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Int Arch Occup Environ Health ; 96(6): 919-930, 2023 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37225876

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PURPOSE: The Keokuk County Rural Health Study (KCRHS) is a longitudinal population-based study conducted in rural Iowa. A prior analysis of enrollment data identified an association of airflow obstruction with occupational exposures only among cigarette smokers. The current study used spirometry data from all three rounds to investigate whether level of forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and longitudinal change in FEV1 were associated with occupational vapor-gas, dust, and fumes (VGDF) exposures, and whether these associations were modified by smoking. METHODS: This study sample comprised 1071 adult KCRHS participants with longitudinal data. A job-exposure matrix (JEM) was applied to participants' lifetime work histories to assign exposures to occupational VGDF. Mixed regression models of pre-bronchodilator FEV1 (millimeters, ml) were fit to test for associations with occupational exposures while adjusting for potential confounders. RESULTS: Mineral dust had the most consistent association with change in FEV1, including ever/never ( - 6.3 ml/year) and nearly every level of duration, intensity, and cumulative exposure. Because 92% of participants with mineral dust also had organic dust exposure, the results for mineral dust may be due to a combination of the two. An association of FEV1 level with fumes was observed for high intensity ( - 91.4 ml) among all participants, and limited to cigarette smokers with results of - 104.6 ml ever/never exposed, - 170.3 ml high duration, and - 172.4 ml high cumulative. CONCLUSION: The current findings suggest that mineral dust, possibly in combination with organic dust, and fumes exposure, especially among cigarette smokers, were risk factors for adverse FEV1 results.


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Doenças Profissionais , Exposição Ocupacional , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica , Adulto , Humanos , Estudos Longitudinais , Volume Expiratório Forçado , Iowa/epidemiologia , População Rural , Exposição Ocupacional/efeitos adversos , Poeira/análise
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Int Arch Occup Environ Health ; 95(8): 1741-1754, 2022 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35482110

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OBJECTIVE: Farmers have an increased risk for chronic bronchitis and airflow obstruction. The objective of this study was to investigate the association of these health outcomes with farm activities. METHODS: We evaluated the Keokuk County Rural Health Study (KCRHS) enrollment data for farm activities and the two health outcomes chronic bronchitis based on self-reported symptoms and airflow obstruction based on spirometry. We used logistic regression to model the health outcomes, yielding an odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) for farm activities while adjusting for potential confounders and other risk factors. RESULTS: Of the 1234 farmers, 104 (8.4%) had chronic bronchitis, 75 (6.1%) fulfilled the criteria for airflow obstruction, and the two outcomes overlapped by 18 participants. Chronic bronchitis without airflow obstruction (n = 86) had a statistically significant association with crop storage insecticides (OR 3.1, 95% CI 1.6, 6.1) and a low number of years (≤ 3) worked with turkeys (OR 3.3, 95% CI 1.2, 9.4). The latter result should be interpreted with caution because it is based on a small number of cases (n = 5). Airflow obstruction with or without chronic bronchitis (n = 75) was significantly associated with ever working in a hog or chicken confinement setting (OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.0, 4.5). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that work with crop storage insecticides or turkeys may increase the risk for chronic bronchitis and work in hog or chicken confinement may increase the risk for airflow obstruction.


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Bronquite Crônica , Inseticidas , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica , Bronquite Crônica/epidemiologia , Fazendas , Volume Expiratório Forçado , Humanos , Iowa/epidemiologia , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/epidemiologia
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Am J Kidney Dis ; 73(1): 90-101, 2019 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29784616

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There are 2 major categories of patients with seizures and chronic kidney disease (CKD): patients who develop acute symptomatic seizures in the setting of CKD and patients with epilepsy who at some point develop CKD. The incidence of uremic seizures with kidney failure is ∼10%. These seizures are often nonconvulsive and may mimic uremic encephalopathy. Recognition and management of such situations may be challenging for treating physicians who are non-neurologists. Furthermore, practitioners caring for patients with seizures with or without an established diagnosis of epilepsy in the setting of CKD frequently encounter challenges in the selection, loading, titration, and maintenance of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) due to potentially altered pharmacokinetics of the AEDs. We review the pathophysiology of uremia, uremic seizures, and other neurologic complications of kidney failure; management approaches to the treatment of such complications; the relevant mechanisms of action and pharmacokinetics of AEDs with their use in CKD; and in particular, the management of AEDs in patients requiring hemodialysis therapy.


