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Helio  De Morais
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine                                                                                                                                           

  • DVM, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil  (1982)

  • MS, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil (1987)

  • PhD, Ohio State University (1995)

  • Internal Medicine Residency, Ohio State University (1989-1992)

  • Cardiology Residency, Ohio State University (1992-1994)

  • Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Specialty of Cardiology (1994)

  • Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Specialty of Small Animal Internal Medicine (1993)

     

Vector-borne and emerging infectious diseases, interrelationship between acid-base and electrolyte disorders, cardiac markers

 

Course coordinator for the Companion Animal and Equine Medicine I

Associate Editor, Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

 

Infectious diseases, nephrology and fluid therapy, cardiopulmonary medicine

 

DVM: 1982, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

MS: 1987, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil

PhD: 1995, Ohio State University

Internal Medicine Residency: 1989-1992, Ohio State University

Cardiology Residency: 1992-1994, Ohio State University

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Specialty of Small Animal Internal Medicine, 1993

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Specialty of Cardiology, 1994

 

Invited Editorial

de Morais HSA. Has Stewart finally arrived in the clinic? Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 19(4):489-490, 2005. Pubmed

 

Articles

 Santos AP, Santos RP, Biondo AW, Dora, JM, Oliveira ST, Guimarães AM, Timenetsky J, de Morais HA, Gonzales FHD, Messick JB. Hemoplasma Infection in HIV-positive Patient, Brazil. Emerging Infectious Diseases,14(12): [Epub ahead of print], 2008. Article

Biondo AW, Santos AP, Guimarães AM, Macieira DB, Vieira RFC, Almosny NRP, Molento MB, Timenetsky J, de Morais HA, Messick JB. Haemoplasmas (Haemotropic Mycoplasmas) in Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology: in press

 Serafini C, Rosa G, Guimarães AM, de Morais HA, Biondo AW. Survey of owned feline and canine population in apartments from a neighborhood in CuritibaBrazil  Zoonosis and Public Health, 55(8-10): 402-405, 2008. PubMed

Diniz PPVP, de Morais HSA, Breitschwerdt EB, Schwartz DS. Cardiac troponin I in canine ehrlichiosis. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 22(5): 1136-1143, 2008 PubMed

Teixeira MA, Gonçalves MLL, Riediger IN, Prosser CS, Silva SFC, Biesdorf SM, Erdmann PR, de Morais HSA, Biondo AW. Sorologia negativa e PCR positivo: importância da biologia molecular para diagnóstico precoce de leptospirose aguda no cão. Clínica Veterinária, 73:44-48, 2008. Abstract

Diniz PPVP, Schwartz DS, de Morais HSA, Breitschwerdt EB. Surveillance for zoonotic vector-borne infections using sick dogs from southeastern Brazil. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases: 7(4): 689-697, 2007.  PubMed

de Morais HSA, Guimarães AMS, Vidotto O, Bauman A, Biondo AW, Messick JB. Coinfection with Mycoplasma haemofelis and “Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum” in three cats from Brazil. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery: 9(6):518-520, 2007.  Pubmed

Dennison S, Gulland F, Haulena M, de Morais HSA, Colegrove K. Urate nephrolithiasis in a northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) and a california sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine: 38(1): 114-120, 2007. PubMed

Trapp SM, Messick JB, Vidotto O, de Morais HSA. Babesia gibsoni genotype Asia in dogs from Brazil. Veterinary Parasitology, 141(1-2):177-180, 2006. PubMed

de Morais HSA. Canine influenza: Risks, management, and prevention. Veterinary Medicine, 101 (11):714, 2006.

Trapp SM, Dagnone AS, Vidotto O, Freire, RL, Amude AM, de Morais HSA. Seroepidemiology of Canine Babesiosis and Ehrlichiosis in a Hospital Population. Veterinary Parasitology: 140(3-4):223-230, 2006. PubMed

Saito TB, Alfieri AA, Wosiacki SR, Negrão FJ, de Morais HSA, Alfieri AF. Detection of canine distemper virus by RT-PCR in urine of dogs with clinical signs of distemper encephalitis. Research in Veterinary Science, 80(1):116-119, 2006. Pubmed

de Morais HSA. Influenza em cães e gatos. Clínica Veterinária, 11 (63):60-66, 2006. Abstract

