ROSSANA PULCINELI VIEIRA FRANCISCO
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Departamento de Obstetrícia e Ginecologia, Faculdade de Medicina - Docente
Instituto Central, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/57 - Laboratório de Fisiologia Obstétrica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Líder
Instituto Central, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/57 - Laboratório de Fisiologia Obstétrica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Líder
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- Variant rs17619600 in the gene encoding serotonin receptor 2B (HTR2B) increases the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a case-control study(2023) PENNO, Juliana Regina Chamlian Zucare; SANTOS-BEZERRA, Daniele Pereira; CAVALEIRO, Ana Mercedes; SOUSA, Ana Maria da Silva; ZACCARA, Tatiana Assuncao; COSTA, Rafaela Alkmin da; FRANCISCO, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira; CORREA-GIANNELLA, Maria LuciaBackgroundDuring pregnancy, the increase in maternal insulin resistance is compensated by hyperplasia and increased function of maternal pancreatic beta cells; the failure of this compensatory mechanism is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Serotonin participates in beta cell adaptation, acting downstream of the prolactin pathway; the blocking of serotonin receptor B (HTR2B) signaling in pregnant mice impaired beta cell expansion and caused glucose intolerance. Thus, given the importance of the serotoninergic system for the adaptation of beta cells to the increased insulin demand during pregnancy, we hypothesized that genetic variants (single nucleotide polymorphisms [SNPs]) in the gene encoding HTR2B could influence the risk of developing GDM.MethodsThis was a case-control study. Five SNPs (rs4973377, rs765458, rs10187149, rs10194776, and s17619600) in HTR2B were genotyped by real-time polymerase chain reaction in 453 women with GDM and in 443 pregnant women without GDM.ResultsOnly the minor allele C of SNP rs17619600 conferred an increased risk for GDM in the codominant model (odds ratio [OR] 2.15; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.53-3.09; P < 0.0001) and in the rare dominant model (OR 2.32; CI 1.61-3.37; P < 0.0001). No associations were found between the SNPs and insulin use, maternal weight gain, newborn weight, or the result of postpartum oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). In the overall population, carriers of the XC genotype (rare dominant model) presented a higher area under the curve (AUC) of plasma glucose during the OGTT, performed for diagnostic purposes, compared with carriers of the TT genotype of rs17619600.ConclusionsSNP rs17619600 in the HTR2B gene influences glucose homeostasis, probably affecting insulin release, and the presence of the minor allele C was associated with a higher risk of GDM.
- Increase in cesarean sections in Brazil - a call to reflection(2023) BRAGA, Antonio; SUN, Sue Yazaki; ZACONETA, Alberto Carlos Moreno; JUNIOR, Alberto Trapani; LUZ, Adriana Gomes; OSANAN, Gabriel; DUARTE, Geraldo; RAMOS, Jose Geraldo Lopes; WENDER, Maria Celeste Osorio; NOMURA, Roseli Mieko Yamamoto; FRANCISCO, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira; BORGES, Vera Therezinha Medeiros; MATTAR, Rosiane
- Pregnancy in women living with perinatally acquired HIV: Perinatal outcomes and drug resistance profile(2023) JR, Gilmar de Souza Osmundo; COSTA, Rafaela Alkmin da; RUOCCO, Rosa Maria Aveiro; FRANCISCO, Rossana Pulcineli VieiraObjectives: To analyze the perinatal outcomes of Perinatally acquired HIV Infection (PHIV) in pregnant women.Method: This retrospective cohort study included singleton pregnancies in Women Living with HIV (WLH) between 2006 and 2019. Patient charts were revised, and maternal characteristics, type of HIV infection (perinatal vs. behavioral), Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) exposure, and obstetric and neonatal outcomes were assessed. The HIV-related aspects considered were: Viral Load (VL), CD4+ cell count, opportunistic infections, and genotype testing. Laboratory analyses were performed at baseline (first appointment) and 34 weeks of gestation.Results: There were 186 WLH pregnancies, and 54 (29%) patients had PHIV. Patients with PHIV were younger (p < 0.001), had less frequently stable partnerships (p < 0.001), had more commonly serodiscordant partners (p < 0.001), had a longer time on ART (p < 0.001), and had lower rates of undetectable VL at baseline (p = 0.046) and at 34 weeks of gestation (p < 0.001). No association was observed between PHIV and adverse perinatal outcomes. Among patients with PHIV, third trimester anemia was associated with preterm birth (p = 0.039). Genotype testing was available only for 11 patients with PHIV, who presented multiple mutations related to ART resistance.Conclusions: PHIV did not seem to increase the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes. However, PHIV pregnancies have a higher risk of viral suppression failure and exposure to complex ARTs.
