[Laugier-Hunziker syndrome in a patient with Sjögren’s syndrome: Report of one case].

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：:Stem cells have drawn extraordinary attention from scientists and the general public due to their potential to generate effective therapies for incurable diseases. At the same time, the production of embryonic stem cells involves a serious ethical issue concerning the destruction of human embryos. Although adult stem ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Ventura-Juncá P,Erices A,Santos MJ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of the subspecialties of internal medicine in the western world is reviewed from a historical perspective, focusing on the case of the United States of America. During the last decades, changes both in society and in medicine as a whole have prompted a great dispersion of medical practice styles, not a...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rosselot E

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：:Kikuchi and Fujimoto disease is a benign subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis, probably associated to a viral infection, that affects mostly young Asian women. We report a 19 years old women, with a vast familiar history of thyroid disease (three uncles with papillary thyroid carcinoma and one with a Hashimoto thyroidit...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： López JM,Alvarez M,Cárdenas IE,Gallegos M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of morbid obesity is increasing and gastric bypass is the most effective surgical treatment. AIM:To assess the long term results of resection gastric bypass among morbidly obese patients aged less than 18 and over 65 years in terms of weight loss and correction comorbidities. MATERIAL AND MET...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Burgos L AM,Csendes J A,Papapietro V K

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：UNLABELLED:Circulating concentrations of the high affinity growth hormone binding protein (GHBP) may be a marker of GH receptor density as well as GH sensitivity. GOAL:To determine values of GHBP for a normal Chilean pediatric population. METHODS:We determined GHBP levels in 73 males and 73 females between 4 to 15.5 ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Salazar TE,Méricq MV,Espinoza M,Iñiguez G,de Carvallo P,Cassorla F

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 56 years-old man presenting with chest pain with exercise, seven years after an orthotopic heart transplant. A coronary angiography showed an atherosclerotic lesion in the common left main coronary artery with more than 90% obstruction. The lesion was successfully treated with a transluminal angioplasty wi...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Riedemann S E,Castro G P,Quintana F JC,Pérez P O,Mc-Nab M P

更新日期：2007-12-01 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:Reproductive number (R0)-maps estimate risk zones of vector-borne diseases and geographical distribution changes under climate change. AIM:To map R0 aiming to estimate the epidemiological risk of Chagas disease in Chile, its distribution and possible changes due to the global climate change. MATERIAL AND M...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Ayala S,Alvarado S,Cáceres D,Zulantay I,Canals M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Master of internal Medicine is the highest award granted by the Chilean Society of Internal Medicine (Sociedad Médica de Santiago) to its members. This article outlines the sense and transcendence of this award and provides an abridged, certainly incomplete, data of the recipients since 1981 when this award was first ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rosselot E

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To be successful, modern medical acts require the participation of several professionals and assistants and, as such, there has been a steady trend from individual medicine to the collective practice of the profession. This format raises issues in determining when a medical professional or other practitioner is liable...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Pizarro C

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality of acute bacterial meningitis (BM) has remained stable in the last decades in spite of the use of new antibiotics, probably due to vascular complications. We report a 68-year-old woman with BM who had a malignant infarction of left middle cerebral artery territory 72 hours after admission to the hospital...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： López MG,Mellado PT,Huete IL

更新日期：2004-10-01 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:Gastric mucosal pH may be a good indicator of splanchnic tissue oxygenation. AIM:To study the effects of abdominal surgical procedures on gastric mucosal pH. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Eighteen patients subjected to abdominal surgery were studied. All patients received general anesthesia and hemodynamic paramete...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Concha M,Añazco R,González A,Becker D,Gajardo A

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare in vitro activity, measuring minimal inhibitory concentration, of amoxicillin or its combination with clavulanic acid against 109 strains of Acinetobacter baumanii, 104 strains of Hemophilus influenzae and 94 strains of Staphylococcus aureus. All these were obtained from different ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Trucco O,Prado V,Garreaud C,Paya E

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Formative evaluation is a range of formal assessment employed by professors during the teaching process in order to modify curriculum activities, to improve student attainment. For students, it is helpful to evaluate their learning process. Although recommended, it is seldom used. AIM:To evaluate the percep...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Labarca J,Figueroa C,Huidobro B,Wright AC,Riquelme A,Moreno R

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As basic needs of older people are covered, the concern about the determinants of their quality of life becomes preeminent. AIM:To evaluate the relationship between self-reported quality of life and related variables. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The Quality of Life Survey for older people developed by the World H...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Urzúa A,Bravo M,Ogalde M,Vargas C

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:We evaluated pharmacokinetic parameters and bioavailability of 4 sustained release theophylline preparations. A crossover design was used in 12 healthy males aged 22 to 27 years old. Each individual received 250 mg iv followed by 250 mg orally of each preparation, and then 400 mg rapid acting aminophylline. A 7 day pe...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Biagini L,Zamora P,Chávez H,Saavedra I

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the main challenges in environmental management is to prevent the public health impact of projects that can cause pollution. To tackle this problem, the new Chilean bill on environmental management has defined the need to determine the potential health risks of a given Project. This paper gives a summary of the...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Matus C P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial sinus thrombosis (1ST) after closed head injury is an uncommon but potentially serious complication. It has no correlation with the severity of the injury. The symptoms and clinical course are highly variable. The most frequent but least specific symptom is severe headache. Cerebral lesions and neurologic...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Suárez H F,Mellado T P,Godoy F J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:in fulminant hepatic failure, different organs systems become involved and a multiple systems organic failure may ensure. AIM:to perform a retrospective analysis of patients with fulminant hepatic failure admitted to UC Hospital Intensive Care Unit. PATIENTS AND METHODS:the charts of fourteen patients (8 m...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Andresen M,Arrese M,Dussaillant G,Dougnac A,Campusano C,Glasinovic JC

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19 yr-old female patient with the diagnosis of late onset adrenal hyperplasia was treated since age 15 with different glucocorticoid preparations and dosage schedules plus spironolactone. In spite of a very good response in terms of amelioration of their hirsutism she experienced cushingoid manifestations associated...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Contreras P,Rojas A,Vega I

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maternal and infantile morbidity is closely related to the features of women's reproductive history. AIM:To study the reproductive behavior of women hospitalized due to labor or abortion in a public maternity of Metropolitan Santiago. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:One thousand women were interviewed about their rep...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Henríquez R,Vargas N

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mental disorders may interfere, aggravate or mimic medical conditions. AIM:To study the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among patients hospitalized in a medical ward of a general hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A structured interview for DSM-III, devised for "non patients", was applied to 203 men and 20...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Hernández G,Ibáñez C,Kimelman M,Orellana G,Montino O,Núñez C

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:A 37-year-old female with systemic lupus erythematosus and chronic treatment with steroids developed spontaneous bilateral rupture of tendons of both quadriceps muscles below the patella. Surgical treatment was undertaken with good results. The histologic features and a review of the literature are included. ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Segovia A,Román JC,Hinojosa M,Ruiz A,Guzmán L

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a comparative review of sick leave and wage replacement policies among countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (EOCD), an organism that Chile joined recently. This review also deals with the main transformations applied to the system to improve its effciency and the variables th...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Vergara M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00