RAYMUNDO SOARES DE AZEVEDO NETO
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Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina - Docente
LIM/01 - Laboratório de Informática Médica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/01 - Laboratório de Informática Médica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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conferenceObject Morphological, Immunohistochemical and Cytogenetic Bone Marrow Characterization of 12 Patients with Acquired Aplastic Anemia (AAA) That Progressed to Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)(2017) MARCHESI, Raquel; VELLOSO, Elvira; GARANITO, Marlene; SIQUEIRA, Sheila; NETO, Raymundo Azevedo; KUMEDA, Cristina; ZERBINI, Maria Claudia- Evidence Levels for Neuroradiology Articles: Low Agreement among Raters(2015) RAMALHO, J. N.; TEDESQUI, G.; RAMALHO, M.; AZEVEDO, R. S.; CASTILLO, M.Rating of articles by the original manuscript reviewers and 3 other radiologists at different time points was investigated in 100 AJNR articles. The results show that the levels-of-evidence criteria adopted for use in AJNR did not allow consistent manuscript classification between readers or even by the same reader at 2 time points. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Because evidence-based articles are difficult to recognize among the large volume of publications available, some journals have adopted evidence-based medicine criteria to classify their articles. Our purpose was to determine whether an evidence-based medicine classification used by a subspecialty-imaging journal allowed consistent categorization of levels of evidence among different raters. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred consecutive articles in the American Journal of Neuroradiology were classified as to their level of evidence by the 2 original manuscript reviewers, and their interobserver agreement was calculated. After publication, abstracts and titles were reprinted and independently ranked by 3 different radiologists at 2 different time points. Interobserver and intraobserver agreement was calculated for these radiologists. RESULTS: The interobserver agreement between the original manuscript reviewers was -0.2283 (standard error = 0.0000; 95% CI, -0.2283 to -0.2283); among the 3 postpublication reviewers for the first evaluation, it was 0.1899 (standard error = 0.0383; 95% CI, 0.1149-0.2649); and for the second evaluation, performed 3 months later, it was 0.1145 (standard error = 0.0350; 95% CI, 0.0460-0.1831). The intraobserver agreement was 0.2344 (standard error = 0.0660; 95% CI, 0.1050-0.3639), 0.3826 (standard error = 0.0738; 95% CI, 0.2379-0.5272), and 0.6611 (standard error = 0.0656; 95% CI, 0.5325-0.7898) for the 3 postpublication evaluators, respectively. These results show no-to-fair interreviewer agreement and a tendency to slight intrareviewer agreement. CONCLUSIONS: Inconsistent use of evidence-based criteria by different raters limits their utility when attempting to classify neuroradiology-related articles.
- Serum lipids in Brazilian children and adolescents: determining their reference intervals(2015) SLHESSARENKO, Natasha; JACOB, Cristina M. A.; AZEVEDO, Raymundo S.; FONTES, Cor J. F.; NOVAK, Glaucia V.; ANDRIOLO, AdagmarBackground: Demographic, geographic, environmental and genetic factors influence lipids. In many countries, the normal lipid ranges for laboratory tests are based on references from American children and adolescents. In this work, we determined the reference intervals (RIs) for total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c), non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (nHDL-c), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) and triglycerides (TG) in Brazilian healthy children and adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted of 1,866 randomly sampled healthy children and adolescents from kindergartens and schools. Blood samples were collected after a variable period of fasting based on the age of the participant. The upper cut-off points were the 75th and 95th percentiles for TC, nHDL-c, LDL-c and TG. The 10th percentile (low) was used as the bottom level for HDL-c. Non-parametric tests were used for statistical analyses. Results: The following RI and 75th and 95th percentiles were observed for each age interval. The 95th percentile values obtained for TC were: 1 to 2 years, 189 mg/dL, 3 to 8 years, 199 mg/dL; 9 to 12 years, 205 mg/dL. For the nHDL c, the only age group 1 to 12 years, this percentile value was 150 mg/dL. For the LDL-cholesterol, the values corresponding to the percentiles above, aged 1 to 8 years and 9 to 12 years, were 132 mg/dL 139 mg/dL, respectively. For the triglycerides, the values corresponding to 95th percentile were: 1 year, 189 mg/dL; 2 to 5 years, 139 mg/dL; 6 to 12 years, 139 mg/dL. The 10th percentiles for HDL-c were 24 mg/dL, 28 mg/dL, 32 mg/dL and 36 mg/dL for children 1, 2, 3 and 4-12 years old, respectively. Conclusions: The lipid reference intervals defined in the studied Brazilian children and adolescents differ from those recommended by the international literature and should be used for clinical decisions contributing to improve the diagnosis in this particular group in our country.
