[Cephalosporins: bacterial resistance measured by penicillin-binding proteins].

abstract：:Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy is a heterogeneous disease characterized by symmetrical motor and sensitive alterations, absence of tendon reflexes and increased cerebrospinal fluid protein levels. We report 6 patients with the disease, (three males) aged 41 to 70 years old. Four had the classical pr...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Araya P,Fruns M,Silva C,Pedraza L

更新日期：1996-11-01 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:Annually, acute bronchiolitis (AB) occurrence peaks during winter and is probably associated with air pollution. AIM:To relate the number of ambulatory consultations, emergency and hospital admission due to AB with climatic factors and air pollution. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients of less than 1 year old wi...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Zamorano A,Márquez S,Aránguiz JL,Bedregal P,Sánchez I

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperbaric oxygenation consists in exposing patients to increased gas pressures while inhaling pure oxygen. It involves the use of hyperbaric chambers that can double or triple gas pressure inside them. Hyperbaric oxygenation may be useful in different clinical situations, but mostly for the treatment of decompression...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Berner JE,Vidal P,Will P,Castillo P

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Self-efficacy refers to people's expectations about personal resources available for goal achievement. Higher self-efficacy expectations are correlated with higher academic performance. AIM:To analyze the psychometric properties of the Academic Behavior Self-Efficacy Scale (ABSES) and to describe Self-effic...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Hechenleitner-Carvallo MI,Jerez-Salinas AA,Pérez-Villalobos CE

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Restless legs syndrome (RLS) affects 10% of the general population. AIM:To analyze a series of patients with a minimum follow-up period of four years, treated during an interval of 14 years. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Retrospective analysis of medical records of 200 patients assessed and followed by the authors ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Miranda C M,Hudson A L

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 70 years old man presenting with malaise, anal pain and progressive defecation difficulty, with a decrease in stool caliber. The patient had no contact or past history of tuberculosis. On physical examination, there was an ulcerated anal lesion with purulent discharge, that produced an anal stenosis. The p...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rocha M,Carrasco C,Naquira N,Venegas J,Kauer G,Coñoman H

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the speech pronounced by Dr Abraham Horwitz, Emeritus Professor of the University of Chile and Honorary Director of PAHO, during the academic act that celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the Chilean Public Health School endowment. The school had a doctrinal and technical impact on Chilean health and decisiv...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Horwitz A

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) that requires hospitalization, is a common and serious disease. A permanent assessment in specialized centers, to define therapeutic guidelines according to local epidemiological factors, is mandatory. AIM:To study the etiology of CAP requiring hospital admission. PATIENT...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Fernández M,Zagolin M,Ruiz M,Martínez MA,Díaz JC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent panorama of medical practice regulation in Mexico is exposed. The dynamics of regulation changes is observed in different areas, with particular intensity in the labor market. Changes seem to be moving towards the constitution of a new regulatory model. A full state regulation for the last 50 years, is bein...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Nigenda G,Ruiz JA,Montes J

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:Wernicke encephalopathy is considered a complication of dialytic therapy, but there are few reports of this complication. We report a 57 years old man and a 45 years old woman, with grade IV renal failure, who after acute peritoneodialysis and chronic hemodialysis respectively, had a confusional syndrome that responde...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Toro J,Sacks C,Fuentes R

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryo cryopreservation improves efficiency and security of assisted reproduction techniques. Nonetheless, it can be questionable, so it must be justified from technical, legal and ethical points of view. This article analyses these perspectives. Embryo cryopreservation maximizes the probability of pregnancy, avoids n...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Beca JP,Lecaros A,González P,Sanhueza P,Mandakovic B

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Secondhand smoke (SHS) is an established cause of morbidity and mortality among non-smokers. The workplace is an important source of exposure, especially among workers of restaurants, bars and nightclubs. AIM:To estimate the daily occupational exposure to SHS among non-smoking workers of bars and restaurant...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Aceituno P,Iglesias V,Erazo M,Droppelmann A,Orellana C,Navas-Acién A

