Browsing by Author "Torres, Rubén"
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Carrasco, Fernando; Cano, Marcelo; Camousseigt, Jean; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Inostroza, Jorge; Torres, Rubén (2013)BACKGROUND: In chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, malnutrition is common with loss of muscle mass and decreased bone mineral density (BMD), increasing the risk of morbidity. OBJECTIVE: To compare body composition, bone ...
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Downey, Patricio; Núñez, Luis; Muller, Hans; Torres, Rubén; Segovia, Erico (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)
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Sanhueza, Maria E.; Torres, Rubén; Segura Hidalgo, Paula; Villalobos, Arturo; Segovia Ruiz, Erico (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC., 2016)The pericardium, normally so useful in defending the heart from outside invaders, can perform more like a cage when its flexibility is compromised. We present the case of a 50-year-old man who was admitted to the ...
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Simon, Felipe; Tapia, Pablo; Armisen Yáñez, Ricardo; Echeverría, César; Gatica, Sebastián; Vallejos, Alejandro; Pacheco Durán, Alejandro; Sanhueza Villanueva, María Eugenia; Alvo Abodovsky, Miriam; Segovia, Erico; Torres, Rubén (Frontiers Media, 2017)Chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD) therapy is equally efficient as hemodialysis while providing greater patient comfort and mobility. Therefore, PD is the treatment of choice for several types of renal patients. During PD, ...
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Pacheco, Alejandro; Torres, Rubén; Sanhueza, María Eugenia; Elgueta, Leticia; Segovia, Erico; Cano, Marcelo (Ediciones Doyma, S.L., 2008)BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Chronic hemodialyzed patients have a low level of aerobic capacity, caused by the pathologies concomitant to renal insufficiency, according with a low level of physical activity. One of the factors ...