Papers by Carlos Buchpiguel
Journal of Endourology, 2011
Purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate the patterns of renal function recovery w... more Purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate the patterns of renal function recovery with different renal vessel clamping modalities during a prolonged warm ischemia (WI) condition in an experimental two-kidney rabbit model. Materials and Methods: Twenty-eight rabbits were randomly clustered into four groups and underwent laparotomy with different types of renal pedicle clamping. Group 1 (n = 4) was sham-operated. Group 2 (n = 8) underwent 80 minutes of WI with artery only clamping. Group 3 (n = 8) underwent arteriovenous clamping for 80 minutes, and group 4 (n = 8) received an arteriovenous clamping for 80 minutes with 10-second declamping periods every 20 minutes. Serum levels of creatinine (SCr) were recorded preoperatively and on postoperative days (PODs) 1, 3, and 7. Renal function was evaluated by 99m technetium-mercaptoacetyltriglycine scintigraphy. Afterward, the animals were euthanized, and the kidneys were harvested and evaluated microscopically. Results: Renal function completely recuperated on POD 7 in the groups that underwent artery only and ateriovenous intermittent clamping, and both of these methods were superior to ateriovenous clamping (P < 0.001). SCr showed a similar variation in all the clamping groups and did not demonstrate statistical differences among the groups. Histopathologic changes were similar among the ischemic groups. Conclusion: The less deleterious clamping modalities in this experimental model were the artery only and intermittent en bloc clamping methods.
Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019
Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2016
Background: Patients with Wilson's disease (WD) present cognitive impairment, especially in e... more Background: Patients with Wilson's disease (WD) present cognitive impairment, especially in executive functions. Which other factors might be associated with global cognitive decline in these patients remains unclear. Objective: To assess which factors are associated with worse performance on a global cognitive test in patients with WD. Methods: Twenty patients with WD underwent cognitive assessment with the following tests: the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Dementia Rating Scale (DRS), verbal fluency test, brief cognitive battery, clock drawing test, Frontal Assessment Battery, Stroop test, Wisconsin card sorting test, Hopper test, cubes (WAIS) and the Pfeffer questionnaire. MRI changes were quantified. Patients with poor performance on the DRS were compared to patients with normal performance. Results: Nine patients had a poor performance on the DRS. This group had lower educational level (9.11±3.58 × 12.82±3.06) and a greater number of changes on MRI (9.44±2.74 × 6.27...
Radiologia Brasileira, 2006
Current Molecular Imaging, 2014
In this paper we study an optimal stopping policy for a multi-agent delegated sequential matching... more In this paper we study an optimal stopping policy for a multi-agent delegated sequential matching system with fairness constraints. We consider a setting where a mediator/decision maker matches a sequence of arriving assignments to multiple groups of agents, with agents being grouped according to certain sensitive attributes that needs to be protected. The decision maker aims to maximize total rewards that can be collected from above matching process (from all groups), while making the matching fair among groups. We discuss two types of fairness constraints: (i) each group has a certain expected deadline before which the match needs to happen; (ii) each group would like to have a guaranteed share of average reward from the matching. We present the exact characterization of fair optimal strategies. Example is provided to demonstrate the computation efficiency of our solution. Recently fairness issues have raised a lot of discussions and concerns on designing and implementing different decision making policies, e.g., see discussion of fairness in social decision making [Radke et al., 2012], algorithmic bias in data mining [Hajian et al., 2016], fairness in a bandit decision making framework [Joseph et al., 2016], and fair action within a Markovian decision making framework [Jabbari et al., 2016]. Our problem setting shares similar concerns. For example, when different groups (differ in sensitive features, such as gender, race etc) of agents have different chances of seeing a high reward matching, the decision maker may bias towards not matching such agents. Or consider another example where different agents may have different matching constraints that are supposed to be protected under certain policy. Yet from technical perspectives, much less results has been developed towards understanding the issue of fairness constraints for this multi-agent optimal sequential matching problems. 2 PRELIMINARIES Consider the following sequential delegated assignment problem. We have M > 1 groups of agents facing a sequence of arriving assignments and denote them by the set U = {1, 2, ..., M }. We can view the agents as companies looking for job candidates (assignments), or freelancers (UBER drivers) looking for job offers (ride requests). They form groups according to certain attributes, for instance race, gender, or residency. The decision maker (DM) is delegating the matching procedure. Note that the group to be matched is the same as there is an arriving agent from that group to be matched.
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Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2015
Reduction of regional brain glucose metabolism (rBGM) measured by [18F]FDG-PET in the posterior c... more Reduction of regional brain glucose metabolism (rBGM) measured by [18F]FDG-PET in the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) has been associated with a higher conversion rate from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer's disease (AD). Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) is a potential biomarker that has disclosed Naa/mI reductions within the PCC in both MCI and AD. Studies investigating the relationships between the two modalities are scarce. OBJECTIVE To evaluate differences and possible correlations between the findings of rBGM and NAA/mI in the PCC of individuals with AD, MCI and of cognitively normal volunteers. METHODS Patients diagnosed with AD (N=32) or MCI (N=27) and cognitively normal older adults (CG, N=28), were submitted to [18F]FDG-PET and MRS to analyze the PCC. The two methods were compared and possible correlations between the modalities were investigated. RESULTS The AD group exhibited rBGM reduction in the PCC when compared to the CG but not in the MCI group....
