Browsing by Title Hospital Clínico

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    • Tamizaje universal de hipoacusia en el recién nacido 
      Alvo Vergara, Andrés; Der Mussa, Carolina; Délano, Paul H. (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)
      Neonatal hearing loss affects 1-3 from every 1000 live newborns. For optimal language and social development, proper diagnosis and treatment must be established before the first 6 months of age. In Chile, screening for ...
    • Technical aspects of gated SPECT MPI assessment of left ventricular dyssynchrony used in the VISION-CRT study 
      Jiménez Heffernan, Amelia; Butt, Sadaf; Mesquita, Claudio T.; Massardo, Teresa; Peix, Amalia; Kumar, Alka; Patel, Chetan; Alexanderson, Erick; Pabón, Luz M.; Karthikeyan, Ganesan; Gutiérrez, Claudia; Marín, Víctor; García, Ernest; Páez, Diana (Springer, 2020)
    • Ten Years Experience of Banded Gastric Bypass: Does It Make a Difference? 
      Awad, William; Garay, Alvaro; Martínez, Cristián (Springer, 2012-02)
      Many surgeons support some sort of restriction of the gastric pouch outlet by placing a ring around the gastric reservoir. Previous studies have shown positive results of banded gastric bypass (BGBP); however, there are ...
    • Thalidomide for the treatment of metastatic hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: A case report with a ... 
      Salech Morales, Felipe; Valderrama, Sebastián; Nervi, Bruno; Oksenberg Reisberg, Dan; Rodríguez, Juan Carlos; Smok Sahid, Gladys; Koch, Alvaro; Duarte, Ignacio; Pérez Ayuso, Rosa María; Jarufe, Nicolás; Martínez, Jorge; Soza, Alejandro; Arrese, Marco; Riquelme, Arnoldo (MEXICAN ASSOC HEPATOLOGY, 2011-03)
      Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEH) is an unusual, low-grade malignant vascular tumor of the liver. Here we describe a case of a 40-year-old woman who presented with abdominal pain in the upper right quadrant ...
    • The 5’ untranslated region of the anti-apoptotic protein Survivin contains an inhibitory upstream AUG codon 
      Palavecino, Christian E.; Carrasco Véliz, Nicolás; Quest, Andrew F.G.; Garrido Palma, Maritza P.; Valenzuela Valderrama, Manuel (Elsevier, 2020)
      Survivin (BIRC5) is an anti-apoptotic protein that is important in cancer. Mechanisms responsible for controlling Survivin levels in cells include transcriptional regulation and modulation of protein stability via ...
    • The burden of decisional uncertainty in the treatment of status epilepticus 
      Sánchez Fernández, Iván; Gaínza Lein, Marina; Barcia Aguilar, Cristina; Amengual Gual, Marta; Loddenkemper, Tobías (Wiley, 2020)
      Objective Treatments for convulsive status epilepticus (SE) have a wide range of effectiveness. The estimated effectiveness of non-intravenous benzodiazepines (non-IV BZDs) ranges from approximately 70% to 90% and the ...
    • The effect of a mindfulness-based intervention in cognitive functions and psychological well-being applied ... 
      Langer, Álvaro I.; Schmidt, Carlos; Mayol Troncoso, Rocío; Díaz, Marcela; Lecaros, Javiera; Krogh, Edwin; Pardow, Aida; Vergara, Carolina; Vergara, Guillermo; Pérez Herrera, Bernardita; Villar Zunzunegui, María José; Maturana Hurtado, Alejandro; Gaspar Ramos, Pablo (BioMed Central, 2017-05-25)
      Background: According to the projections of the World Health Organization, 15% of all disabilities will be associated with mental illnesses by 2020. One of the mental disorders with the largest social impacts due to high ...
    • The insulin-sensitizing mechanism of myo-inositol is associated with AMPK activation and GLUT-4 expression ... 
      Cabrera Cruz, Heidy; Oróstica, Lorena; Plaza Parrochia, Francisca; Torres Pinto, Ignacio; Romero, Carmen; Vega, Margarita (American Physiological Society, 2020)
      Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine-metabolic disorder characterized by hyperandrogenism and ovulatory dysfunction but also obesity and hyperinsulinemia. These characteristics induce an insulin-resistant state ...
    • The Latin American experience with a next generation sequencing genetic panel for recessive limb-girdle ... 
      Bevilacqua, Jorge; Guecaimburu Ehuletche, María del Rosario; Perna, Abayuba; Dubrovsky, Alberto; Franca, Marcondes C.; Vargas, Steven; Hegde, Madhuri; Claeys, Kristl G.; Straub, Volker; Daba, Nadia; Faria, Roberta; Periquet, Magali; Sparks, Susan; Thibault, Nathan; Araujo, Roberto (BMC, 2020)
      Background Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a group of neuromuscular disorders of heterogeneous genetic etiology with more than 30 directly related genes. LGMD is characterized by progressive muscle weakness involving ...
