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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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"Transtornos mentais graves na comunidade: um estudo em São Paulo" / Severe mental illnesses in the community : a study in São Paulo, Brazil

Lilian Ribeiro Caldas Ratto 12 August 2005 (has links)
O adequado planejamento e implementação de serviços comunitários para cuidados de pacientes com transtornos mentais graves depende do conhecimento sobre as características destes transtornos e sobre a necessidade de cuidados destes pacientes. O presente estudo visou investigar características da população de pessoas com transtorno mental grave (TMG) em áreas de São Paulo e sua evolução em um período de um ano, utilizando desenho de corte transversal seguido de coorte prospectivo. Foram avaliados sintomas psiquiátricos, ajustamento social, violência, uso de serviços e uso de álcool, tabaco e substâncias psicoativas. Foram incluídos 192 participantes na primeira fase do estudo e reavaliados 149 (77,6%). O diagnóstico mais frequênte foi o de esquizofrenia (59.7%); 6.8% dos indivíduos apresentaram ajustamento social pobre e 120 (81.6%) não toveram internação psiquiátrica nos últimos 12 meses / Adequate planning and implementation of community-based care for patients with functional psychoses requires good knowledge about the occurrence and characteristics of the illnesses, and about the sufferers' needs for care. The aims of the present study were to investigate characteristics of a population with severe mental illness (SMI) São Paulo the evolution in one year, using a cross-sectional study followed by a prospective cohort. Assessments included psychiatric symptoms, social adjustment, services use, violence and patterns of alcohol, tobacco and drug use. From 192 subjects included at the cross-sectional study, 149 (77.6%) were re-assessed, at 1-year follow-up. Of the 149 subjects, the most frequent diagnosis was schizophrenia (59.7%); 6.8% presented poor social adjustment, and 120 (81.6%) had no psychiatric admissions in the 1-year follow-up
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Câncer do esôfago: repercussões metabólico-nutricionais da reconstrução do trânsito após esofagectomia; análise comparativa de gastroplastia versus coloplastia / Cancer of the esophagus: metabolic and nutritional repercussions of transit reconstruction after esophagectomy; comparative analysis of gastroplasty versus coloplasty

Orlando Milhomem da Mota 29 September 2003 (has links)
Foram analisados retrospectivamente os prontuários de 97 pacientes portadores de carcinoma do esôfago quanto às complicações intra-operatórias, complicações pós-operatórias precoces, complicações pós-operatórias tardias, alterações digestivas e nutricionais, mortalidade pós-operatória, qualidade de vida e sobrevida até 24 meses, após a reconstrução do trânsito esofágico, comparando esofagocoloplastia versus esofagogastroplastia. Os pacientes foram divididos em dois grupos: A, reconstruídos com o colon (55 pacientes) e B, reconstruídos com o tubo gástrico (42 pacientes). A histologia foi carcinoma espinocelular nos grupos A e B em 96,4% e 92,9%, respectivamente, e adenocarcinoma nos grupos A e B em 3,6% e 4,8% respectivamente. A faixa etária média nos grupos A e B foi de 55,1anos e 58,1anos. As complicações intra-operatórias mais importantes foram a hemorragia nos grupos A e B respectivamente, (1,8% e 28,6%) com diferença significativa, e lesão do nervo recorrente laríngeo (grupos A e B 5,5% e 0%, respectivamente). As complicações pós-operatórias precoces mais freqüentes foram às fístulas cervicais com os seguintes percentuais: grupos A e B 36,4% e 50,0%, e as infecções com destaque para as broncopneumonias (nos grupos A e B 14,6% e 23,8%). Estenose de anastomose ocorreu nos grupos A e B em 14,6% e 14,3%, com boa resolução através da dilatação endoscópica. As complicações pós-operatórias precoces totais foram maiores nos pacientes do grupo B do que nos do grupo A, com significância estatística. A mortalidade pós-operatória nos grupos A e B foi de 9,1% e 14,3%. O ganho ponderal variou de 0 a 12kg nos 6 primeiros meses de pós-operatório, com média nos grupos A e B de 3,3kg e 3,2kg. A capacidade de deglutição foi definida como boa, quando o paciente não apresentasse nenhuma dificuldade em ingerir sólidos, pastosos e líquidos e verificou-se nos pacientes dos grupos A e B os seguintes dados: 54,6% e 42,9%, boa capacidade de ingestão. A satisfação com o procedimento, traduzindo assim uma melhor qualidade de vida em relação ao período pré-operatório, alcançou nos grupos A e B 54,6% e 42,9%. A sobrevida até 24 meses nos grupos A e B registrou 67,3% e 42,9%. Conclui-se que a esofagogastroplastia associou-se a maior sangramento intra-operatório, e maior taxa de complicações totais no pós-operatório precoce, cabendo a ressalva da diferença entre operações realizadas em um único e dois tempos cirúrgicos. Estenoses tardias ocorrem em ambos os grupos, as quais foram resolvidas facilmente através de dilatações endoscópicas com uma média de três para cada paciente, com intervalo entre uma e outra de três a quatro semanas. Ganho ponderal e alterações digestivas e nutricionais foram semelhantes nos dois grupos. A sobrevida até 24 meses foi maior entre os pacientes do grupo A, com significância estatística. A coloplastia foi superior a gastroplastia em relação a alguns aspectos pós-operatórios tardios, sendo que para a maioria das variáveis ambos os procedimentos se equipararam / Medical records of 97 patients with carcinoma of the esophagus were reviewed, retrospectively, to determine intra-operatory complications, as well as early and late post-operatory complications, digestive and nutritional changes, post-operatory mortality, quality of life and survival up to 24 months after the reconstruction of the esophageal transit, by comparing esophagocoloplasty and esophagogastroplasty. The patients were divided in two groups: Group A, those who had undergone colon