{"title":"The Chemistry of Plant-Insect Egg Interactions.","authors":"Philippe Reymond","doi":"10.2533/chimia.2022.914","DOIUrl":"10.2533/chimia.2022.914","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Insect eggs deposited on plants constitute a threat that has led to the evolution of sophisticated defenses. The interactions between insect eggs and plants are governed by a diverse variety of chemicals that inform butterflies about suitable hosts, repel gravid females, alert plants about the presence of an egg, act as signal molecules to induce defenses, directly impair egg development, and indirectly attract egg parasitoids. In recent years, significant progress has been made on the chemical identification, perception and role of compounds associated with oviposition. Knowledge on the genetic basis of oviposition-induced responses is also accumulating. An emerging theme is that insect eggs are not passive structures on leaves but induce complex responses that result from million years of coevolution.</p>","PeriodicalId":21304,"journal":{"name":"Revista Portuguesa De Pneumologia","volume":"9 1","pages":"914-921"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78164514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana Paula Anghinoni, Jair José Gaspar-Junior, F. Barbosa, P. F. Martinez, S. A. Oliveira-Júnior
{"title":"Efeitos da crioterapia por imersão sobre o desempenho sensório-motor de esportistas após protocolo de fadiga muscular","authors":"Ana Paula Anghinoni, Jair José Gaspar-Junior, F. Barbosa, P. F. Martinez, S. A. Oliveira-Júnior","doi":"10.33155/J.RAMD.2021.07.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33155/J.RAMD.2021.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the effects of cold-water immersion (CWI) on the sensorimotor performance of young athletes in response to local muscle fatigue. \u0000Method: The present study had prospective experimental design and involved 36 university sportsmen who were divided into three groups: passive recovery group (PR), cryotherapy group at 5oC (CI5o) and cryotherapy group at 10oC (CI10o). All groups were submitted to a dominant lower limb fatigue protocol in an extension chair. Subsequently, the PR was kept at rest, while the other groups were immersed in cold-water at 5oC and 10oC, respectively, for 10 minutes. To assess sensorimotor performance, the Y balance test (YBT) was used, which was performed before and during 120 minutes after fatigue induction. \u0000Results: Although the absolute results did not show significant differences between groups, in relative terms (%), the CI5o showed less sensorimotor performance than PR, which was more accentuated in the non-dominant limb. All groups achieved greater performance in the YBT after 120 minutes of recovery, when compared to the first moments of analysis (p<0.05). \u0000Conclusion: In conclusion, postexercise CWI to 5oC for 10 minutes resulted lower sensorimotor performance in YBT, compared to the PR method.","PeriodicalId":21304,"journal":{"name":"Revista Portuguesa De Pneumologia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49395822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Training cessation in 12 years old and under Age-Group Swimmers","authors":"J. Fiori, Rodrigo Zacca, F. A. Castro","doi":"10.33155/J.RAMD.2021.06.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33155/J.RAMD.2021.06.004","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract \u0000Objective: to verify if three-weeks of training cessation affects 200 m front crawl performance and kinematics in 12 years old and under age-group swimmers controlling for anthropometric changes. \u0000Method: Sixteen age-group swimmers (11 girls and 5 boys, age: 10.2 ± 1.2 y) performed a 200 m front crawl test (T200) (time trial) PRE- and POST three-weeks (off-season), where performance, kinematics and anthropometrics variables were obtained. \u0000Results: Height increased ~1.0 cm (CI: 0.70 to 1.3 cm; p < 0.001; d = 0.07). Trivial changes were observed for performance (mean diff: 3.3 s CI: -6.7 to 13.9; p = 0.69; d = 0.08) and kinematical variables (p from 0.69 to 0.84; d < 0.001 for all). High intraclass correlations (ICC: 0.69 to 0.84; p < 0.001) were observed for all variables after three-weeks, indicating stability over time. \u0000Conclusion: Three-weeks off-season does not impair swimming T200 performance and kinematic variables in 12 years old and under age-group swimmers. \u0000Keywords: swimming, detraining, performance, kinematics, anthropometrics","PeriodicalId":21304,"journal":{"name":"Revista Portuguesa De Pneumologia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47387758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Incontri-Abraham, Juan José Juárez-Vignon-Whaley, P. Gonzalez-Velasquez, Alondra Flores-García, N. Espinola-Zavaleta
