DAGOBERTO CALLEGARO
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Instituto Central, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
LIM/45 - Laboratório de Fisiopatologia Neurocirúrgica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/62 - Laboratório de Fisiopatologia Cirúrgica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/45 - Laboratório de Fisiopatologia Neurocirúrgica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/62 - Laboratório de Fisiopatologia Cirúrgica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Voiding Dysfunction in Patients With Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders(2016) CARVALHO, Fabricio Leite de; GOMES, Cristiano Mendes; APOSTOLOS-PEREIRA, Samira L.; BESSA JR., Jose; PINHEIRO, Marcello; MARCHIORI, Paulo E.; BRUSCHINI, Homero; SROUGI, Miguel; CALLEGARO, DagobertoAims: We assessed the lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and urodynamic findings in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMO-SD), a recently defined neurological disease. Methods: We prospectively evaluated seven men and 23 women (mean age 41.1 +/- 13.5 years) with an established diagnosis of NMO-SD who were invited to participate irrespective of the presence of LUTS. Neurological evaluation was assessed with the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and LUTS were evaluated with the Overactive Bladder questionnaire (OAB-V8) and the International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS). All patients underwent videourodynamics, transabdominal urinary tract sonography, urine culture, and serum creatinine levels. Results: The mean time of disease duration was 33.8 +/- 30.8 months. Neurological evaluation showed a mean EDSS score of 5.3 +/- 1.8. The most frequent videourodynamic findings were detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia (DSD) and detrusor overactivity (DO) in 11 (36.6%) patients, DSD without DO in seven (23.3%) and DO without DSD in six (20.0%) patients. Voiding dysfunction assessed by I-PSS and OAB-V8 increased with the degree of neurological impairment (P = 0.018; r = 0.42 and P = 0.006; r = 0.48 respectively). Patients with DSD had higher I-PSS (18.5 +/- 11.4 vs 7.0 +/- 9.2; P = 0.029) and OAB-V8 scores (22.8 +/- 15.8vs 9.1 +/- 7.8; P = 0.008), and worse neurological impairment (mean EDSS 5.9 +/- 1.8 vs 4.5 +/- 1.5; P = 0.027). Conclusions: Most patients with NMO-SD have LUTS and voiding dysfunction, with DSD and DO as the main urodynamic findings. The severity of the neurological disease is a predictive factor for the occurrence of voiding dysfunction and detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia. (C) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- A disturbed processing of graviceptive pathways may be involved in the pathophysiology of balance disorders in patients with multiple sclerosis(2016) FONSECA, Bruna Antinori Vignola da; PEREIRA, Cristiana Borges; JORGE, Frederico; SIMM, Renata; APOSTOLOS-PEREIRA, Samira; CALLEGARO, DagobertoThe purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between perception of verticality and balance disorders in multiple sclerosis patients. We evaluated patients and healthy controls. Patients were divided into two groups according to their risk of fall, with or without risk of fall, measured by a Dynamic Gait Index scale. Graviceptive perception was assessed using the subjective visual vertical test. Patients with risk of fall showed worse perception than those without risk of fall, p < 0.001. Misperception of verticality was correlated with the dynamic gait index scores (p < 0.001), suggesting that the larger the error for verticality judgment, the greater risk for falling. Considering that the perception of verticality is essential for postural control, our results suggested that the disturbed processing of graviceptive pathways may be involved in the pathophysiology of balance disorders in these patients.