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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Fecal incontinence is a pathological condition that severely affects quality of life. Few therapeutic tools are available for treating this condition, some of them with variable success. Transcutaneous electrical nerve ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Tinnitus is a common disorder that affects 10-15% of the population and causes bothersome symptoms in up to 5%. Persistent tinnitus is frequently associated with hypoacusia. Clinically,it can be classified by its pulsatility ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)A complication of bariatric surgery and especially gastric bypass are nutritional deficiencies that occur in the long term, being very important iron deficiency and anemia. Several mechanisms influence this, highlighting ...
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(Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile, 2010)The Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the main respiratory chronic condition,which mortality and disability are increasing. The main symptoms of COPD patients are dyspnoea and exercise intolerance, that reduce ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common skin cancer; its incidence is increasing in the last decades worldwide. The purpose of this study was to analyze 1320 SCC (716 males and 604 females) from ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)We report a case of cutaneous infection and bacteraemia caused by Pasteurella multocida in a 86 years old woman with cirrhosis, after a minor cat bite. Although local infection was minimal,the patient was hospitalized due ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a chronic and recurrent functional digestive disorder, characterized by abdominal pain or discomfort associated to stool change in frequency and/or consistency, usually relieved with ...
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Biofeedback y entrenamiento muscular del piso pélvico en la rehabilitación de la incontinencia fecal (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Objective: To evaluate biofeedback plus Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT) on Fecal Incontinence (FI) treatment included at Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Service. Method: Prospective cohort. Patients who had FI ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Patients who receive allo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT) could develop graft versus host disease and/or graft versus tumour effect. These immunological responses can happen even with perfect fully HLA matched ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)The basal cell carcinoma of the prostate is a rare tumor. It usually presents as an obstruction to urine flow, mimicking prostatic hyperplasia with low or normal PSA. We report a 76 years old man with irritative and ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Patients undergoing non cardiac surgery are at high risk of perioperative cardiac events. Those with peripheral arterial disease have important risk factors. Non invasive preoperative cardiac risk radionuclide assessment ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Disability is a problem within the framework of human rights, that demands answers of the Chilean State in all areas of its work, and public health has had to develop strategies that enable it to assume the challenges of ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Epicondylitis is characterized by pain localized in the insertion of the elbow`s epicondilar muscles, resulting from traumatic inflammation caused by repetitive pronationsupination`s movements. It is known that early ...
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(Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile, 2010)Inguinal hernia represents one of the three most frequent surgical pathologies in surgical practice. About 5% of the population has the risk to develop a hernia. Clinical picture presents as a inguinal bulge, pain related ...
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(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. ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Klotho, a recently described gene, is mainly expressed in the kidney, and encodes a proteinnecessary for the activity of fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFR), especially FGFR1. TheKlotho protein has two variants, a ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)An acute left ventricular disfunction, induced by physical or emotional stress, has been described,known as Tako-tsubo syndrome. Acute coronary disease has shown to be its most important differential diagnosis, based on ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Extramedullary plasmocytoma is a rare plasmatic cell neoplasia which mostly compromises the head and neck (80-90%). On initial presentation they must be differentiated from multiple myeloma This may prove to be difficult ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Phlegmasia Caerulea Dolens is a rare complication of deep vein thrombosis. It presents with a sudden onset of pain, swelling, discoloration and arterial compromise of the affected limb. There’s usually history of prothrombotic ...