{"title":"A septal rupture of atypical location after myocardial infarction: Clinical case","authors":"D. Incontri-Abraham, Juan José Juárez-Vignon-Whaley, P. Gonzalez-Velasquez, Alondra Flores-García, N. Espinola-Zavaleta","doi":"10.24875/ACME.M21000183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACME.M21000183","url":null,"abstract":"Paciente masculino de 46 anos de edad con antecedentes personales de hipertension arterial sistemica, tabaquismo y etilismo y heredofamiliares de hipertension arterial sistemica. El padecimiento inicio con cuadro de astenia, adinamia, disnea progresiva, edema de miembros inferiores y aumento del volumen abdominal, por lo que acudio con el medico, quien decidio hospitalizarlo. El paciente recibio tratamiento medico con captopril, furosemida y espironolactona, sin mejoria de los sintomas, motivo por el cual se lo refirio a la institucion de los autores. Al llegar al servicio de urgencias, el sujeto se encontraba estable.","PeriodicalId":21304,"journal":{"name":"Revista Portuguesa De Pneumologia","volume":"91 1","pages":"130-134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43199246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nadia G. Chía-Vázquez, Gerardo Fuentes-Ramos, E. Patiño-Bahena, Atziri Guillén-González, A. Buendía-Hernández
{"title":"Importance of heart rhabdomyoma in pediatric population. A 39-year experience. Case series","authors":"Nadia G. Chía-Vázquez, Gerardo Fuentes-Ramos, E. Patiño-Bahena, Atziri Guillén-González, A. Buendía-Hernández","doi":"10.24875/ACME.M21000176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACME.M21000176","url":null,"abstract":"Introduccion: Los rabdomiomas son los tumores cardiacos benignos mas prevalentes en la etapa fetal y durante la infancia. Objetivo: Nuestro objetivo es dar a conocer nuestra experiencia durante 39 anos en pacientes pediatricos con rabdomioma en nuestra institucion, asi como enfatizar la importancia de su deteccion, estudio y control por la asociacion que tiene con esclerosis tuberosa (ET). Material y metodos: Realizamos un estudio retrospectivo y descriptivo, de enero de 1980 a marzo del 2018. Veinticuatro cumplieron con nuestros criterios, recogimos informacion respecto a la clinica y estudios de gabinete, asi como su evolucion y el tratamiento dado. Se les llamo via telefonica para conocer su evolucion y estado actual. Resultados: Encontramos 51 pacientes con diagnostico de tumor cardiaco, de los cuales 24 eran rabdomiomas. El diagnostico se hizo prenatal en 8 pacientes, 5 al nacimiento y en 11 durante el primer ano de vida. Las manifestaciones clinicas mas frecuentes fueron la presencia de soplo, arritmias, cianosis, disnea y diaforesis. En 17 de ellos se hizo diagnostico de ET. La mitad tuvo seguimiento por neurologia, 10 por dermatologia, 8 por oftalmologia y 4 con genetica. La mitad se dejo en vigilancia, a 7 se les dio tratamiento medico y 5 requirieron cirugia. En cuanto a la evolucion, 17 pacientes se mantuvieron estables, 5 presentaron regresion espontanea y 2 fallecieron. Conclusiones: El rabdomioma es un tumor benigno poco frecuente, su evolucion puede ser maligna y asociado a ET ensombrece el pronostico.","PeriodicalId":21304,"journal":{"name":"Revista Portuguesa De Pneumologia","volume":"91 1","pages":"84-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44870205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mónica Sánchez-Cárdenas, J. Aceituno-Melgar, H. Pérez-Grovas