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Anticonvulsivantes/uso terapêutico , Epilepsia/complicações , Epilepsia/tratamento farmacológico , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/complicações , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/metabolismo , Convulsões/complicações , Convulsões/tratamento farmacológico , Anticonvulsivantes/farmacocinética , Humanos , Uremia/etiologia , Uremia/metabolismo , Uremia/fisiopatologia
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Chem Res Toxicol ; 32(4): 727-736, 2019 04 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30729780

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Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been implicated in adverse human health effects, including developmental neurotoxicity. Several neurotoxic PCBs are chiral and undergo atropisomeric enrichment in vivo due to atropselective metabolism by cytochrome P450 enzymes. Here we study how the liver-specific deletion of the cytochrome P450 reductase ( cpr) gene alters the toxicokinetics of 2,2',3,3',6,6'-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB 136) in mice. Male and female mice with a liver-specific deletion of cpr (KO) and congenic wild-type (WT) mice were exposed to a single oral dose of racemic PCB 136 (6.63 mg/kg). Levels and chiral signatures of PCB 136 and its hydroxylated metabolites were determined 1-48 h after PCB exposure in whole blood. Blood levels of PCB 136 were typically higher in M-WT compared to F-WT mice. At the later time points, F-KO mice had significantly higher PCB 136 levels than F-WT mice. 2,2',3',4,6,6'-Hexachlorobiphenyl-3-ol (3-150), 2,2',3,3',6,6'-hexachlorobiphenyl-4-ol (4-136), 2,2',3,3',6,6'-hexachlorobiphenyl-5-ol (5-136), and 4,5-dihydroxy-2,2',3,3',6,6'-hexachlorobiphenyl (4,5-136) were detected in blood, with 5-136 and 4-136 being major metabolites. At later time points, the sum of HO-PCB (∑HO-PCB) levels exceeded PCB 136 levels in the blood; however, higher ∑HO-PCB than PCB 136 levels were observed later in KO than WT mice. PCB 136 and its major metabolites displayed atropisomeric enrichment in a manner that depended on the time point, sex, and genotype. Toxicokinetic analysis revealed sex and genotype-dependent differences in toxicokinetic parameters for PCB 136 atropisomers and its metabolites. The results suggest that mice with a liver-specific deletion of the cpr gene can potentially be used to assess how an altered metabolism of neurotoxic PCB congeners affects neurotoxic outcomes following exposure of the offspring to PCBs via the maternal diet.


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Fígado/efeitos dos fármacos , NADPH-Ferri-Hemoproteína Redutase/antagonistas & inibidores , Bifenilos Policlorados/toxicidade , Animais , Cinética , Fígado/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Estrutura Molecular , NADPH-Ferri-Hemoproteína Redutase/deficiência , NADPH-Ferri-Hemoproteína Redutase/metabolismo , Bifenilos Policlorados/química , Bifenilos Policlorados/metabolismo
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J Head Trauma Rehabil ; 34(3): 176-188, 2019.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30234848

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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to test the ability of oculomotor, vestibular, and reaction time (OVRT) metrics to serve as a concussion assessment or diagnostic tool for general clinical use. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Patients with concussion were high school-aged athletes clinically diagnosed in a hospital setting with a sports-related concussion (n = 50). Control subjects were previously recruited male and female high school student athletes from 3 local high schools (n = 170). DESIGN: Video-oculography was used to acquire eye movement metrics during OVRT tasks, combined with other measures. Measures were compared between groups, and a subset was incorporated into linear regression models that could serve as indicators of concussion. MEASURES: The OVRT test battery included multiple metrics of saccades, smooth pursuit tracking, nystagmoid movements, vestibular function, and reaction time latencies. RESULTS: Some OVRT metrics were significantly different between groups. Linear regression models distinguished control subjects from concussion subjects with high accuracy. Metrics included changes in smooth pursuit tracking, increased reaction time and reduced saccade velocity in a complex motor task, and decreased optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) gain. In addition, optokinetic gain was reduced and more variable in subjects assessed 22 or more days after injury. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that OVRT tests can be used as a reliable adjunctive tool in the assessment of concussion and that OKN results appear to be associated with a prolonged expression of concussion symptoms.


