[Experience in the use of a new endocardial stimulation electrode].

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescent alcohol and drug consumption are important public health problems in the Chilean young population. AIM:The purpose of this study was to examine the potential ofa data mining approach in scaffolding policy making, using the particular case of differential risks of harmful alcohol consumption in ad...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Marcelo Villalón C,Cuellar C

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are used to prevent massive pulmonary embolism in cases where anticoagulation is contraindicated or has failed. It is usually implanted below the renal veins. In a few cases it is necessary to deploy the filter above them, with theoretical risk of secondary renal failure. AI...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Mariné L,Mertens R,Krämer Sch A,Valdés F,Bergoeing M,Arriagada I,Vergara J,Carvajal C

更新日期：2008-12-01 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

authors： Nazer Herrera J,Cifuentes L,Ruiz G

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyze the effect of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with special emphasis on its effects on inspiratory muscle function and clinical outcomes. We reviewed only randomized, controlled studies that have either controlled both the load and the breathin...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Lisboa C,Borzone G,Cruz E

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma infections have extrapulmonary manifestations that may be associated with respiratory symptoms and may have skin, heart, gastrointestinal, rheumatologic, neurologic, hematologic involvement. Cold agglutinin mediated autoimmune hemolytic anemia is the most common hematological manifestation. We report a 27-y...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Mondaca P R,Pizarro C V,Cares V,Eymin G

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients on chronic hemodialysis have a lower immune response to vaccination against hepatitis B virus (HBV) than the general population. AIM:To identify factors that may interfere with immunization against hepatitis B virus (HBV) in Brazilian hemodialysis patients and analyze the evolution of the level of ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Pereira ZT,Mendoza-Sassi RA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Determination of Alanine aminotransferase serum levels ([ALT]s) is a sensitive ana reliable test for liver diseases. AIM:To report the prevalence of abnormal [ALT]s in Chilean population and to identify associated variables. METHODS:We analyzed data from a random sub-sample of 2,794 adults surveyed during ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Tejos R,Padilla O,Pizarro M,Solís N,Arab JP,Margozzini P,Miquel JF,Riquelme A,Arrese M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New vaccination strategies are needed to control the increasing problem of pertussis in teenagers and adults. AIM:To determine the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of a diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (dTpa) vaccine with reduced antigen content. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A single dose of the dTpa vaccin...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Abarca K,Valdivieso F,Potin M,Ibáñez I,Vial P

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history, objectives and aims of this programme are described in detail. The principal goals achieved on anticonception, reproductive biology and abortion are analyzed, with special reference to the research done in Chile. The strengthening of research capabilities at national level was pointed out with special men...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Lavín P

更新日期：1998-07-01 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

authors： Sánchez C,Bustos M,Camus M,Alvarez M,Goñi I,León A,Besa de C P

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 29 years old male, with a history of cocaine abuse and excessive alcohol intake, who was admitted to the hospital with an acute peritonitis. The patient was operated and multiple perforations of the cecum were found. A right hemicolectomy was performed and the pathological study of the surgical piece showe...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Boza C,Dagnino B,Garrido AM,Llanos O

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

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

authors： Roa I,Villaseca M,Araya J,Roa J,de Aretxabala X,Ibacache G,García M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a prevalent chronic disorder, often diagnosed during childhood. Studies have suggested that the incidence of IBD in this group of patients is increasing. Children and adolescents with IBD frequently have more extensive and severe disease than adults. Transition is an important conce...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Navarro E,Ossa JC,Simian D,Quera R

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The lithogenic risk profile is a graphical representation of metabolic factors and urinary saturation involved in the stone formation with their respective critical values. AIM:To determine the lithogenic risk profile in patients with urolithiasis. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Personal data such as anthropometric,...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Funes P,Echagüe G,Ruiz I,Rivas L,Zenteno J,Guillén R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated pharmacokinetic parameters and bioavailability of 4 sustained release theophylline preparations. A crossover design was used in 12 healthy males aged 22 to 27 years old. Each individual received 250 mg iv followed by 250 mg orally of each preparation, and then 400 mg rapid acting aminophylline. A 7 day pe...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Biagini L,Zamora P,Chávez H,Saavedra I

