[Contribution of iron of bread to the Chilean diet].

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although endemic goiter is an easily controlled chronic disease, it continues to be a serious global public health problem. AIM:To study iodine nutrition in school age children from different areas of Chile. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Thyroid gland was palpated in 4181 school age children from Calama, Santiago, ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Muzzo S,Burgueño M,Carvajal F,Biolley E,Avendaño M,Vargas S,Leiva L

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Environmental and genetic factors (viruses, toxins and diet) are involved in the aetiology of type 1 diabetes. Among the dietary factors, the role of breast feeding and exposure to cow's milk proteins deserve special attention. AIM:To determine the anti-BSA-IgG levels in type 1 diabetic children and to anal...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Oyarzún A,Santos JL,Carrasco E,Albala C,Salinas A,Pérez F

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated 77 patients with symptomatic mitral stenosis for balloon valvuloplasty. Five patients were excluded from the procedure due to the presence of intra-atrial thrombi or mitral valve endocarditis as detected by 2D echocardiography. The mean age of the 72 treated patients was 38 +/- 11 years, 68 were NYHA func...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Olmos A,Gajardo J,Lecannelier E,Seguel I,Lama A,Otero C,Fasce E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our country, acute cecal volvulus is responsible of 3.3% of mechanical large bowel obstructions. More than half of these cases have a history compatible with intermittent cecal volvulus, an usually overlooked diagnosis. The author reports two cases of intermittent cecal volvulus, treated in the last ten years. Both...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Bannura G

更新日期：1993-11-01 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：:We report a 64 years old female admitted with fever, cough, dyspnea and lung opacities in the chest X ray. A chest tomography scan (CTS) showed multiple-bilateral ring-shaped opacities and the reversed halo sign (RHS). The patient did not improve with antimicrobial therapy (AT). Infection and rheumatologic causes were...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Schiappacasse G,Acevedo A,Martínez R,Escobar J,Hernández A,Pires Y

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：:Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is used in musculoskeletal lesion surgery, including muscle, bone, tendons and ligaments. PRP might accelerate the healing process and the integration of the graft, allowing an earlier return to sports activities of patients. PRP is obtained from autologous blood, which is centrifuged, obtai...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Figueroa P D,Figueroa B F,Ahumada P X,Calvo R R,Vaisman B A

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:The prevalence of hepatitis C antibody was studied using the EIA 2 Abbott assay in patients and staff of the San Juan de Dios Hospital Hemodialysis Unit. The antibody was detected in 29.8% of patients, no member of the staff had positive antibodies. Patients with a positive antibody had been on hemodialysis for a long...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rodríguez MI,Estay R,Soto JR,Wolff C,Plubins L,Child R,Armas R

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adequate management of high blood pressure (HBP) and Type 2 Diabetes (DM2) is a challenge to the healthcare system in Chile. AIM:To evaluate the effectiveness of a case management (CM) approach to manage HBP and DMII at Primary Healthcare (PHC) level, headed by healthcare technicians with the supervision of...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Poblete F,Barticevic N,Bastías G,Quevedo D,Vargas I

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 36 men and 94 women aged 60 to 85 years, without nutritional deficiencies or illness that could interfere with hematopoiesis, to characterize the normal limits of red and white blood cell counts. Lower limit of hemoglobin normal values were 132 g/l for men and 125 g/l for women. The corresponding figures fo...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Olivares M,Hertrampf E,Wegner D,Capurro MT,Letelier A,Valenzuela E

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geographical hematology of Bernard and Ruffie, or Hemato-sero-anthropology, intends to establish relationships between hereditary genetic characters of the blood and human races. Blood groups, haptoglobins, abnormal hemoglobin and other biological traits such as color vision are related to the origin of human races, t...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Etcheverry R

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

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

authors： Nogales-Gaete J,Jiménez P,García P,Sáez D,Aracena R,González J,Lay-Son L,Tenhamm E,Figueroa T,Chávez A,Oelker C,Vega L