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Traumatismos em Atletas/diagnóstico , Traumatismos em Atletas/fisiopatologia , Concussão Encefálica/diagnóstico , Concussão Encefálica/fisiopatologia , Movimentos Oculares/fisiologia , Adolescente , Medições dos Movimentos Oculares , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Tempo de Reação/fisiologia , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Testes de Função Vestibular , Gravação em Vídeo
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Epilepsy Behav ; 87: 188-194, 2018 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30146352

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This study assessed neuropeptide Y (NPY) expression in the hippocampus after long-term survival following traumatic brain injury (TBI) induced by controlled cortical impact (CCI) with or without the development of posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE). We hypothesized that following long-term survival after CCI, the severity of tissue injury and the development of PTE would correlate with the degree of hippocampal neurodegeneration as reflected by NPY+ and neuronal nuclear antigen (NeuN)+ cell loss. Adult Sprague-Dawley rats of 2-3 months of age were lesioned in the right parietal cortex and monitored for seizure activity by video and/or video-EEG. Neuropeptide Y and NeuN immunoreactivities (IRs) were quantified by light microscopy and semiautomatic image analysis approaches for unbiased quantification. Severely injured animals, marked by extensive tissue loss in the ipsilateral neocortex and adjacent hippocampus, resulted in significantly lower NeuN+ hilar cell density and NPY+ cell loss in the contralateral Cornu Ammonis (CA)-3 and dentate hilus (DH). The degree of NPY+ cell loss was more severe in CCI-injured animals with PTE than those animals that did not develop PTE. Mildly injured animals demonstrated no significant change of NPY expression compared with control animals. Our findings of long-term alterations of NPY expression in the hippocampus of severely brain-injured animals can provide important insights into the cellular and molecular consequences of severe TBI and posttraumatic epileptogenesis.


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Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas/metabolismo , Córtex Cerebral/lesões , Epilepsia Pós-Traumática/metabolismo , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Neuropeptídeo Y/biossíntese , Animais , Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas/fisiopatologia , Eletroencefalografia/métodos , Epilepsia Pós-Traumática/fisiopatologia , Expressão Gênica , Hipocampo/fisiopatologia , Masculino , Neurônios/metabolismo , Neuropeptídeo Y/genética , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley
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Epilepsia ; 58 Suppl 4: 10-27, 2017 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29105073

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In vivo electrophysiological recordings are widely used in neuroscience research, and video-electroencephalography (vEEG) has become a mainstay of preclinical neuroscience research, including studies of epilepsy and cognition. Studies utilizing vEEG typically involve comparison of measurements obtained from different experimental groups, or from the same experimental group at different times, in which one set of measurements serves as "control" and the others as "test" of the variables of interest. Thus, controls provide mainly a reference measurement for the experimental test. Control rodents represent an undiagnosed population, and cannot be assumed to be "normal" in the sense of being "healthy." Certain physiological EEG patterns seen in humans are also seen in control rodents. However, interpretation of rodent vEEG studies relies on documented differences in frequency, morphology, type, location, behavioral state dependence, reactivity, and functional or structural correlates of specific EEG patterns and features between control and test groups. This paper will focus on the vEEG of standard laboratory rodent strains with the aim of developing a small set of practical guidelines that can assist researchers in the design, reporting, and interpretation of future vEEG studies. To this end, we will: (1) discuss advantages and pitfalls of common vEEG techniques in rodents and propose a set of recommended practices and (2) present EEG patterns and associated behaviors recorded from adult rats of a variety of strains. We will describe the defining features of selected vEEG patterns (brain-generated or artifactual) and note similarities to vEEG patterns seen in adult humans. We will note similarities to normal variants or pathological human EEG patterns and defer their interpretation to a future report focusing on rodent seizure patterns.


