CLINICS is an electronic journal that publishes peer-reviewed articles in continuous flow, of interest to clinicians and researchers in medical and biomedical sciences.
Edited by: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP)
Clinics
ISSN: 1807-5932
e-ISSN: 1980-5322

Clinics is a gold open access electronic international journal that publishes peer-reviewed research in continuous flow of interest to clinicians and researchers in medical and biomedical sciences based on its originality, importance, conclusions and interest to readers. CLINICS also publishes Comments and Editorials. The journal is committed to the principles of ethics, respect for the individual, humanization, honesty, pioneering spirit and excellence.Clinics is the Official Scientific journal of Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP).

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2.7
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3.5
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0.501
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0.726
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Original articles
Comparative analysis of primary health care attributes between children under and over 3 years of age using the primary care assessment tool
Luciana Harumi Miranda Omori, Deoclecio Avigo, Itamar de Souza Santos, Gustavo Diniz Ferreira Gusso, Maria Teresa Bechere Fernandes
Highlights

  • Government programs primarily focus on early childhood.

  • Primary Care services tend to be better for children under three years old.

  • New programs are needed to provide follow-up care for children beyond early childhood.

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Original articles
Patients who received sleeve gastrectomy have lower plasma osteopontin levels than those who did not
Doğan Öztürk, Arzu Or Koca, Müge Keskin, Bülent Öztürk, Esra Fırat Oğuz, Turan Turhan, Hakan Buluş
Highlights

  • Obesity causes higher plasma OPN levels and higher expression of OPN in adipose tissue.

  • OPN and HGF are promising biomarkers that can be used to detect problems related to obesity.

  • Patients in the early post-SG period had lower plasma OPN and similar plasma HGF compared to nonsurgical patients.

  • After bariatric surgery, despite down-regulation of local OPN expression in adipose tissue, a significant increase in circulating OPN concentrations occurs

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Original articles
Surgical complications in the first and second semesters of the general surgery medical residence. A study of 14063 cases
Bruno Henrique Alvarenga, Izabel Cristina Rios, Francisco de Salles Collet e Silva, Edivaldo Massazo Utiyama
Highlights

  • Surgical complications increase after the entry of new resident doctors.

  • Second-year resident doctors need more training time.

  • The increase in surgical complications is associated with the entry of new resident doctors, but also with the progression from the first to the second year of the course.

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Original articles
Polidocanol-foam treatment of varicose veins: Quality-of-life impact compared to conventional surgery
Lissa Severo Sakugawa, Felipe Soares Oliveira Portela, Andressa Cristina Sposato Louzada, Maria Fernanda Cassino Portugal, Marcelo Passos Teivelis, Cynthia de Almeida Mendes, Lucas Lembrança Pinheiro, Marcelo Fiorelli Alexandrino da Silva, ... Nelson Wolosker
Highlights

  • Both polidocanol foam sclerotherapy and conventional surgery had positive impacts on patient quality of life.

  • Conventional surgery promotes greater improvement in patient quality-of-life than sclerotherapy.

  • Post-procedure pain and aesthetic concerns about the legs worsen the efficacy of sclerotherapy.

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Available online 1 January 2024
Original articles
Comparative analysis of primary health care attributes between children under and over 3 years of age using the primary care assessment tool
Luciana Harumi Miranda Omori, Deoclecio Avigo, Itamar de Souza Santos, Gustavo Diniz Ferreira Gusso, Maria Teresa Bechere Fernandes
Highlights

  • Government programs primarily focus on early childhood.

  • Primary Care services tend to be better for children under three years old.

  • New programs are needed to provide follow-up care for children beyond early childhood.

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Available online 1 January 2024
Patients who received sleeve gastrectomy have lower plasma osteopontin levels than those who did not
Doğan Öztürk, Arzu Or Koca, Müge Keskin, Bülent Öztürk, Esra Fırat Oğuz, Turan Turhan, Hakan Buluş
Highlights

  • Obesity causes higher plasma OPN levels and higher expression of OPN in adipose tissue.

  • OPN and HGF are promising biomarkers that can be used to detect problems related to obesity.

  • Patients in the early post-SG period had lower plasma OPN and similar plasma HGF compared to nonsurgical patients.

  • After bariatric surgery, despite down-regulation of local OPN expression in adipose tissue, a significant increase in circulating OPN concentrations occurs

Full text access
Available online 1 January 2024
Surgical complications in the first and second semesters of the general surgery medical residence. A study of 14063 cases
Bruno Henrique Alvarenga, Izabel Cristina Rios, Francisco de Salles Collet e Silva, Edivaldo Massazo Utiyama
Highlights

  • Surgical complications increase after the entry of new resident doctors.

  • Second-year resident doctors need more training time.

  • The increase in surgical complications is associated with the entry of new resident doctors, but also with the progression from the first to the second year of the course.

Full text access
Available online 1 January 2024
Polidocanol-foam treatment of varicose veins: Quality-of-life impact compared to conventional surgery
Lissa Severo Sakugawa, Felipe Soares Oliveira Portela, Andressa Cristina Sposato Louzada, Maria Fernanda Cassino Portugal, Marcelo Passos Teivelis, Cynthia de Almeida Mendes, Lucas Lembrança Pinheiro, Marcelo Fiorelli Alexandrino da Silva, ... Nelson Wolosker
Highlights

  • Both polidocanol foam sclerotherapy and conventional surgery had positive impacts on patient quality of life.

  • Conventional surgery promotes greater improvement in patient quality-of-life than sclerotherapy.