reconstruction (55 patients) and Group B, those who had their gastric tube reconstructed (42 patients). Histology was consistent with spinocellular carcinoma in groups A and B, with 96.4% and 92.9% respectively, while adenocarcinoma was a finding in groups A and B for 3.6% and 4.8% individuals, respectively. The average age for group A and B patients was 55.1 and 58.1 years. The most important intra-operatory complications were hemorrhage in group A and B patients, representing, respectively, 1.8% and 28.6%, with a significant difference, and a lesion of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (the figures for groups A and B are 5.5% and 0%, respectively). The most frequent early post-operatory complications were cervical fistulas, with the following percentages for group A and B patients, 36,4% and 50.0%, followed by infections. The most prevalent of those were bronchopneumonias (which represented 14.6% and 23.8% in group A and B patients, respectively). Stenoses of the anastomosis were noticed in 14.6% and 14.3% patients of groups A and B, with good resolution through endoscopic dilation. Total early post-operatory complications were higher for group B patients than for group A patients, with statistical significance. Post-operatory mortality in groups A and B was of 9.1% and 14.3%. Weight gain varied between 0 to 12 kg, in the first 6 months after the procedure, and the average figures were 3.3 kg and 3.2kg, for group A and B patients. The ability to swallow was defined as good when the patient didn\'t have any problems ingesting solid, creamy and liquid food, and it was possible to observed the following percentages in the two groups: 54.6% and 42.9%. In groups A and B 70.9% and 64.3% of the patients were satisfied with the procedure, which would represent better quality of life. relative to the pre-operatory status. Survival up to 24 months in groups A and B was recorded as 67,3% and 42,9%. It is then possible to conclude that an esophagogastroplasty was associated with more intra-operatory bleeding and a higher rate of total complications during the early post-operatory phase. It is worthwhile pointing out, at this time, that there was an outcome difference between surgery being performed as one or two separate procedures. Late stenoses happened in both groups and were easily solved through endoscopic dilations, an average of 3 per patient, at three to four week intervals. Weight gain and digestive and nutritional changes were similar for both groups. Survival within 24 months was greater for group A patients, a fact which proved to be statistically significant. Coloplasty was considered a better procedure than gastroplasty with regards to some late post-operatory aspects, but for most of the variables, both procedures can be considered equivalent
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Fatores prognósticos em pacientes com carcinoma epidermóide de laringe estádio clínico T3 tratados por cirurgia, radioterapia ou associações terapêuticas / Prognostic factors in patients with cT3 laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated by surgery, radiation or multimodality treatment

Laura Mannarini 11 January 2013 (has links)
A diminuição da sobrevida registrada para pacientes com câncer de laringe nas últimas décadas pode estar relacionada a mudanças nos padrões de tratamento. Na literatura recente, há uma polëmica sobre o tratamento de tumores laríngeos em estádio clínico T3 devido ao emprego disseminado de estratégias de preservação de orgãos (Hoffman, 2006). Embora os critérios de inclusão para o grupo de preservação de órgãos tendam a selecionar tumores de \"baixo volume\", a escolha de uma determinada estratégia depende também da formação profissional do médico, da experiência e da infraestrutura do hospital e dos desejos dos pacientes. Essa consideração pressupõe uma distribuição homogênea dos pacientes entre os grupos de tratamento. No entanto, deve-se destacar o papel prognóstico das variáveis relacionadas ao tumor, ao paciente e à opção terapêutica na prática clínica. Objetivo: Avaliar as características clínicas, patológicas e a expressão de biomarcadores ativados pela via do EGFR em uma série de casos em relação à evolução e ao prognóstico. Metodologia: No presente estudo, 145 pacientes consecutivos com diagnóstico de carcinomas avançados de laringe cT3N0-3M0 foram analisados retrospectivamente. Foram incluídos casos de carcinoma epidermoide de supraglote, glote, subglote e transglotte, tratados em uma única instituição por quatro diferentes estratégias de tratamento (cirurgia exclusiva; cirurgia mais terapia adjuvante; radioterapia exclusiva, e radioquimioterapia). Os dados foram obtidos a partir do Registro de Câncer do Hospital A.C. Camargo, São Paulo (1990-2007). Uma série de variáveis clínicas e patológicas foi avaliada pelo métodos de Kaplan-Meier e de regressão de Cox. Opções de tratamento também foram avaliadas como fator prognóstico. Associações entre características clínico-patológicas do tumor e sobrevida, sobrevida livre de doença e risco de morte, foram investigadas. Resultados: Três variáveis clínicas, as variáveis terapêuticas e cinco variáveis patológicas, foram estatisticamente significativas na estimativa de sobrevida específica em 5 anos (CS-5a). A sobrevida foi influenciada negativamente pela invasão do tumor primário do espaço pré-epiglótico (45,5%, P = 0,003), pescoço clínico (cN) positivo (37,6%, P = 0,031), invasão da área retrocricóide (0,0%, P = 0,009) , invasão linfática (44,1%, P = 0,015), extravasamento capsular (43,1%, P = 0,003), pescoço patológico (pN) positivo (42,9%, P = 0,001), linfonodos positivos nos níveis cervicais IV-VI (33,3%, P = 0,008), margens cirúrgicas positivas (22,2%, P = 0,001). O tratamento teve impacto na sobrevida (CS-5a): a taxa foi de 51,6%, quando houve tratamento adjuvante (devido a achado patológico positivo na peça operatória), diminuiu até 41,5% no grupo de radioterapia exclusiva (P = 0,039). Cirurgia exclusiva e radioquimioterapia influenciaram a sobrevida de