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Encéfalo/fisiopatologia , Eletroencefalografia/normas , Processamento Eletrônico de Dados , Epilepsia/diagnóstico , Pesquisa Translacional Biomédica , Gravação em Vídeo/normas , Comitês Consultivos , Animais , Eletroencefalografia/métodos , Camundongos , Ratos , Sociedades Médicas/normas , Gravação em Vídeo/métodos
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Environ Res ; 159: 338-343, 2017 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28841521

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Inorganic arsenic is a toxic naturally occurring element in soil and water in many regions of the US including the Midwest. Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in men in Iowa, surpassed only by non-melanotic skin cancer. Epidemiology studies have evaluated arsenic exposure from drinking water and prostate cancer, but most have focused on high-level exposures outside the US. As drinking water from groundwater sources is a major source of arsenic exposure, we conducted an ecologic study to evaluate prostate cancer and arsenic in drinking water from public water sources and private wells in Iowa, where exposure levels are low, but duration of exposure can be long. Arsenic data from public water systems were obtained from the Iowa Safe Drinking Water Information System for the years 1994-2003 and for private wells from two Iowa Well Water Studies, the Iowa Community Private Well Study (ICPWS, 2002-2003) and Iowa Statewide Rural Well Water Survey Phase 2 (SWIRL2, 2006-2008) that provided data for 87 Iowa counties. Prostate cancer incidence data from 2009 to 2013 for Iowa were obtained from Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results' SEER*Stat software. County averages of water arsenic levels varied from 1.08 to 18.6 ppb, with three counties above the current 10 ppb limit. Based on the tertiles of arsenic levels, counties were divided into three groups: low (1.08-2.06 ppb), medium (2.07-2.98 ppb), and high (2.99-18.6 ppb). Spatial Poisson regression modeling was conducted to estimate the risk ratios (RR) of prostate cancer by tertiles of arsenic level at a county level, adjusted for demographic and risk factors. The RR of prostate cancer were 1.23 (95% CI, 1.16-1.30) and 1.28 (95% CI, 1.21-1.35) in the medium and high groups, respectively, compared to the low group after adjusting for risk factors. The RR increased to 1.36 (95% CI, 1.28-1.45) in the high group when analyses were restricted to aggressive prostate cancers (Gleason score ≥ 7). This study shows a significant dose-dependent association between low-level arsenic exposure and prostate cancer, and if this result is replicated in future individual-level studies, may suggest that 10 ppb is not protective for human health.


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Arsênio/análise , Água Potável/análise , Exposição Ambiental , Neoplasias da Próstata/epidemiologia , Poluentes Químicos da Água/análise , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Humanos , Incidência , Iowa/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias da Próstata/induzido quimicamente , Fatores de Risco
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Epilepsia ; 57(12): 1978-1986, 2016 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27943308

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OBJECTIVE: In vivo studies of epilepsy typically use prolonged status epilepticus to generate recurrent seizures. However, reports on variable status duration have found discrete differences in injury after 40-50 min of seizures, suggesting a pathophysiologic sensitivity to seizure duration. In this report we take a multivariate cluster analysis to study a short duration status epilepticus model using in vivo 7T magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and histologic evaluation. METHODS: The Hellier Dudek model was applied with 45 min of status epilepticus after which the animals were imaged twice, at 3 days and 3 weeks post-status epilepticus. Single voxel point resolved spectroscopy (PRESS) MRS was used to acquire data from the dentate gyrus and CA3 region of the hippocampus, assessing metabolite ratios to total creatine (tCr). In a subset of animals after the second imaging study, brains were analyzed histologically by Nissl staining. RESULTS: A hierarchical cluster analysis performed on the 3-day data from 21 kainate-treated animals (dentate gyrus voxel) segregated into two clusters, denoted by KM (more injured, n = 6) and KL (less injured, n = 15). Although there was no difference in kainate dosing or seizure count between them, the metabolic pattern of injury was different. The KM group displayed the largest significant changes in neuronal and glial parameters; the KL group displayed milder but significant changes. At 3 weeks, the KL group returned to normal compared to controls, whereas the KM group persisted with depressed N-acetyl aspartate (NAA)/tCr, glutamate/tCr, and increased inositol/tCr and glutamine/tCr. The classification was also consistent with subsequent histologic patterns at 3 weeks. SIGNIFICANCE: Although a short status period might be expected to generate a continuous distribution of metabolic injury, these data show that the short Hellier Dudek model appears to generate two levels of injury. The changes seen in segregated groups persisted into 3 weeks, and can be interpreted according to neuronal and glial biomarkers consistent with histology results.


