[Mycotic aneurysms and multiple peripheral embolisms in a patient with infectious endocarditis].

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is considered the second leading cause of disability worldwide. AIM:To describe the clinical characteristics and the evolution of major depressive disorder (MDD) in secondary care. To evaluate the association between socio-demographic and clinic variables with the first or recurrent major depress...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Salvo L,Saldivia S,Parra C,Rodríguez R,Cifuentes M,Acevedo P,Díaz M,Ormazabal M,Guerra I,Navarrete N,Bravo V,Castro A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral vasodilators (CVD) account for 1.6% of the annual expenditure on drugs in Chile. Two kinds are typified: what we have called orthodox CVD and calcium-channel blockers. They have two main uses in neurology: firstly, in acute ischaemic stroke where orthodox CVD (buflomedil, codergocrine mesylate, and nicergolin...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Alvarez G,Vacarezza R

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dual-photon bone densitometry of the lumbar spine and hips was performed in 11 patients (9 females) with asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism and in 11 control subjects. The age was 54.7 +/- 14.8 years. The asymptomatic state of the disease was established by the absence of clinical or radiologic evidence of renal...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： López JM,González G

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subjects with glucose intolerance or high fasting glucose levels have a higher cardiovascular risk and frequently become diabetic. AIM:To assess clinical and metabolic characteristics of patients with glucose intolerance or high fasting glucose levels. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Fasting and post glucose load ser...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Arteaga Llona A,Pollak F,Robres L,Velasco N

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:p53/p21WAF1/CIP1 and mdm-2 proteins play an important role in cell cycle regulation. The study of the pathogenesis of gastric cancer is important to understand how these tumors progress during their natural history. AIM:To study the relationship between the immunohistochemical expression of p53/p21WAF1/CIP1...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Villaseca M,Araya JC,Roa I,Roa JC

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The frequency of diseases caused by non tuberculous mycobacteria has increased in the last years. Their clinical diagnosis is difficult, mainly in immunocompromised patients. The identification of these mycobacteria by traditional methods is based on phenotypic characteristics and the results are obtained tw...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Araya R P,Velasco R M,Fernández O J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a short historical review of the outstanding changes occurred in the whole of endocrinology and particularly in Chile over the last 60 years -with the background of an infant mortality drop from 200 per thousand in 1940 to 8 per thousand today and a mean life expectancy increase from 42 to 76 years- the author outl...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Jadresic A

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:Docosahexanoic acid (C22:6, DHA) is a highly unsaturated omega-3 fatty acid that forms part of the central nervous and visual system structures. DHA is synthesized from its precursor, alfa-linolenic acid, that is also a omega-3 fatty acid and can be obtained from vegetable oils. Marine organisms, specially fish, are g...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Valenzuela A,Nieto MS

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Crowding in Emergency Departments (ED), results from the imbalance between the simultaneous demand for health care and the ability of the system to respond. The NEDOCS scale (National Emergency Department Crowding Scale) measures the degree of crowding in an ED. AIM:To describe ED Crowding characteristics, ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Giunta DH,Pedretti AS,Elizondo CM,Grande Ratti MF,González Bernaldo de Quiros F,Waisman GD,Peroni HJ,Martínez B

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An alternative strategy for cancer treatment is the manipulation of the immune system, denominated cancer immunotherapy. The immunotherapeutical use of cells of the immune system, like dendritic cells (DC), is being explored in different clinical protocols. Recently, we finalized a clinical phase I protocol, for the t...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： López M,Escobar A,Alfaro J,Fodor M,Larrondo M,Ferrada C,Salazar-Onfray F

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 160 girls from low and middle socio-economic class of Santiago we correlated the age at menarque with genetic markers such as ABO blood group, Rh, MN, Xg, haptoglobins, Esterase D and Phosphoglucomutase. No significant association of these markers and age at menarque was found. ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Valenzuela C,Avendaño A,Huerta J,Wells P,Gana R

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Augusto Orrego Luco born in 1848 and dead in 1933 in Valparaiso, was one of the greatest clinicians and researchers of chilean medicine during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Besides being a psychiatrist he contributed to literature, history, politics and medicine. He received his medical degree in 18...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Ruiz Torres A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a wide interindividual variability in the response to a period of exercise training. The science have reported that a minimum of participants could be non-responders for improving different health-related outcomes after training. AIM:To compare the effects of a 6-weeks exercise program on body comp...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Cano-Montoya J,Ramírez-Campillo R,Sade Calles F,Izquierdo M,Fritz Silva N,Arteaga San Martín R,Álvarez C