maneira semelhante (74,0% ; 77,5%). Considerando variáveis clínicas e terapêuticas, resultaram ser fatores prognósticos independentes: invasão do espaço paraglótico (RR multivariado 1,92; IC 1,02-3,61), pescoço clínico (cN) positivo (RR multivariado 2,24; IC 1,11-4,50), invasão do espaço pré-epiglótico (RR multivariado 2,65; IC 1,46-4,81) e tratamento radioterapico exclusivo (RR multivariado 2,88; IC 1,31-6,30); incluindo as variáveis patológicas, resultaram ser fatores prognósticos independentes achados patológicos de extravasamento capsular (RR multivariado 3,09; IC 1,56-6,12) e margens cirúrgicas comprometidas (RR multivariado 3,45; IC 1,11-10,75). A investigação de expressão imunoistoquímica de dez biomarcadores das vias de transdução de sinal ativadas pelo receptor tirosina quinase Erb B (EGFR, Erb B2, Erb B3, Erb B4, RAS, MEK, ERK, mTOR, PTEN, p53) mostrou associação entre expressão imunoistoquímica positiva de ErbB3 e ErbB4 e expressão de biomarcadores da via MAPKs e AKT-PI3K (MEK e mTOR). A positividade desses biomarcadores, ou seja, a desregulação da rede ErbB foi associada à invasão linfática, ponto de partida do acometimento linfonodal que resultou ser fator prognóstico independente entre as variáveis clínicas e patológicas (extravamento capsular). Conclusões: Entre as variáveis clínicas e terapêuticas, resultaram ser fatores prognósticos independentes: invasão do espaço paraglótico, pescoço clínico (cN) positivo, invasão do espaço pré-epiglótico e tratamento radioterápico exclusivo. Quando foram incluídas as variáveis patológicas, resultaram ser fatores prognósticos independentes achados patológicos de extravasamento capsular e margens cirúrgicas comprometidas. A positividade dos biomarcadores estudados (desregulação da rede ErbB), foi associada a invasão linfática. / The decreased survival recorded for patients with laryngeal cancer in the last decades may be related to changes in patterns of management; in literature a recent debate has been dedicated to the management of clinical stage T3 due to the disseminated use of organ preservation strategies (Hoffman, 2006). Although inclusion criteria for organ preservation group tends to select \"low volume\" tumors, in clinical practice the choice of a determined strategy depends also to medical and hospital experience and infrastructure and on patients\' wishes. This consideration may suppose an homogenous distribution of the patients among the treatment groups, however in clinical practice several clinico-pathological and therapeutic prognostic factors are considered for therapeutic decision. Objectives: Evaluate clinical and pathological characteristics and expression of biomarkers activated by the EGFR cascade in a case series and analise the association with outcomes and prognosis. Materials and method: In the present study 145 consecutive patients with diagnosis of laryngeal advanced carcinomas, cT3N0-3M0, were retrospectively analyzed, including cancer of the supraglottis, glottis, subglottis and trans-glottis, treated in a single institution by four different treatment strategies (exclusive surgery, surgery and adjuvant therapy, radiotherapy alone, and radiochemotherapy). Data was obtained from the Cancer Registry, Hospital AC Camargo, São Paulo (1990-2007). A set of clinical and pathological variables were assessed by Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression methods. Treatment option was also assessed as prognostic factor. Associations between clinical-pathological features of the tumor and survival, disease free-survival and risk of death, were investigated. Results: Three clinical variables, the therapeutic variable and five pathological variables, were statistically significant in estimating cancer specific survival at 5 years (CS-5y). Survival was negatively influenced by primary tumour spreading as filling of pre-epiglottic space (45.5%, P = 0.003), clinical neck (cN) positive (37.6%, P = 0.031), invasion of retrocricoid area (0.0%, P = 0.009), lymphatic invasion (44.1%, P = 0.015), extra-capsular nodal spread (43.1%, P = 0.003), pathological neck (pN) positive (42.9%, P = 0.001), positive IV-VI levels cervical nodes (33.3%, P = 0.008), positive surgical margins (22.2%, P = 0.001); treatment impacted on CS-5y, it decreases at 51.6% if adjuvant treatment (positive pathological finding on operative specimen), up to 41.5% in exclusive radiotherapy group (P = 0.039); exclusive surgery and radio-chemotherapy influenced survival similarly (74.0%; 77.5%). Among clinical e therapeutic variables, invasion of paraglottic space (HR adjusted 1.92; IC 1.02-3.61), positive clinical neck (cN) (HR adjusted 2,24; IC 1,11-4,50), invasion of pre-epiglottic space (HR adjusted 2,65; IC 1,46-4,81) and exclusive radiotheraphy (RR adjusted 2,88; IC 1,31-6,30) resulted to be independent prognostic factors; including pathological variables, extracapsular node invasion (HR adjusted 3,09; IC 1,56-6,12) and positive resection margins (HR adjusted 3,45; IC 1,11-10,75) were independent prognostic factors. Exploration of immunohistochemical expression of ten biomarkers of the signal transduction pathways activated by tyrosine kinases receptor Erb B (EGFR, Erb B2, Erb B3, Erb B4, RAS, MEK, ERK, mTOR, pTEN, p53) showed association between positive immunohistochemical expression of ErbB3 and ErbB4 and biomarkers of MAPKs and AKT-PI3K pathways (MEK and mTOR); the dysregulation of the Erb B network was associated with lymphatic invasion, starting point for lymph-nodes involvement that resulted to be clinical independent prognostic factors. Conclusion: Among clinical and therapeutic variables, the identified independent prognostic factors were: invasion of paraglotic space, clinically positive neck, invasion of pre-epiglotic space and radiotherapy alone. When pathologic variables were included, extracapsular spread and positive surgical margins were identified as independent prognostic factors. Positive results of the studied biomarkers (dysregulation of Erb B network) was associated with lymphatic invasion.