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Hipocampo/metabolismo , Doenças Metabólicas/etiologia , Estado Epiléptico/complicações , Animais , Ácido Aspártico/análogos & derivados , Ácido Aspártico/metabolismo , Análise por Conglomerados , Creatina/metabolismo , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Eletroencefalografia , Agonistas de Aminoácidos Excitatórios/toxicidade , Ácido Caínico/toxicidade , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Doenças Metabólicas/diagnóstico por imagem , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Estado Epiléptico/induzido quimicamente , Estado Epiléptico/diagnóstico por imagem , Estado Epiléptico/patologia , Fatores de Tempo , Ácido gama-Aminobutírico/metabolismo
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IBRO Neurosci Rep ; 16: 291-299, 2024 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38374956

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Background and purpose: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its consequences remain great challenges for neurology. Consequences of TBI are associated with various alterations in the brain but little is known about long-term changes of epigenetic DNA methylation patterns. Moreover, nothing is known about potential treatments that can alter these epigenetic changes in beneficial ways. Therefore, we have examined myo-inositol (MI), which has positive effects on several pathological conditions. Methods: TBI was induced in mice by controlled cortical impact (CCI). One group of CCI animals received saline injections for two months (TBI+SAL), another CCI group received MI treatment (TBI+MI) for the same period and one group served as a sham-operated control. Mice were sacrificed 4 months after CCI and changes in DNA methylome and transcriptomes were examined. Results: For the first time we: (i) provide comprehensive map of long-term DNA methylation changes after CCI in the hippocampus; (ii) identify differences by methylation sites between the groups; (iii) characterize transcriptome changes; (iv) provide association between DNA methylation sites and gene expression. MI treatment is linked with upregulation of genes covering 33 biological processes, involved in immune response and inflammation. In support of these findings, we have shown that expression of BATF2, a transcription factor involved in immune-regulatory networks, is upregulated in the hippocampus of the TBI+MI group where the BATF2 gene is demethylated. Conclusion: TBI is followed by long-term epigenetic and transcriptomic changes in hippocampus. MI treatment has a significant effect on these processes by modulation of immune response and biological pathways of inflammation.

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Am Fam Physician ; 88(4): 249-57, 2013 Aug 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23944728

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Disorders of the parathyroid glands most commonly present with abnormalities of serum calcium. Patients with primary hyperparathyroidism, the most common cause of hypercalcemia in outpatients, are often asymptomatic or may have bone disease, nephrolithiasis, or neuromuscular symptoms. Patients with chronic kidney disease may develop secondary hyperparathyroidism with resultant chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder. Hypoparathyroidism most often occurs after neck surgery; it can also be caused by autoimmune destruction of the glands and other less common problems. Evaluation of patients with abnormal serum calcium levels includes a history and physical examination; repeat measurement of serum calcium level; and measurement of creatinine, magnesium, vitamin D, and parathyroid hormone levels. The treatment for symptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism is parathyroidectomy. Management of asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism includes monitoring symptoms; serum calcium and creatinine levels; and bone mineral density. Patients with hypoparathyroidism require close monitoring and vitamin D (e.g., calcitriol) replacement.


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Doenças das Paratireoides/diagnóstico , Absorciometria de Fóton , Doenças Assintomáticas , Doenças Ósseas Metabólicas/etiologia , Calcitriol/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Hipercalcemia/etiologia , Hiperparatireoidismo Primário/diagnóstico , Hiperparatireoidismo Primário/terapia , Hiperparatireoidismo Secundário/diagnóstico , Hiperparatireoidismo Secundário/etiologia , Hiperparatireoidismo Secundário/terapia , Hipocalcemia/etiologia , Hipoparatireoidismo/diagnóstico , Hipoparatireoidismo/etiologia , Hipoparatireoidismo/terapia , Doenças das Paratireoides/etiologia , Doenças das Paratireoides/terapia , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/complicações
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Dermatitis ; 34(2): 135-144, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36917518

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Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) affects 2%-10% of adults worldwide. Occurrence and severity of symptoms and treatment success vary among patients. Objective: To determine disease severity, burden, and treatment use and satisfaction in adults with AD. Methods: An international internet-based survey was conducted (October 5-November 1, 2021) in participants with AD from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Results: Of 2005 AD patients surveyed, 92% had body surface area (BSA) involvement <10%. Itch was the most bothersome symptom; 48.5% of participants reported severe itch in the past week (Itch Numerical Rating Scale [NRS] 7-10; 45.9% for BSA <10%, 75.0% for BSA ≥10%). Most participants reported moderate or severe sleep disturbance in the past week (Sleep NRS 4-10; 67.1% for BSA <10%, 92.3% for BSA ≥10%). Itch was the top reason for participants' most recent health care provider visit; reducing itching was their top treatment goal. Topical therapies, which were most commonly used, resulted in low treatment satisfaction. Conclusions: Itch was the most bothersome AD symptom. Although clinical development has focused on improving skin lesions, improving itch is patients' top treatment goal. This survey highlights the need for systemic antipruritic therapies that could reduce itch in nonlesional and lesional skin.


