abstract：:Physiology teaching began with Claudius Galenus (c. 126-199 AD), known as Galen, who is considered the initiator of experimental physiology. This discipline was consolidated in the XIX century with the discoveries of Claude Bernard, which influenced the way of teaching this discipline in universities, independently fr...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Guevara-Guzmán R,Urrutia Aguilar ME

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Tabasco is the Mexican state that reported the highest number (37.4%) of patients with leishmaniasis during 1990-2011. Close to 90% of these patients lived in Chontalpa, where the municipality of Cunduacán accounted for the majority of the cases. One of the characteristics of this region is that houses are...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Carrada Figueroa Gdel C,Leal Ascencio VJ,Jiménez Sastré A,López Álvarez J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we present the first evidence of a mastectomy for breast cancer in America, performed in Aguascalientes, Mexico, in the eighteenth century. This intervention was recorded in an anonymous ex-voto in which Mrs. Josefa Peres Maldonado thanks the Black Christ of Encino and the Immaculate Conception or Virgin...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： López Y de la Peña XA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On May 6, 2012, an 18-year-old patient was admitted to the emergency room with sever traumatic brain injury and cardiovascular arrest; resuscitation maneuvers were started with a compressor table AUTOPULSE®. After 30 minutes, death was pronounced. Later, compressions were restarted. After the family agreed with the do...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： González-Aguirre D,Jaramillo-Gante MÁ,Muruato-Araiza S,Sánchez-Aguilar JM,Montes de Oca-Arce JL

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of ethics in our everyday life responds to the need to understand a decisive reality, especially for us as physicians, a reality that we know as the human person. So, a personalized bioethical approach plays an important role against the accelerated dehumanization that we are experiencing, because every one o...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Cardona Vélez J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In Latin America there is almost no published information about knowledge retention and formative assessment of competencies in medical students, during medical school training and curricular changes. OBJECTIVE:To assess knowledge level and clinical competencies in medical students at the end of the secon...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Martínez González A,Trejo Mejía JA,Fortoul van der Goes TI,Flores Hernández F,Morales López S,Sánchez Mendiola M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary aldosteronism (PA) is actually the main cause of adrenal-endocrine hypertension. This syndrome is characterized by hypertension, hypokalemia, suppressed plasma renin activity, and increased aldosterone excretion. The most common causes of this syndrome are bilateral idiopathic hyperaldosteronism and aldosteron...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Ferreira-Hermosillo A,Hernández-Martínez AF,Hernández-García I,Molina-Ayala M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal disease caused by Coccidioides spp. Patients with phagocytic, cellular, or humoral immunodeficiencies exhibit immunodeficiencies that confer increased susceptibility to fungal infections. In Mexico there is an underreporting of this disease and no studies currently des...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Cid Chávez DM,Ruiz Pedraza MD,Sánchez Sánchez LM,Staines Boone AT,Castro Pineda J,Palacios Saucedo G

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Clinical education is an essential component of medical training and takes place in relatively adequate learning environments. OBJECTIVE:Build and validate an instrument specific for the assessment of factors influencing a clinical learning environment. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A Likert-type questionnaire wa...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Hamui Sutton A,Anzarut Chacalo M,de la Cruz Flores G,Ramírez de la Roche OF,Lavalle Montalvo C,Vilar Puig P

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On December 14, 2011 an addition to Article 100 of the General Health Law was published in the Federation Official Journal. The added section VII states that: "It is the responsibility of the Health Care Institution to provide medical care to the subject that is injured, if this is directly related to the investigatio...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Ramírez-Barba ÉJ,Vázquez-Guerrero A,Lara-Lona E,Ayala-García MA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The experience obtained in the Epilepsy Clinic of the General Hospital of México in regard to the use of intracraneal electrodes to determine the epileptic tissue that must be resected in an anterior temporal lobectomy with amygdalo-hippocampectomy in patients with intractable mesial temporal lobe seizures i...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Velasco Monroy AL,Aguado Carrillo G,Sandoval Olivares L,Vázquez Barrón D