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic choristoma is the occurrence of normal pancreatic tissue in an abnormal location without any anatomic continuity with the main body of the gland. Although heterotopia is uncommon in the gallbladder and biliary tract, anecdotic cases of gastric mucosa, liver, adrenal gland and pancreas among other tissues ha...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Beltrán MA,Barría C,Naquira C,Almonacid J,Cruces KS

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:in fulminant hepatic failure, different organs systems become involved and a multiple systems organic failure may ensure. AIM:to perform a retrospective analysis of patients with fulminant hepatic failure admitted to UC Hospital Intensive Care Unit. PATIENTS AND METHODS:the charts of fourteen patients (8 m...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Andresen M,Arrese M,Dussaillant G,Dougnac A,Campusano C,Glasinovic JC

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An atypical cervical smear may represent a wide variety of lesions, from banal diseases to invasive neoplastic lesions. AIM:To study the evolution of atypical cervical smears in a highly controlled women population. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A retrospective analysis of 117 women with atypical cervical smears, d...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Vilches K,Escalona A

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastric mucosal pH may be a good indicator of splanchnic tissue oxygenation. AIM:To study the effects of abdominal surgical procedures on gastric mucosal pH. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Eighteen patients subjected to abdominal surgery were studied. All patients received general anesthesia and hemodynamic paramete...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Concha M,Añazco R,González A,Becker D,Gajardo A

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare in vitro activity, measuring minimal inhibitory concentration, of amoxicillin or its combination with clavulanic acid against 109 strains of Acinetobacter baumanii, 104 strains of Hemophilus influenzae and 94 strains of Staphylococcus aureus. All these were obtained from different ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Trucco O,Prado V,Garreaud C,Paya E

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The frequency of diseases caused by non tuberculous mycobacteria has increased in the last years. Their clinical diagnosis is difficult, mainly in immunocompromised patients. The identification of these mycobacteria by traditional methods is based on phenotypic characteristics and the results are obtained tw...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Araya R P,Velasco R M,Fernández O J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lateral abdominal bruit is considered an important finding for the detection of renovascular hypertension. However, the precision and accuracy of new techniques such as angiography, Doppler ultrasound and studies with radioisotopes have changed its value and clinical interpretation. We report a 75 years old woman wi...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Duclos J,Jouanne E,Opazo M

更新日期：1997-11-01 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：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and chronic periodontitis (CP) may be related due to a bidirectional etiology. The evidence shows that CP could alter the clinical course of RA. We performed a systematic search to determine if CP alters the morbidity of RA, analyzing its clinical and molecular aspects. Of 552 initial article...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Wen S,Beltrán V,Chaparro A,Espinoza F,Riedemann JP

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using mapping techniques, 32 consecutive gallbladder carcinomas diagnosed in our department were studied. The defined lesions were dysplasia, carcinoma in situ and superficial spreading carcinoma. A total of 2257 lesions were recorded from 1072 inclusions. All the defined lesions were present in about 10% of all secti...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Roa I,Araya JC,Wistuba I,Villaseca M,de Aretxabala X,Busel D,Burgos L

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High calorie foods, especially high in sugar and sodium may have an addictive potential. Experimental rats are able to develop symptoms and neurochemical changes, comparable to those observed in drug abuse, when they are exposed intermittently to sucrose. AIM:To evaluate the association between nutritional ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Obregón A,Fuentes J,Pettinelli P

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:Despite non absorbable antibiotics and neomycin may have antagonistic effects on intestinal bacterial environment, both have synergistic effects in the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy. This could be due to their action on different enteric flora or a neomycin induced carbohydrate malabsorption. AIM:To i...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Chesta J,Antezana C

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：UNLABELLED:Circulating concentrations of the high affinity growth hormone binding protein (GHBP) may be a marker of GH receptor density as well as GH sensitivity. GOAL:To determine values of GHBP for a normal Chilean pediatric population. METHODS:We determined GHBP levels in 73 males and 73 females between 4 to 15.5 ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Salazar TE,Méricq MV,Espinoza M,Iñiguez G,de Carvallo P,Cassorla F

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00