[Recent alcohol and drug consumption in victims of work related accidents].

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：BACKGROUND:There are doubts wether generic medications have the same bioavailability and efficacy compared with the original drugs developed by pharmaceutical companies with research capabilities. AIM:To compare the pharmacokinetics and clinical (motor) responses of Sinemet and Grifoparkin (generic carbidopa/levodopa ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Chaná P,Fierro A,Reyes-Parada M,Sáez-Briones P

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 42 years old male, with a bipolar disorder and receiving lithium therapy, valproic acid and clonazepam. Due to an exacerbation of his underlying disease, he was admitted to a psychiatric clinic and received 50 mg of intramuscular chlorpromazine in two occasions. Afterwards, the patient had an a...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Giacamán P,Andresen M,Gareca N,Bitrán J,Dougnac A

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the clinical features and immunophenotype of 500 children and 131 adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), diagnosed between 1984 and 1993. Cases were classified, according to immunophenotype in B-cell ALL with three subtypes (pro-B or null, common and B) and T-cell ALL. Among children, common ALL a...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Cabrera ME,Labra S,Ugarte S,Matutes E,Greaves MF

更新日期：1996-03-01 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

authors： Mertens R,Valdés F,Krämer A,Morán S,Zalaquett R,Irarrázaval M,Maturana G

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article gives technical orientation to health institutions for the promotion of community participation and sets forth the challenge of constructing a health system for Chile, according to the needs and problems of the country and based on the principles of solidarity, equity and social participation. It presents...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Belmar R,Salinas J

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examinations performed beside the bed of patients ("Point-of-care testing, POCT") provide immediate results and are simple to perform. The most common of these tests is the self control of blood glucose levels in diabetic patients. The use of these devices at the hospital level, introduces a new set of requirements to...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Guzmán D AM,Quiroga G T

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:Chile has recently entered into force Act No. 20.580, which modifies the legal limits of blood alcohol concentration in drivers and increases the penalties for driving under the influence of alcohol, narcotics or psychotropic substances. The aim of this review was to give an account of the strengths of this new law bu...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： González-Wilhelm L,Johnson J,Carnevali R,Ruiz G

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal tuberculosis is rare compared to other forms of the disease. A review of the last 10 years in a General University hospital identified 21 cases diagnosed at autopsy and 8 during life. Most patients were males, older than 30 years of age, alcoholics and originating in southern Chile. Evidence of concomitant ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Fica A,Belletti J,Cruzat C,Rojas D,Montalva M

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：:Do transsexual people in Chile have a right to have their gender identity or their sex reassignment legally recognized? The absence of any legislation on gender identity or transsexualism could lead us to believe that it is not the case. However, a quantitative review of decisions issued by Chilean courts during the l...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Muñoz León F

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 70-year-old woman, who had recently consumed shellfish, that was admitted to the intensive care unit with septic shock and died 19 hours later due to a multi-organic failure. Microbiological, serological and molecular assays confirmed a hemolytic tdh+ Vibrio cholerae non-01, non 0139 as the etiologic agent...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Briceño L I,Puebla A C,Guerra A F,Jensen F D,Núñez B H,Ulloa F MT,Osorio A CG

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The magnitude of medical and non medical absenteeism among male workers performing rotative shifts in a high altitude mining company was studied. There was a general rate of absenteeism of 8.8 absent days per 100 labor days, which means that 31.8% of the total labor force was absent every month. Absenteeism due to med...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Cantuarias J,Cornejo E

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：:The "Revista Medica de Chile" founded in 1872 is the second oldest medical journal in Latin America after the "Gaceta Medica de Mexico" (1864). Among medical journals in the world it is placed 24. It has been published monthly without interruption, except for the period January through December 1891, due to the revolu...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Costa-Casaretto C

更新日期：1992-07-01 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：:Human immunodeficiency virus infection raises ethical issues in medical practice. This work presents several problems with ethical connotations related to HIV infections, observed by a neurologist during his medical practice. Patient-physician relationships, confidentiality, the request of patient consent to perform d...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Nogales-Gaete J

更新日期：1994-10-01 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: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：:We investigated medical leaves of personnel at Temuco's hospital from 1986 to 1987. 57% of persons had at least one leave and 54% of these had 2 or more leaves. Women and paramedicals had more medical leaves. Most absences occurred in june, july, august (p less than 0.01). Most leaves were caused by respiratory diseas...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Silva CG,Baechler R

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx) and catalase are two important cellular antioxidant enzymes involved in H2O2 and lipid-peroxide metabolism. AIM:To study the effects of growth, maturation and aging on the activity of these enzymes. MATERIAL AND METHODS:GSHPx and catalase specific activities were measured in ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Montecinos L,Ramírez B,Lisboa C,Borzone G

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Chile, cerebrovascular diseases are the fifth cause of death among men and the third cause among women. AIM:To assess the clinical features and management of patients with cerebrovascular disease admitted to a public hospital during 1997. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective analysis of clinical records...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Nogales-Gaete J,Núñez L,Arriagada C,Sáez D,Figueroa T,Fernández R,González J,Aragón A,Barrientos N,Varas P,Troncoso B,Cárcamo C,Chávez M,Gumucio M,Holmgrenn P,Beltrán G,San Martín E,Manríquez E,Figueroa C

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 2014 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease require to know the probability of success and operative mortality of Mitral Valve Repair (MVR) for Degenerative Mitral Insufficiency (DMI) at a given institution. AIM:To assess the probability of success, operative mortality and...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Latorre S G,Almeida Z J,Besa B S,Córdova A S,Zalaquett S R

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospitalization and death due to heart failure and cardiogenic shock is frequent and currently is increasing among the adult population. Although cardiac transplantation is the most effective treatment in patients with end-stage heart failure, its availability is limited. While waiting for transplantation, some patien...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Castro P,Baraona F,Baeza C,Mc-Nab P,Berlin A,Zalaquett R,Morán S,Becker P,Irarrázabal M,Garayar B,Carvajal M,Cisternas S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mirizzi syndrome is estimated to occur in about 1% of cases requiring urgent or elective biliary tract surgery. The key anatomic finding is extrinsic compression of the common duct by a stone located in the gallbladder or cystic duct. Among patients operated on in the last 12 years we have found 77 patients meeting cr...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Jiménez O,Palacios JM,Correa R,Rojas M,Lopez O

更新日期：1989-05-01 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

authors： Covarrubias C,Merino G,Cruz F,Pablo del Rio P,Vallespir A,Duarte I,Morales B,Valdivieso V

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jehovah Witnesses cite religious motives to refuse transfusions of whole blood or its components for themselves and their children, even when life is endangered. An ethical analysis of decision making in health problems is made, giving priority to the alternatives chosen by the patient. One of the elements that turns ...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors： Aguilera P

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dr. Hernán Iturriaga is now President of Sociedad Médica de Santiago (Chilean Society of Internal Medicine) for the period 1995-1997. He received his M.D. title at the University of Chile in 1961 and his postgraduate training included a USPHS International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Mount Sinai School of Medi...

journal_title：Revista medica de Chile

authors：

更新日期：1996-07-01 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