[Focal autoimmune pancreatitis versus pancreatic cancer: value of steroid treatment in the diagnosis].

abstract：:In a double blind study, 20 patients who presented with acute episodes of asthma were randomized to treatment with nebulized salbutamol (5 mg) of subcutaneous salbutamol (0.5 mg). The clinical conditions were not significantly different before or after treatment in both groups. Significant bronchial dilation was obtai...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Quijada C,Galleguillos F

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 65 years old female undergoing hemodialysis, presenting with intense pain in the lower right quadrant and moderate hematochezia. Since symptoms did not abate after an appendectomy, a colonoscopy and barium enema were performed, whose results suggested an advanced cecal carcinoma. Biopsies were negative for...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Bannura G,Melo C,Villamán J,Muñoz M,Levy I

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bottled water consumption has currently increased and their fluoride (F) concentration may not be ideal in terms of caries benefit or risk of fluorosis. While low concentrations would have little anticaries effect, high F concentration would increase the risk of dental fluorosis. AIM:To measure F concentrat...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Fernández CE,Giacaman RA,Cury JA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-three patients with severe acute pancreatitis have been studied. Pancreatitis was associated with biliary tract disease in 23 patients (36.5%) and with alcoholism in 21 (33.3%). It occurred post-operatively in 9, and was associated with other conditions in 10. We evaluated the Ranson prognostic signs (RPS) with ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Martínez J,Zúñiga A,Guzmán S,Llanos O,Rahmer A,Troncoso P,Escobar M

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians took part in the promotion of public policies that regulated urban and architectural work, before engineers, architects, planners, and even before the State had a chance to take part in the formulation of such policies. Starting in the late nineteenth century, and especially during the first decade of the t...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Ibarra M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Chile, occupational illnesses are defined by the "Work-related accidents and occupational illnesses law". The institutions that administer that law have the legal obligation to determine the "occupational" or "common" origin of accidents and diseases. AIM:To compare symptoms and problems at work in a gro...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Trucco B M,Rebolledo M P

更新日期：2011-10-01 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: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：:Ultrasound is a sensible and specific method for the diagnosis, study of natural course and follow up of medical treatment of gallstones. Thus it is important to specify the concordance between echographic and pathological findings of the gallbladder. Ninety one patients were subjected to an ultrasound gallbladder exa...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Covarrubias C,Merino G,Cruz F,Pablo del Rio P,Vallespir A,Duarte I,Morales B,Valdivieso V

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is paucity of information about viral etiology of community acquired pneumonia in adults. AIM:To investigate the viral etiology of pneumonia among hospitalized patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:All adults with pneumonia that were hospitalized were prospectively enrolled at Puerto Montt hospital. A micro...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rioseco Z ML,Riquelme O R,Riquelme O M,Inzunza P C,Oyarzún G P,Agüero O Y,Ferrés G M,Vial C P,Fasce P R,Torres M A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed cerebral biopsy in 4 patients with AIDS and evidence of expanding intracerebral lesions. Three patients had cerebral toxoplasmosis and the fourth had Chagas encephalitis. No patient developed complications. We feel that cerebral biopsy is warranted and safe in patients with AIDS and intracerebral lesions ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Torrealba G,Acuña G,Tagle P,Tapia J,Huete I

更新日期：1990-12-01 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：:The administration of an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor transitorily reduces the GFR in a kidney with renal artery stenosis, effect that can be ascertained with scintigraphic studies using ACE inhibitors. We evaluated the clinical usefulness of captopril renography (CR) in the diagnosis of renovascular ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Orellana P,Jalil R,Valdés F,Fava M,Olea E,Fernández MS,Valdés G,Contreras O,Fontbote C

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Appropriate antimicrobial therapy shortens the duration of Shigellosis and significantly reduces the risk of transmission. Shigella strains resistant to common antimicrobials have increased during the past years, determining the need for a periodic surveillance, to guide effective therapy. AIM:To report the...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Prado V,Pidal P,Arellano C,Lagos R,San Martin O,Levine MM

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 50-year-old woman with a recent myocardial infarction in whom a myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with Thallium201 was done simultaneously with a F18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) SPECT to study glucose metabolism. Myocardial infarction was located in the anteroseptal and a...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： González P,Coll C,Massardo T,Sierralta P,Humeres P,Aramburú I,Brugère S,Yovanevich J,Ramírez A,Jofré J,Chamorro H,Kuntsmann S,López H