Introdução: Existem evidências de que obesidade está associada à disfunção cognitiva e à demência... more Introdução: Existem evidências de que obesidade está associada à disfunção cognitiva e à demência. Indivíduos obesos apresentam alterações estruturais e funcionais do cérebro quando comparados a indivíduos de peso normal. A função executiva é a mais afetada. A obesidade predispõe o acúmulo do beta-amiloide no sistema nervoso central, e a resistência central à ação da insulina e da leptina também danifica o neurônio. Objetivos: 1) Avaliar o impacto da perda de peso induzida pela cirurgia bariátrica sobre o metabolismo cerebral e a função cognitiva de indivíduos obesos. 2) Correlacionar os dados encontrados com marcadores inflamatórios, hormonais e metabólicos. Métodos: Estudo analítico, intervencionista, aberto e não randomizado com 33 mulheres, sendo 17 obesas e 16 de peso normal, pareadas em idade e escolaridade. As obesas foram avaliadas antes e vinte e quatro semanas após o bypass gástrico em Y de Roux por meio do positron emission tomography (PET) para avaliação do metabolismo c...
Page 1. INVITED REVIEW Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha and the Roles it Plays in Homeostatic and Dege... more Page 1. INVITED REVIEW Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha and the Roles it Plays in Homeostatic and Degenerative Processes Within the Central Nervous System Sara L. Montgomery & William J. Bowers Received: 1 June 2011 ...
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2014
Context: The mechanisms by which obesity alters the cerebral function and the effect of weight lo... more Context: The mechanisms by which obesity alters the cerebral function and the effect of weight loss on the brain have not been completely clarified. Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the effect of bariatric surgery on the cognitive function and cerebral metabolism. Design: Seventeen obese women were studied prior to and 24 weeks after bariatric surgery using neuropsychological tests and positron emission tomography. Setting: The study was conducted in a reference center for the treatment of obesity of a Brazilian public university. Participants: Thirty-three women paired by age and level of education made up two groups: 17 severely obese patients and 16 lean patients. They did not have diabetes mellitus or a family history of dementia. Main Outcome Measures: Comparison of performance in neuropsychological tests and cerebral metabolism of the obese women before and after bariatric surgery was measured. The results found at the two moments were compared with those of the women of normal weight. Results: Women with a mean age of 40.5 years and mean body mass index of 50.1 kg/m 2 when compared with women with mean body mass index of 22.3 kg/m 2 showed increased cerebral metabolism, especially in the posterior cingulate gyrus (P Ͻ .004). No difference was found between the groups for the neuropsychological tests. After 24 weeks the cerebral metabolism of the obese women was lower, similar to the lean women, and there was an improvement of executive function, accompanying changes of metabolic and inflammatory parameters. Conclusions: Obese women may have increased cerebral metabolism when compared with women of normal weight, and this appears to reverse after weight loss induced by bariatric surgery, accompanied by improved executive function.
Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 2001
INTRODUÇÃO: Estudos que utilizam as técnicas de PET, SPECT e ressonância magnética funcional têm ... more INTRODUÇÃO: Estudos que utilizam as técnicas de PET, SPECT e ressonância magnética funcional têm permitido o mapeamento dos circuitos cerebrais ativados durante diversas tarefas cognitivas. O campo da memória declarativa tem sido um dos mais intensamente estudados. No presente estudo, usa-se a técnica de mapeamento do fluxo sangüíneo cerebral regional (FSCr) por SPECT para investigar mudanças na atividade cerebral durante uma tarefa de memória episódica, em voluntários idosos sadios (n=15). MÉTODOS: Duas avaliações de SPECT foram realizadas na mesma sessão, usando a técnica de dose dividida do traçador 99 m-Tc-HMPAO. Medidas de FSCr foram registradas durante uma tarefa de reconhecimento de material verbal previamente aprendido e durante uma tarefa-controle mais simples. Comparações de FSCr foram realizadas automaticamente, utilizando o programa Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM). RESULTADOS: Observou-se aumento de FSCr durante a tarefa de memória em várias regiões cerebrais, inclu...
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2008
Context: The expression of sodium iodide symporter (NIS) is required for iodide uptake in thyroid... more Context: The expression of sodium iodide symporter (NIS) is required for iodide uptake in thyroid cells. Benign and malignant thyroid tumors have low iodide uptake. However, previous studies by RT-PCR or immunohistochemistry have shown divergent results of NIS expression in these nodules. Objective: The objective of the study was to investigate NIS mRNA transcript levels, compare with NIS and TSH receptor proteins expression, and localize the NIS protein in thyroid nodules samples and their surrounding nonnodular tissues (controls). Design: NIS mRNA levels, quantified by real-time RT-PCR, and NIS and TSH receptor proteins, evaluated by immunohistochemistry, were examined in surgical specimens of 12 benign and 13 malignant nodules and control samples. Results: When compared with controls, 83.3% of the benign and 100% of the malignant nodules had significantly lower NIS gene expression. Conversely, 66.7% of the benign and 100% of malignant nodules had stronger intracellular NIS immuno...
