Acta Biomedica Brasiliensia

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Authors: José Sales Pereira Filho, Luiza Bicalho & Denise Aparecida da Silva

Própolis is therapeutically used for their anti-inflammatory, healing and antiseptic effects and such use is regulated when it comes to topical application. The aim of this study was to report the average time of healing oncological wounds after excision treated with the application of a formulation containing própolis, honey, sugar, butter and powder albumin and make available to the scientific community an effective alternative in these procedures. The healing time of wounds of five patients over 60 years, of both sexes, attended regularly by the responsible physician, Cutaneous Surgeon, at the Santa Casa de Misericordia (Miguel Pavilion), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, were evaluated. Their clinical experiences with the formulation for over 20 years were also reported. The average healing time was equivalent to 39 days and the anatomical region in which there was a higher prevalence of lesions associated with skin cancer was the head. The formulation can be applied once a day, which allows better adherence to treatment, both the patient and their family. No side effects were observed that could contraindicate the use of the formulation in all cases and its cost is low compared to other methods and products used in the treatment.

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Authors: Pedro Henrique G. Caetano, Álvaro Dutra & Marcos Paulo Machado Thomé.

This study reports the presence of Henneguya sp. in the blood of Astyanax fasciatus of natural enviroment, in a stream of the Muriaé River sub-basin, that belongs to the basin of the Paraíba do Sul River from Itaperuna, Rio de Janeiro Estate, Brazil. Eight colects were perfomed between october 2009 and september 2010 with 45 days of interval, in each colect were captured ten specimen of Astyanax fasciatus giving a total of 80 slides of blood. This study reports the presence of Henneguya sp. in two specimens collected in november 2009. The low incidence of parasites ocurred because the genus Henneguya has already been registered in various organs of species of genus Astyanax, though the gill filaments are the sites with the highest tropism, so has the highest prevalence, but there is no register in the literature of parasites from this genus in the blood of fishes.

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Authors: Montcharles da Silva Pontes, Geyse Santos, Fabrícia Rilenne de Sousa Silva & Cesar Augusto de Lima Ribeiro

This study presents an analysis of the "Extension Program and Disclosure of Homeopathy, Medicinal Plants and Organic Agriculture", created by Universidade Federal de Viçosa, held with partnership of Centro Alternativo de Formação Popular Rosa Fortini and Associação dos Terapeutas Holísticos e Integrativos da Zona da Mata Mineira (ATHI) in the extensional programs and events related to medicinal plants, alternative therapies, homeopathy and organic food. They have been done in southeastern of Minas Gerais, in Muriaé from 2008 to 2011. A participatory research on family farmers who have set up homeopathy in their farm management was done throughout, for that it was possible to identify various environmental indicators which represent the direct and/or indirect use of homeopathy. The study has achieved positive results regarding the students' interaction with the environment, the use of homeopathy in rural properties, the focus on learning about plants and rural health with a broader point of view.

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Authors: Tiago Gomes Rodrigues, José Renato Costa Caiado, Bruno Fagundes, José Frederico Straggiotti Silva

This study was conducted to evaluate the use of progesterone long-acting (P4LA) on the second day (D2) after ovulation of recipients of embryos in order to optimize its use in programs of equine embryo transfer (TEE). One hundred and ninety-two (192) estrous cycles of recipients mares were evaluated by rectal palpation and ultrasound and it was observed the characteristics of the genitals during estrus until the day of ovulation (D0) and, in diestrus, at the time of embryonic inovulation. In presenting reproductive traits incompatible with the estrous cycle, 33 recipients (17%) were discarded while 159 recipients (83%) had good conditions of the genital organs which were classified as desirable for the program of TEE. One hundred and fifty-one (151) embryos were recovered (68%), resulting in 108 pregnancies (72%). The recipients were divided into three treatments: 55 mares inovulated on D2 with the administration of 1500 mg P4LA at the day of ovulation (D0), 05 recipients inovulated in D2 without administration of P4LA and 91 mares inovulated at the fourth (D4) to eighth (D8) days after ovulation without pretreatment of progesterone. The pregnancy rates were 71%, 20% and 75% respectively. It was observed that the pregnancy rate of the group of mares inovulated in D2 with administration of 1500 mg P4LA on the day of ovulation (D0) and the group of recipients inovulated at the fourth (D4) to eighth (D8) days after ovulation without progesterone treatment showed no statistical difference (p = 0.05). This procedure contribute in reducing the cost of the technique of embryo transfer in horses, through the reduction of the recipient/donor rate.

