[Validity of scales for the functional assessment of critically ill patients].

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is a disease of unknown cause characterized by pruritus and biochemical cholestasis in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy. Its pathogenesis may be due to the interaction of abnormalities in the metabolism of estrogens and progesterone, while still unknown environmental...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Pineda G,Aguayo J,Ribalta J,González M,Reyes H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) is an extracorporeal life support system in catastrophic lung failure, shock and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, in different age groups, with multiple physiologic features. When the candidate to be submitted is too unstable to be transported to a hospital with ECMO, cannulati...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Díaz R,Antonini MV,Orrego R,Abrams D

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The great diversity of commercially available products for the serologic diagnosis of Chagas disease led us to conduct a study of these products in comparison with the indirect immunofluorescence test. Percent agreement between methods ranged from 79 to 100%, the details for each product being given in the text. Bette...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Astorga B,Herskovic P

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We surveyed 605 households selected by conglomerate random sampling in a typical Chilean city in order to study patterns of utilization of medicinal agents. The critical item investigated drug use in the week preceding the interview. The 95% confidence limits for drug utilization were 24.1 and 26.8% and for medicinal ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Danhier A,Brieva J,Villegas G,Yates T,Pérez H,Boggiano G

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To adequately plan the post graduate training of physicians, we need to know the needs for specialists in the country and the most prevalent diseases and causes of consultations. In 2004, the National System of Health Services assessed the number of hours and types of specialties available, their regional distribution...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Román A O,Señoret S M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work is to analyze the usefulness of rheumatoid factor determination in synovial fluid. One hundred twenty nine patients (29 with rheumatoid arthritis), in whom rheumatoid factor was simultaneously determined in serum and synovial fluid, were retrospectively analyzed. Serum rheumatoid factor had a 48% ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Sari L,Astorga G,Carvajal P,Gatica H

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：: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: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：:Most studies of gastric transmucosal potential difference concern acute damage. We studied this phenomenon in 168 patients with different pathologic processes: erosive gastritis, duodenal and prepyloric ulcer, atrophic gastritis, gastric ulcer and normal controls. Ag-AgCl electrodes and Agar-KCl bridges were used to r...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Defilippi C,Morales A,Smok G,Angelo S

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

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:Osteoporotic hip fractures are devastating events in older women. There is a genetic modulation of bone phenotypic parameters including bone density (BMD) and bone fragility fractures. Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms explain a small part of the genetic influence on BMD, whereas their effect on fr...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Quevedo L I,Martínez B M,Castillo N M,Rivera F N

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 29 years old male, with a history of cocaine abuse and excessive alcohol intake, who was admitted to the hospital with an acute peritonitis. The patient was operated and multiple perforations of the cecum were found. A right hemicolectomy was performed and the pathological study of the surgical piece showe...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Boza C,Dagnino B,Garrido AM,Llanos O

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately, 10% of cirrhotic patients with ascites become refractory to medical treatment, a condition that reduces overall survival. TIPS is a therapeutic alternative for the management of refractory ascites. It corrects sinusoidal portal hypertension, becoming a rational and relatively safe therapeutic approach. ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Zapata R,Fava M

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Latin American Study of Congenital Malformations (ECLAMC) has performed an epidemiological surveillance of congenital malformations since 1967. This allows to detect any unexpected change in the incidence of malformations, possibly caused by a new environmental teratogenic agent. AIM:To report a summary...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Nazer H J,Cifuentes O L

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:A revolution is taking place in Medicine as a consequence of advances in biotechnology and informatics. The unraveling of the human genome with a description of chromosomal maps for all structural genes affords a new framework for the understanding of etiology, diagnosis and prevention of every disease. More than thre...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Cruz-Coke R

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article gives technical orientation to health institutions for the promotion of community participation and sets forth the challenge of constructing a health system for Chile, according to the needs and problems of the country and based on the principles of solidarity, equity and social participation. It presents...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Belmar R,Salinas J

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to increase awareness of the pandemic and to streamline control measures before any new outbreak of influenza we analyze the behavior of the cases of Chile and from 9 countries with more cases in 2009. Reproductive numbers, doubling times and estimations of susceptible and infected at the end of the epidemic ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Canals L M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting the future of medicine is daring. One can speculate about some of its future traits at the most. The spectacular progress in biological sciences has nurtured the hope that medicine will be able to dominate all ailments, improve the quality of life and longevity. Physicians are uncomfortable with the weak kn...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Goic A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in adults. AIM:To evaluate the diagnostic value of clinical features and oximetric data to screen for obstructive sleep apnea before performing polysomnograpy or respiratory polygraphy. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We studied 3...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Saldías P F,Jorquera A J,Díaz P O

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constrictive Pericarditis (CP) is an unusual disease. Its most common causes are idiopathic or secondary to cardiac surgery. Less frequently it is caused by connective tissue diseases. We report a 30 years old woman hospitalized due to progressive dyspnea, chest pain and signs of right sided heart failure. During her ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Lustig N,Florenzano P,Sanhueza LM,Cid X,Ramos G,Thone N,Fullerton DA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68 years old male presented with right hypochondrium abdominal pain and jaundice with no other clinical finding. CAT Scan and Ultrasonography showed right lobe bile duct dilatation. Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography gave an outstanding vision of a restricted right lobe bile duct dilatation associated to ch...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Faría G,de Aretxabala X,Sierralta A,Flores P,Burgos L

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews some key issues of early rheumatoid arthritis such as the dfficulties to recognize this condition during the first months after onset. Therefore, three reference diagnostic criteria have been proposed for any patient presenting with more than three simultaneously inflammed joints, involvement of m...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Massardo L

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Maximal oxygen uptake is considered by the International Biological Programme as the international standard of cardiorespiratory adequacy and physical condition. AIM:To measure maximal oxygen uptake in normal Chilean subjects, to establish normal reference values. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Maximal oxygen uptake...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Donoso H,Osorio J

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since February 2002, Flextend electrode catheters are used at the Cardiovascular Unit of the Catholic University Clinical Hospital. These transvenous catheters have an IS-1 connector, silicone coating, active fixation and retractile helix with dexamethasone acetate. AIM:To report early and one year results ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Frangini P,Vergara I,González R,Baeza M,Cambón AM

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The etiology of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is heterogeneous and still under discussion. Inflammation increases during exacerbation of COPD. The identification of inflammatory changes will increase our knowledge and potentially guide therapy. AIM:To identify which inf...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Saldías PF,Díaz PO,Dreyse DJ,Gaggero BA,Sandoval AC,Lisboa BC

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:The rapid development of molecular biology techniques as well as recent progress in the understanding of genetic and molecular basis of human diseases have had enormous impact in the practice of clinical pathology. Since new diagnostic (molecular) tools are now available, the concept of Molecular Pathology is emerging...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Wistuba II

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00