[Prevalence of sexual dysfunction in climacteric women. Influence of menopause and hormone replace therapy].

abstract：:Antibacterial potency of cephalosporins depends on inhibition (acylation) of one or more penicillin-binding proteins (PBP). Recently, reduced affinity of PBP for cephalosporins and other B-lactam agents has been found in some cases. Mechanism for these changes in affinity are analyzed in this review. ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Garrido J,López F

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia affects one every 400 individuals, is caused by mutations in the LDL receptor gene and is associated with premature coronary artery disease. Nowadays, LDL cholesterol can be efficiently reduced with the new therapies to reduce blood lipids. We report a female patient who cons...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Arteaga Ll A,Cuevas M A,Rigotti R A,González F,Castillo S,Mata L P,Alonso K R

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：: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：:This French physician was hired by the Chilean government in 1867. He was a brilliant surgeon who made significant contributions to Chilean medicine. He returned to France in 1873, where he had a successful career as a professor of obstetrics. ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Costa-Casaretto C

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is the commonest cause of acute flaccid paralysis worldwide, with an incidence of 0.6-4 per 100.000 inhabitants per year. It affects all age groups and carries an incapacity burden of up to 20%. AIM:To describe the features of GBS in adult Chilean patients admitted to a tertiar...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Cea G,Jara P,Quevedo F

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background The treatment of choice of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) is an induction with proteasome inhibitors followed autologous stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Since 2013, the treatment of these patients in the public system is based on CTD (cyclophosphamide, thalidomide, and dexamethasone). Aim To eval...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Peña C,Rojas-Vallejos J,Espinoza M,Donoso J,Soto P,Cardemil D,Aranda S,Contreras C,Vergara CG,LA Rocca G,Osorio R,López-Vidal H,Chandía M,Rojas C

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the social and economical changes in the Chilean university and health systems in the last decades, the traditional financing model of the Faculty of Medicine and postgraduate training programs became obsolete. The progressive reduction of the fiscal budget has forced the search of alternate financing sources. ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Rosselot EJ

更新日期：1995-09-01 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：:We report four episodes of mushroom poisoning that occurred between 1986 and 1990 in the province of Malleco. Twenty five of 36 individuals who ingested the mushroom became ill; they had an acute gastroenteritis that was followed in 7 by an acute hepatitis and in one by a massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Three...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Sierralta A,Jeria ME,Figueroa G,Pinto J,Araya JC,San Juan J,Grinbergs J,Valenzuela E

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Despite being among the best academically prepared of the country, many medical students have difficulties to communicate in writing. In 2005, the School of Medicine at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile introduced a writing workshop in the undergraduate curriculum, to enhance the students' writing...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Bitran M,Zúñiga D,Flotts P,Padilla O,Moreno R

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the concentration of cefotaxime in the exudate from ischemic leg ulcers in 9 subjects with severe obstructive arterial disease. The administration of the drug was either systemic (1 g in 250 ml of saline given in 30 min) or regional at a vein of the foot while a tourniquet was applied at the level of the ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Acevedo A,Schoop W

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:On February 27, 2010 a powerful earthquake followed by a tsunami stroke Chile. The study of mortality during this emergency can provide important public health information. AIM:To describe the main characteristics of people who died during the earthquake and the following three months. MATERIAL AND METHODS...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Lastra T J,Guzmán C G,Conejeros R C,Suárez V G,Chávez F O

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Chilean Ministry of Health has been using standards for nutritional evaluation and weight gain recommendations during pregnancy in the last 25 years. In the meantime new standards have been developed. AIM:To study the combined influence of preconception maternal nutritional status and gestational weight...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Mardones F,García-Huidobro T,Ralph C,Farías M,Domínguez A,Rojas I,Urrutia MT

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wernicke encephalopathy is considered a complication of dialytic therapy, but there are few reports of this complication. We report a 57 years old man and a 45 years old woman, with grade IV renal failure, who after acute peritoneodialysis and chronic hemodialysis respectively, had a confusional syndrome that responde...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Toro J,Sacks C,Fuentes R