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune hypophysitis is a rare condition that must be considered in the differential diagnosis of any pituitary tumor. We present a series of nine patients with clinical and radiologic diagnosis of autoimmune hypophysitis that were admitted to the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán ...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Pérez G,Almeda-Valdés P,Cuevas-Ramos D,Juárez-Comboni SC,Higuera-Calleja J,Gómez-Pérez FJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is a syndrome characterized by acute respiratory distress following the transfusion of blood components. The pathophysiological hallmark of TRALI is increased pulmonary microvascular permeability. Several reports demonstrate that the majority of TRALI cases are precipitate...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Mejía Domínguez AM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This text is a summary of how the health system evolves in Mexico since the first institutions to date. Primarily addresses the problems that led to the creation of the Social Protection in Health System or Seguro Popular in 2003, as well as its objectives, performance, challenges faced and strategies that have been i...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： García-Junco Machado D

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents a critical approach on health sector reform in Mexico and its impact on access and equity in state health systems. We discuss the main strategies adopted and made an assessment of its contribution to achieving equity in health, using socioeconomic indicators of health services and interventions for...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Linares-Pérez N,López-Arellano O

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data protection regulation is a new and appealing issue in Mexico. The processing of health personal data will require even more specific regulation in the near future. Health care professionals and institutions need to adequate their usual proceedings to comply with the actual regulation in order to protect their pat...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Fernández de Marcos ID

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent discovery of the testamentary records of Francisco Xavier de Balmis (1753-1819), director of the Royal Philanthropic Expedition of the Vaccine, constitutes a new source material with which to study his biographical profile.Balmis wrote a total of five wills covering the period from 1803-1818 and coinciding ...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Tuells J,Duro Torrijos JL

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and the toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are clinical conditions manifesting as adverse cutaneous reaction to drugs in majority of cases, constituting the same clinical spectrum, differing only in the severity of epidermolysis; both conditions are distinguished by their severity and ...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Sotelo-Cruz N

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) reduces recurrence and mortality in breast cancer (BC); however, not all patients require ACT. Oncotype Dx® (ODX) explores the expression of 21 genes and the risk of recurrence BC. OBJECTIVES:To determine the clinicopathologic characteristics, prognosis, and the prescription for ...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Gerson Cwilich R,Alban de la Torre LF,Villalobos Prieto A,Serrano Olvera JA

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2007 the Mexican Supreme Court issued several opinions dealing with military personnel dismissed from the Army because of their being HIV-positive. The author describes the main questions under discussion and the core arguments developed by the Court, and stresses three reasons why these cases deserve close attenti...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Pou Giménez F

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently it was discovered that neutrophils can generate extracellular fibers called NET (neutrophil extracellular traps), which are composed of a skeleton of DNA “decorated” with many cytoplasmic –including enzymes– and nuclear components.The NET are a physical barrier that prevent the spread of microorganisms and fa...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Yam-Puc JC,García-Marín L,Sánchez-Torres LE

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article presents the main results of an analysis of drug purchases made by all the states in Mexico, with the resources from the Popular Secure to cover the Health Services Univesal Catalog (CAUSES by its Spanish acronym) in the first half of 2009. The conclusion is that at least 50% of drugs keys have been pu...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Murayama-Rendón C

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In August 2007 the committee was installed to guide and direct medical management to the satisfaction and needs of medical equipment as special ingredient in the pursuit of quality health services that should be granted to the population. ...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Vázquez Vela Sánchez E

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy induces immunosuppression which is associated with a significant increase in the frequency and severity of infections. Neutropenia is the most important factor in determining susceptibility to bacterial infections. Our aim was to establish the prevalence of bacterial infections and bacterial susceptibilit...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Gaytán-Martínez J,Avila-Morán M,Mata-Marín JA,Mateos-García E,Fuentes-Allen JL,Vela-Ojeda J,Majluf-Cruz A,García-Chávez J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a lack of information on the characteristics of the medical attention delivered to Mexican patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Our aim was to describe the current state on the medical management of T2D in Mexico. METHODS:Among 17,232 patients included in the International Diabetes Management Pract...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Fanghänel Salmón G,Sánchez-Reyes L,Chiquete Anaya E,de la Luz Castro J,Escalante Herrera A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The historical event known as the Mexican Revolution (1910-1917) took place at different locations in the country and many people participated in it, directly or indirectly. In this paper I describe the role that some physicians played in this struggle in the state of Aguascalientes, where the social structure was bro...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： López y de la Peña XA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2010 undergraduate medical degree curriculum at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) faculty of medicine is based on the reality of the operating structure of the medical care units qualified for teaching. The clinical teaching/learning is based on the cooperative work of the professor and student; ...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Uribe Elías R