{"title":"Short-term cardiovascular impact and change in the natural history of the disease after high-quality dialysis therapy","authors":"Mónica Sánchez-Cárdenas, J. Aceituno-Melgar, H. Pérez-Grovas","doi":"10.24875/ACME.M21000185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACME.M21000185","url":null,"abstract":"Se trata de hombre de 28 anos de edad conocido previamente sano. Inicio su cuadro con presencia de nauseas, vomitos y ataque al estado general. Durante la valoracion se documento nitrogeno ureico en sangre (BUN) 142 mg/dl y creatinina 12.8 mg/dl. Por recursos economicos limitados no fue posible inicio inmediato de terapia dialitica y solo se inicio manejo medico. Tras progresion de la sintomatologia, se inicio terapia dialitica 10 meses despues, recibiendo solamente dos sesiones por semana.","PeriodicalId":21304,"journal":{"name":"Revista Portuguesa De Pneumologia","volume":"91 1","pages":"139-142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44374808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Jiménez-Carbajal, Sandra P Antúnez-Sánchez, Farina Arreguin-Gonzalez, Alma E. Benito-Reséndiz
{"title":"Cardiovascular evaluation of patients undergoing cancer treatment at a clinic for childhood cancer survivors in Mexico","authors":"M. Jiménez-Carbajal, Sandra P Antúnez-Sánchez, Farina Arreguin-Gonzalez, Alma E. Benito-Reséndiz","doi":"10.24875/ACME.M21000173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACME.M21000173","url":null,"abstract":"Objetivo: Describir los efectos cardiovasculares del tratamiento del cancer infantil en supervivientes mediante metodos clinicos, electrocardiograficos y ecocardiograficos. Material y metodos: Estudio transversal y observacional de casos y controles de 34 pacientes de una clinica de supervivientes de cancer infantil, evaluados de forma clinica, con electrocardiograma, ecocardiografia convencional y strain. Edad promedio de 13.03 anos; dosis acumulada de antraciclicos promedio de 219.5 mg/m2; siete ademas con radiacion a torax. Analisis con pruebas T de Student y regresion lineal. Resultados: Fraccion de expulsion izquierda preservada en supervivientes. Strain longitudinal izquierdo en dos, tres camaras y circunferencial disminuido en supervivientes (p < 0.05). Los enfermos sometidos a radioterapia y antraciclicos mostraron un incremento de la frecuencia cardiaca, disminucion de la fraccion de expulsion y fraccion de acortamiento izquierdos (< 0.05). Ventriculo derecho sin cambios significativos. Discusion y conclusiones: Existe un gran numero de supervivientes de cancer infantil tratados con cardiotoxicos y radioterapia; estos pueden experimentar cambios en el strain miocardico ventricular (aun con fraccion de expulsion normal) o arritmias, como lo muestra el grupo estudiado, que concuerda con protocolos internacionales previos. Es importante su evaluacion cardiovascular completa para predecir el riesgo de insuficiencia cardiaca como parte de un seguimiento protocolizado en clinicas de cardiooncologia bien establecidas.","PeriodicalId":21304,"journal":{"name":"Revista Portuguesa De Pneumologia","volume":"91 1","pages":"25-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43505211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Morelos-Guzmán, Larissa Minero-García, José E. Jaramillo-Almaguer, José F. Chávez-Carbajal, Carlos A. Arean-Martínez, J. M. Vargas-Espinosa, M. E. Viveros-Sandoval, I. D. Campos-González
{"title":"A novel, non-invasive, integral imaging assessment in atrial fibrillation by cardiac tomography","authors":"M. Morelos-Guzmán, Larissa Minero-García, José E. Jaramillo-Almaguer, José F. Chávez-Carbajal, Carlos A. Arean-Martínez, J. M. Vargas-Espinosa, M. E. Viveros-Sandoval, I. D. Campos-González","doi":"10.24875/ACME.M21000174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACME.M21000174","url":null,"abstract":"Objetivo: Analizar la utilidad clinica y la viabilidad de la tomografia cardiaca multidetector (TCMD) en la valoracion de pacientes con fibrilacion auricular (FA). Material y metodos: Estudio prospectivo de casos y controles en 84 sujetos (54 con FA y 30 controles). La morfologia de la orejuela izquierda (OI) se clasifico en cactus, ala de pollo, manga de viento y coliflor. La presencia de trombo en la OI, el antecedente de accidente cerebrovascular y la escala CHA2DS2-VASc se compararon con parametros obtenidos por TCMD. Resultados: La fraccion de expulsion de la auricula izquierda (FEAI) y la fraccion de expulsion de la orejuela izquierda (FEOI) fueron mas bajas en los individuos con FA (p < 