Longterm remission of left posterior fascicular ventricular tachycardia due to mechanical trauma.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is an X linked congenital disease that presents as eczema, thrombocytopenia and immune deficiency. The only curative procedure for this illness is hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), preferably from a healthy HLA identical sibling donor. Cord blood is becoming an excelle...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Wietstruck P MA,Zúñiga C P,Talesnik G E,Méndez R C,Barriga C F

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1983 to 1987 we studied 30 patients with leukemia searching for chromosomal alterations. Cytogenetic studies of bone marrow showed an abnormal karyotype in 19 (67%). Seven out of 14 cases of acute leukemia presented different chromosomic alterations. The Philadelphia chromosome was found in 11 patients with chron...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Conte G,Torrens M,Larraín C,Be C,Daher V,Youlton R

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) of the lip represents about 20% of all oral carcinomas. It is more common in men, peaking during their sixth and seventh decade, and is more prevalent in the lower lip. AIM:To determine the five years survival rate of Chilean patients with lip SCC. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The reg...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Cabello B T,Sazo B N,Salgado F A,Martínez R B

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work is to analyze the distribution of Duffy blood group and the reproductive history of 148 malformed newborns and their mothers compared to 131 control pairs. The mother-child segregation of the system is analyzed using ITO matrixes. A higher frequency of heterozygote mothers for the system was found...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Cifuentes L,Nazer J,Armanet L,Ruiz G,Vargas J

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent left superior vena cava is the most common venous congenital malformation and is usually asymptomatic. Its presence could increase the difficulty for transvenous lead implantation. We report a 71-year-old woman with an idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation and heart failure that required bi...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Vergara SI,Frangini SP,Barrero VR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exercise EKG is used as the test of choice in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Classical parameters are angor and ST depression representing myocardial ischemia. AIM:To correlate exercise EKG parameters with SPECT 201Thallium to know their likelihood ratios for ischemia. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Two h...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Prat H,Massardo T,Jofré J,Vargas J,González P

更新日期：1998-05-01 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: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：:Aseptic techniques are those practices designed to reduce the risk of surgical site infection (SSI), defined as such, all those that occur within the first 30 days of the procedure. While the patient’s risk of developing an SSI in dermatologic surgery is low since many of the procedures are considered sterile, there a...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Concha-Rogazy M,Andrighetti-Ferrada C,Curi-Tuma M

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:An appropriate measurement of physical activity (PA) in children is useful, since inactivity is associated to obesity, cardiovascular and metabolic risk. AIM:To assess the reliability of the INTA questionnaire of PA, to compare the derived PA score with accelerometry and to assess its ability to identify ex...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Godard M C,Rodríguez N Mdel P,Díaz N,Lera M L,Salazar R G,Burrows A R

更新日期：2008-09-01 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 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:The age at which children born preterm normalize their bone mineral density, is not well known. AIM:To study if children born preterm have normalized their bone mineral density at age 5 to 7 years. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Twenty six infants born preterm (14 male), were studied at age 5 to 7 years. Birth weigh...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Milinarsky A,Fischer S,Giadrosich V,Hernández MI,Torres MT

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of the journal Lanas et al report an estimation of population attributable risk (PAR) for myocardial infarction (MI) derived from different risk factors in Chile. Cigarette smoking, dyslipidemia and hypertension accounted for 71% of total PAR. Mortality from MI has decreased in Chile, but epidemiologic s...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Chamorro S G

