[Renovascular hypertension and abdominal bruit in a case: has its interpretation modified technology?].

abstract：BACKGROUND:High calorie foods, especially high in sugar and sodium may have an addictive potential. Experimental rats are able to develop symptoms and neurochemical changes, comparable to those observed in drug abuse, when they are exposed intermittently to sucrose. AIM:To evaluate the association between nutritional ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Obregón A,Fuentes J,Pettinelli P

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Twenty to twenty two percent of work related accidents have a direct or indirect relationship with recent alcohol use. AIM:To detect recent alcohol or drug use in patients who required hospitalization for severe work related accidents. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Blood and urine samples were obtained from patient...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Trucco M,Rebolledo P,González X,Correa A,Bustamante M

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current recommendations for treatment of patients with newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) include all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) and anthracycline based chemotherapy. AIM:To evaluate the results of the Chilean protocol following the LPA99 regimen of the Spanish PETHEMA group, except for ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Undurraga MS,Puga B,Cabrera ME,Palma T,Rossle A,Vergara CG,Rojas B,Aspillaga A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal tuberculosis is rare compared to other forms of the disease. A review of the last 10 years in a General University hospital identified 21 cases diagnosed at autopsy and 8 during life. Most patients were males, older than 30 years of age, alcoholics and originating in southern Chile. Evidence of concomitant ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Fica A,Belletti J,Cruzat C,Rojas D,Montalva M

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibacterial potency of cephalosporins depends on inhibition (acylation) of one or more penicillin-binding proteins (PBP). Recently, reduced affinity of PBP for cephalosporins and other B-lactam agents has been found in some cases. Mechanism for these changes in affinity are analyzed in this review. ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Garrido J,López F

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The widespread use of INTERNET by adolescents, renders it a simple and accessible means for health care campaigns Aim: To perform a systematic review of ISI publications about INTERNET use for adolescent mental health prevention, detection, treatment or follow up. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Systematic reviews, me...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Hoffmann M,Rojas G,Martínez V

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protective immunity against rotavirus infection is directed against antigenic epitopes on the outer capsid proteins VP7 and VP4. The aim of this study was to characterize the VP7 and VP4 antigenic types circulating in different hospital areas of Santiago, Chile, over different time periods. Between April 1993 and Apri...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： O'Ryan M,Mamani N,Avendaño LF,Cohen J,Peña A,Villarroel J,Chávez A,Prado V,Valdivieso F,Kaltwasser G

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemophagocytic syndrome is a severe condition of excessive immune activation that has a high mortality in the absence of treatment. The syndrome is classified as primary if associated with congenital or hereditary problems, or secondary/acquired if associated with infectious, autoimmune or oncology diseases. We report...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Beffermann C N,Pilcante S J,Ocqueteau T M,Sarmiento M M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pharmacological treatment improves survival in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. The use of sacubutril/valsartan and ivabradine has been recently approved and incorporated in the latest guidelines. AIM:To identify candidates eligible for these therapies among patients treated in a ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rossel V,Duarte M,Muñoz P,Bravo C,Bobadilla G,Verdugo F,Guardamagna C

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper undertakes an analysis of the scientific criteria used in the diagnosis of death and underscores the importance of intellectual rigor in the definition of medical concepts, particularly regarding such a critical issue as the diagnosis of death. Under the cardiorespiratory criterion, death is defined as "the...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Echeverría C,Goic A,Lavados M,Quintana C,Rojas A,Serani A,Vacarezza R,Grupo de Estudios de Etica Clínica de la Sociedad Médica de Santiago.

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of secondary failure to hypoglycemic agents is heterogeneous. Some patients are true insulin dependent diabetics with a slow autoimmune disease suggested by their positive islet cell antibodies. Others, have an increased insulin resistance. AIM:To assess the frequency of positive islet cell...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Maiz A,Manrique M,Arteaga A,Acosta AM,Andrade L

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1987 and 1988 sexually transmitted diseases affected 87.2 per 100,000 inhabitants of the Viña del Mar-Quillota area. At all ages rates were 3.8 times higher in males compared to females. Gonorrhoea, syphilis and non gonorrheal urethritis accounted for most cases. In males, 82% of cases corresponded to gonorrhoe...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Fernández MS,López IM

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jehovah Witnesses cite religious motives to refuse transfusions of whole blood or its components for themselves and their children, even when life is endangered. An ethical analysis of decision making in health problems is made, giving priority to the alternatives chosen by the patient. One of the elements that turns ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Aguilera P

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Chile, Thyroid cancer (TC) is included in a list of diseases that have a guaranteed access to treatment, endorsed by the Ministry of Health. The care burden of the disease will depend on its incidence. AIM:To estimate the incidence of TC in Chilean patients with access to thyroid surgery and describe its...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Sapunar Z J,Ferrer R P

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the aim of contributing to he Healthy Goal 2010 of reducing significantly the prevalence of childhood obesity we developed and implemented during 2003 and 2004, a school-based obesity prevention intervention which included nutrition education and the promotion of physical activity. AIM:To report the re...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Kain J,Uauy R,Leyton B,Cerda R,Olivares S,Vio F

