Abstract:
:A 51 year old man with acquired immune deficiency syndrome for 2 years developed a chronic leukemia/T cell lymphoma. Anti HTLV-1 antibodies were confirmed by Western Blot. In the last months he developed hypercalcemia and leukocytosis of 130,000. Necropsy confirmed the diagnosis of Leukemia/T cell lymphoma without cutaneous involvement.
journal_name
Rev Med Chiljournal_title
Revista medica de Chileauthors
Martínez V,Franco C,Sazunic I,Puga M,Bronfman L,Rodríguez Csubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1990-06-01 00:00:00pages
671-4issue
6eissn
0034-9887issn
0717-6163journal_volume
118pub_type
杂志文章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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1994-11-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::This article reports the results of 1080 ultrasonographic examinations of the liver in a clinic of the Ninth Region of Chile, using a SSD 620 Aloka equipment. In 61 examinations (5.6%) a focal liver lesion was found. Of these, 9 (14.7% of lesions) appeared as malignant (6 metastasis and 3 hepatomas) and 52 (85.3% of l...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1994-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Breast cancer will develop in one out of ten women during their lifetime. Early diagnosis has increased in recent years. AIM:To describe a population of women with breast cancer stage T1N0M0. To analyze radiation therapy toxicity and to evaluate treatment results. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Retrospective review ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872007000400003
更新日期:2007-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Infections caused by Listeria monocytogenes are usually found in cattle and occasionally appear in humans, particularly pregnant women and immunocompromised individuals. Peritonitis by Listeria monocytogenes is a rare but dangerous condition that must be recognized early, since it requires a specific treatment. We rep...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872006000900013
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a 16-year-old boy, who suffered a right vent ride penetrating injury caused by a sharp blade that evolved to cardiac tampon. He underwent surgery and was discharged four days later. Thirteen days later, a cardiac murmur was found. An echocardiography showed an aorta-right ventricular fistula. Surgical closur...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0034-98872010000200010
更新日期:2010-02-01 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::We report a 56 years old male patient presenting with a sympathetic denervation of the right upper limb due to an apical lung cancer. Vasomotor paralysis of the limb was objectively documented with a contact termography. The clinical presentation of this patient was unusual, considering that the alteration occurred wi...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease that may involve more than one territory. Myocardial infarction can occur after carotid endarterectomy and stroke is a well documented morbidity of coronary artery bypass grafting. To optimize results, we have performed concomitant carotid endarterectomy and myocardial revasculari...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this work was to analyze the global incidence of congenital malformations at the Maternity of University of Chile Clinical Hospital in the periods between 1971 and 1977 and between 1982 and 1992. A significant and sustained increase in incidence was observed in the first period from 10.64 per 1000 born aliv...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The ideal number of nuclear medicine specialists in relation to the needs of a given population should be defined by the institutions training such specialists. AIM:To establish the relationship between the number of gammacameras, nuclear medicine specialists and the number of inhabitants in different count...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common, highly heritable neurobiological disorder of childhood onset, characterized by hyperactivity, impulsiveness or inattentiveness. AIM:To search for differences in risk for ADHD and its components among Chilean native and mixed populations and to loo...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0034-98872011000500006
更新日期:2011-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Renal transplantation can be done in patients with neurogenic bladder and clean intermittent self catheterization maintains renal function AIM:To retrospective assess the results of renal transplantation in patients with neurogenic bladder. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The medical records of seven patients aged 10...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Sepsis-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) is an early and frequent organ dysfunction, associated with increased mortality. AIM:To evaluate the impact of macrohemodynamic and microcirculatory changes on renal function and histology during an experimental model of intra-abdominal sepsis. MATERIAL AND METHODS:...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872014000500001
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hyperbaric oxygenation consists in exposing patients to increased gas pressures while inhaling pure oxygen. It involves the use of hyperbaric chambers that can double or triple gas pressure inside them. Hyperbaric oxygenation may be useful in different clinical situations, but mostly for the treatment of decompression...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872014001200011
更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Depression is considered the second leading cause of disability worldwide. AIM:To describe the clinical characteristics and the evolution of major depressive disorder (MDD) in secondary care. To evaluate the association between socio-demographic and clinic variables with the first or recurrent major depress...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872017000300007
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hemophagocytic syndrome is a severe condition of excessive immune activation that has a high mortality in the absence of treatment. The syndrome is classified as primary if associated with congenital or hereditary problems, or secondary/acquired if associated with infectious, autoimmune or oncology diseases. We report...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872015000900010
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::In 160 girls from low and middle socio-economic class of Santiago we correlated the age at menarque with genetic markers such as ABO blood group, Rh, MN, Xg, haptoglobins, Esterase D and Phosphoglucomutase. No significant association of these markers and age at menarque was found. ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There is a correlation between aging and the decrease of plasma levels of vitamin B-12. AIM:To determine the prevalence of vitamin B-12 and folate deficiency and its hematological impact among older adults (AM). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Cross-sectional study, in 1028 subjects aged 65 to 87years, living in comm...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0034-98872010000100006
更新日期:2010-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872019000100091
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Enterococcus is a bacterial genus with low virulence. However, in the last years, the importance of some enterococcus species as nosocomial pathogens has increased, specially due to their resistance to some antimicrobial. AIM:To identify enterococcus strains using classical biochemical techniques and genomi...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Worldwide, smoking is the main avoidable cause of death among adults. AIM:To study smoking habits among health care workers in Chile. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A national survey about smoking among subjects working in the Chilean Ministry of Health. An anonymous and self administered enquiry was used. RESULTS:...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872004000200013
更新日期:2004-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:During the last few years, multiple new medical schools have emerged in Chile, associated to the constant preoccupation to provide a good quality medical care. This created the need to evaluate medical training programs and to open a discussion about the attributes that a good physician should have. AIM:To ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872006000800001
更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Clinical pathways or structured multidisciplinary care plans are a tool to standardize clinical practice. The aim of this article is to describe and propose a methodology for the development of clinical pathways in a highly complex health institution. We used the guidelines of the European Quality of Care Pathway, whi...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872020000901331
更新日期:2020-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872018000700823
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::There is an urgent need to increase the awareness on the Joint Hyper mobility Syndrome QHS). This is a congenital and prevalent emergent condition that is frequently undiagnosed and that causes significant health problems. Besides recurrent muscular-skeletal problems and signs and symptoms derived from tissue fragilit...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:/S0034-98872009001100013
更新日期:2009-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 54 years old female patient with a mitral valve prolapse and a rheumatoid arthritis treated with steroids was admitted with dyspnea and hypotension, that started 30 min after taking a pill containing enapril and hydrochlorothiazide. Hemodynamic monitoring with a Swan-Ganz catheter showed a pulmonary capillary pressu...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Abraham Horwitz, MD, was a prominent leader in Public Health in the Americans. His career started as a clinician and researcher in infectious diseases, then as a teacher in two Chilean Universities, one of the organizers of the Public Health Service in Chile and, subsequently, a prominent staff member in the Pan Ameri...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 传,历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872001000400016
更新日期:2001-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a 34-years-old male, with a history of hepatitis B and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection that was admitted to the hospital with malaise, weight loss, frontal behavior and chest pain. Imaging studies showed two frontal cortical/subcortical nodules. A stereotactic cerebral biopsy showed reactive gli...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0034-98872011000200012
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00