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2002
We report the case of a 41-year-old man with iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) acquired ... more We report the case of a 41-year-old man with iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) acquired after the use of growth hormone (GH) obtained from a number of pituitary glands sourced from autopsy material. The incubation period of the disease (from the midpoint of treatment to the onset of clinical symptoms) was rather long (28 years). Besides the remarkable cerebellar and mental signs, the patient exhibited sleep disturbance (excessive somnolence) from the onset of the symptoms, with striking alteration of the sleep architecture documented by polysomnography. 14-3-3 protein was detected in the CSF, and MRI revealed increased signal intensity bilaterally in the striatum, being most evident in diffusion-weighted (DW-MRI) sequences. This is the second case of iatrogenic CJD associated with the use of GH reported in Brazil.
Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2013
Background: Efficient and broadly available therapeutic interventions are urgently needed for Alz... more Background: Efficient and broadly available therapeutic interventions are urgently needed for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). The impact of non-pharmacologic therapies on the course of AD has been object of discussion, wh ether they may or may not have an important role in the management of the disease. However, it is still challenging to quantify and describe the results of those approaches under a neurobiological interpretation. Functional neuroimaging methods, such as single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), may be useful to evaluate the impact of Cognitive Rehabilitation Programs (CRP) in AD. Our goal was to analyze and quantify the possible changes of CRP in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in patients withmild AD, using technetium-99m-ethyl cysteinate dimer (99mTc-ECD) SPECT, and compare the results with those of placebo (sham intervention). Methods: It was included 14 patients (pts) with mild AD (CDR1⁄4 0.5 and 1) receiving standard pharmacological treatment. They were divided in two groups: Group I comprised by six pts who joined a cognitive and functional training program, having 60 minutes sessions twice a week for 3 months (24 sessions) and Group II of eight pts who joined 60 minutes placebo entertainment activities twice a week for the same period of time. All underwent brain SPECT imaging before and after the intervention. Data were compared in a voxel by voxel basis with the Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM8) software. Results: Pts characteristics were (mean 6SD): mean age (yr) 1⁄4 7466; schooling (yr) 1⁄4 864; MMSE Scores 1⁄4 2463. No difference between groups was observed in the above mentioned parameters.SPM analysis of the baseline SPECT showed no difference between groups (p uncorrected>0.05). CRP did not produce any significant changes in rCBF in the present sample of patients, in comparison to the placebo group. Conclusions: Our preliminary results suggest that SPECT was not able to show any change in brain relative perfusion after 3 months of CRP in comparison to a placebo group.
Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2013
opportunities to characterize and evaluate AD. However, the correspondence between ADAD and the f... more opportunities to characterize and evaluate AD. However, the correspondence between ADAD and the far more prevalent sporadic AD (sAD) requires elucidation. Methods: We analyzed functional connectivity in multiple brain networks in a cross-sectional cohort of ADAD (N1⁄487) and sAD (N1⁄4507) participants using resting state functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fcMRI). For both types of AD, we quantified rs-fcMRI changes in five resting state networks (RSNs) with respect to progressing clinical dementia rating (CDR) using general linear mixed models with factors CDR, AD type, and CDR€ı,’€ıVAD type interaction. In the ADAD group, we investigated rs-fcMRI changes with respect to years from expected onset of symptoms. We also related rs-fcMRI differences to genetic mutation type (presenilin 1, presenilin 2, amyloid precursor protein). Results: rs-fcMRI decreases with advancing clinical status were similar for both forms of AD in multiple RSNs. However, it is possible that ADAD causes more rapid loss with respect to CDR than sAD in certain RSNs. Within ADAD participants, functional connectivity in multiple RSNs was lower in individuals closer to their expected age of onset of symptoms. Within cognitively normal ADAD participants (N1⁄433), mutation-specific effects may occur in particular RSNs. Conclusions: rsfcMRI can elucidate specific AD subtypes and may help evaluate future therapeutic interventions.
Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2013
Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2008
different between groups. MMSE values were significantly correlated with PC metabolism as well as... more different between groups. MMSE values were significantly correlated with PC metabolism as well as fornix volume but not fornix FA. Multiple regression analysis demonstrated a significant relationship between left and right PC of the entire cohort and volume DTI measurements overall, as well as specifically with volume of the fornix and volume of the left descending cingulum. There was also a significant relationship between the MCI sub-group and volume of the fornix. There was no relationship between PC metabolism and FA values in any ROI. Conclusions: There is evidence for a significant correlation between PC FDG hypometabolism and DTI volume measurements bilaterally in patients with MCI and AD. This relationship is seen in the body of the fornix, and is more highly correlated with MCI than AD.
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