- Modelling immunization strategies with cytomegalovirus vaccine candidates(2011) AZEVEDO, R. S.; AMAKU, M.In order to analyse the impact of vaccination against cytomegalovirus (CMV) on congenital infection incidence using current vaccines tested in phase II clinical trials, we simulated different scenarios by mathematical modelling, departing from the current vaccine characteristics, varying age at vaccination, immunity waning, vaccine efficacy and mixing patterns. Our results indicated that the optimal age for a single vaccination interval is from 2 to 6 months if there is no immunity waning. Congenital infection may increase if vaccine-induced immunity wanes before 20 years. Congenital disease should increase further when the mixing pattern includes transmission among children with a short duration of protection vaccine. Thus, the best vaccination strategy is a combined schedule : before age 1 year plus a second dose at 10-11 years. For CMV vaccines with low efficacy, such as the current ones, universal vaccination against CMV should be considered for infants and teenagers.
- Hepatitis B (HBV), Hepatitis C (HCV) and Hepatitis Delta (HDV) Viruses in the Colombian Population-How Is the Epidemiological Situation?(2011) ALVARADO-MORA, Monica Viviana; FERNANDEZ, Maria Fernanda Gutierrez; GOMES-GOUVEA, Michele Soares; AZEVEDO NETO, Raymundo Soares de; CARRILHO, Flair Jose; PINHO, Joao Renato RebelloBackground: Viral hepatitis B, C and delta still remain a serious problem worldwide. In Colombia, data from 1980s described that HBV and HDV infection are important causes of hepatitis, but little is known about HCV infection. The aim of this study was to determine the currently frequency of HBV, HCV and HDV in four different Colombian regions. Methodology/Principal Findings: This study was conducted in 697 habitants from 4 Colombian departments: Amazonas, Choco, Magdalena and San Andres Islands. Epidemiological data were obtained from an interview applied to each individual aiming to evaluate risk factors related to HBV, HCV or HDV infections. All samples were tested for HBsAg, anti-HBc, anti-HBs and anti-HCV markers. Samples that were positive to HBsAg and/or anti-HBc were tested to anti-HDV. Concerning the geographical origin of the samples, the three HBV markers showed a statistically significant difference: HBsAg (p = 0.033) and anti-HBc (p < 0.001) were more frequent in Amazonas and Magdalena departments. Isolated anti-HBs (a marker of previous vaccination) frequencies were: Choco (53.26%), Amazonas (32.88%), Magdalena (17.0%) and San Andres (15.33%) p < 0.001. Prevalence of anti-HBc increased with age; HBsAg varied from 1.97 to 8.39% (p = 0.033). Amazonas department showed the highest frequency for anti-HCV marker (5.68%), while the lowest frequency was found in San Andres Island (0.66%). Anti-HDV was found in 9 (5.20%) out of 173 anti-HBc and/or HBsAg positive samples, 8 of them from the Amazonas region and 1 from them Magdalena department. Conclusions/Significance: In conclusion, HBV, HCV and HDV infections are detected throughout Colombia in frequency levels that would place some areas as hyperendemic for HBV, especially those found in Amazonas and Magdalena departments. Novel strategies to increase HBV immunization in the rural population and to strengthen HCV surveillance are reinforced by these results.
- Concentration of cytokines in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and fibromyalgia(2014) IMAMURA, Marta; TARGINO, Rosa Alves; HSING, Wu Tu; IMAMURA, Satiko; AZEVEDO, Raymundo Soares; BOAS, Lucy Santos Villas; TOZETTO-MENDOZA, Tania Regina; ALFIERI, Fabio Marcon; FILIPPO, Thais Raquel; BATTISTELLA, Linamara RizzoIntroduction: Fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis may present a relationship with the -concentration of cytokines. The aim of this study was to compare the serum concentrations of IL-12p70, tumor necrosis factor, IL-10, IL-6, IL-1 beta, and IL-8 in patients with knee osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia. Materials and methods: The study included 53 women (71.2 +/- 7.6 years old) diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis with moderate-to-severe pain (visual analog scale. 4) for at least 3 months. Sixty women (54.1 +/- 8.1 years old) diagnosed with fibromyalgia according to the American College of Rheumatology criteria and with moderate-to-severe pain (visual analog scale. 4) also participated in this study. For the dosage of cytokines, blood was collected in the morning: 5 mL from the cubital vein. The material was centrifuged at 4 degrees C, separated into 100 mu L aliquots and stored at -80 degrees C until processing. Serum concentrations of the studied cytokines were assessed using the BD Cytometric Bead Array method. Data were analyzed with Student's t-test and the Mann-Whitney U test. Results: We found higher levels of IL-6, IL-10, and IL-1 beta in fibromyalgia patients. After adjustment of age as a covariate, there was no statistically significant difference in the concentration of any cytokine between fibromyalgia and knee osteoarthritis patients. Conclusion: Patients with knee osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia with the same duration and intensity of pain demonstrate similar concentrations of cytokines. Aging may play a role in cytokine profile, a finding not so extensively addressed in the literature and one that should be further investigated.
