreased the incidence of infection, when compared to MDM alone.