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Dermatite Atópica , Adulto , Humanos , Dermatite Atópica/tratamento farmacológico , Dermatite Atópica/epidemiologia , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Prurido/etiologia , Prurido/terapia , Prurido/diagnóstico , Inquéritos e Questionários , Efeitos Psicossociais da Doença , Qualidade de Vida
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37048011

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Arsenic and atrazine are two water contaminants of high public health concern in Iowa. The occurrence of arsenic and atrazine in drinking water from Iowa's private wells and public water systems was investigated over several decades. In this study, the percentages of detection and violation of regulations were compared over region, season, and water source, and factors affecting the detection and concentration of arsenic and atrazine were analyzed using a mixed-effects model. Atrazine contamination in drinking water was found to vary by region, depending on agricultural usage patterns and hydrogeological features. The annual median atrazine levels of all public water systems were below the drinking water standard of 3 ppb in 2001-2014. Around 40% of public water systems contained arsenic at levels > 1 ppb in 2014, with 13.8% containing arsenic at levels of 5-10 ppb and 2.6% exceeding 10 ppb. This unexpected result highlights the ongoing public health threat posed by arsenic in drinking water in Iowa, emphasizing the need for continued monitoring and mitigation efforts to reduce exposure and associated health risks. Additionally, an atrazine metabolite, desethylatrazine, should be monitored to obtain a complete account of atrazine exposure and possible health effects.


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Arsênio , Atrazina , Água Potável , Poluentes Químicos da Água , Atrazina/análise , Água Potável/análise , Arsênio/análise , Iowa/epidemiologia , Saúde Pública , Poluentes Químicos da Água/análise , Abastecimento de Água
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J Psychiatr Res ; 160: 163-170, 2023 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36804111

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Military service members are at increased risk for suicide, but there are few strategies for detecting those who are at highest risk after a deployment. Using all available data collected from 4119 Military service members before and after their deployment to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom, we tested whether predeployment characteristics clustered together to predict postdeployment suicidal risk. Latent class analysis showed that three classes best characterized the sample at predeployment. Class 1 had significantly higher scores on PTSD severity pre- and postdeployment than Classes 2 and 3 (Ps < .001). At postdeployment, Class 1 also had a greater proportion of endorsement of lifetime and past year suicidal ideation than Classes 2 and 3 (Ps < .05) and a greater proportion of lifetime suicide attempts than Class 3 (P < .001). Class 1 also had a greater proportion of endorsement of past-30-days intention to act on suicidal thoughts than Classes 2 and 3 (Ps < .05) and past-30-days specific plan for suicide than Classes 2 and 3 (Ps < .05). The study showed that based only on predeployment data, it is possible to determine which service members might be at highest risk for suicidal ideation and behavior at postdeployment.


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Militares , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos , Humanos , Tentativa de Suicídio , Ideação Suicida , Iraque , Guerra do Iraque 2003-2011 , Fatores de Risco
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Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) ; 75(3): 667-673, 2023 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34606694

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OBJECTIVE: Previous research with civilian populations has found strong associations between fibromyalgia (FM) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We undertook this study to investigate the prevalence of FM in military service members with and without PTSD. METHODS: Participants were active duty military personnel recruited into either an epidemiologic cohort study of service members before a military deployment or 1 of 3 PTSD treatment trials. Instruments used to document FM and PTSD included the PTSD Checklist-Stressor-Specific Version, the PTSD Symptom Scale-Interview, and the 2012 American College of Rheumatology FM questionnaire. RESULTS: Across the 4 studies, 4,376 subjects completed surveys. The prevalence of FM was 2.9% in the predeployment cohort, and the prevalence was significantly higher in individuals with PTSD (10.8%) compared with those without PTSD (0.8%). In the treatment trials, all of the participants met criteria for PTSD before starting treatment, and the prevalence of FM was 39.7%. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of FM in active duty service members preparing to deploy is similar to that reported for the general population of the US but is higher than expected for a predominantly male cohort. Furthermore, the prevalence of FM was significantly higher in service members with comorbid PTSD and was highest among those seeking treatment for PTSD. Further investigation is needed to determine the factors linking PTSD and FM.


