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    Avaliação da capacidade funcional e da qualidade de vida em pacientes renais crônicos submetidos a tratamento hemodialítico

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    This study aimed at evaluating the functional capacity and health-related quality of life in chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment, also checking possible correlations between these clinical variables and age, body mass index (BMI), and hemodialysis time. Sixteen patients were submitted to functional capacity assessment by means of the six-minute walk test (6WT), measures of maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressures, and by the fatigue severity scale (FSS). Patients also answered the SF-36 questionnaire. Functional capacity proved to be below predicted values at the 6WT and at respiratory, mainly expiratory muscles; mean FSS scores pointed to moderate fatigue. Patients over 60 years old and those with lesser hemodialysis time showed lower functional capacity only as to the distance walked at the 6WT. BMI did not interfere with functional capacity. Mean overall SF-36 scores were low; pain and lesser vitality were pointed as the SF-36 domains that most interfere in quality of life; age, BMI, and hemodialysis time have not shown to be relevant to most SF-36 domains. Results suggest that, with slight interference of age and hemodialysis time, patients with CRI undergoing hemodialysis treatment have poor functional capacity and health-related quality of life.Este estudo visou avaliar a capacidade funcional e a qualidade de vida em pacientes com incapacidade renal crônica (IRC) submetidos a tratamento hemodialítico e verificar possíveis correlações entre essas variáveis clínicas e idade, índice de massa corpórea (IMC) e tempo de hemodiálise. Dezesseis pacientes com IRC foram submetidos à avaliação da capacidade funcional pelo teste de caminhada de seis minutos (TC6'), mensuração das pressões inspiratória e expiratória máxima, e pela aplicação da escala de severidade da fadiga. Também responderam ao questionário SF-36, sobre qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde (QV). A capacidade funcional mostrou-se abaixo dos valores preditos no TC6' e na força dos músculos respiratórios (principalmente expiratórios); e todos apresentaram em média fadiga leve. Pacientes com mais de 60 anos e aqueles com menor tempo de hemodiálise apresentaram baixa capacidade funcional apenas quanto à distância caminhada, sem prejuízo das demais funções. O IMC não interferiu na capacidade funcional. O escore médio no SF-36 foi 72,3; dor e prejuízo na vitalidade foram indicados como os itens que mais interferem em sua QV, tendo os fatores idade, índice de massa corporal e tempo de hemodiálise não se mostrado relevantes na maioria dos domínios avaliados pelo SF-36. Os resultados sugerem que, com pouca interferência da idade e do tempo de hemodiálise, pacientes com IRC submetidos a tratamento hemodialítico apresentam prejuízos na capacidade funcional e na QV

    Characterisation of microbial attack on archaeological bone

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    As part of an EU funded project to investigate the factors influencing bone preservation in the archaeological record, more than 250 bones from 41 archaeological sites in five countries spanning four climatic regions were studied for diagenetic alteration. Sites were selected to cover a range of environmental conditions and archaeological contexts. Microscopic and physical (mercury intrusion porosimetry) analyses of these bones revealed that the majority (68%) had suffered microbial attack. Furthermore, significant differences were found between animal and human bone in both the state of preservation and the type of microbial attack present. These differences in preservation might result from differences in early taphonomy of the bones. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved
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