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney graft loss because arterial thrombosis is not common and is related to risk factors such as recurrent vascular hemodialysis access thrombosis, collagen-vascular disease, repeated miscarriage, diabetes mellitus and thrombophilia. Patients having this last disorder have an increased risk of repeated thrombosis in...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Vega S J,Goecke S H,Vásquez G A,Peña M A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two atypical cases of parvovirus B19 infection occurred consecutively within a family. A 14 year-old patient presented an extended papular-purpuric "gloves and socks" syndrome and two weeks later his mother developed a predominantly unilateral purpuric rash in the limbs with severe malaise. Specific IgM antibodies in ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Martínez G MJ,Elgueta N A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We followed 25 patients operated on for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome between August 1985 and October 1989. Their mean age was 37 +/- 12 years and arrhythmia had been present for 5 to 30 years. A mean of 3.3 +/- 1.2 antiarrhythmic agents had failed in controlling recurrences. Tachycardia was orthodromic in 21 patient...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： González R,Morán S,Fajuri A,Irarrazabal MJ,Maturana G,Urzua J,Lema G,Espinoza R,Casanegra P

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Edgar Allan Poe, one of the best American storytellers and poets, suffered an episodic behaviour disorder partially triggered by alcohol and opiate use. Much confusion still exists about the last days of his turbulent life and the cause of his death at an early age. Different etiologies have been proposed to explain h...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Miranda C M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The determination of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) reference values is critical for the diagnosis of thyroid diseases. AIM:To explore and discuss different definitions to establish TSH reference values using a Chilean national survey sample. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The 2009-2010 Chilean National Health Su...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Mosso L,Margozzini P,Trejo P,Domínguez A,Solari S,Valdivia G,Arteaga E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microalbuminuria is a new tool in the management of patients with diabetes mellitus or hypertension. Microalbuminuria is an easily measured biomarker in a urine sample. Urinary albumin to creatinine ratio in first morning urine sample correlates with 24 hours urinary albumin excretion, but it is easier to obtain, and ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Tagle R,González F,Acevedo M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1992, a consensus conference defined the terms systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock. Since then, numerous reports have validated the prognostic usefulness of these operative definitions. AIM:To evaluate if sepsis severity criteria, as defined by the Conse...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Hernández G,Dougnac A,Castro J,Labarca E,Ojeda M,Bugedo G,Castillo L,Andresen M,Bruhn A,Huidobro LF,Huidobro R,Caballero MT,Hernández A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the aim of contributing to he Healthy Goal 2010 of reducing significantly the prevalence of childhood obesity we developed and implemented during 2003 and 2004, a school-based obesity prevention intervention which included nutrition education and the promotion of physical activity. AIM:To report the re...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Kain J,Uauy R,Leyton B,Cerda R,Olivares S,Vio F

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：BACKGROUND:There is a misconception that the main cause of death among women is breast cancer, even among physicians, who may neglect cardiovascular preventive measures in this gender Aim: To assess the knowledge among physicians about the main cause of death among women. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A survey was answered by ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Fernández M,Parra M,Calligaris S,Parada V,Ojeda MJ,Quiroz S,Carreño C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:All winters, there is an increase in the number of pediatric consultations, associated to three factors: cold weather, air pollution and respiratory virus epidemics. AIM:To study the influence of these three factors in the demand for pediatric consultations between March and September, in an area of Metropo...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Avendaño LF,Céspedes A,Stecher X,Palomino MA

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system infections due to Listeria monocytogenes result in a variety of clinical syndromes ranging from meningitis to rhomboencephalitis. We report the case of a previously healthy patient with rhomboencephalitis in whom the CT scan was normal, while magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed the diagno...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Yulis J,Geny C,Levy R

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality has a central role in medical care. The satisfaction of the rights of people to medical care, presupposes good quality medical acts. The meaning of quality goes further than a good attention based on scientific evidence and with competent skills. It comprises patient-physician relationship where professional b...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rosselot E

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：:The effect of a prolonged course of oral acyclovir was evaluated in 55 pts with recurrent genital herpes (36 men and 19 women). The pts were voluntarily enrolled after an acute episode, with tissue culture viral isolation. All the pts received an initial course with 200 mg of acyclovir x 5 for 10 days. Then they were ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Velasco M,Saavedra T,Sepúlveda C,Suárez M

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00