0.001). El volumen indexado de la auricula izquierda (VIAI) fue mayor en los pacientes con FA (p < 0.001). Se observo una correlacion inversa entre la FEAI y el VIAI (r = -0.38, p < 0.001). La morfologia tipo coliflor fue la mas frecuente en enfermos con FA, mientras que la de tipo cactus predomino en los controles. La de tipo coliflor fue la mas relacionada con presencia de trombos (p < 0.01), asi como una calificacion CHA2DS2-VASc alta. La velocidad de flujo fue menor en los pacientes con FA (p < 0.001). Conclusion: La TCMD es un metodo novedoso y no invasivo para una valoracion integral en la FA. Los resultados de este estudio podrian mejorar la precision, la utilidad clinica y el analisis de estratificacion del riesgo en la FA. Los autores proponen incluir este nuevo metodo en la valoracion integral del riesgo tromboembolico en pacientes con FA.","PeriodicalId":21304,"journal":{"name":"Revista Portuguesa De Pneumologia","volume":"91 1","pages":"42-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48634804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Lazcano-Díaz, F. González-Ruiz, Diego Sarre-Álvarez, R. Álvarez-Álvarez, E. Bucio-Reta, E. García-Cruz, G. Rojas-Velasco, Ángel Ramos-Enríquez, Efrén Melano-Carranza, L. Santos-Martínez, F. Baranda-Továr
{"title":"Circulatory support with venoarterial ECMO in a patient with biventricular Takotsubo cardiomyopathy","authors":"E. Lazcano-Díaz, F. González-Ruiz, Diego Sarre-Álvarez, R. Álvarez-Álvarez, E. Bucio-Reta, E. García-Cruz, G. Rojas-Velasco, Ángel Ramos-Enríquez, Efrén Melano-Carranza, L. Santos-Martínez, F. Baranda-Továr","doi":"10.24875/ACME.M21000178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACME.M21000178","url":null,"abstract":"La cardiomiopatia de Takotsubo es una entidad caracterizada por disfuncion ventricular aguda y transitoria, la cual esta generalmente relacionada a un evento desencadenante (estres emocional o fisico) y que, por lo general, se presenta con disfuncion sistolica regional del ventriculo izquierdo, aunque hasta en un 30% puede ser biventricular. Segun su severidad, en algunos casos puede condicionar choque cardiogenico refractario a manejo con inotropicos y vasopresores, por lo que para estos casos deben considerarse los dispositivos de asistencia circulatoria. Presentamos el caso de una paciente joven a quien se realizo cambio valvular pulmonar con protesis biologica, la cual siete semanas posteriores a la cirugia acudio al servicio de urgencias con derrame pericardico y fisiologia de tamponade secundario a sindrome pospericardiotomia. Por tal motivo se le practico ventana pericardica, sin embargo durante el transquirurgico presento cardiomiopatia de Takotsubo biventricular que le condiciono choque cardiogenico con insuficiencia mitral y tricuspidea severas y refractariedad a tratamiento medico, asi como a balon intraaortico de contrapulsacion (BIAC), por lo cual requirio soporte circulatorio con ECMO venoarterial durante 5 dias.","PeriodicalId":21304,"journal":{"name":"Revista Portuguesa De Pneumologia","volume":"91 1","pages":"100-104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69039321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical, electrical, and echocardiographic characteristics of patients with advanced interatrial block","authors":"Delicia I. Gentille-Lorente, Teresa Salvadó-Usach","doi":"10.24875/ACME.M21000184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACME.M21000184","url":null,"abstract":"El haz de Bachmann se compone de un conjunto de fibras miocardicas paralelas y especializadas, responsables del 80% de la conduccion interauricular. Discurre por las paredes anterosuperiores auriculares, y su afectacion da lugar al bloqueo interauricular (BIA); este puede ser: a) parcial (BIA-p) si la conduccion esta retrasada (en el ECG produce una onda P ≥ 120 ms) o b) avanzado (BIA-a) si esta del todo interrumpida y la despolarizacion auricular izquierda (AI) ocurre en direccion retrograda caudocraneal (la onda P es ≥ 120 ms y bifasica +/- en las derivaciones inferiores II, III y VF)1.","PeriodicalId":21304,"journal":{"name":"Revista Portuguesa De Pneumologia","volume":"91 1","pages":"135-138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47275337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}