bookPart Telemedicina(2013) AZEVEDO NETO, Raymundo Soares de; WEN, Chao Lung- Secondary myeloid neoplasms: bone marrow cytogenetic and histological features may be relevant to prognosis(2017) TANIZAWA, Roberta Sandra da Silva; ZERBINI, Maria Claudia Nogueira; ROSENFELD, Ricardo; KUMEDA, Cristina Aiko; AZEVEDO, Raymundo Soares; SIQUEIRA, Sheila Aparecida Coelho; VELLOSO, Elvira Deolinda Rodrigues PereiraAbstract Background: Secondary myeloid neoplasms comprise a group of diseases arising after chemotherapy, radiation, immunosuppressive therapy or from aplastic anemia. Few studies have addressed prognostic factors in these neoplasms. Method: Forty-two patients diagnosed from 1987 to 2008 with secondary myeloid neoplasms were retrospectively evaluated concerning clinical, biochemical, peripheral blood, bone marrow aspirate, biopsy, and immunohistochemistry and cytogenetic features at diagnosis as prognostic factors. The International Prognostic Scoring System was applied. Statistical analysis employed the Kaplan–Meier method, log-rank and Fisher's exact test. Results: Twenty-three patients (54.8%) were male and the median age was 53.5 years (range: 4–88 years) at diagnosis of secondary myeloid neoplasms. Previous diseases included hematologic malignancies, solid tumors, aplastic anemia, autoimmune diseases and conditions requiring solid organ transplantations. One third of patients (33%) were submitted to chemotherapy alone, 2% to radiotherapy, 26% to both modalities and 28% to immunosuppressive agents. Five patients (11.9%) had undergone autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The median latency between the primary disease and secondary myeloid neoplasms was 85 months (range: 23–221 months). Eight patients were submitted to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation to treat secondary myeloid neoplasms. Important changes in bone marrow were detected mainly by biopsy, immunohistochemistry and cytogenetics. The presence of clusters of CD117+ cells and p53+ cells were associated with low survival. p53 was associated to a higher risk according to the International Prognostic Scoring System. High prevalence of clonal abnormalities (84.3%) and thrombocytopenia (78.6%) were independent factors for poor survival. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that cytogenetics, bone marrow biopsy and immunohistochemistry are very important prognostic tools in secondary myeloid neoplasms.
conferenceObject Cytogenetic abnormalities in primary MDS: Incidence and classification according to cytogenetic risk groups defined by the IPSS and IPSS-R(2013) SILVA, M.; AZEVEDO NETO, R.; LEAL, A.; FERREIRA, P.; KUMEDA, C.; TANIZAWA, R.; MASCARENHAS, A.; LIMA, W.; BUCCHERI, V.; VELLOSO, E.- Modelling the Force of Infection for Hepatitis A in an Urban Population-Based Survey: A Comparison of Transmission Patterns in Brazilian Macro-Regions(2014) XIMENES, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar; MARTELLI, Celina Maria Turchi; AMAKU, Marcos; SARTORI, Ana Marli C.; SOAREZ, Patricia Coelho de; NOVAES, Hillegonda Maria Dutilh; PEREIRA, Leila Maria Moreira Beltrao; MOREIRA, Regina Celia; FIGUEIREDO, Gerusa Maria; AZEVEDO, Raymundo Soares deBackground: This study aimed to identify the transmission pattern of hepatitis A (HA) infection based on a primary dataset from the Brazilian National Hepatitis Survey in a pre-vaccination context. The national survey conducted in urban areas disclosed two epidemiological scenarios with low and intermediate HA endemicity. Methods: A catalytic model of HA transmission was built based on a national seroprevalence survey (2005 to 2009). The seroprevalence data from 7,062 individuals aged 5-69 years from all the Brazilian macro-regions were included. We built up three models: fully homogeneous mixing model, with constant contact pattern; the highly assortative model and the highly assortative model with the additional component accounting for contacts with infected food/water. Curves of prevalence, force of infection (FOI) and the number of new infections with 99% confidence intervals (CIs) were compared between the intermediate (North, Northeast, Midwest and Federal District) and low (South and Southeast) endemicity areas. A contour plot was also constructed. Results: The anti-HAV IgG seroprevalence was 68.8% (95% CI, 64.8%-72.5%) and 33.7% (95% CI, 32.4%-35.1%) for the intermediate and low endemicity areas, respectively, according to the field data analysis. The models showed that a higher force of infection was identified in the 10- to 19-year-old age cohort (similar to 9,000 infected individuals per year per 100,000 susceptible persons) in the intermediate endemicity area, whereas a higher force of infection occurred in the 15-to 29-year-old age cohort (similar to 6,000 infected individuals per year per 100,000 susceptible persons) for the other macro-regions. Conclusion: Our findings support the shift of Brazil toward intermediate and low endemicity levels with the shift of the risk of infection to older age groups. These estimates of HA force of infection stratified by age and endemicity levels are useful information to characterize the pre-vaccination scenario in Brazil.