[Situation of HIV/AIDS in Latin America at the end of XX century. Analysis of differences between countries].

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postpartum depression is a serious, common, treatable condition, with broad repercussions in mother and family life, but frequently under diagnosed. A screening tool, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) could improve the detection rate of depressive symptoms. AIM:To assess the efficacy of EPDS i...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Castañón S C,Pinto L J

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) is an extracorporeal life support system in catastrophic lung failure, shock and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, in different age groups, with multiple physiologic features. When the candidate to be submitted is too unstable to be transported to a hospital with ECMO, cannulati...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Díaz R,Antonini MV,Orrego R,Abrams D

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose toxicity refers to the structural and functional damage in the beta cells and target tissues of insulin, caused by chronic hyperglycemia. These alterations cause a lower hormonal secretion and action (insulin resistance). Lipid toxicity refers to the damage caused by persistently high free fatty acid levels, a...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Durruty P,García de los Ríos M

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 150 subjects per year suffer severe burns in Chile. AIM:To analyze sociodemographic/clinical features and outcomes of severely burned patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Retrospective cohort study of 936 patients aged 47 ± 20 years (66% males), admitted to the National Burn Center of Chile between...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Albornoz CR,Villegas J,Peña V,Whittle S

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:With the aim of contributing to he Healthy Goal 2010 of reducing significantly the prevalence of childhood obesity we developed and implemented during 2003 and 2004, a school-based obesity prevention intervention which included nutrition education and the promotion of physical activity. AIM:To report the re...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Kain J,Uauy R,Leyton B,Cerda R,Olivares S,Vio F

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the efficacy of imipenem/cilastatine and ceftazidime-amikacin in the treatment of febrile neutropenic patients. DESIGN:Open, prospective and randomized clinical study. PATIENTS:Fifty two patients (26 female) aged 16 to 80 years old with 60 episodes of neutropenia were studied. They were randomly assign...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Pérez C,Sirham M,Labarca J,Grebe G,Lira P,Oliva J,Duhalde M,Ocqueteau M,Acuña G

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：: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：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:Resistance of HIV to AZT is the result of mutations in the pol gene that codifies the enzyme reverse transcriptase. AIM:To assess the resistance to antiretroviral drugs in Chilean patients infected with HIV. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The presence of mutations was searched in 22 patients infected with HIV. The e...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Vial PA,Vial C,Abarca K,Noriega M,Jiménez G,Labarca J,Gasep J,Palacios O,Pérez C,Acuña G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Skin prick test (SPT) of immediate hypersensitivity is a main instrument in the diagnosis of allergy. AIM:To demonstrate the applicability of skin prick test in different age groups. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We studied children and adolescents with the diagnosis of allergy in the Pediatric Respiratory Laborato...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Martínez J,Méndez C,Talesnik E,Campos E,Viviani P,Sánchez I

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Chile, leukemia is one of the diseases whose treatment is guaranteed by a special law called AUGE (universal access and explicit guaranties). Therefore, the knowledge of its treatment costs is of utmost importance. AIM:To determine and to characterize the direct costs of pharmacotherapy for leukemia at a...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Molina F,Schramm C,Ruiz G

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mental disorders may interfere, aggravate or mimic medical conditions. AIM:To study the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among patients hospitalized in a medical ward of a general hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A structured interview for DSM-III, devised for "non patients", was applied to 203 men and 20...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Hernández G,Ibáñez C,Kimelman M,Orellana G,Montino O,Núñez C

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report a 35-year-old female patient with a one year history of a pustular and painful erythematous dermatitis, located in great folds, pubis and abdomen. She was evaluated in primary health care, receiving antifungal treatment, antimicrobials, topical and systemic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, wi...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Valenzuela Y,Ramírez C,Bellolio E

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary acute myeloid leukemia is a very rare complication in patients with solid organ transplantation. We report a 62 years old female who received a right single lung allograft for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Her immunosuppression scheme consisted in prednisone, azathioprine, and tacrolimus. Two years after th...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Peña C,Sepúlveda C,Melo J,Guerra C

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloid sarcoma is a form of extra-medullary myeloid neoplasia. Cytogenetic characterization is hampered in the absence of invasion to the bone marrow, origin of cells that are usually studied in cytogenetic studies. We report a 13 years old mole presenting with a mass in the right shoulder. A biopsy of the tumor disc...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Lincopán S A,Valencia M Y,Carrasco L C,Barraza O X