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decades there has been an important decrease in infant mobidity and mortality, but these achievements are not equally distributed across the whole population. Children are one of the most susceptible groups due to their unique vulnerabilities to environmental factors. Unhealthy environments, indoor polluti...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： París M E,Bettini M,Molina H,Mieres JJ,Bravo V,Ríos JC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non cardiac chest pain can be caused by esophageal problems such as gastroesophageal reflux or smooth muscle motor disorders. AIM:To perform esophageal manometry in patients with non cardiac chest pain. MATERIAL AND METHODS:One hundred patients with chest pain in whom coronary problems were discarded, were...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rencoret G,Csendes A,Henríquez A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54 years old female patient with a mitral valve prolapse and a rheumatoid arthritis treated with steroids was admitted with dyspnea and hypotension, that started 30 min after taking a pill containing enapril and hydrochlorothiazide. Hemodynamic monitoring with a Swan-Ganz catheter showed a pulmonary capillary pressu...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Saldaña A,Jalil J,Gaete P,Fajuri A,Castro P,Godoy I,Corbalán R

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dr. Hernán Iturriaga is now President of Sociedad Médica de Santiago (Chilean Society of Internal Medicine) for the period 1995-1997. He received his M.D. title at the University of Chile in 1961 and his postgraduate training included a USPHS International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Mount Sinai School of Medi...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors：

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgG4 disease is a multi-systemic condition involving pancreas, salivary glands and lymph nodes. Less frequently, it causes interstitial nephritis and involves the lungs. We report a 58 years old male with a four years history of hemoptysis and renal dysfunction characterized by hematuria and proteinuria, responsive to...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Erlij D,Rivera Á,Maya JC,Cuellar C,Correa G,Michalland S,Méndez GP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technology for diabetes care has undergone major development during recent decades. These technological advances include continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII), also known as insulin pumps, and real-time continuous glucose monitoring system (RT-CGMS). The integration of CSII and RT-CGMS into a single device h...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Apablaza P,Soto N,Codner E

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Felodipine is a calcium channel inhibitor with high vascular selectivity. AIM:To study the effectiveness of felodipine in the treatment of essential hypertension in subjects older than 64 years old. PATIENTS AND OUTCOME:Fifty subjects were studied. After a washout period of four weeks, subjects received a ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Fasce E,Peña L,Fasce M

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:In Chile, leukemia is one of the diseases whose treatment is guaranteed by a special law called AUGE (universal access and explicit guaranties). Therefore, the knowledge of its treatment costs is of utmost importance. AIM:To determine and to characterize the direct costs of pharmacotherapy for leukemia at a...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Molina F,Schramm C,Ruiz G

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the effect of old age on phenytoin pharmacokinetics, twelve young and nine old adults aged 21.7 +/- 1.8 and 71.8 +/- 4.9 years respectively, were studied. No significant differences of phenytoin indicating the drug distribution and elimination does not change with aging. After oral administration, significant...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Estruch J,Galdames D,Martinetti A,Saavedra I

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to differences in treatment effect in studies on the effectiveness of digoxin in patients with congestive heart failure in sinus rhythm, a cross-over placebo-controlled, randomized double blind clinical trial was performed. Thirty one patients, without previous treatment with digoxin, in New York Heart Association...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Lanas F,Standen D,Steinmann WC,Montecinos A,Stockins B

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed hypersensitivity skin test are widely accepted as in vivo measure of cellular immunity. Since genetic and environmental factors may affect these tests, each population must establish its own normal values. The aim of this work was to study delayed hypersensitivity in Chilean normal young adults. We studied the...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Jurlow E,Orvieto M,Guerrero J,Bezanilla CG,Cox P,Cartier E,Silva M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitral balloon valvuloplasty (MBV) is the therapy of choice for the treatment of symptomatic mitral stenosis with suitable anatomy. Although its short and mid-term results are favorable, there is a paucity of information about long-term follow-up. AIM:To assess the late results of MBV. MATERIAL AND METHODS...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Martínez R G,Fajuri N A,Córdova A S,Braun J S,Marchant D E,Guarda S E,Veas P N,Méndez L M,Lindefjeld C D,Pérez P O,Flores A,Valenzuela E,Martínez S A

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the six minute walking distance test (6MWD) is widely used to evaluate exercise capacity in several diseases due to its simplicity and low cost. AIM:to establish reference values for 6MWD in healthy Chilean individuals. MATERIAL AND METHODS:we studied 175 healthy volunteers aged 20-80 years (98 women) with...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Osses A R,Yáñez V J,Barría P P,Palacios M S,Dreyse D J,Díaz P O,Lisboa B C

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies indicate that doctors who work in the same area of the medical profession tend to behave somehow similarly. Thus, it has been suggested that personality relates to the medical specialty choice. However, it is not known whether people self-select into the medical specialties according to their...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Bitran M,Zúñiga D,Lafuente M,Viviani P,Mena B

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Petcoke is a remnant of the oil refining process that contains Ni and other heavy metals. Undesired human exposure to these compounds may result from petcoke combustion in plants located in the vicinity of the cities. AIM:To compare levels of urinary Ni in schoolchildren residing in cities exposed and not e...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Iglesias A V,Burgos D S,Marchetti P N,Silva Z C,Pino Z P

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00