Saito TB, Alfieri AA, Negrão FJ, de Morais HSA, Alfieri AF. Optimization and evaluation of the RT-PCR assay for ante and post-mortem detection of canine distemper virus infection. Veterinária & Zootecnia. 13(1): 63-72, 2006. Article

MacGregor JM, Faria MLE, Moore AS, Brown DJ, de Morais HSA. Primary cardiac lymphoma causing pericardial effusion in 12 dogs.  Journal of American Veterimary Medical Association, 9(8):1449-1453, 2005. PubMed

de Morais HSA, Hoskins JD, Almosny NR, Labarthe NV. Diretrizes gerais para diagnóstico e manejo de cães infectados por Ehrlichia spp. Clínica Veterinária, 9(48):28-30, 2004. Abstract

Dagnone AS, de Morais HSA, Vidotto MC, Jojima FS, Vidotto O. Ehrlichiosis in anemic, thrombocytopenic, or tick-infested dogs from a Hospital population in South Brazil. Veterinary Parasitology. 117(4):285-290, 2003. PubMed

Biondo AW, Ehrhart, EJ, Sisson DD, Bulmer B, de Morais HSA, Solter PF. Immunohistochemstry of brain and atrial natriuretic peptides in control cats and cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Veterinary Pathology 40:501-506, 2003. PubMed

Biondo AW, Zinglin LL, Wiedmeyer CE, de Morais HSA, Sisson DD, Solter PF. Genomic sequence and cardiac synthesis of feline atrial natriuretic peptide. American Journal of Veterinary Research 63(2):236-240, 2002. PubMed

Oyafuso MK, Dagnone AS, Vidotto O, de Morais HSA. Caracterização de carrapatos parasitas de cães em uma população hospitalar no norte do Paraná. Semina – Ciências Agrárias 23(1):87-90, 2002. Article

Leisewitz AL, Jacobson LS, de Morais HSA, Reyers F. The mixed acid-base disturbances of severe canine babesiosis. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 15 (5):445-452, 2001. PubMed

Ono MA, Bracarense APFRL, de Morais, HSA, Trapp SM, Belitardo DR, de Camargo ZP.  Canine paracoccidioidomycosis- infection: A seroepidemiologic study. Medical Mycology 39(3):277-282, 2001. PubMed

Dagnone AS, de Morais HSA, Vidotto O. Erliquiose nos animais e no homem. Semina – Ciências Agrárias 22(2):191-201, 2001. Article

Bahr SE and de Morais HSA.  Pessoas imunocomprometidas e animais de estimação. Clínica Veterinaria 6(30):17-22, 2001. Abstract

Muir WW, de Morais HSA, Constable PD. The effects of a hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier (HBOC-301) on left ventricular systolic function in anesthetized dogs. Veterinary Surgery 29(5):449-455, 2000. Pubmed

 

Books

de Morais HSA and DiBartola SP (eds).Advances in Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders. Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice, 38(3):423-753, 2008.

 

Book Chapters

de Morais HSA and DiBartola SP. Acid-base disorders. In: Bonagura JD and Twedt D (eds). Kirk’s Current Veterinary Therapy XIV. 14th ed., Philadelphia, Elsevier-Saunders, 2008, p: 54-61.

de Morais HSA, Bach JF, DiBartola SP. Metabolic acid-base disorders in the critical care unit. In: de Morais HSA and DiBartola SP (eds). Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice, 38(3):559-574, 2008PubMed

Kaae J and de Morais HSA. Anion gap and strong ion gap: A quick reference. In: de Morais HSA and DiBartola SP (eds). Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice, 38(3):443-447, 2008. PubMed

Foy D and de Morais HSA. Metabolic Alkalosis: A quick reference. In: de Morais HSA and DiBartola SP (eds). Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice, 38(3):435-438, 2008. PubMed

de Morais HSA. Metabolic Acidosis: A quick reference. In: de Morais HSA and DiBartola SP (eds). Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice, 38(3):439-442, 2008. PubMed

Biondo AW and de Morais HSA. Chloride: A quick reference. In: de Morais HSA and DiBartola SP (eds). Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice, 38(3):459-465, 2008. PubMed

de Morais HSA and DiBartola SP. Hypernatremia: A quick reference. In: de Morais HSA and DiBartola SP (eds). Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice, 38(3):485-489, 2008. PubMed

de Morais HSA and DiBartola SP. Hyponatremia: A quick reference. In: de Morais HSA and DiBartola SP (eds). Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice, 38(3):491-495, 2008. PubMed