- Adverse Perinatal Outcomes among Adolescent Pregnant Women Living with HIV: A Propensity-Score-Matched Study(2023) OSMUNDO JUNIOR, G. D. S.; CABAR, F. R.; PERES, S. V.; WAISSMAN, A. L.; GALLETTA, M. A. K.; FRANCISCO, R. P. V.HIV infection and adolescent pregnancy are known to increase the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes. However, data are limited concerning the outcomes of pregnancies among adolescent girls living with HIV. This retrospective propensity-score matched study aimed to compare adverse perinatal outcomes in adolescent pregnant women living with HIV (APW-HIV-positive) with HIV-negative adolescent pregnant women (APW-HIV-negative) and adult pregnant women with HIV (PW-HIV). APW-HIV-positive were propensity-score matched with APW-HIV-negative and PW-HIV. The primary endpoint was a composite endpoint of adverse perinatal outcomes, comprising preterm birth and low birth weight. There were 15 APW-HIV-positive and 45 women in each control group. The APW-HIV-positive were aged 16 (13–17) years and had had HIV for 15.5 (4–17) years, with 86.7% having perinatally acquired HIV. The APW-HIV-positive had higher rates of perinatally acquired HIV infection (86.7 vs. 24.4%, p < 0.001), a longer HIV infection time (p = 0.021), and longer exposure to antiretroviral therapy (p = 0.034) compared with the PW-HIV controls. The APW-HIV-positive had an almost five-fold increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes compared with healthy controls (42.9% vs. 13.3%, p = 0.026; OR 4.9, 95% CI 1.2–19.1). The APW-HIV-positive and APW-HIV-negative groups had similar perinatal outcomes.
- Three-dimensional Ultrasound Evaluation of Lung Volume in Fetuses with Abdominal Wall Defect(2023) NISHIE, Estela Naomi; OSMUNDO-JUNIOR, Gilmar de Souza; MOHAMED, Samirah Hosney Mahmoud; TANNURI, Ana Cristina Aoun; GIBELLI, Maria Augusta Bento Cicaroni; CARVALHO, Werther Brunow de; PERES, Stela Verzinhasse; FRANCISCO, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira; BRIZOT, Maria de LourdesIntroduction: Abdominal wall defects (AWD) interfere with postnatal respiratory parameters. We aimed to evaluate lung volume (LV) in fetuses with AWD using three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound (US) and to correlate AWD with the type (omphalocele and gastroschisis) and size of the defect and neonatal morbidity and mortality.Methods: This prospective study included 72 pregnant women with fetuses with AWD and a gestational age <25 weeks. Abdominal volume, 3D US LV, and herniated volume were acquired every 4 weeks up to 33 weeks. LV was compared with normal reference curves and correlated with abdominal and herniated volumes.Results: Omphalocele (p<0.001) and gastroschisis (p<0.001) fetuses had smaller LV than did normal fetuses. LV was positively correlated with abdominal volume (omphalocele, r=0.86; gastroschisis, r=0.88), whereas LV was negatively correlated with omphalocele-herniated volume/abdominal volume (p<0.001, r= -0.51). LV was smaller in omphalocele fetuses that died (p=0.002), were intubated (p=0.02), or had secondary closure (p<0.001). In gastroschisis, a smaller LV was observed in fetuses discharged using oxygen (p=0.002).Discussion/Conclusion: Fetuses with AWD had smaller 3D LV than normal fetuses. Fetal abdominal volume was inversely correlated with LV. In omphalocele fetuses, a smaller LV was associated with neonatal mortality and morbidity.
