[Effectiveness of a case management intervention for high blood pressure and type II diabetes in primary health care].

abstract：:Currently, the Ebola virus has been classified by the WHO as "an international public health emergency" that has highlighted among other things, the enormous importance of proper and timely medical care. However, the complexity of this new health scenario, mainly due to personal risk in the event of infection, means t...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Donoso S C

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Host genetic predispositions may be important determinants of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). The association between Interferon-L 4 (IFNL4) rs12979860 C>T polymorphism and risk of liver fibrosis in CHC is contradictory. AIM:To evaluate the impact of IFNL4 rs12979860 polymorphism ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Brahm J,Urzúa A,Poniachik J,Cáceres DD,Carreño L,Venegas M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intensive medicine is especially expensive and requires an efficient management. AIM:To measure the real costs of diseases treated in an intensive care unit and compare them with the costs assigned by the Chilean National Health Fund (FONASA) for 2008. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Retrospective review of 225 patie...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Alvear V S,Canteros J,Rodríguez P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased cholesterol levels above 200 mg/dl, LDL levels above 130 mg/dl and total cholesterol/HDL ratio above 4.5 in males and above 5.0 in females are recognized as indicators of increased risk of atherosclerosis. Risk associated to increased triglyceride levels (above 200 mg/dl) must be judged in relation to associ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Davidoff P

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One thousand women hospitalized at a maternity were surveyed after their delivery or abortion about their first sexual intercourse and pregnancy. Mean age at the first sexual intercourse was 18.7 years and only 9.2% used a contraceptive method in spite that 20% were not willing to become pregnant. The mean age of sexu...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Henríquez R,Vargas NA

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The lithogenic risk profile is a graphical representation of metabolic factors and urinary saturation involved in the stone formation with their respective critical values. AIM:To determine the lithogenic risk profile in patients with urolithiasis. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Personal data such as anthropometric,...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Funes P,Echagüe G,Ruiz I,Rivas L,Zenteno J,Guillén R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between January 1980 and December 1990, 16 patients with acute mitral insufficiency were operated on an emergency basis at our institution. They represented 1.8% of all mitral surgical cases. All of them were in acute pulmonary edema and 7 in cardiogenic shock. The etiology was ischemic in 6, degenerative in 4, infect...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Zalaquett R,Morán S,Irarrázaval M,Maturana G,Navarro M,Grau A,Lema G,Urzúa J,Chamorro G

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first and so far the only form of isolated growth hormone deficiency to accede to molecular genetic analysis is IGHD 1A, which has an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. Several sizes of growth hormone gene deletions, ranging from 6.7 to 8.5 Kb are responsible for IGHD 1A. It has been reported that children w...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Aguirre E,Benítez R,Youlton R,Carvallo P

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleolar organizer regions may be observed by colloidal silver stains. A considerable increase in the number of regions may be observed in tumors and other pathologic processes as an index of cellular proliferation. Among 20 studies in patients with gastric carcinoma we found a significantly greater number of nucleol...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Roa I,Araya JC,de Aretxabala X,Mauriz A,Cea M

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HCAM or CD44 is a multifunctional cell adhesion molecule, related to cell-cell, cell-extracellular matrix interactions and involved in tumor invasion. AIM:To study the importance of CD44 expression in subserous gallbladder carcinoma. MATERIAL AND METHODS:One hundred five samples (93 female) of subserous ga...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Roa I,Villaseca M,Araya J,Roa J,de Aretxabala X,Ibacache G,García M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most significant facts in the development of Chilean cardiology since 1930 are reviewed. The preeminence of great clinicians in the thirties was followed by the creation of Departments of Cardiology in University Hospitals. The emergence of powerful diagnostic tools and cardiac surgery allowed an accelerated devel...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Noguera H

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most infectious diseases in template climates have seasonal pattern, that can be influenced by climatic, social and host factors. AIM:To study the seasonal patterns of seven human infectious diseases in Chile. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Series of monthly cases of measles, whooping cough, scarlet fever, meningiti...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Canals M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is consensus in promoting the selective use of glucocorticoids (GC) in the peri-operative period of transsphenoidal surgery (TE) for pituitary adenomas (PA). AIM:To evaluate the safety of a selective glucocorticoid administration protocol and the usefulness of immediate postoperative cortisol levels a...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Carrasco CA,Villanueva G P