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (cortisol in humans) are essential for numerous biological functions. Among critically ill patients, therapy with cortisol has gained strength in recent years, but clinical results have been mixed. A series of events, that may explain the diversity of clinical responses, occur from the synthesis of cor...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Guerrero J

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed hypersensitivity skin test are widely accepted as in vivo measure of cellular immunity. Since genetic and environmental factors may affect these tests, each population must establish its own normal values. The aim of this work was to study delayed hypersensitivity in Chilean normal young adults. We studied the...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Jurlow E,Orvieto M,Guerrero J,Bezanilla CG,Cox P,Cartier E,Silva M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Basedow Graves disease (BGD) is the leading cause of hyperthyroidism. The characteristics of patients seen at a university hospital may differ from those described in the general population. AIM:To describe the clinical features of patients with BGD seen at a university hospital. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Revie...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Lanas A,Díaz P,Eugenin D,González F,Cid P,Cordero F,Araya V,Liberman C,Barberan M,Gac P,Saldías N,Pineda P

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is not clear if old age is a risk factor for adverse drug reactions. AIM:To study the incidence of adverse drug reactions and the effect of age in patients admitted to an Internal Medicine Service in an university hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Two hundred one patients, hospitalized at the Clinical Hosp...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： González-Martín G,Yáñez L,Valenzuela E

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies strongly suggest that Helicobacter pylori might have a significant role in the pathogenesis and rate of recurrence of peptic duodenal ulcer. Various factors, such as the existence of ulcerogenic strains of the bacteria and susceptible subjects, might explain the fact that not more than 10% of the patien...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Accatino L

更新日期：1993-01-01 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: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

authors： Sepúlveda M,Bello H,Ruiz M,Hormazábal J,Domínguez M,González G,Mella S,Zemelman R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a rapidly changing culture like ours, with emphasis on productivity, there is a strong need to find the meaning of health care work using learning instances that privilege reflection and face to face contact with others. The Diploma in Health and Humanization (DSH), was developed as an interdisciplinary s...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Martínez-Gutiérrez J,Magliozzi P,Torres P,Soto M,Walker R

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding how autonomous students are capable of regulating their own learning process is essential to develop self-directed teaching methods. AIM:To understand how self-directed medical students approach learning in medical schools at University of Concepción, Chile. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A qualitative...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Márquez U C,Fasce H E,Ortega B J,Bustamante D C,Pérez V C,Ibáñez G P,Ortiz M L,Espinoza P C,Bastías V N

更新日期：2015-12-01 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

authors： Hofmann U N,Paolinelli G C,Castro L A

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postmenopausal women have higher severity of coronary heart disease (CHD) than premenopausal women and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an independent risk factor. AIM:To assess the severity of CHD in pre and postmenopausal patients undergoing coronary angiography and the impact of T2DM in both groups. M...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Gajardo-Navarrete J,Ibieta G,Concha M,Garcés P,Robles I,Vera-Calzaretta A,González-Burboa A,Gajardo I,Gutiérrez M,Villarroel M,Aguayo M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malnutrition has been strongly associated with morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients. In the other hand, dialysis allows a nutritional improvement in patients with more than 12 months in dialysis. AIM:To study the prevalence of malnutrition among patients in hemodialysis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Huidobro A,Velasco N,Rojas T

更新日期：2001-05-01 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

authors： Chávez Barrientos P,Menajovsky Haas C,Arriagada Beyzaga L

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A high proportion of women consulting for depression have a history of childhood abuse and trauma. AIM:To compare the efficacy and costs associated with a treatment that enquires directly into childhood trauma and understands present interpersonal difficulties as a compulsion to repeat the traumatic past, v...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Vitriol G V,Cancino A A,Florenzano U R,Ballesteros T S,Schwartz P D

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00