更新日期：2011-07-01 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

authors： González P,Muñoz A

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We followed 50 type II diabetic patients undergoing various types of surgical procedures. Control of blood sugar was evaluated as percent of tests within an acceptable limit defined as 160 mg/dl in the preoperative period, 80-240 mg/dl in the early postoperative period and 80-120 mg/dl thereafter. Adequate control was...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Morales H,Maiz A,Arteaga A

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a prospective protocol for the management of patients with gastric cancer applied from May 1988 to June 1991 are reported. 123 patients were operated on and a resection performed in 55%. Only 14 patients had incipient tumor and 44 had "curative" surgery. There was a preponderance of non differentiated t...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： de Aretxabala X,Araya JC,Flores P,Roa I,Fernández E,Wistuba I,Villaseca MA,Huenchullán I,Arredondo G,Flores M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is an analgesic and antipyretic drug widely used across the world. Its ingestion is one of the most common causes of drug overdose. In the United States is the first cause of acute hepatitis in adults. AIM:To describe the epidemiological profile of paracetamol overdose in Chile. ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Bravo V,Román M,Bettini M,Cerda P,Mieres JJ,Paris E,Ríos JC

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addisonian crisis as a first manifestation of metastatic disease secondary to cancer is uncommon. We report a 63-year-old man with a history of one year of fatigue, weakness, weight loss and repeated symptomatic hypoglycemia. The cortisol stimulation test with ACTH confirmed primary adrenal insufficiency. While receiv...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Utreras C,Díaz RE,Ascui R,Caro R,Véliz J,Wohllk N

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:to assess the usefulness of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the etiologic diagnosis of pulmonary infiltrates in patients with AIDS. PATIENTS AND METHODS:in 25 patients with AIDS and pneumonia, 31 fiberoptic bronchoscopies with bronchoalveolar lavage were performed; in 11 occasions, a transbronchial biopsy was also perf...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Henríquez A,Srur E,Giglio M,Fernández A,Cona E,Lorca M,García A,Northland R,Segovia J,Gutiérrez S

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared 2 techniques for determination of plasma levels of phenytoin, liquid-gas chromatography (LGC) and homogeneous enzymatic immunoassay (EI) in samples from 72 patients receiving monotherapy with this drug. Determinations were also made in samples of normal plasma with known concentrations of phenytoin. Good c...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Estruch J,Galdames D,Varas S,Saavedra I

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a misconception that the main cause of death among women is breast cancer, even among physicians, who may neglect cardiovascular preventive measures in this gender Aim: To assess the knowledge among physicians about the main cause of death among women. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A survey was answered by ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Fernández M,Parra M,Calligaris S,Parada V,Ojeda MJ,Quiroz S,Carreño C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subjects with glucose intolerance or high fasting glucose levels have a higher cardiovascular risk and frequently become diabetic. AIM:To assess clinical and metabolic characteristics of patients with glucose intolerance or high fasting glucose levels. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Fasting and post glucose load ser...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Arteaga Llona A,Pollak F,Robres L,Velasco N

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Down syndrome (DS) is associated with higher child mortality especially due to cardiac malformations. AIM:To describe the trend in Chilean infant mortality in DS in the period 1997-2013 as compared to the general population without DS. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Raw data on infant deaths were extracted from the ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Donoso E,Vera C

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, "morning sickness", is a common contemporary complaint. Many pregnant patients note alterations in smell and taste which can precipitate "morning sickness", symptoms that characterize early gestation. Epidemiologic studies suggest that pregnancies accompanied by "morning sickness" hav...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Lee RV

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity has a high prevalence among children. On the other hand, acute respiratory infections especially of viral origin, are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in this age group. During the recent pandemic of influenza A (H1N1) virus, obesity was identified as a novel independent risk factor for severity m...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Fuenzalida L,García-Díaz DF

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scientific Ethics is the theory and praxis of decisions. Philosophical Ethics is presented as the theory and praxis of the good. As the good differs among cultures, Philosophical Ethics is dependent on the endo-cultural good conception. The decision (included that one of adhesion or not to a world vision) de...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Valenzuela CY

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00