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food allergy is defined as an abnormal immunological reaction to food proteins, which causes an adverse clinical reaction. Most of the people become tolerant to many foods; however some time these tolerances fail and become an immunologic reaction. This is the first clinical expression of allergy, beginning with derma...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Sienra Monge JJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Drainage after radical neck dissection (RND) is routine and several factors impact the postoperative drainage number of days (PODND). OBJECTIVE:to determine the impact of trans-operative intravenous fluid management (TOFM) in in PODND. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of patients subjected to some type of ...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Durán-Briones G,Gallegos Hernández JF,Rendón Arroyo ME,Hernández-Hernández DM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, the genetic and molecular alterations involved in gastric carcinogenesis are shown; the affected genes are those that encoded for matrix metalloproteinases, cell growth factors and receptors, oncogenes, tumor suppressors, DNA repair and cell adhesion molecule genes, cell cycle regulators and others relat...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Torres-Jasso JH,Sánchez-López JY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Control and eradication of zoonoses is a priority because there can only be human health if there is animal health, and both will not exist if the environment is not healthy. This concept is called "One Health" Mexico has demonstrated its capacity to eradicate various zoonoses such as Venezuelan equine encephalitis, y...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Garza Ramos J

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with a syncopal event who displayed an electrocardiographic tracing highly suggestive of Brugada syndrome. The coronary angiogram, however, showed unequivocal non-atheromatous coronary lesions. ...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Acoltzin-Vidal C,Virgen-Carrillo L,Burgos-Cabrera G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is associated with morbidity, mortality, and an increase in cost. Our objective was to assess bacterial resistance from cultures of patients with non-complicated urinary tract infection (UTI). METHODS:We analyzed antibiotic resistance using the VITEK-II system among pat...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Chávez-Valencia V,Gallegos-Nava S,Arce-Salinas CA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until now the bed has been the basic physical resource in hospitals. This type of furniture has served to study and treat patients, through out the centuries it has undergone changes in the materials they are made of dimensions, functionality, accessories, aesthetic, and design. The hospital bed history is not well kn...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Fajardo-Ortiz G,Fajardo-Dolci G

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematotoxicology has been studied with less interest than other fields associated with atmospheric pollution. There is limited knowledge about on the effects that certain atmospheric pollutants may provoke in the blood and bone marrow. Suspended particle pollution has become an area of scientific inquiry due to the co...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： González-Villalva AE,Falcón-Rodríguez CI,Fortoul-van der Goes TI

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of the RhD and RhCE gene alleles is related to the ethnic mixture. The aim of this report is to describe the predominant molecular mechanisms in RhD negative subjects residents from Mexico's valley according to the phenotype of RhCE. METHODS:Blood samples from RhD negative women and men were ...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Baptista-González HA,Rosenfeld-Mann F,Trueba-Gómez R,Reyes-Maldonado E,Jiménez-Zamudio LA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antineoplasic agent-induced pulmonary toxicity is an important cause of respiratory failure. These novel antineoplastic agents include imatinib mesylate, a protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor that is encoded by the Bcr-Abl gen created by the Philadelphia chromosome abnormality in chronic myeloid leukemia. Pulmonary toxi...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Carrillo-Esper R,Morales-Victorino N

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the use of the Popular Insurance of health (PIH) during the pregnancy and the factors associated with its adquisicition. METHODS:From November of 2006 to January of the 2007, women in puerperal immediate hospitalized in the General Hospital of Tijuana, BC were invited to participate in the study....

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Castro-Espinoza JM,Zonana-Nacach A,Valles-Medina AM,Rivera-Valenzuela H

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agranulocytosis is a rare side effect of antithyroid drugs, it occurs in less than 0.5% of patients, usually during the first few months of treatment. It is considered to be the most serious adverse effect of these medications since it may be complicated by serious, life-threatening infections. Mucormycosis is a sever...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Ramírez C,Hernández AF,Méndez V,Trejo S,Contreras R,Espinosa de los Monteros AL,Gómez LM,Mercado M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasion and metastasis are the most important events in cancer progression. In these two phases, several molecules are implicated and have been long associated with several forms of cancer. Proteases play a critical role not only in tumor cell invasion, but also in the earliest stages of carcinogenesis and its associ...

journal_title：Gaceta medica de Mexico

authors： Flores-Reséndiz D,Castellanos-Juárez E,Benítez-Bribiesca L

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00