- Pre-eclampsia (vol 9, 8, 2023)(2023) DIMITRIADIS, Evdokia; ROLNIK, Daniel L.; ZHOU, Wei; ESTRADA-GUTIERREZ, Guadalupe; KOGA, Kaori; FRANCISCO, Rossana P. V.; WHITEHEAD, Clare; HYETT, Jon; COSTA, Fabricio da Silva; NICOLAIDES, Kypros; MENKHORST, Ellen
- Tele-Intensive Care Unit Program in Brazil: Implementation and Expansion(2023) SCUDELLER, Paula Gobi; LAMAS, Celina de Almeida; ALVARENGA, Aline Morgan; GARCIA, Michelle Louvaes; AMARAL, Talita Freitas; OLIVEIRA, Martina Rodrigues de; MACEDO, Bruno Rocha de; TESTA, Carolina Burgarelli; BAPTISTA, Fernanda Spadotto; FRANCISCO, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira; CARVALHO, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro de; Tele ICU HCFMUSP Study GroupIn this scientific report, we aimed to describe the implementation and expansion of a Tele-Intensive Care Unit (Tele-ICU) program in Brazil, highlighting the pillars of success, improvements, and perspectives. Tele-ICU program emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo (HCFMUSP), focusing on clinical case discussions and training of health practitioners in public hospitals of the state of Sao Paulo in Brazil, to support health care professionals for treating COVID-19 patients. The success of implementing this initiative endorsed the project expansion to other five hospitals from different macroregions of the country, leading to the Tele-ICU-Brazil. These projects assisted 40 hospitals, allowing more than 11,500 teleinterconsultations (exchange of medical information between health care professionals using a licensed online platform) and training more than 14,800 health care professionals, reducing mortality and length of hospitalized patients. A segment in telehealth for the obstetrics health care was implemented after detecting these were a susceptible group of patients to COVID-19 severity. As a perspective, this segment will be expanded to 27 hospitals in the country. The Tele-ICU projects reported here were the largest digital health ICU programs ever established in Brazilian National Health System until know. Their results were unprecedented and proved to be crucial for supporting health care professionals nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic and guide future initiatives in digital health in Brazil's National Health System.
- Lung ultrasound versus chest computed tomography for pregnant inpatients with COVID-19(2023) BIANCOLIN, Sckarlet Ernandes; FERNANDES, Hermann dos Santos; SAWAMURA, Marcio Valente Yamada; QUEIROZ, Joelma; CENTOFANTI, Sandra Frankfurt; LIAO, Adolfo Wenjaw; LEITE, Claudia da Costa; FRANCISCO, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira; BRIZOT, Maria de Lourdes; BASSI, Aline Scalisse; FABRI, Amanda Wictky; SOUZA, Ana Claudia Rodrigues Lopes Amaral de; FARCHE, Ana Claudia Silva; IGAI, Ana Maria Kondo; OLIVEIRA, Ana Maria da Silva Sousa; WAISSMAN, Adriana Lippi; MARTINS, Carlos Eduardo do Nascimento; PAGANOTI, Cristiane de Freitas; DOMINGUES, Danielle Rodrigues; MIKAMI, Fernanda Cristina Ferreira; BAPTISTA, Fernanda Spadotto; CIPPICIANI, Jacqueline Kobayashi; ALBERTINI, Jessica Gorrao Lopes; NIIGAKI, Juliana Ikeda; GALLETTA, Marco Aurelio Knippel; MIYADAHIRA, Mariana Yumi; BARBOSA, Mariana Vieira; MAEDA, Mariane de Fatima Yukie; BARROS, Monica Fairbanks de; TAKIUTI, Nilton Hideto; MARTINELLI, Silvio; ARRYM, Tiago Pedromonico; GOMEZ, Ursula Trovato; FRANCO, Veridiana FreirePurpose To compare lung ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT) in the assessment of pregnant women with COVID-19. Methods Prospective study comprising 39 pregnant inpatients with COVID-19 who underwent pulmonary assessment with CT and US with a maximum span of 48 h between the exams. The thorax was divided into 12 regions and assessed in terms of the following: the presence of B-lines (>2), coalescent B-lines, consolidation on US; presence of interlobular thickening, ground glass, consolidation on CT. The two methods were scored by adding up the scores from each thoracic region. Results A significant correlation was found between the scores obtained by the two methods (rICC = 0.946; p < 0.001). They were moderately in agreement concerning the frequency of altered pulmonary regions (weighted kappa = 0.551). In US, a score over 15, coalescent B-lines, and consolidation were predictors of the need for oxygen, whereas the predictors in CT were a lung score over 16 and consolidation. The two methods, US (p < 0.001; AUC = 0.915) and CT (p < 0.001; AUC = 0.938), were fairly accurate in predicting the need for oxygen. Conclusion In pregnant women, lung US and chest CT are of similar accuracy in assessing lungs affected by COVID-19 and can predict the need for oxygen.
