Abstract:
:We report a 70-year-old woman, who had recently consumed shellfish, that was admitted to the intensive care unit with septic shock and died 19 hours later due to a multi-organic failure. Microbiological, serological and molecular assays confirmed a hemolytic tdh+ Vibrio cholerae non-01, non 0139 as the etiologic agent.
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Revista medica de Chileauthors
Briceño L I,Puebla A C,Guerra A F,Jensen F D,Núñez B H,Ulloa F MT,Osorio A CGdoi
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journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872013000200016
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abstract:BACKGROUND:Subacute combined degeneration is a clinical manifestation of vitamin B12 deficiency, that we observe with unusual frequency. AIM:To report a series of eleven patients with subacute combined degeneration. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Retrospective analysis of 11 patients hospitalized in a public hospital in Santia...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872004001100006
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abstract::The echocardiographic identification of cardiac tumors as cause of embolic episodes is infrequent, and the finding of multiple papillary fibroelastoma is even less common. We report a 70 years old female with a history of a rheumatic mitral valve lesion, subjected to a commissurotomy in 1970. She was admitted with a c...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
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doi:
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Background Patients discharged from general hospitals with a potentially disabling condition can benefit in their recovery with the aid of physical medicine and rehabilitation services. Aim To determine the proportion of patients discharged from a general hospital with a potentially disabling condition, who were deriv...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872017001201541
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journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Felodipine is a calcium channel inhibitor with high vascular selectivity. AIM:To study the effectiveness of felodipine in the treatment of essential hypertension in subjects older than 64 years old. PATIENTS AND OUTCOME:Fifty subjects were studied. After a washout period of four weeks, subjects received a ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-07-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:
更新日期:2000-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Gallbladder carcinoma is frequent in Chile. The aim of this study was to report the mutagenicity of whole human bile, using the Ames/Salmonella microsome assay with Salmonella typhimurium TA98. The bile of 19 patients, aged 23 to 64 years old, subjected to cholecystectomy was examined, and mutagen activity was found i...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
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doi:
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journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
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doi:10.4067/S0034-98872015000500016
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journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872012000300015
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journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A great progress in the knowledge about hepatitis virus has occurred in the last decades and several virus have been identified. Virus B, C and D are transmitted parenterally, while virus A and E use the enteral route. Highly effective vaccines for A and B hepatitis are presently available. Virus C is an important cau...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 社论,评审
doi:
更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Depressive symptoms and personality features of patients with mood disorders are supposed to have a strong variability in cross cultural studies. The clinical profile, the outcome and the treatment response seem to be different across the world. AIM:To investigate the differences and similarities of major d...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::During 1987 and 1988 sexually transmitted diseases affected 87.2 per 100,000 inhabitants of the Viña del Mar-Quillota area. At all ages rates were 3.8 times higher in males compared to females. Gonorrhoea, syphilis and non gonorrheal urethritis accounted for most cases. In males, 82% of cases corresponded to gonorrhoe...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872014000900014
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abstract:BACKGROUND:Primary plasma cell leukemia (pPCL) is uncommon, aggressive and has a different biology than multiple myeloma (MM). AIM:To report the features of patients with pPCL. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Review of databases of the Hematology Department and the Hematology laboratory. RESULTS:Of 178 patients with monoclonal...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872019000100018
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journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872007000100014
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The current recommendations for treatment of patients with newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) include all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) and anthracycline based chemotherapy. AIM:To evaluate the results of the Chilean protocol following the LPA99 regimen of the Spanish PETHEMA group, except for ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872013001000001
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872019000100091
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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
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journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
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journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
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journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872014001200001
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journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1989-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
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