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 56 years-old man presenting with chest pain with exercise, seven years after an orthotopic heart transplant. A coronary angiography showed an atherosclerotic lesion in the common left main coronary artery with more than 90% obstruction. The lesion was successfully treated with a transluminal angioplasty wi...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Riedemann S E,Castro G P,Quintana F JC,Pérez P O,Mc-Nab M P

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1981, we have treated 46 adults aged 56 +/- 21 years, of whom 17 were diabetic, with intermittent peritoneal dialysis. Their mean time on dialysis has been 21 months with an accumulated experience of 493 months/patient. The program included 2 dialyses per week, 25 exchanges of 21 per session and 30 min of dwell ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： García R,Gómez M,Olea C,Cuadros K

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report a 56 year old male hypertensive, who presented with a posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) as an initial manifestation of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). His first symptoms were right hemiparesis and hemihypoesthesia, followed by headache, dizziness, dysarthria and a general feeling o...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Urrutia L S,Venegas R E,Figueroa V C,Carrizo C C

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Islet cell-specific autoantibodies such as islet cell antibody (ICA), antiinsulin (IAA), anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and anti-tyrosine phosphatase (IA2) can be present in patients with type I diabetes. Breast feeding duration and the early exposure to milk substitutes are environmental factors ass...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Pérez-Bravo F,Riesco V,Albala C,Oyarzún A,Santos JL,Carrasco E

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin use is necessary after a coronary angioplasty. It should not be used in patients with a history of hypersensitivity. However, rapid desensitization protocols have been reported to allow its use in such patients. One of these protocols consists in the administration of progressive doses of aspirin, from 1 to 10...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Veas P N,Martínez G,Jalil M J,Martínez S A,Castro G P

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 50-year-old woman with a recent myocardial infarction in whom a myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with Thallium201 was done simultaneously with a F18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) SPECT to study glucose metabolism. Myocardial infarction was located in the anteroseptal and a...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： González P,Coll C,Massardo T,Sierralta P,Humeres P,Aramburú I,Brugère S,Yovanevich J,Ramírez A,Jofré J,Chamorro H,Kuntsmann S,López H

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cellular immune mechanisms of the resistance to infection by T cruzi as well as the pathogenesis of Chagas disease are still controversial. AIM:To quantify and analyse the peripheral blood immune cells from chagasic and non chagasic patients by flow cytometry. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Peripheral blood samples ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Sánchez G,Zulantay I,Gajardo M,Venegas J,Villanueva R,Pérez A,Liendo F,Apt W,Solari A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dual-photon bone densitometry of the lumbar spine and hips was performed in 11 patients (9 females) with asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism and in 11 control subjects. The age was 54.7 +/- 14.8 years. The asymptomatic state of the disease was established by the absence of clinical or radiologic evidence of renal...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： López JM,González G

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article deals with the history and evolution of student's scientific journals in Latin-America, their beginnings, how many still exist and which is their future projection. Relevant events show the growth of student's scientific journals in Latin-America and how are they working together to improve their quality....

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Cabrera-Samith I,Oróstegui-Pinilla D,Angulo-Bazán Y,Mayta-Tristán P,Rodríguez-Morales AJ,en nombre del grupo de Editores de revistas sientíficas estudiantiles de Latinoamérica.

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is close association between maltreatment during pregnancy and child abuse after birth. AIM:To compare anthropometric growth and use of health services of children whose mothers suffered maltreatment with children coming from families without domestic violence. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:A longitudinal stu...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Arcos E,Uarac M,Molina I

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：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：:This paper presents recommendations on the care of HIV infected adults based upon the authors' personal experience with close to 700 patients in a multiprofessional pilot center. This medical care has 5 main objectives: 1) Promotion of good health (through standard recommendation of hygiene, health habits and regular ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Wolff M,Northland R

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Chile, there is a high prevalence of cardiovascular diseases. Because atherosclerosis starts in childhood, it is important to assess serum lipid levels in children. AIM:To measure serum lipid levels in normal Chilean newborns. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:A sample of umbilical cord venous blood was obtained fro...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Casanueva V,Cid X,Chiang MT,Molina M,Ferrada MC,Pérez R,Casanueva P

更新日期：1998-09-01 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