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Qualidade de vida no seguimento tardio de doentes portadores de retocolite ulcerativa submetidos a proctocolectomia com conservação  esfincteriana há mais de dez anos / Quality of life in the late segment of ulcerative colitis patients submitted to restorative proctocolectomy with sphincter preservation over ten years

Alberto Luiz Monteiro Meyer 06 August 2009 (has links)
A proctocolectomia total com anastomose de reservatório ileal ao canal anal revolucionou a terapêutica cirúrgica da RCU tornando-se a operação de escolha, principalmente no adulto jovem, pois promove a retirada de toda a doença e permite a conservação esfincteriana. Após cerca de duas décadas de experiência com esta operação, cujos trabalhos iniciais preocupavam-se, sobretudo, com sua técnica e complicações, as atenções concentram-se atualmente no estudo da qualidade de vida de doentes submetidos à proctocolectomia com anastomose de reservatório ileal ao canal anal avaliando parâmetros sistêmicos, emocionais e sociais que possam interferir no cotidiano desses doentes. Para estudar a qualidade de vida após a operação, utiliza-se o Questionário de Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais (IBDQ), pois apresenta boa reprodutibilidade, reflete as alterações importantes que ocorrem no estado de saúde dos doentes com Doença Inflamatória Intestinal, podendo ser plenamente utilizado para averiguação do impacto, eficácia e eficiência de medidas terapêuticas e, além disso, foi recentemente traduzido e validado para a língua portuguesa. Não conhecemos estudos nacionais (base de dados PUBMED) que avaliem a qualidade de vida destes doentes, operados há mais de dez anos. Por esta razão, decidimos empreender o atual estudo, empregando a mesma metodologia utilizada em dissertação de mestrado apresentada e aprovada no Departamento de Gastroenterologia da FMUSP e publicado posteriormente, agora com o IBDQ devidamente validado para o Brasil. O estudo é formado por 36 doentes portadores de retocolite ulcerativa (RCU) submetidos à proctocolectomia com conservação esfincteriana e anastomose de bolsa ileal em J ao canal anal operados há mais de 10 anos. Os doentes foram atendidos no Ambulatório do Serviço de Cirurgia do Cólon e Reto da Divisão de Clínica Cirúrgica II do HCFMUSP a partir de 1985. Após aplicação do IBDQ, verificou-se que a qualidade de vida foi excelente em nove doentes (25%), boa em 11 (30,6%), regular em 13 (%36,1) e má em três (8,3%). Comparando a classificação do IBDQ com o sexo notou-se um predomínio de bons resultados no sexo masculino em detrimento do feminino. Ao compararmos a classificação com a idade percebeu-se que os maus resultados tiveram maior associação com idade avançada. Houve diferença de qualidade de vida quando comparamos os domínios, sendo que os sintomas intestinais comparados aos sistêmicos e sistêmicos aos aspectos sociais apresentaram diferença significante. No domínio sintomas intestinais encontrou-se menor pontuação para diarréia e maior para sangramento retal. Ao analisarmos as questões do domínio sintomas sistêmicos, notou-se que uma adequada noite de sono, sem ter que acordar devido ao problema intestinal, foi a que obteve a menor pontuação, inclusive a menor em todo o IBDQ. Por outro lado, disposição física obteve a maior pontuação. No domínio aspectos sociais, lugares sem banheiro e compromisso social obtiveram, respectivamente, a menor e maior pontuação. Finalmente, no domínio aspecto emocional, irritado e satisfeito e agradecido com sua vida pessoal obteve, respectivamente, a menor e maior pontuação. Além disso, esta última questão obteve a maior pontuação em todo o questionário. Em nosso estudo pudemos determinar qualidade de vida adequada e satisfatória após 10 anos, similar a encontrada na literatura; 85% dos doentes estavam satisfeitos e agradecidos com a operação realizada. A qualidade de vida excelente ou boa em 55,6% dos doentes foi menor do que anteriormente encontrado na FMUSP, o que talvez possa ser explicado pela expectativa pessoal almejada individualmente, inadequado esclarecimento sobre expectativas excessivamente otimistas e permanência ou incremento da dependência medicamentosa anteriormente utilizada. Neste estudo, verificou-se que os domínios intestinal e social foram, possivelmente, os que mais influenciaram os resultados no questionário de qualidade de vida. Além disso, o domínio sistêmico foi o que apresentou menor peso na pontuação final do IBDQ em ambos os estudos. O elevado índice de satisfação obtido com esses resultados demonstra que a bolsa ileal permanece como operação adequada e com resultados aceitáveis, inclusive demonstrado pela questão que apresentou maior pontuação no IBDQ. Conclui-se, portanto, que a possibilidade de conservação esfincteriana deve ser sempre aventada, visto que os doentes permanecem clinicamente estáveis e com elevada qualidade de vida mesmo após longos períodos / Proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis has revolutionized the surgical therapy of ulcerative colitis patients, making it the operation of choice, especially for the young adults for it completely removes the disease and allows the sphincter preservation. After about 20 years of experimenting with this operation, which initial work was concerned with, above all, its techniques and complications, currently has its attention focused on the study of the quality of life of patients submitted to proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis, evaluating systemic, emotional and social parameters which may influence in the day-to-day life of these patients. To study the quality of life after the surgery, the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ) was used since it presents reproducibility, reflects the important alterations which occur in the health condition of Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients and it can be thoroughly used to evaluate the impact, effectiveness and efficiency of the therapeutical measures, especially now, since it has been translated and validated to the Portuguese language. We are not aware of any national studies (PUBMED databasis) that evaluate the quality of life of patients who have been operated on over 10 years ago. For this reason, we decided to set this study out, employing the same methodology used in a Masters Dissertation presented and approved by the Gastroenterology Department at FMUSP which was later published, now with the IBDQ validated in Brazil. The study comprises of 36 Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients submitted to proctocolectomy with sphincter preservation using the J pouch reconstruction who have been operated on over ten years ago. These patients have been taken care at the Rectum and Colon Surgery Ambulatory Services of the Second Surgical Clinic Division of HCFMUSP as of 1985. After applying the IBDQ, it was verified that the quality of life was excellent for 9 patients (25%), good for 11 patients (30,6%), regular for 13 patients (36,1%) and bad for 3 patients (8,3%). Comparing the IBDQ classification to gender, it was noticed that the best results occurred to males in detriment to females. Upon comparing the classification to age, it was verified that the worse the results were associated to the older patients. There has been a notable difference in the quality of life when domains where