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Measuring the carbon footprint (CF) makes it possible to estimate the contribution of clinical activity to global warming. AIM:To measure the emitter components of CO2 equivalents (CO2e) at the Hospital Base, Puerto Montt (HBPM). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Descriptive study with data collected retrospectively be...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Balkenhol M,Castillo A,Soto M,Feijoo M,Merino W

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We followed 50 type II diabetic patients undergoing various types of surgical procedures. Control of blood sugar was evaluated as percent of tests within an acceptable limit defined as 160 mg/dl in the preoperative period, 80-240 mg/dl in the early postoperative period and 80-120 mg/dl thereafter. Adequate control was...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Morales H,Maiz A,Arteaga A

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Syphilis continues to be a common sexually transmitted disease. AIM:To describe the epidemiologic features of patients with syphilis consulting in a Chilean sexually transmitted diseases clinic. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Review of medical records of patients with positive serology for syphilis, who attended a u...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Cavero Tardones A,Ramírez-Santana M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension is a clinical condition with a low prevalence, but carries high morbidity and mortality. Important advances in the understanding of this disease and in its therapy have occurred. A particular scenario is pulmonary hypertension in patients undergoing non-cardiac as well as cardiac surgery. The ai...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Fermandois C M,López B R,León S P,Lema F G

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New vaccination strategies are needed to control the increasing problem of pertussis in teenagers and adults. AIM:To determine the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of a diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (dTpa) vaccine with reduced antigen content. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A single dose of the dTpa vaccin...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Abarca K,Valdivieso F,Potin M,Ibáñez I,Vial P

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 61 years old male presenting with a right cerebral infarction, along with a type I persistent left proatlantal artery (PA), which is a form of primitive carotid-basilar anastomosis. The patient had an absence of the ipsilateral vertebral artery (VA) and hypoplasia of the contralateral VA, while the basilar...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Buljan K,Hegeduš I,Gilman Kuric T,Salha T,Tomić S,Butković Soldo S,Buljan V,Šošić Đ

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most frequent primary tumor of the liver. It is associated to chronic liver diseases and has a high prevalence in some regions of Africa and Asia. AIM:To describe the clinical characteristics of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, admitted to two hospitals of the IX regio...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Manterola C,Muñoz S,Araya JC,Calderón C,Barroso MS

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Oral cancer in Chile corresponds approximately to 1.6% of all cancer cases. There are few studies about oral epithelial dysplasia and oral squamous cell carcinoma in the Chilean population. AIM:To determine the frequency of hyperkeratosis, mild, moderate and severe oral epithelial dysplasia, in situ carcino...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Martínez C,Hernández M,Martínez B,Adorno D

更新日期：2016-02-01 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. Since this award was instituted, in 1981, the Society has given it periodically to the most distinguished Chilean physicians. All nominees are considered a model as a physi...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors：

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of hepatitis, mumps, poliomyelitis, scarlet fever, pertussis and measles from 1954 to 1984 was studied from the annual records of infectious diseases. Fluctuations were evaluated by Fourier analysis. Periodic recurrency was detected for poliomyelitis, scarlet fever, pertussis and measles and was likely f...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Canals M,Martínez L,Firinguetti L

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In biomedical measurement, comparisons between two instruments or between a new instrument and the gold standard is commonly needed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the instruments. Such studies are frequently analyzed using statistics that are inappropriate for studying concordance. This article reviews th...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Bangdiwala SI,Muñoz SR

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality caused by cardial gastric cancer in Chile, is increasing. Previously we demonstrated an association between Epstein Barr virus and this specific location of gastric cancer. AIM:To perform a clinical and molecular characterization of cardial gastric cancer associated to Epstein Barr virus. MATERIA...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Corvalán A,Akiba S,Valenzuela MT,Cumsille MA,Koriyama C,Argandoña J,Backhouse C,Bal M,Mena F,Palma M,Eizuru Y

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbiology starts in Chile at the end of the XIXth century as part of the effort to develop basic sciences at the University of Chile Medical School. Publications by Vicente Izquierdo on gonorrheae and Alejandro del Río on the organisms of dysenteriae were pioneer works in this area. The field was progressively deve...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rodríguez M

更新日期：1992-04-01 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