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To measure the impact of day care attendance on lower respiratory tract infections in children under two years old in two urban settings with different degrees of air pollution. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:A 26 week follow up, during fall and winter of 1991 and 1992, was performed to 98 children (48 attending day care an...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Vargas Catalán NA,Díaz Amor P,Zuleta Quiroz A,López Bravo IM,Venegas Silva V

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Equity has been recognized as one of the driving principles of many health systems in the world. In Latin America, Chile has led the explicit inclusion of equity in their health policies, which is reflected in its recent health reform. On the other hand, Chile faces the challenge of defining and implementing a policy ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Espinoza MA,Cabieses B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examinations performed beside the bed of patients ("Point-of-care testing, POCT") provide immediate results and are simple to perform. The most common of these tests is the self control of blood glucose levels in diabetic patients. The use of these devices at the hospital level, introduces a new set of requirements to...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Guzmán D AM,Quiroga G T

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Postoperative hypocalcemia is one of the most common complications of thyroid surgery. It is related to the type of disease (malignant or benign), the number of identified parathyroid glands during the surgical procedure, and the surgeon's experience. Total thyroidectomy is the procedure of choice in our hos...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Gac E P,Cabané T P,Amat V J,Huidobro G F,Rossi F R,Rodríguez F F,Ferrada V C,Cardemil R F

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In July 2010 end stage renal disease anemia correction was incorporated to the program of explicit health guaranties of the Ministry of Health. The treatment plan included intravenous iron and erythropoietin. The prescription of these medications carne from the deriving health organizations. AIM:To describe...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： González F F

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Free-text imposes a challenge in health data analysis since the lack of structure makes the extraction and integration of information difficult, particularly in the case of massive data. An appropriate machine-interpretation of electronic health records in Chile can unleash knowledge contained in large volum...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Villena F,Dunstan J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most important topics mentioned by people from places affected by the February 27th, 2010 earthquake to the Presidential Delegation for the Reconstruction, was the urgent need of mental health care. Given the enormous individual and social burden of mental health sequelae after disasters, its treatment beco...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Figueroa RA,Cortés PF

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Education may induce voluntary behavioral changes in patients that lead to an improvement in health status. AIM:To assess the impact of the educational manual "Aches and Pain" on knowledge and attitudes of patients with chronic rheumatism and paramedics, using an instrument with 40 asseverations extracted f...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Pacheco D,Berdichevsky R,Ballesteros F,Fuentealba C,Arinoviche R,Jérez J

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated enteropathy triggered by the ingestion of gluten in genetically susceptible individuals. Its prevalence in Europe and the USA is 0.5 to 1%. AIM:To analyze epidemiological aspects and degree of compliance with gluten-free diet (GFD) among Chilean individuals with CD....

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Espino A,Castillo L C,Guiraldes E,Santibáñez H,Miquel JF

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloid sarcoma is a form of extra-medullary myeloid neoplasia. Cytogenetic characterization is hampered in the absence of invasion to the bone marrow, origin of cells that are usually studied in cytogenetic studies. We report a 13 years old mole presenting with a mass in the right shoulder. A biopsy of the tumor disc...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Lincopán S A,Valencia M Y,Carrasco L C,Barraza O X

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is the commonest cause of acute flaccid paralysis worldwide, with an incidence of 0.6-4 per 100.000 inhabitants per year. It affects all age groups and carries an incapacity burden of up to 20%. AIM:To describe the features of GBS in adult Chilean patients admitted to a tertiar...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Cea G,Jara P,Quevedo F

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:A high proportion of women consulting for depression have a history of childhood abuse and trauma. AIM:To compare the efficacy and costs associated with a treatment that enquires directly into childhood trauma and understands present interpersonal difficulties as a compulsion to repeat the traumatic past, v...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Vitriol G V,Cancino A A,Florenzano U R,Ballesteros T S,Schwartz P D

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease is a worldwide health problem. The incidence and prevalence of kidney failure is in constant increase, involving poor outcomes and high costs. The leading causes of kidney failure are type 2 diabetes and hypertension. The new initiative "Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)" is a glo...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Mezzano S,Aros C

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to analyze the global incidence of congenital malformations at the Maternity of University of Chile Clinical Hospital in the periods between 1971 and 1977 and between 1982 and 1992. A significant and sustained increase in incidence was observed in the first period from 10.64 per 1000 born aliv...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Nazer Herrera J,Cifuentes L,Ruiz G

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This essay looks into the meaning of today's professionalism and the apparent inconsistency between its growing status and a context of profound changes and dissatisfaction with medical practice. The cultural climate of our times is reviewed, as the framework for understanding changes in the social organization of med...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Horwitz Campos N

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00