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Anorectal manometry evaluation in adult women with clinical and urodynamic diagnostics of overactive bladder
RACIONAL: A manometria anorretal é método diagnóstico empregado na prática clínica para avaliação de distúrbios funcionais anorretais e do assoalho pélvico. As disfunções miccionais, anorretais e do assoalho pélvico tem sido consideradas como fatores contribuintes dos sintomas de bexiga hiperativa. OBJETIVO: Avaliar os resultados obtidos com manometria anorretal em mulheres adultas com diagnóstico clínico e urodinâmico de bexiga hiperativa. MÉTODOS: Vinte e cinco mulheres adultas (média de idade de 45.5±11.9 anos) com diagnóstico clínico e urodinâmico de bexiga hiperativa submeteram-se à manometria anorretal e os resultados obtidos nesta avaliação foram comparados aos de um grupo controle de 18 mulheres (média de idade de 33.9 ±10.7 anos) assintomáticas do ponto de vista urinário e sem critérios clínicos para diagnóstico de bexiga hiperativa. O grupo de mulheres com bexiga hiperativa foi denominado BH e controle C. RESULTADO: Ocorreram seis (24%) casos de contração paradoxal do puborretal no grupo BH e nenhuma no Grupo C. Houve 13 (52%) ocorrências de hipertonia de repouso isolada ou associada à hipertonia de contração no Grupo BH e sete (39%) no Grupo C. A média de pressão de repouso foi de 80.1 mmHg no Grupo BH e 67.6 mmHg no Grupo C. O total de ocorrência de hipertonia de contração no Grupo BH foi de 7(28%) e 11(61%) no Grupo C. A média de pressão de contração foi de 182.2 mmHg no Grupo BH e 148.1 mmHg no Grupo. Com relação ao reflexo inibitório retoanal, a sensibilidade e a capacidade retal máxima não houve diferença estatisticamente significante entre os dois grupos. CONCLUSÃO: As mulheres com bexiga hiperativa apresentaram maior ocorrência de contração paradoxal do puborretal em relação às do grupo controle.BACKGROUND: Anorectal manometry is a diagnostic method often used in clinical practice for assessing functional anorectal disorders and pelvic floor. The dysfunctional voiding, anorectal and pelvic floor has been considered as contributing factors of the symptoms of overactive bladder. AIM:To evaluate the results with anorectal manometry in adult women with clinical and urodynamic diagnostics of overactive bladder. METHODS: Twenty-five adult women (mean age 45.5±11.9 years) with clinical and urodynamic diagnostic of overactive bladder underwent anorectal manometry and the results of this assessment were compared to a control group of eighteen women (mean age 33.9±10.7 years) with no urinary or intestinal disorders and without clinical criteria for diagnosis of overactive bladder. RESULTS: Paradoxical puborectalis contraction occurred in six patients in the overactive bladder group and none of the controls. There were no significant between group differences in the following manometric parameters: rectoanal inhibitory reflex, rectal sensitivity, maximum tolerable volume, resting pressure, and hypertonia at rest. Mean squeeze pressure was 182.2 mmHg in the overactive bladder group versus 148.1 mmHg in the control group. CONCLUSION: Women with overactive bladder had increased incidence of paradoxical puborectalis contraction than women in the control group
NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics
Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data