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Fibromialgia , Militares , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos , Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Fibromialgia/diagnóstico , Fibromialgia/epidemiologia , Estudos de Coortes , Prevalência , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos/diagnóstico , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos/epidemiologia , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos/terapia
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Am J Ind Med ; 55(10): 904-16, 2012 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22674632

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BACKGROUND: Among agricultural populations, hearing loss caused by excessive noise exposure is common. However, examinations of associations between exposure to agricultural tasks and hearing loss are limited. METHODS: Audiometry and lifetime exposure to 11 agricultural tasks were analyzed among 1,568 participants. Gender stratified multivariable linear regression was used to estimate associations between exposure duration and three hearing loss metrics. RESULTS: Among men, significant associations were observed between hearing loss and hunting or target shooting, all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or motorcycle riding, chain saw use, electric or pneumatic tool use, living on a farm, and all agricultural tasks combined. When all significant exposure metrics were included in a single model, associations remained for hunting or target shooting, electric or pneumatic tool use and living on a farm. Significant associations were sparse among women, and in all cases paradoxical. CONCLUSIONS: Despite imprecise estimation of noise exposure, specific agricultural tasks were associated with hearing loss.


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Agricultura , Perda Auditiva Provocada por Ruído/epidemiologia , Doenças Profissionais/epidemiologia , Exposição Ocupacional/efeitos adversos , Análise e Desempenho de Tarefas , Audiometria , Feminino , Armas de Fogo , Perda Auditiva Provocada por Ruído/etiologia , Humanos , Modelos Lineares , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Doenças Profissionais/etiologia , Saúde Ocupacional , Estudos Prospectivos
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Front Neurol ; 13: 919596, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36188407

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Objective: An alarming proportion (>30%) of patients affected by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) continue to experience neurological symptoms, including headache, dizziness, smell and/or taste abnormalities, and impaired consciousness (brain fog), after recovery from the acute infection. These symptoms are self-reported and vary from patient to patient, making it difficult to accurately diagnose and initiate a proper treatment course. Objective measures to identify and quantify neural deficits underlying the symptom profiles are lacking. This study tested the hypothesis that oculomotor, vestibular, reaction time, and cognitive (OVRT-C) testing using eye-tracking can objectively identify and measure functional neural deficits post COVID-19 infection. Methods: Subjects diagnosed with COVID-19 (n = 77) were tested post-infection with a battery of 20 OVRT-C tests delivered on a portable eye-tracking device (Neurolign Dx100). Data from 14 tests were compared to previously collected normative data from subjects with similar demographics. Post-COVID subjects were also administered the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory (NSI) for symptom evaluation. Results: A significant percentage of post COVID-19 patients (up to 86%) scored outside the norms in 12 out of 14 tests, with smooth pursuit and optokinetic responses being most severely affected. A multivariate model constructed using stepwise logistic regression identified 6 metrics as significant indicators of post-COVID patients. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was 0.89, the estimated specificity was 98% (with cutoff value of 0.5) and the sensitivity was 88%. There were moderate but significant correlations between NSI domain key variables and OVRT-C tests. Conclusions: This study demonstrates the feasibility of OVRT-C testing to provide objective measures of neural deficits in people recovering from COVID-19 infection. Such testing may serve as an efficient tool for identifying hidden neurological deficits post COVID-19, screening patients at risk of developing long COVID, and may help guide rehabilitation and treatment strategies.