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Authors: Kiara Regina Canzi, Adriana Valéria França Timm & Jean Colacite

Oseltamivir phosphate, a prodrug of oseltamivir carboxylate, is a potent and selective inhibitor of the enzyme neuraminidase. The activity of the viral enzyme, neuraminidase, is important for viral entry into uninfected cells and for the release of viral particles. The oseltamivir carboxylate inhibits the neuraminidase of influenza viruses of both types: Influenza A and B, preventing viral replication. 46 patients aged between 01 and 76 years old, of both sexes admitted to a hospital in the city of Toledo during the period of June 2009 to January 2010, with confirmed or suspected cases of influenza A subtype H1N1. During the hospitalization, the use of oseltamivir phosphate was evaluated, as well as adverse reactions and time of medication intake and the tests used to help diagnosis (complete blood count and arterial blood gases). The use of the drug did not exceed the recommended, which was five (5) continuous days, and from adverse reactions or side effects are nausea (43.47%), headache (8.69%) and vomiting (17.39%). The laboratory findings showed normal white blood cells (mean 9145 mL), platelets of 246,166 mm ³, slightly acidic blood pH (arterial blood gases) and PO2 (mmHg) and SO2 below the reference values. The approach of infection with influenza A H1N1 virus in 2009 represents a challenge epidemiological and clinical-laboratory-treatment worldwide. Therefore, it requires collective effort to prevent its progress and the risk of mortality included in its dissemination.

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Authors: Julio Marco Soutelino Costa; Walace Érick de Medeiros Moura; Júlio Corrêa Campos; Thaís de Sá Pimenta & Juliano Silva França

The depression in seniors becomes more and more important, because it is a disease prevalent and considered a natural consequence of the aging. Therefore the meticulous investigation of the depressive picture, as well as the elucidation of the prevention methods should be approached by a team multidisciplinary, with the intention of reducing the incidence and their complications. This study happened at the hospital Santo Antônio of Itaperuna - RJ, where informative data of the 73 institutionalized seniors' handbooks were collected, besides interviews with the team multidisciplinary, where depressive pictures were verified after her internment. The implantation and implementation of a new politics of attendance of the team multidisciplinary and a change in the physical structure of the hospital were important in the decrease of factors that lead take to the depressive state of the I publish objective. The objective of this study was to demonstrate in a qualitative way as changes in the attendance of the healing model for the preventive model are important for the reduction of the depression.

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Authors: Raphael Laiber Bonadiman; Samuel Laiber Bonadiman & Denise Aparecida da Silva

A research was carried out during the months of August and September of 2010 with 108 hypertensive patients in the Guaritá HPF (Family Program Health) in the Vinhosa quarter, in the Itaperuna City, Rio de Janeiro State. The objective of the study was to verify adhesion degree of the treatment with medicines and through complementary measures in cases of hypertensive patients as well as evaluating their arterial pressure. The results had indicated that 63.9% of the patients do not follow specific alimentary diet for arterial hypertension and 75% of the patients do not practice physical exercises. In relation to the medicine treatment, hydrochlorothiazide was the antihypertensive more used, present in the treatment of 63.9% of the evaluated patients, followed of the captopril (61.1% of the patients), propranolol (27.8%), amongst others prescribed for less than 25% of the patients. The evaluation of the adhesion to the medicine treatment indicated that 69.4% of the patients present full adhesion, 17.6% affirmed omission of doses and only 13% not adhesion to the treatment. A total of 87.9% of the patients presented arterial pressure levels above of the normality limits. In accordance with the results can be concluded that the patients possess high adhesion to the pharmacological treatment and low adhesion to the not pharmacological treatment, what can be responsible for the difficulty of the arterial pressure control levels.

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Authors: Lidiane Borges Barbosa & Marcela Santana Bastos Boechat

The self-medication is understood as a procedure that has as main feature the initiative of the patient or of his/her responsible, for use of a drug which he believes provide benefits in the treatment of diseases and symptomatic relief. This practice can lead to a serious problem of public health, and can bring many risks to the patient. The objective of this work was to evaluate the occurrence of self-medication by students of the Escola Estadual Coronel Francisco da Gma, situated in the city of Laranjal-MG and the reasons leading to such practice. Participated, in this work, students of the 9th year of the fundamental teaching, Education of Youths and Adults (EJA) and 3rd year of the medium teaching. Through the analysis of applied questionnaires, it was possible to verify an elevated rate of this practice among the students being the most used drugs the analgesics, vitamins, antibiotics and anti-inflammatories. 94% of the students has admitted to self-medicate and 41% of the students admitted self-medication motivated by advertisements, and 60% of the students admitted stopping self-medication for feeling better. The analysis of these and other collected data showed that the practice of the self-medication is motivated by lack of information of the risks associated to it, besides the family influence or of the media which the students are submitted. Because of the impossibility of execrate such practice, it is extremely important to know its risks, showing that the education is fundamental for the people to face that problem.