compared, being these domains the intestinal symptoms compared to the systemic symptoms and the latter to the social aspects. In the realm of intestinal symptoms, a lower score for diarrhea whereas a greater one for rectum bleeding was observed. Upon analyzing the issues in the realm of systemic symptoms, it was acknowledged that a good night of sleep, without having to get up due to the intestinal problem, was the issue with the lowest score, as a matter of fact; it was the lowest score in the whole IBDQ. On the other hand, physical disposition scored the highest. In the social aspects realm, places deprived of restrooms and social appointments scored, respectively, the lowest and highest score. Finally, in the realm of emotional aspects, irritated and satisfied and pleased with his/her life scored, correspondingly, the lowest and highest score. Furthermore, the latter has scored the highest in the whole questionnaire. In our study, we could determine an adequate and satisfactory quality of life 10 years later, similar to the one found in literature; 85% of the patients were happy and satisfied having undergone the surgery. An excellent or good quality of life for 55,6% of the patients was lower than the one found previously at FMUSP, which may be explained by the individually desired personal expectation, inadequate information on excessively optimistic expectations, and the remain or increment of previously used drug dependency. It could be observed in this study that the intestinal realm and the social realm were, possibly, the aspects which were most influential in the results of the quality of life questionnaire. Moreover, the systemic realm was the least influential in the final IBDQ score in both studies. The high level of satisfaction obtained from these results shows that the ileal pouch remain the adequate surgery with acceptable results, corroborated by the highest score result question of the IBDQ. We can conclude, therefore, that the possibility of the sphincter preservation must be always taken into account since patients remain clinically stable and have a high quality of life even after long periods
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Índice antropométrico para "pectus excavatum" como método diagnóstico e de avaliação pré e pós-operatória: análise comparativa com o índice de Haller e o índice vertebral inferior. / Anthropometric index for "pectus excavatum" as a method of diagnosis and of pre and post-operative assessment : comparative analysis with Haller's index and the lower vertebral index.

Eduardo Baldassari Rebeis 20 June 2005 (has links)
Estamos propondo um índice antropométrico para pectus excavatum correlacionando-o ao índice de Haller e ao índice vertebral inferior. Estudamos 20 pacientes com deformidade e 30 indivíduos normais. Os pacientes portadores do defeito torácico foram submetidos à correção cirúrgica. A correlação entre os índices foi alta, a acurácia semelhante e houve diferença significante entre o pré e pós-operatório estabelecida pelos índices. / We are proposing an anthropometric index for pectus excavatum correlating it to Haller's index and to the lower vertebral index. We have studied 20 patients with deformity and 30 normal patients. Patients carrying thoracic defect were submitted to surgical correction. The correlation between the indexes was high, the accuracy was similar and there was significant difference between the pre and post-operative established by the indexes.
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O acompanhamento dos alunos egressos do Mestrado Profissional em Gestão e Avaliação da Educação Pública

Assis Júnior, Ademir José de 23 February 2017 (has links)
Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-09-27T18:01:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ademirjosedeassisjunior.pdf: 986268 bytes, checksum: fc8e83c0cb3ba1081f2d2c829b3a14b6 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-09-28T14:11:04Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 ademirjosedeassisjunior.pdf: 986268 bytes, checksum: fc8e83c0cb3ba1081f2d2c829b3a14b6 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-28T14:11:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ademirjosedeassisjunior.pdf: 986268 bytes, checksum: fc8e83c0cb3ba1081f2d2c829b3a14b6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-23 / A presente dissertação é desenvolvida no âmbito do Mestrado Profissional em Gestão e Avaliação da Educação (PPGP) do Centro de Políticas Públicas e Avaliação da Educação da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (CAEd/UFJF). As primeiras iniciativas referentes à pós-graduação brasileira datam de meados dos anos 1930 através de algumas missões acadêmicas apoiadas por governos estrangeiros. Nos anos 1950 foram criados o CNPq e a CAPES, entidades que buscavam fortalecer e desenvolver a pós-graduação no país. Porém, apenas a partir do Parecer 977/65, conhecido como Parecer Sucupira que nossa pós-graduação passou a ser reconhecida. Dentro dessa evolução novas formas de ensino foram desenvolvidas e dentre elas destacamos os mestrados profissionais. Esses cursos fazem parte da história recente da pós-graduação nacional e representa uma nova proposta de ensino, uma alternativa à formação de professores-pesquisadores, com um formato voltado para a prática, aproximando a produção acadêmica e o mundo do trabalho, favorecendo o desenvolvimento econômico e social. Entretanto, assim como os demais cursos, para garantir a manutenção de sua qualidade e promover ações de melhorias contínuas, esses cursos também devem acompanhar de perto seus alunos egressos. Este estudo é capaz de demonstrar os efeitos e resultados na vida profissional e pessoal desses estudantes e das instituições que por ventura representem. É dentro desse contexto, e sabendo da importância e dos ganhos gerados com esse monitoramento, que o caso de gestão apresentado a seguir analisou e discutiu o acompanhamento dos alunos egressos do Programa de Pós-Graduação Profissional, Mestrado em Gestão e Avaliação da Educação Pública – PPGP/CAEd/UFJF. Os objetivos definidos para este estudo buscam analisar o acompanhamento dos alunos egressos realizado pelo PPGP, discutir a importância de um efetivo monitoramento desses alunos após sua participação no programa e também, estabelecer ações de intervenção e melhorias contínuas ligadas aos problemas detectados com a pesquisa aplicada. Entre essas questões estão o baixo número de alunos participantes na pesquisa, a sua baixa produção técnico/acadêmica e a inexistência de uma avaliação junto aos convênios participantes do PPGP. Assumimos como hipóteses a necessidade e a importância da validação de um efetivo sistema de acompanhamento de egressos capaz de identificar e fornecer informações para a construção de uma base de dados sólida com capacidade de subsidiar ações de melhorias futuras voltadas para o crescimento do curso e benefício dos próximos alunos. Para tanto, utilizaremos, como metodologia as pesquisas bibliográficas, a pesquisa qualitativa, a entrevista em profundidade e o estudo de caso e como instrumentos, além de todo material bibliográfico, faremos uso também de um questionário semiestruturado e de um roteiro de entrevista não estruturado. / The present dissertation is developed in the scope of the Professional Master’s Degree in Education Management and Evaluation (PPGP) of the Public