Kogika MM and de Morais HSA. Hyperkalemia: A quick reference. In: de Morais HSA and DiBartola SP (eds). Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice, 38(3):477-480, 2008. PubMed

Kogika MM and de Morais HSA. Hypokalemia: A quick reference. In: de Morais HSA and DiBartola SP (eds). Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice, 38(3):481-484, 2008. PubMed

de Morais HSA and DiBartola SP. Amyloidosis. In: Tilley LP and Smith FK (eds).  Five Minute Veterinary Consult. 4th ed. Ames, Blackwell, 2007, p:64-65.

de Morais HSA and DiBartola SP. Alkalosis, Metabolic. In: Tilley LP and Smith FK (eds). Five Minute Veterinary Consult. 4th ed. Ames, Blackwell, 2007, p:54-55.

de Morais HSA. Acidosis, Metabolic.  In:  Tilley LP and Smith FK (eds). Five Minute Veterinary Consult. 4th ed. Ames, Blackwell, 2007, p:12-13.

Muir WW and de Morais HSA Acid-base physiology. In: Thurmon JC, Tranquilli WJ, Benson GJ (eds). Lumb and Jones' Veterinary Anesthesia. 4th ed. Ames, Blackwell, 2007. chapter 7, p:169-182.

Green B and de Morais HSA. Weight loss. In: Côté E (ed). Clinical Veterinary Advisor: Dogs and Cats. Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2007, p:1162-1164.

de Morais HSA and Biondo AW. Disorders of chloride: Hyperchloremia and hypochloremia. In: DiBartola SP (ed). Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders. 3rd ed., Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2006, chap 4, p:80-90.

DiBartola SP and de Morais HSA. Disorders of potassium: Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia. In: DiBartola SP (ed). Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders. 3rd ed, Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2006, chap 5, p:91-121.

Johnson RA and de Morais HSA. Respiratory acid-base disorders. In: DiBartola SP (ed). Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders. 3rd ed., Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2006, chap 11, p:283-296.

de Morais HSA and Leisewitz A. Mixed acid-base disorders. In: DiBartola SP (ed). Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders. 3rd ed., Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2006, chap 12, p:296-309.

de Morais HSA and Constable, PD. Strong ion approach to acid-base disorders. In: DiBartola SP (ed). Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders. 3rd ed., Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2006, chap 13, p:310-321.

Bonagura JD, Lehmkuhl LB, de Morais HSA. Fluid and diuretic therapy in heart failure. In: DiBartola SP (ed). Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders. 3rd ed., Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2006, chap 21, p:490-518.

de Morais HSA and Schwartz DS.  Pathophysiology of heart failure.  In:  Ettinger SJ and Feldman EC (eds).  Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 6th ed., Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 2005. p:914-940.

de Morais HSA and O’Brien RT.  Non-neoplastic diseases of spleen.  In:  Ettinger SJ and Feldman EC (eds).  Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 6th ed., Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 2005. p:1944-1951.

Faria MLE and de Morais HSA Abordaje del gato en la emergencia. In: Minovich FG, Paludi AE, Rossano MJ (eds). Libro de Medicina Felina Práctica. 2nd ed. Buenos Aires, Royal Canin, 2004. p:27-40.

de Morais HSA. Fluidoterapia. In: Minovich FG, Paludi AE, Rossano MJ (eds). Libro de Medicina Felina Práctica. 2nd ed. Buenos Aires, Royal Canin, 2004. p:65-82.

DiBartola SP, Green RA, de Morais HSA, Willard MD.  Electrolytes and acid-base disorders. In: Willard MD, Tvedten H (ed). Small Animal Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods. 4th ed. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 2004, p:117-135.

de Morais HSA. Doenças brônquicas em gatos: Asma e bronquite crônica. In: Souza HJM (ed). Coletâneas em Medicina e Cirurgia Felina. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, LF Livros, 2003, p:147-154.

Stepien RL and de Morais HSA. Feline congenital heart disease. In: Bonagura JD (ed). Kirk’s Current Veterinary Therapy XIII. 13rd ed., Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 2000, p:738-741.

Faudskar L. and de Morais HSA. Routes of fluid administration: Indications, contraindications, techniques, and complications. In: Bonagura JD (ed). Kirk’s Current Veterinary Therapy XIII. 13rd ed., Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 2000, p:61-65.

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