Sao Paulo Med J. 2007;125(4):226-30. O R IG IN A L A R T IC L E Rozany Mucha Dufl oth

O R IG IN A L A R T IC L E Alexandre Rodrigues Guerzoni Érika Cristina Pavarino-Bertelli Moacir Fernandes de Godoy

O R IG IN A L A R T IC L E INTRODUCTION Gastroesophageal refl ux disease (GERD) in infancy presents significantly greater incidence in the population with associated neurological disease. There is a consensus that multifactorial events are involved in its etiopathogenesis, which makes it diffi cult to evaluate the results from treatment and to obtain adequate uniformity regarding the most appro...

Sao Paulo Med J. 2007;125(6):333-7. O R IG IN A L A R T IC L E Mauro Karnikowski

O R IG IN A L A R T IC L E INTRODUCTION Adequate postoperative analgesia is considered to be a major key for reducing pul monary morbidity and improving the outcome. Thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) has been proposed as a reliable analgesic method following thoracic surgery. Most of these benefi ts, however, relate to the postoperative or to the so-called perioperative period. Some case repor...

Sao Paulo Med J. 2007;125(5):265-9. O R IG IN A L A R T IC L E Míriam Raquel Diniz Zanetti Rodrigo de Aquino Castro

O R IG IN A L A R T IC L E Eddie Fernando Candido Murta Guilherme Carvalho Freire Daniel Capucci Fabri Renato Humberto Fabri Could elective cesarean sections infl uence the birth weight of full-term infants? Discipline of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil INTRODUCTION Increasing cesarean section rates are a worldwide pheno...

As battery-powered, resource-constrained systems continue to grow in capability and complexity, it is increasingly difficult to accurately measure and characterize the full-system power consumption of real devices. However, we must do so if we are to effectively model, predict, and optimize programs and systems to increase battery life. Extant approaches to measurement and characterization of p...

Sao Paulo Med J. 2007;125(5):270-4. O R IG IN A L A R T IC L E Carmen Sylvia Ribeiro Renata Cruz Soares Azevedo Viviane Franco da Silva Neury José Botega Chronic use of diazepam in primary healthcare centers: user profi le and usage pattern Department of Medical Psychiatry and Psychology, School of Medical Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil CONTEX...

Physiotherapeutic conduct in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil Andreza Martinez Pozza Milene Karenine Delamura