Policies and Education Evaluation Center of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd/UFJF). The first efforts regarding Brazilian postgraduate programs date back to the mid-1930s through some academic missions supported by foreign governments. In the 1950s, CNPq and CAPES, entities with the aim of strengthening and developing postgraduate studies in the country, were created. However, our postgraduate programs were only accredited after Parecer 977/65, known as Parecer Sucupira. Within this evolution, new methods of teaching were developed, with emphasis to the professional master’s degree. Those courses are part of the recent history of national postgraduate studies, representing a new teaching proposal, an alternative to the training of teachers-researchers with a practice-focused format, bringing academic production closer to the professional world and benefitting economic and social development. Nonetheless, as with another courses, in order to maintain its quality and promote continuous improvements, said courses must also monitor their alumni closely. This study is capable of demonstrating the effects and results on the professional and personal lives of those alumni and the institutions they may represent. It is within this context, aware of the significance and the gains this monitoring generates, that the management case presented here analyzed and discussed the monitoring of alumni of the Professional Postgraduate Program, Master’s Degree in Public Education Evaluation and Management – PPGP/CAEd/UFJF. The aims of this study are analyzing the monitoring of alumni carried by PPGP, discussing the significance of an effective monitoring of said alumni after their engagement with the program and also establishing continuous intervention and improvement actions related to the issues indicated by the applied research. Among said issues are the low numbers of alumni taking part in the research, their low academic production and the lack of an evaluation alongside the covenants that are a part of PPGP. We take as hypotheses the need and the significance of the validation of an effective alumni monitoring system, capable of identifying and providing information for the elaboration of a solid database able to subsidize future improvement actions focused on the development of the course and the benefit of future students. For such, we will use as a methodology bibliographical research, qualitative research, in-depth interviews and case study, and as instruments, besides all the bibliographical material, we will also use a semi structured questionnaire and a non-structured interview script.
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Non-response and information bias in population-based psychiatric research:the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort study

Haapea, M. (Marianne) 13 April 2010 (has links)
Abstract Study samples in medical research are selected according to the objectives of the studies. Researchers seek to collect data as extensively and reliably as possible. In practice, however, data are often missing or may be incorrect. This thesis covers some of the problems concerning missing data and data collection in psychiatric research. Methods for adjusting for missing data and for evaluating the reliability of data are presented. The data originate from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort (N = 12058). This study explored how participation in an epidemiologic study that includes questionnaires and a clinical examination is affected by mental health (N = 11540), and whether non-participants experience more severe clinical symptoms than participants in a psychiatric field study (N = 145) among subjects with a psychosis. Inverse probability weighting (IPW) was used to adjust for non-participation in comparisons of brain volumes between schizophrenia and control groups. The precision of self-reported medication use was also explored (N = 7625). In an epidemiologic study of all cohort members, subjects with a psychiatric disorder participated less actively than those without one. In the psychiatric field study, non participants were more often patients with schizophrenia than other psychoses. The psychiatric symptoms of non-participants were more severe and they needed more hospital care than participants. The use of IPW led to higher estimates of cerebrospinal fluid volume and lower estimates of grey and white matter volumes in schizophrenia patients, and increased the statistical significance of the differences in brain volume estimates between the schizophrenia and control groups. The precision of self-reported data on psychoactive medication use was substantial. Due to non-participation, the true prevalence of psychiatric disorders is probably higher than the prevalence estimates from field studies that are based on data provided by participants only. In order to reflect the true differences in the target population, weighting methods can be used to improve estimates affected by non-participation. Regarding psychoactive medication use, data collected by postal questionnaire can be assumed accurate enough for study purposes. However, it may underestimate the prevalence of medication use due to non-participation. / Abstract Tutkimusaineisto valitaan tutkimuksen tavoitteiden perusteella. Tavoitteena on kerätä kattava ja virheetön aineisto. Käytännössä kuitenkin osa tiedoista voi puuttua tai olla virheellistä. Tässä väitöskirjassa esitellään yleisesti menetelmiä huomioida puuttuva tieto analyyseissä ja arvioida aineistojen luotettavuutta psykiatrisessa tutkimuksessa. Aineisto perustuu Pohjois-Suomen vuoden 1966 syntymäkohorttiin (N = 12058). Väitöskirjassa tutkittiin, miten psykiatrinen sairastavuus vaikuttaa osallistumiseen epidemiologisessa tutkimuksessa, joka sisälsi kyselyitä ja terveystutkimuksen (N = 11540), sekä erosiko psykiatriseen kenttätutkimukseen osallistuneiden ja osallistumattomien psykoosipotilaiden kliininen taudinkuva toisistaan (N = 145). Käänteisen todennäköisyyden painotusmenetelmää käytettiin korjaamaan puuttuvan tiedon aiheuttamaa virhettä aivovolyymien estimaateissa skitsofreniapotilailla. Lisäksi arvioitiin itse ilmoitetun lääkekäyttötiedon luotettavuutta (N = 7625). Epidemiologisessa tutkimuksessa ne kohortin jäsenet, joilla oli jokin psykiatrinen sairaus, osallistuivat passiivisemmin kuin ne, joilla ei ollut psykiatrista sairautta. Psykoosipotilaat, jotka eivät osallistuneet psykiatriseen kenttätutkimukseen, sairastivat tutkimukseen osallistuneita useammin skitsofreniaa kuin muita psykooseja ja heidän taudinkuvansa oli vakavampi. Painottaminen kasvatti aivonesteen ja alensi harmaan ja valkean aineen tilavuuksien estimaatteja skitsofreniapotilailla, ja lisäsi aivovolyymien erojen tilastollista merkitsevyyttä skitsofreniapotilaiden ja vertailuhenkilöiden välillä. Itse ilmoitetun psykoaktiivisten lääkkeiden käyttötiedon luotettavuus oli merkittävä. Kadosta johtuen psykiatristen sairauksien todellinen vallitsevuus on todennäköisesti korkeampi kuin vallitsevuuden estimaatit, jotka on laskettu tutkimukseen osallistuneiden tiedoista. Painotusmenetelmiä voidaan käyttää parantamaan puuttuvan tiedon vääristämiä estimaatteja, koska painottamalla huomioidaan todellisia eroja kohdeväestössä. Tutkittaessa lääkekäyttötietoa postikyselyillä kerätyn aineiston voidaan olettaa olevan laadultaan riittävä tutkimustarpeisiin.