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decades, there has been an increase in life expectancy in the world, with the consequent modification in the proportion of adults over 60 years. This is accompanied by an increase in pathologies for which aging is the main risk factor, such as dementia and hearing loss, which profoundly affect the quality ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Wimmer Del Solar J,Delgado C,Torrente MC,Délano PH

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Professor Raúl B. Etcheverry, M.D., was a founder of Chilean Hematology back in the 1940's and a practicing physician and teacher until an advanced age. Being a superb clinician, he was admired by his ability to unveil from the most common to the most difficult diagnosis of blood disorders and neoplasms by examining b...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Reyes B H

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are reporting a 37 year old male with severe oligozoospermia and a history of infertility for thirteen years and surgery for severe unilateral varicocele. The hormonal levels for FSH, LH and T, and karyotype were within the normal range. Multiplex PCR revealed the presence of a de novo microdeletion in the azoosper...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Castro A,López P,Johnson MC,Sovino H,Martínez C,Vantman D

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed real time echotomographic studies in 203 patients with a clinical diagnosis of obstructive jaundice. All patients were operated on and a diagnosis of choledocholithiasis was established in 125. The same diagnosis had been made by echo in 69 of them for a 63% sensitivity rate. The specificity was 92% and t...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Arroyo A,Guerra M,Strauszer T

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the rate of infection by Epstein Barr virus (EBV) in Santiago, Chile, the prevalence of antibody to the viral capsid antigen (VCA-IgG) was determined in a group of 663 healthy individuals grouped by age and socioeconomic level (SEL). In addition, several risk factors for infection were studied. VCA-IgG was de...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Ferrés M,Prado P,Ovalle J,Fuentes R,Villarroel L,Ferreccio C,Vial P

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doppler-duplex has been widely used to quantify blood flow. Nevertheless, its usefulness in assessing portal vein flow (PVF) has been questioned due to technical problems: vessel cross sectional area measurements, interobserver variability, and PVF changes related to physiological events. This study was aimed to measu...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Fernández M,Chesta J,Jirón MI,Mánquez P,Brahm J

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychological problems are a frequent cause of consultation in primary care outpatient clinics. AIM:To report the results for Santiago de Chile of the World Health Organisation multicentric collaborative study on Psychological Symptoms in General Health Care. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The results of 1453 patien...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Florenzano R,Acuña J,Fullerton C,Castro C

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, "morning sickness", is a common contemporary complaint. Many pregnant patients note alterations in smell and taste which can precipitate "morning sickness", symptoms that characterize early gestation. Epidemiologic studies suggest that pregnancies accompanied by "morning sickness" hav...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Lee RV

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Streptococcus agalactiae or group B streptococcus, GBS, is the leading cause of neonatal and maternal infections and an opportunistic pathogen in adults with underlying disease. In the last decade, a dramatic increase in the resistance of this microorganism to erythromycin and clindamycin has been observed. ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Martínez MA,Ovalle A,Durán C,Reid I,Urriola G,Garay B,Cifuentes M

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evolutionary theory has contributed with physiological, psychological and behavioral explanations to the comprehension and treatment of eating disorders (ED). The aim of this review is to analyze the relationship between ED and the attachment theory and natural selection based hypotheses (famine flight, repr...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Behar A R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a translation into Spanish, done by Mario Uribe, M.D., F.A.C.S., and authorized by the Conference Organization, of the official statements signed by The Transplantation Society, The International Society of Nephrology and the representatives who participated at a WHO sponsored Conference held in Istambul, Turk...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Transplantation Society.,International Society of Nephrology.

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell anemia was a rare disease in Chile, especially in adults, however the recent immigration wave from Haiti is changing this scenario. We report a 29 year old black female from Haiti with a non-disclosed history of sickle cell anemia. She was transfused with two units of red blood cells, found unconscious and...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Moya F,Rivera M,Araya F,Donoso J,Sandoval P,Varas P

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aortic valve stenosis is the most prevalent valvulopathy in the elderly, but it is frequently undertreated. AIM:To assess early and long term results of valve replacement with bioprostheses in patients 70 years old or older with aortic stenosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A review of the database of the Cardiova...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Zalaquett R,Olivares G,Mejía R,Quezada F,Padilla O,Becker P,Irarrázaval M,Morán S,Muñoz C,González R

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 52 years old male admitted for fever lasting one month, dry cough, headache and malaise. Initial laboratory work up showed an AST of 172 U/l, and ALT of 252 U/l, a GGT of 353 U/l and alkaline phosphatases of 952 U/l. An abdominal CAT scan disclosed a mild hepatosplenomegaly. A liver biopsy showed a granulo...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rodríguez M,Montagud JB,Robert J,Mayol MJ,Merino J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intestinal intussusception, a medical emergency, is more commonly idiopathic and ileocolic and occurs with higher frequency in children aged 6 months to 2 years. Barium enema confirms the diagnosis and allows its hydrostatic reduction, that is the treatment of choice of this condition. AIM:To report our exp...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： García C,Flores P,Zúñiga S,Accorsi E,Monsalva R,Lastra M,Montes P

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00