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    • Marambio G., Watkins S., Guillermo Andrés; Jans B., Jaime (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2012)
      Gastrin is a polypeptide hormone secreted primarily by G cells of the gastric antrum. Its main function is the regulation of gastric acidity, through the release of histamine, which ultimately acts on the parietal cell. ...
    • Melissas, John; Braghetto Miranda, Italo; Molina Franjola, Juan; Silecchia, Gianfranco; Iossa, Angelo; Iannelli, Antonio; Foletto, Mirto (Springer, 2015)
      Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and/or hiatus hernia (HH) are one of the most common disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Despite the positive effect of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) regarding weight loss and ...
    • Braghetto Miranda, Ítalo Francisco; Korn Bruzzone, Owen Enrique; Gutiérrez Contreras, Luis Esteban; Torrealba Bustos, Andrés Hernán; Rojas Caro, Jorge Luis (Colegio Brasileiro Cirurgia Digestiva-CBCD, 2022)
      Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LGB) is the recommended procedure for morbidly obese patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). However, there have been reported gastroesophageal reflux symptoms or ...
    • Passalacqua H., Cristóbal; Castillo Taucher, Silvia; Aravena Cerda, Teresa (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)
      Colon cancer (CC) is a prevalent disease, with 800,000 new cases annually worldwide. In Chile the mortality is 6.2 per 100,000 inhabitants, which has increased in recent years, being more common in developed countries. ...
    • Orellana Campos, Carolina (Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia, 2020)
      Genital injury has a forensic relevance after a sexual assault and it has been discussed and investigated among professionals who work in this field. To analyze the studies published in the last decades, the present review ...
    • Wurmann Kiblisky, Pamela; Zamorano Soto, Pedro; Hernández Spiess, Claudia; Mac-Namara Hidalgo, Macarena (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020)
    • Venkatasubba Rao, Chethan P.; Suárez, José I.; Martin, Renee H.; Bauza, Colleen; Georgiadis, Alexandros; Calvillo, Eusebia; Hemphill, J. Claude; Sung, Gene; Oddo, Mauro; Taccone, Fabio Silvio; LeRoux, Peter D. (Humana Press, 2020)
      Background Neurocritical care is devoted to the care of critically ill patients with acute neurological or neurosurgical emergencies. There is limited information regarding epidemiological data, disease characteristics, ...
    • Heras F.L., Gahunia H.K. (Springer New York, 2020)
    • Cifuentes Díaz, Marcela; Silva Ojeda, Francisco; Arancibia Henríquez, Miguel; Rosales, Ruth; Ajenjo, M. Cristina; Riedel, Gisela; Camponovo, Rossana; Labarca, Jaime (Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2015)
      En la reunión anual del Grupo Colaborativo de Resistencia Bacteriana del año 2014 se revisaron en profundidad cinco tópicos cuyos antecedentes y conclusiones se detallan en este documento. Los temas fueron: I.- Novedades ...
    • Jara O., Natalia; Bahamonde S., Héctor; Bravo I., Juan Pablo (Sociedad Chilena de Otorrinolaringología, Medicina y Cirugía de Cabeza y Cuello, 2014)
      La halitosis es una afección muy prevalente en la población mundial que genera un gran impacto en la calidad de vida de los pacientes y es un motivo frecuente de consulta en la práctica clínica diaria en otorrinolaringología, ...
    • Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Braghetto Miranda, Italo; Muñoz Ch., Andrea; Burgos Li, Ana María; Villanueva Ilufi, María Elena (Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile, 2014)
      Introducción: La gastrectomía vertical laparoscópica (GVL) es un procedimiento quirúrgico efectivo en el tratamiento de la obesidad. La obesidad está asociada con algunas comorbilidades como diabetes, dislipidemia y ...
    • Ibáñez R., Gladys; Figueroa G., Manuel; Chávez M., Omar; Olguín H., Fernando; Leiva C., Virginia; Guerrero G., Marisol (Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile, 2014)
      Introducción: Los hamartomas y la hiperplasia estromal pseudoangiomatosa nodular (PASH) son entidades infrecuentes en la patología tumoral mamaria, sin embargo, pueden simular al cáncer de mama. La única herramienta ...
    • Bernardino G., Benkarim O., Sanz-de la Garza M., Prat-Gonzàlez S., Sepulveda-Martinez A., Crispi F., Sitges M., Butakoff C., De Craene M., Bijnens B., González Ballester M.A. (Elsevier B.V., 2020)
    • Leon, Francisca; Alvo Vergara, Andrés; Sanhueza, David; Délano Reyes, Paul; Stott Caro, Carlos (Lippicott Williams & Wilkins, 2015)
    • Magaña, Irene; Martínez, Pablo; Loyola, María Soledad (Wiley, 2020)
      Aims and objectives To explore differences in health outcomes between unpaid caregivers and noncaregivers living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Background Previous meta-analyses found worse health outcomes ...
    • Illanes Diez, Sergio; Liesz, Arthur; Sun, Li; Dalpke, Alexander; Zorn, Markus; Veltkamp, Roland (Elsevier, 2011)
      Inflammatory cascades are increasingly recognized as an important pathophysiological mechanism in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). In contrast, the effect of ICH on the systemic immune system has barely been investigated. ...
    • Pinto Sánchez, Carolina; Parra Salinas, Pía; Magna, José; Gajardo Cortez, Abraham; Berger, Zoltan; Montenegro Urbina, Cristián; Muñoz Dimitrov, Pablo (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2020)
      Background: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is one of the main reasons of hospitalization due to gastrointestinal causes. Reported mortality rates range from 5 to 12%. Aim: To determine hospital mortality and ...
    • Braghetto Miranda, Italo; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Rojas Caro, Jorge; Valladares Hernández, Héctor; Figueroa Giralt, Manuel (Colegio Brasileiro Cirurgia Digestiva-CBCD, 2020)
      Background: Erosion and migration into the esophagogastric lumen after laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair with mesh placement has been published. Aim: To present surgical maneuvers that seek to diminish the risk of this ...
    • Ivanovic Zuvic, Danisa; Fischman, Alejandra; Jiménez, Macarena; Martínez, Alejandra; Ernst, Daniel; Toro Cabrera, Luis; Guarda, Francisco; Florenzano, Pablo (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2020)
      Hypophosphatemia is a relatively frequent and a potentially serious adverse drug effect. Clinically it is characterized by bone pain and muscle weakness. There are several mechanisms by which a drug can induce hypophosphatemia ...
    • Romero P., Salech M., Felipe Carlos; Segovia Ruiz, Erico (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2012)
      Alterations in plasma osmolality are related to changes in cell volume, which are the pathophysiological substrate of serious diseases. Under normal conditions sodium is the main determinant of plasma osmolality, and ...