    • The Latin American network for congenital malformation surveillance: ReLAMC 
      Orioli, Ieda María; Dolk, Helen; López Camelo, Jorge; Groisman, Boris; Benavides Lara, Adriana; Giménez, Lucas Gabriel; Mattos Correa, Daniel; Ascurra, Marta; Aquino Bonilha, Eliana de; Canessa Tapia, María Aurora; Araújo de França, Giovanny Vinícius; Hurtado Villa, Paula; Ibarra Ramírez, Marisol; Pardo, Rosa; Pastora, Dania María; Zarante, Ignacio; Schneider Soares, Flavia; Martínez de Carvalho, Flavia; Piola, Mariana (Wiley, 2020)
      The early detection of congenital anomaly epidemics occurs when comparing current with previous frequencies in the same population. The success of epidemiologic surveillance depends on numerous factors, including the ...
    • The many faces of XMEN disease, report of two patients with novel mutations 
      Hoyos Bachiloglu, Rodrigo; Concha, Sara; Sepúlveda, Pablo; Campos, Roberto; Pérez Mateluna, Guillermo; King, Alejandra; Zúñiga, Pamela (Springer, 2020)
    • The patients' knowledge and perception about biologics and biosimilars. results of a survey at the South ... 
      Goecke Sariego, Annelise; de Ahreu Trigueros, Paloma; Vargas, Andrea; Babini, Alejandra; Graf, César; Provenza, José Roberto; Ferreira, Wanda Heloisa; Andrade, Ana; Giménez, Mercedes; Cabrera, Elena; Román Ruiz, Lourdes; Agra, Allan; Ávila Pedretti, Gabriela (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020)
    • The presence of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) does not affect the clinical response to ... 
      Soto Sáez, Lilian; Sabugo Siraqyan, María Francisca; Catalán Martina, Diego; Wurmann Kiblisky, Pamela; Cermenatti, Tomás; Gatica Rossi, Héctor; Aravena, Octavio; Salazar, Lorena; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos; Cuchacovich Turteltaub, Miguel (Springer, 2011)
      The introduction of antitumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents has improved the outcome for many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To date, the only replicated genetic predictor of anti-TNF response is the −308 G > ...
    • The response to letter to the Editor: "Voiding dynamics in women with urinary incontinence but without ... 
      Valdevenito, Juan Pablo; Mercado Campero, Alejandro; Arribillaga, Leandro (Wiley, 2020)
    • The Spanish 12-item version of the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing scale (Sp-SSQ12): adaptation, ... 
      Cañete, Óscar M.; Marfull, Daphne; Torrente Avendaño, Mariela; Purdy, Suzanne (Taylor and Francis, 2020)
      Purpose Because of the limited number of Spanish validated questionnaires available to assess auditory functionality in daily life situations in adults, the purpose of this study was to investigate the validity and the ...
    • Thoracoscopic approach for complications after esophageal atresia repair: initial experience 
      Cano Novillo, Indalecio; Aneiros Castro, Belén; Godoy Lenz, Jorge; Puentes Rivera, María Consuela; García Vázquez, Araceli; Moreno Zegarra, Cecilia (Wiley, 2020)
      Introduction Improvements in technology and health care have helped reduce morbidity and mortality in patients with esophageal atresia. However, postoperative complications such as dehiscences, strictures, and recurrent ...
    • Three-dimensional regional bi-ventricular shape remodeling is associated with exercise capacity in endurance ... 
      Bernardino, G.; Sanz de la Garza, M.; Domenech Ximenos, B.; Prat González, S.; Perea, R. J.; Blanco, I.; Burgos, F.; Sepúlveda Martínez, Alvaro; Rodríguez López, M.; Crispi, F.; Butakoff, C.; González Ballester, M. A.; De Craene, M.; Sitges, M.; Bijnens, B. (Springer, 2020)
      Aims Endurance athletes develop cardiac remodeling to cope with increased cardiac output during exercise. This remodeling is both anatomical and functional and shows large interindividual variability. In this study, we ...
    • Tibolone as hormonal therapy and neuroprotective agent 
      Río, Juan Pablo del; Molina, Santiago; Hidalgo Lanussa, Óscar; García Segura, Luis Miguel; Barreto, George E. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Tibolone (TIB), a selective tissue estrogenic activity regulator (STEAR) in clinical use by postmenopausal women, activates hormonal receptors in a tissue-specific manner. Estrogenic activity is present mostly in the brain, ...
    • Tofacitinib versus etanercept or placebo in moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis: a phase 3 randomised ... 
      Bachelez, Hervé; Kerkhof, Peter C. M. van de; Strohal, Robert; Kubanov, Alexey; Valenzuela, Fernando; Lee, Joo-Heung; Yakusevich, Vladimir; Chimenti, Sergio; Papacharalambous, Jocelyne; Proulx, James; Gupta, Pankaj; Tan, Huaming; Tawadrous, Margaret; Valdez, Hernán; Wolk, Robert (Elsevier, 2015)
      Background New therapeutic options are needed for patients with psoriasis. Tofacitinib, an oral Janus kinase inhibitor, is being investigated as a treatment for moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis. In this study, ...
    • Toxina botulínica y su importancia en el campo de la rehabilitación 
      Cubillos O., Fernando; Maldonado A., Paula; Moyano Vera, Álvaro; San Martín, Eduardo (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)
      Botulinum toxin, the most potent biological toxin, has become a powerful therapeutic tool for a growing number of clinical applications. It produces temporary denervation manifested by paralysis of muscles treated. Also ...