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Epilepsy Behav ; 22 Suppl 1: S69-73, 2011 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22078521

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Because of increased awareness of the high prevalence of nonconvulsive seizures in critically ill patients, use of continuous EEG (cEEG) monitoring is rapidly increasing in ICUs. However, cEEG monitoring is labor intensive, and manual review and interpretation of the EEG are impractical in most ICUs. Effective methods to assist in rapid and accurate detection of nonconvulsive seizures would greatly reduce the cost of cEEG monitoring and enhance the quality of patient care. In this study, we report a preliminary investigation of a novel ICU EEG analysis and seizure detection algorithm. Twenty-four prolonged cEEG recordings were included in this study. Seizure detection sensitivity and specificity were assessed for the new algorithm and for the two commercial seizure detection software systems. The new algorithm performed with a mean sensitivity of 90.4% and a mean false detection rate of 0.066/hour. The two commercial detection products performed with low sensitivities (12.9 and 10.1%) and false detection rates of 1.036/hour and 0.013/hour, respectively. These findings suggest that the novel algorithm has potential to be the basis of clinically useful software that can assist ICU staff in timely identification of nonconvulsive seizures. This study also suggests that currently available seizure detection software does not perform sufficiently in detection of nonconvulsive seizures in critically ill patients. This article is part of a Supplemental Special Issue entitled The Future of Automated Seizure Detection and Prediction.


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Algoritmos , Eletroencefalografia , Processamento Eletrônico de Dados , Epilepsia Generalizada/diagnóstico , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva , Ondas Encefálicas/fisiologia , Epilepsia Generalizada/fisiopatologia , Humanos , Monitorização Fisiológica , Sensibilidade e Especificidade
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Semin Ultrasound CT MR ; 32(4): 273-80, 2011 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21782117

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Screening has been successful in the early detection of some cancers, including cervical, colon, and breast. However, the success in mortality reduction by screening mammography has been limited in women with mammographically dense tissue. Magnetic resonance imaging has been used with success in the screening of high-risk women, but it is expensive. Also, its use in a screening program requires a contrast medium that has not been tested in humans or animals for long-term safety in humans or animals for repeated biannual or annual injections. Ultrasound also has the potential to be an ideal screening tool because it is relatively inexpensive and requires no injected contrast or ionizing radiation. However, the relatively poor conspicuity of some cancers by hand scanning and the considerable radiologist time necessary limit its use. Automated whole-breast ultrasound (AWBU) allows the radiologist to read the images quickly, at a convenient time, while being free from doing the scan. Two-dimensional AWBU uses a cine loop of axial images, with <1 mm image spacing, which are read on a high-resolution monitor to improve the conspicuity of small cancers. A blinded study of this system combined with screening mammography showed that adding AWBU both doubles overall cancer detection and triples the 1 cm-or-less invasive cancers found in dense-breasted women. As expected, mammography had a significantly greater detection rate of ductal carcinoma in situ than AWBU. As yet no clinical studies of other AWBU systems have been published.


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Neoplasias da Mama/diagnóstico por imagem , Detecção Precoce de Câncer/métodos , Programas de Rastreamento/métodos , Ultrassonografia Mamária/métodos , Feminino , Humanos , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Ultrassonografia Mamária/instrumentação
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J Agromedicine ; 26(2): 97-108, 2021 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32182198

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Purpose: Respiratory hazards of farming have been identified for centuries, with little focus on gender differences. We used data from the AGRICOH consortium, a collective of prospective cohorts of agricultural workers, to assess respiratory disease prevalence among adults in 18 cohorts representing over 200,000 farmers, farm workers, and their spouses from six continents.Methods: Cohorts collected data between 1992 and 2016 and ranged in size from 200 to >128,000 individuals; 44% of participants were female. Farming practices varied from subsistence farming to large-scale industrial agriculture. All cohorts provided respiratory outcome information for their cohort based on their study definitions. The majority of outcomes were based on self-report using standard respiratory questionnaires; the greatest variability in assessment methods was associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Results: For all three respiratory symptoms (cough, phlegm, and wheeze), the median prevalence in men was higher than in women, with the greatest difference for phlegm (17% vs. 10%). For asthma, women had a higher prevalence (7.8% vs 6.5%), with the difference associated with allergic asthma. The relative proportion of allergic asthma varied among cohorts. In two of eight cohorts for women and two of seven cohorts for men, allergic asthma was more common than non-allergic asthma.Conclusions: These findings indicate that respiratory outcomes are common among farmers around the world despite differences in agricultural production. As women in the general population are at higher risk of asthma, exploring gender differences in occupational studies is critical for a deeper understanding of respiratory disease among agricultural workers.


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Doenças dos Trabalhadores Agrícolas , Exposição Ocupacional , Adulto , Doenças dos Trabalhadores Agrícolas/epidemiologia , Agricultura , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde , Prevalência , Estudos Prospectivos , Fatores de Risco , Fatores Sexuais
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