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Gastric erosions – clinical significance and pathology:a long-term follow-up study

Toljamo, K. (Kari) 15 May 2012 (has links)
Abstract Gastric erosions are superficial mucosal breaks. With the exception of bleeding, they are considered harmless, but their aetiology, histopathology and long-term course have remained unknown and even the evolution of gastritis in patients with gastric erosions is unclear. The present study aimed to solve clinical significance and pathology of gastric erosions in a long-term follow-up study. Initially, 117 patients and 117 controls were studied in 1974–1981, and a follow-up study was performed in 1996. We evaluated the presence of Helicobacter pylori and Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections, use of NSAIDs and alcohol, smoking, and assessed features of gastric histopathology. For follow-up, 52 patients and 66 controls were available. In the follow-up visit, 39% patients still had gastric erosions while 11% of the controls had developed erosions (p = 0.001). In H. pylori-positive subjects, peptic ulcer or a scar was more common in patients (17%) than in controls (4%, p = 0.006), but otherwise no increased morbidity or mortality was seen. High antibody titres against HSV predicted the persistence of erosions (p = 0.000), but H. pylori infection, use of NSAIDs, alcohol or smoking were not associated. Initially, inflammation was more active in the region of erosions than elsewhere in the antral mucosa, and more active inflammation in the erosion was associated with HSV seropositivity, H. pylori infection and the recent use of NSAIDs. Initially, H. pylori-positive subjects with chronic or recurrent erosions had higher scores of neutrophils compared to those with non-chronic/non-recurrent erosions. In H. pylori-positive subjects, body gastritis was initially less active in the patient group. With time, antral gastritis worsened only in the patient group. In H. pylori-negative subjects, there was no evolution of gastritis. These results show that a significant proportion of gastric erosions are chronic/recurrent but mostly without serious complications. However, H. pylori-positive patients have a significant risk to develop a peptic ulcer. A significant proportion of chronic gastric erosions is related to HSV infection. Focally enhanced inflammation modified by HSV or NSAID may be important in the pathogenesis of gastric antral erosions. Active inflammation in the erosions seems to predict their chronicity/recurrency. Patients with erosions share the characteristics of gastritis of the duodenal ulcer phenotype. / Tiivistelmä Eroosiot ovat mahalaukun pinnallisia limakalvovaurioita. Niitä pidetään vaarattomina lukuun ottamatta niihin liittyvää verenvuototaipumusta. Niiden etiologiaa, histopatologiaa ja taudinkulkua ei tunneta. Ei myöskään tiedetä eroosiopotilaiden mahan limakalvon tulehduksen kulkua. Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli selvittää mahalaukun eroosioiden kliininen merkitys ja patologia pitkäkestoisena seurantatutkimuksena. Alkujaan 117 potilasta ja 117 kontrollihenkilöä tutkittiin vuosina 1974–1981, ja seurantatutkimus tehtiin vuonna 1996. Selvitimme helikobakteerin ja Herpes simplex -viruksen (HSV) aiheuttamien infektioiden, tulehduskipulääkkeiden (NSAID) ja alkoholin käytön, sekä tupakoinnin esiintymistä. Lisäksi tutkimme histopatologisesti mahalaukun limakalvoa. Lopulta oli 52 potilaan ja 66 kontrollihenkilön aineisto käytettävissä. Seurantakäynnillä 39 prosentilla potilaista oli yhä mahalaukun eroosioita, kun taas kontrolliryhmästä vain 11 prosentilla oli kehittynyt eroosioita. Helikobakteeri -infektoituneilla maha- tai pohjukaissuolen haava/arpi oli yleisempää eroosioryhmässä (17 %) kuin kontrolleilla (4 %), mutta muuten ei esiintynyt lisääntynyttä sairastuvuutta tai kuolleisuutta. Tulehdus oli aktiivisempaa eroosioissa kuin viereisellä limakalvolla, ja tämä tulehdus liittyi korkeisiin HSV-vasta-ainetasoihin, helikobakteeri-infektioon ja NSAID:n käyttöön. Korkeat HSV-vasta-ainetasot ennustivat eroosioiden pysyvyyttä. Ensimmäisellä käynnillä aktiivinen tulehdus eroosioissa oli voimakkaampaa niillä helikobakteeri-infektoituneilla, joilla eroosiot olivat pysyviä kuin niillä, joilla eroosiot eivät uusineet. Helikobakteeri-infektoituneilla eroosiopotilailla mahalaukun runko-osan limakalvon tulehdus oli aluksi vähemmän aktiivista kuin vastaavilla kontrolliryhmän henkilöillä, mutta ajan myötä mahalaukun corpusosan limakalvon tulehdus voimistui vain eroosioryhmällä. Limakalvotulehdus ei edennyt helikobakteeri-infektoitumattomilla henkilöillä. Tulokset osoittavat, että merkittävä osa mahalaukun eroosioista on kroonisia/toistuvia, mutta enimmäkseen ilman vakavia komplikaatioita. Kuitenkin helikobakteeri-infektoituneilla eroosiopotilailla on merkittävä riski saada maha- tai pohjakaissuolen haava. HSV- infektio liittyy merkittävään osaan kroonisia mahalaukun eroosioita. Paikallisella tulehdusaktiivisuudella, jota HSV ja NSAID:n käyttö muokkaavat, saattaa olla tärkeä rooli eroosioiden synnyssä ja niiden kroonistumisessa. Eroosiopotilailla on samanlainen mahalaukun limakalvon tulehduksen jakauma kuin pohjakaissuolihaavaa sairastavilla.