更新日期：2010-12-01 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: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:There is a correlation between aging and the decrease of plasma levels of vitamin B-12. AIM:To determine the prevalence of vitamin B-12 and folate deficiency and its hematological impact among older adults (AM). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Cross-sectional study, in 1028 subjects aged 65 to 87years, living in comm...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Sánchez H,Albala C,Herlramp F E,Verdugo R,Lavados M,Castillo JL,Lera L,Uauy R

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:A critical situation surrounds Internal Medicine and the training of internists. The crucial role of Internal Medicine as an integrating discipline in clinical medicine and its relationship with primary care medicine and the specialties is analyzed. The goals of a training program for general internists and specialist...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Alonso C

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adverse reactions to intravascular contrast media are infrequent in radiological practice and rarely pose a life threatening risk. Contraindication to contrast injection should be evaluated and prophylactic measures taken, if available, in patients with risk factors for adverse reactions. Details of pathogenesis, freq...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Foradori G,García C,Fava M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enterococcus is a bacterial genus with low virulence. However, in the last years, the importance of some enterococcus species as nosocomial pathogens has increased, specially due to their resistance to some antimicrobial. AIM:To identify enterococcus strains using classical biochemical techniques and genomi...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Sepúlveda M,Bello H,Ruiz M,Hormazábal J,Domínguez M,González G,Mella S,Zemelman R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 34-years-old male, with a history of hepatitis B and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection that was admitted to the hospital with malaise, weight loss, frontal behavior and chest pain. Imaging studies showed two frontal cortical/subcortical nodules. A stereotactic cerebral biopsy showed reactive gli...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Schalper KA,Valbuena JR

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular diseases are the main causes of death in Chile and there is a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the population. AIM:To assess the prevalence of those risk factors in a group of employees. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:We studied 2,219 individuals, 1,378 males with a mean age of 46.2 +...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Lanas F,Del Solar J,Maldonado M,Guerrero MA,Espinoza F

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postmenopausal women have higher severity of coronary heart disease (CHD) than premenopausal women and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an independent risk factor. AIM:To assess the severity of CHD in pre and postmenopausal patients undergoing coronary angiography and the impact of T2DM in both groups. M...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Gajardo-Navarrete J,Ibieta G,Concha M,Garcés P,Robles I,Vera-Calzaretta A,González-Burboa A,Gajardo I,Gutiérrez M,Villarroel M,Aguayo M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a girl with a chronic hepatitis caused by C virus diagnosed at the age of nine, unsuccessfully treated with interferon and ribavirine. Two years later, she was subjected to a liver transplantation. She maintained elevated viral loads with a normal pathological study of the liver until 22 months after transpl...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Alegría S,Buckel E,Ferrario M,Ceresa S,Smok G,Brahm J

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Culture is defined by the Webster's dictionary as acquaintance with and taste in fine arts, humanities, and broad aspects of science as distinguished from vocational and technical skills. AIM:To assess the general cultural knowledge of university students. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A test containing 58 question...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Vargas C NA,Pinochet T D,Juárez E P

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is phenotypic and genetic variability among the species Borrelia burgdorferi that produces Lyme disease. Three gene species and seven serotypes have been defined. AIM:To study the efficacy of two gene species in the serological diagnosis of Borrelia burgdorferi infections in Granada, Spain. MATERIAL ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Gutiérrez J,Núñez F,Piédrola G,Maroto C

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial lipase (EL) is synthetized by endothelial cells and its main substrates are lipoprotein phospholipids. Over expression of EL reduces high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and phospholipids, in vivo and in vitro. Inhibition of the enzyme achieves the opposite effects. The synthesis of the enzyme is reg...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Pierart Z C,Serrano L V

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "Revista Medica de Chile" founded in 1872 is the second oldest medical journal in Latin America after the "Gaceta Medica de Mexico" (1864). Among medical journals in the world it is placed 24. It has been published monthly without interruption, except for the period January through December 1891, due to the revolu...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Costa-Casaretto C

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have described a high percentage of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). However, the prevalence of SIBO has not been well established in other functional disorders. AIM:To evaluate the prevalence of SIBO in patients with different func...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Madrid AM,Defilippi C C,Defilippi G C,Slimming A J,Quera P R

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00