- Clinical characteristics, complications, and predictive model of histological chorioamnionitis in women with preterm premature rupture of membranes(2023) GALLETTA, Marco Aurelio Knippel; SCHULTZ, Regina; SARTORELLI, Mariana Fabbri Guazzelli de Oliveira Pereira; GUERRA, Eliane Cerqueira Leite; AGRA, Isabela Karine Rodrigues; PERES, Stela Verzinhasse; FRANCISCO, Rossana Pulcineli VieiraWe aimed to analyze the impact of histological chorioamnionitis (HCA) in the presence of preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM) on obstetric and neonatal outcomes, and its possible predictability. A retrospective cohort analysis of PPROM cases (20-37 weeks) was conducted comparing the patients with and without HCA, seeking a predictive model of HCA using logistic regression. A total of 295 cases of PPROM were selected, of which 72 (24.4%) had HCA. The group with HCA had a shorter latency period and a greater number of clinical and laboratory criteria in the evolution. The group with HCA had a worse comparative result and presented: lower gestational age at delivery, lower average birth weight, lower Apgar scores, longer neonatal hospitalization, worse maternal clinical conditions and, higher rates of stillbirth, low birth weight (LBW), very low birth weight (VLBW), complications in pregnancy and childbirth, and cesarean delivery due to fetal distress or chorioamnionitis. A predictive model for HCA was developed, with the following independent variables: abdominal pain (odds ratio [OR] = 11.61), uterine activity (noticeable contractions on physical exam) (OR = 5.97), fever (OR = 5.77), latency > 3 days (OR = 2.13), and C-reactive protein (OR = 1.01). With this model, an adequate receiver operating characteristic curve was found, with an area under the curve of 0.726, and some HCA probability curves were constructed for different clinical situations. In this novel study, we present a non-invasive predictive model, with clinical and laboratory variables, which may help in decision-making in a patient with PPROM.
- Pre-eclampsia(2023) DIMITRIADIS, Evdokia; ROLNIK, Daniel L.; ZHOU, Wei; ESTRADA-GUTIERREZ, Guadalupe; KOGA, Kaori; FRANCISCO, Rossana P. V.; WHITEHEAD, Clare; HYETT, Jon; COSTA, Fabricio da Silva; NICOLAIDES, Kypros; MENKHORST, EllenPre-eclampsia is a life-threatening disease of pregnancy unique to humans and a leading cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Women who survive pre-eclampsia have reduced life expectancy, with increased risks of stroke, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, while babies from a pre-eclamptic pregnancy have increased risks of preterm birth, perinatal death and neurodevelopmental disability and cardiovascular and metabolic disease later in life. Pre-eclampsia is a complex multisystem disease, diagnosed by sudden-onset hypertension (>20 weeks of gestation) and at least one other associated complication, including proteinuria, maternal organ dysfunction or uteroplacental dysfunction. Pre-eclampsia is found only when a placenta is or was recently present and is classified as preterm (delivery <37 weeks of gestation), term (delivery >= 37 weeks of gestation) and postpartum pre-eclampsia. The maternal syndrome of pre-eclampsia is driven by a dysfunctional placenta, which releases factors into maternal blood causing systemic inflammation and widespread maternal endothelial dysfunction. Available treatments target maternal hypertension and seizures, but the only 'cure' for pre-eclampsia is delivery of the dysfunctional placenta and baby, often prematurely. Despite decades of research, the aetiology of pre-eclampsia, particularly of term and postpartum pre-eclampsia, remains poorly defined. Significant advances have been made in the prediction and prevention of preterm pre-eclampsia, which is predicted in early pregnancy through combined screening and is prevented with daily low-dose aspirin, starting before 16 weeks of gestation. By contrast, the prediction of term and postpartum pre-eclampsia is limited and there are no preventive treatments. Future research must investigate the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia, in particular of term and postpartum pre-eclampsia, and evaluate new prognostic tests and treatments in adequately powered clinical trials. Pre-eclampsia is a life-threatening disease of pregnancy and a leading cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. This Primer by Dimitriadis and colleagues summarizes the epidemiology, mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of pre-eclampsia, and discusses patient quality of life and open research questions for this condition.