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Outcome of implant-supported overdenture treatment

Kuoppala, R. (Ritva) 02 February 2016 (has links)
Abstract The retention of a complete denture and the patient’s adaptation varies considerably among different individuals. Resorption of the edentulous alveolar ridge differs greatly and some patients need implant-retained overdentures to enable adequate retention of their prostheses. In some extreme cases it is necessary to increase the volume of the alveolar ridge with bone grafts. The aim of this study was to examine the outcome of implant-supported overdenture treatment conducted in Oulu University Hospital. The aim was also to assess the impact of treatment on oral health-related quality of life and patient satisfaction. The study group was comprised of patients treated with a mandibular or maxillary implant overdenture and a group of patients with extreme mandibular bone resorption treated with extraoral bone grafts and implants. The treatments were performed in 1985–2013 thus also providing long-term results. The results of this study showed predictable and successful treatment outcomes also among elderly patients and in severe situations with bone deficiency. The most frequent complication in the clinical follow-up was loosening of the retention mechanism, commonly noted in other previous studies. Despite some minor mechanical defects in prosthetic structures or mild mucosal inflammation around the implants, they did not hinder everyday use of the prostheses. Neither the number of supporting implants nor the connection type seemed to have a great impact on patient satisfaction. Older patients with a mandibular overdenture seemed to be most satisfied. In conclusion, treatment with implant overdentures seems to be successful also in the long-term. / Tiivistelmä Kokoproteesin pysyvyys ja potilaan sopeutuminen proteesiin vaihtelee huomattavasti eri yksilöiden välillä. Hampaattoman luuharjanteen resorptiossa on eroja, ja osalle potilaista implanttikiinnitteinen peittoproteesi on välttämätön riittävän proteesin pysymisen mahdollistamiseksi. Hyvin pitkälle edenneissä luuharjanteen resorptioissa voi leukaluun lisääminen luusiirteillä olla tarpeellista. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää Oulun yliopistollisessa sairaalassa tehtyjen implanttikiinnitteisten peittoproteesihoitojen tuloksia. Tavoitteena oli myös arvioida hoidon vaikutusta suunterveyteen liittyvään elämänlaatuun ja potilastyytyväisyyteen. Tutkittava ryhmä koostui potilaista, joille oli valmistettu alaleukaan tai yläleukaan implanttikiinnitteinen peittoproteesi, ja potilasjoukosta, jolle hyvin pitkälle edenneen luuresorption vuoksi implanttihoito oli tehty luusiirteiden avulla. Hoidot tehtiin vuosina 1985–2013, ja tutkimuksissa voitiin arvioida myös peittoproteesihoidon pitkäaikaistuloksia. Tutkimus osoitti, että hoitotulokset olivat ennustettavia ja onnistuneita myös iäkkäillä potilailla sekä potilailla, joilla luupuutos oli kaikkein vaikein. Yleisin todettu komplikaatio kliinisessä tutkimuksessa oli proteesin kiinnitysmekanismin löystyminen. Pienet proteesirakenteiden rikkoutumiset tai lievät limakalvon tulehdusreaktiot implanttien ympärillä eivät kuitenkaan haitanneet proteesin toimintaa ja päivittäistä käyttöä. Peittoproteesia tukevien implanttien määrällä tai kiinnitystyypillä ei todettu olevan suurta vaikutusta potilastyytyväisyyteen. Kaikkein tyytyväisimpiä vaikuttivat olevan iäkkäät potilaat, joille oli tehty alaleuan peittoproteesi. Tutkimus osoittaa, että implanttikiinnitteinen peittoproteesihoito on menestyksellistä myös pitkällä aikavälillä.
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Integrating Strategic Sustainable Development into Assessing Following up Suppliers in Procurement Practices

Ibarra, Romina Busto, McCubbin, Lilli, Tschuschke, Sebastian January 2011 (has links)
Currently supply chains are globally interlinked, involve many different stakeholders and have a significant impact on the socio-ecological system. They are associated with materials extraction, design, production methods and volume, which result in pollutants and waste as by-products. Procurement plays a critical role in this process by serving as a ‘gate-keeper’. It acts as a great leverage point to influence which products and services are selected by organisations from the assessment of suppliers’ performance. This thesis examines how supplier assessment and follow up tools and their use by the organisation itself can work towards full sustainability. At present, there is a gap in current practices, with the most notable being a lack of vision of success for sustainability, a definition of sustainability that is not communicated across the supply chain, and the adoption of a short-term perspective. We develop two applications - a Golden Standard model and Key Elements for the organisation to embody to maximise its use in order to bridge this gap. These applications can be used by organisations to tailor their supplier assessment and follow up tools to ultimately move towards a sustainable society.

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