  • Post-procedure pain and aesthetic concerns about the legs worsen the efficacy of sclerotherapy.

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Available online 1 January 2024
Review articles
Screening and diagnostic tools for autism spectrum disorder: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Clara Lucato dos Santos, Indyanara Inacio Barreto, Idevaldo Floriano, Luca Schiliró Tristão, Antonio Silvinato, Wanderley Marques Bernardo
Highlights

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder.

  • Autism spectrum disorder has a significant impact on the patient and their family.

  • To provide adequate advice is to carry out screening and diagnosis correctly and accurately.

  • Screening test must be applied, M-CHAT-R/F is recommended.

  • For diagnosis CARS and ADOS are the most recommended tools.

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Impulse oscillometry in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: an exploratory study
Helena Jannuzzi Villas Bôas, Ilma Aparecida Paschoal, Mônica Corso Pereira
Highlights

  • Impulse Oscillometry (IOS) can be used to analyze lung resistance and reactance in patients with PAH.

  • Patients with PAH show increased resistance and pulmonary reactance compared to healthy individuals.

  • The IOS findings showed a good correlation with the spirometric variables.

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Effect of photobiomodulation therapy on pain perception during anesthetic puncture of dental local anesthesia: A systematic review
Caio Melo Mesquita, Millena Barroso Oliveira, Marcelo Dias Moreira de Assis Costa, Walbert Andrade Vieira, Rafael Rodrigues Lima, Sigmar de Mello Rode, Luiz Renato Paranhos
Highlights

  • Photobiomodulation therapy seems to have little or no effect on pain perception during the anesthetic puncture in patients undergoing dental local anesthesia.

  • Clinical trials found in the literature used different study samples, pain assessment tools, and photobiomodulation therapy protocols.

  • Further randomized studies should be performed with a standardized methodology to strengthen the current evidence.

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Multidisciplinary team for patients with neurocutaneous syndromes: The little discussed importance of dentistry
Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone, Filippo Bistagnino, Pritik A. Shah
Highlights

  • The inclusion of dentists in multidisciplinary teams for patients with neurocutaneous syndromes is essential, both on an outpatient and hospital basis.

  • Interestingly, dentistry can play a relevant role in the early diagnosis and differential diagnosis of patients with neurocutaneous syndromes.

  • More research in this area is needed.

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Correspondence
Increased frequency and intensity of complicated migraine sans migraine after third BNT162b2 dose
Larissa M. Bombardi, Antonio-Carlos Guimaraes de Almeida, Josef Finsterer, Fulvio Alexandre Scorza
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SARS-CoV-2 vaccination complicated by small fiber neuropathy, mast cell activation syndrome, and pericarditis
Danice Hertz, Fulvio Alexandre Scorza, Ana Claudia Fiorini, Josef Finsterer
Clinics. 2023;78C:100304
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Evaluation of pediatric diabetes mellitus after SARS-CoV-2 infection: A long-term prospective case series
Thais T. Fink, Ana P.M. Canton, Maria Fernanda B. Pereira, Vera Bain, Olívia Matsuo, Camilla Astley, Heloisa H.S. Marques, Simone Correa-Silva, Marilia M. Montenegro, Patricia Palmeira, Marlene P. Garanito, Alberto J.S. Duarte, Magda Carneiro-Sampaio, Ana C. Latronico, Clovis A. Silva
Clinics. 2023;78C:100299
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Comments
Importance of nociplastic pain in patients with rheumatic diseases
Antonio Alcántara Montero
Clinics. 2023;78C:100309
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Does SARS-CoV-2vaccination induce acquired autoimmune discords and inflammatory manifestations?
Khadija Bahrini, Emna Hannachi
Clinics. 2023;78C:100257
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Serum cytokines in childhood-Takayasu arteritis: Are they biomarkers for indolent disease activity?
Gleice Clemente, Maria Teresa Terreri, Rosa M.R. Pereira, Bruno Gualano, Clovis Artur Silva, Alexandre Wagner de Souza
Clinics. 2023;78C:100256
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“Scientific Evidence for Homeopathy”
Marcus Zulian Teixeira
Clinics. 2023;78C:100255
Highlights

  • Homeopathy is based on heterodox and complementary four scientific assumptions.

  • Pseudosceptics deny these assumptions and any scientific evidence that proves them.

  • The dossier describes hundreds of clinical and experimental studies in homeopathy.

  • The dossier demystifies the fallacy that “there isn't scientific evidence for homeopathy”.

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Editorials
It is time to change the definition: Endometriosis is no longer a pelvic disease
Maria Carolina Machado da Silva, Luiz Philipe de Souza Ferreira, Amanda Della Giustina
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Pesticide exposure and human health: Toxic legacy
Fulvio A. Scorza, Larissa Beltramim, Larissa M. Bombardi
Clinics. 2023;78C:100249
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The double-edged sword: COVID-19 pandemic-related delay in immune maturation in young children
Braian Lucas Aguiar Sousa, Magda Maria Sales Carneiro-Sampaio
Clinics. 2023;78C:100239
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Humanization: Improving patient and family experience in a public pediatric hospital
Jussara de Oliveira Zimmermann, Anna-Dulce S.C. Sampaio, Aide Mitie Kudo, Magda Carneiro-Sampaio
Clinics. 2023;78C:100187
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Patricia Andrade Batista, Cláudia de Oliveira, Rafaela Alkmin da Costa, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco, Fabio Roberto Cabar
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