[An update on the pathogenesis of celiac disease].

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：BACKGROUND:Non cardiac chest pain can be caused by esophageal problems such as gastroesophageal reflux or smooth muscle motor disorders. AIM:To perform esophageal manometry in patients with non cardiac chest pain. MATERIAL AND METHODS:One hundred patients with chest pain in whom coronary problems were discarded, were...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rencoret G,Csendes A,Henríquez A

更新日期：2006-03-01 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 earth of ornamental plants is one of the main reservoirs of Aspergillus type of fungi in hospital areas. We studied 174 ornamental interior plants from a hospital at Santiago. Samples were obtained from the soil surface and sowed in Sabouraud-glucose agar, adding streptomycin and G-penicillin. After 72 h of cultur...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Thompson L,Castrillón MA,Delgado M,García M

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical reasoning is the most important competente in the training process of a physician. AIM:To develop a method for teaching clinical reasoning based on prototypes of clinical cases. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The study was conducted on sixty-four third year medical students. The study and control groups att...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Montaldo L G,Herskovic L P

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A change in the social structure of medicine and its impact on clients has occurred in the last decades. AIM:To perform a survey about subjective wellbeing among physicians. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A physician’ professional satisfaction survey consisting in 90 questions, was applied to 580 physicians (7...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Bascuñán ML,Horwitz N,Schiattino I,Acuña J,Jiménez JP

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Practice is essential in clinical training and can be carried out with simulations. The medical school of the University of Chile performs Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) using standardized simulated patients for interns. AIM:To report the experience with OSCE in an environment with a high...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Bozzo Navarrete S,Arancibia Salvo C,Contreras Reyes D,Pérez González L

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amiodarone is a benzofuranic derivative widely used in cardiologic practice because of its excellent antiarrhythmic properties. Due to its high iodine content, it interferes with thyroid physiology and can cause either hyper or hypothyroidism. Amiodarone-induced hyperthyroidism should be considered as a serious compli...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Pineda G,Meruane J,Valenzuela MA,Bianchi C

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glutathione peroxidase (GP) can be used as a marker of oxidative stress in infectious diseases. AIM:To evaluate the association between the levels of glutathione peroxidase (GP) and the manifestations and complications of dengue. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between April 2003 and December 2004, 161 patients with ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rojas EM,Díaz-Quijano FA,Coronel-Ruiz C,Martínez-Vega RA,Rueda E,Villar-Centeno LA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the role of oxygen free radicals in the induction of acute stress gastric ulcer in rats. After 12 hr of immobility, ulcers of up to 4 mm were observed in the gastric mucosa. Pretreatment with allopurinol, a xanthine oxidase inhibitor, produced a significant reduction in the number and size of lesions (p <...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Mancinelli S,de la Fuente G,Manríquez V,Aracena M,Múñoz R,Mancinelli S,Múñoz S

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The practice of Medicine is exposed to everyday's ethical ventures that, even though not fundamental in a philosophical scope, are most crucial given its incidence and consequences to accessibility and equity in health care. A very special perception must emerge to allow us looking for those situations where moral con...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rosselot E

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technology for diabetes care has undergone major development during recent decades. These technological advances include continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII), also known as insulin pumps, and real-time continuous glucose monitoring system (RT-CGMS). The integration of CSII and RT-CGMS into a single device h...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Apablaza P,Soto N,Codner E

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:Splenic abscesses are infrequent and usually associated to sepsis and immunodepression. The diagnosis is commonly made in the necropsy. We report two cases of multiple splenic abscesses in type II diabetic patients that were diagnosed by ultrasound. Both patients were successfully managed with surgery (drainage of lef...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Gatica MA,Morales H,Harz C,Espinoza A

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hürthle cells can be found in non malignant thyroidal diseases such as Basedow Graves and Hashimoto diseases. When Hürthle cells comprise more the 75% of cellularity, they become a neoplasm. There are malignant variants of these neoplasms, constituted by follicular and papillary Hürthle cell carcinomas. AIM...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Sanz J,Cerpa F,Domínguez M,Franco C,Jadresic A,Pérez G,Phillipi V

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：:The aim of this article is to analyze the current situation of AIDS in Latin American countries. Specifically, to compare their situation with other geographic areas of the planet, the prevalence index per countries, distribution per sex and age and, finally, the main ways of transmission in each country. The most rec...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Buela-Casal G,Bermúdez MP,Sánchez AI,De los Santos-Roig M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Teaching practice is one of the most complex topics of the training process in medicine and other health care careers. The Teaching Practices Questionnaire (TPQ) evaluates teaching skills. AIM:To assess the factor structure and internal consistency of the Spanish version of the TPP among health care teacher...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Pérez V C,Vaccarezza G G,Aguilar A C,Coloma N K,Salgado F H,Baquedano R M,Chavarría R C,Bastías V N

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author in this short text remembers the passing of a beloved pet cat. Cats are beautiful animals and wonderful companions. They evolved together with humans in Africa, subsequently spread over the five continents with them, and became the subject of many human cultural activities, including art, poetry and religio...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Cabello C F

更新日期：2019-01-01 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:Yukpa aborigines start early in life their sexual activity and promiscuity with native and foreign individuals is common among women. This behavior allows the installation and propagation of Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). AIM:To determine the presence of antibodies to HSV-2 in a Yukpa Amerindian commu...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Monsalve F,Estévez J,Costa L,Salas M,Hernández M,Olaya J,Rodríguez E,Callejas D

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Respiratory pathogens are becoming increasingly resistant to antimicrobials. A new group of drugs, called respiratory quinolones have been synthesized to overcome this problem. AIM:To study the in vitro susceptibility of respiratory pathogens to old and new antimicrobials. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Forty five ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Prado V,Giangrieco M,Durán C,Ojeda A,van Flaskamp R

更新日期：2000-12-01 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:The pathophysiological hallmark of the hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) is renal vasoconstriction. Doppler ultrasonography can be used to assess the vascular resistance in small renal intraparenchymal vessels through analysis of the Doppler waveform by a parameter termed Resistive Index (RI). We postulated that th...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Bardi A,Sapunar J,Oksenberg D,Poniachik J,Fernández M,Paolinelli P,Orozco R,Biagini L

更新日期：2002-02-01 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: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：BACKGROUND:Approximately 150 subjects per year suffer severe burns in Chile. AIM:To analyze sociodemographic/clinical features and outcomes of severely burned patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Retrospective cohort study of 936 patients aged 47 ± 20 years (66% males), admitted to the National Burn Center of Chile between...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Albornoz CR,Villegas J,Peña V,Whittle S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe findings in 188 patients with Berger's disease, the most frequent primary glomerulopathy in our renal biopsy material (25%). Diagnosis was made by finding IgA and dense mesangial deposits with immunofluorescence and electronmicroscopy, respectively. Patient's age ranged from 3 to 64 years (mean 27), 72 wer...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rosenberg H

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The dose of oral anticoagulants (OAC) shows great variability among patients. Pharmacogenetic studies have shown that common variants in genes CYP2C9 (*2 and *3) and VKORC1 (-1639G>A) are associated with lower requirements of OAC. AIM:To study the association between average maintenance doses of oral antico...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Benavides F,Grossman N,Poggi H,Nieto E,Bertrán A,Araos D,Vásquez M,Ibarra I,Cáceres F,Espinoza K,Lagos M,Repetto M G

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00