Browsing by Subject "Medicine (all)"
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(1995)One thousand women hospitalized at a maternity were surveyed after their delivery or abortion about their first sexual intercourse and pregnancy. Mean age at the first sexual intercourse was 18.7 years and only 9.2% used ...
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(1993)Two solutions are proposed for the estimation of odds ratios (OR) when one or the two elements of the principal (A, D) or secondary (B, C) diagonals of a 2 x 2 matrix (A, B, C, D) are 0. The OR estimate is AD/BC. If A or ...
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(1995)The curricular renewal of Medical studies is a priority of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile. After an initial phase of analysis done in 1994, the process must be accomplished through the elaboration of ...
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(1995)The author reminds the reform of medical education of 1945 in which he participated as a student. It was approved by the Decree #201 of april 2, introducing Chilean medicine into a new era of modernity. The reform was ...
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(1992)In 1987, a cardiovascular risk profile was obtained on 836 workers of the National Electricity Co in Santiago. There were 714 males and 125 females, the mean age was 45 years (ES +/- 0.3). Hypertension (systolic pressure ...
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(1994)Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic drug with a very low incidence of extrapyramidal effects, used in the treatment of schizophrenic patients refractory or intolerant to classical neuroleptics. Its use is limited due ...
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(1992)A cooperative study involving 13 hospitals in Chile allowed the analysis of 353 patients with gastric cancer in early stages. 82 cancers were located at the mucosal level, 151 at the submucosa and 120 reached the muscular ...
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(1991)The correct clinical use of drug plasma levels is frequently jeopardized by neglecting to consider pharmacokinetic parameters at the time of sample drawing. A form to be filled at this time revealed that inadequate information ...
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(1994)This work describes a new method to detect antimitochondrial antibodies using indirect immunofluorescence on mouse sperm as substrate. As controls conventional substrates and mitochondrial protein immunoblots were used. ...
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(1991)A patient with AIDS developed pulmonary infiltrates typical of infection by P. carinii. However, therapy for this agent was unsuccessful. Further studies including blood cultures revealed the presence of C neoformans. ...
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(2002)PURPOSE: To determine the mortality associated with atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation in the general population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Using the Marshfield Epidemiologic Study Area, a database that captures nearly all ...
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(1990)A cost-effectiveness socio-economic evaluation of powdered milk delivery in Chile is presented. This 26% fat powdered milk is distributed free of cost to underweight pregnant women through primary health care services ...
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(1990)Spontaneous intramural hematoma of the esophagus (SIHE) is a rare condition usually affecting middle-aged or elderly women. It presents as acute substernal or epigastric pain, typically accompanied by dysphagia or hematemesis. ...
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A survey of the depressive symptoms in pregnant women at an urban primary care consultation office (1990)We studied the frequency of depression as well as biomedical and social features of 179 pregnant women under control at an urban clinic in metropolitan Santiago. The random sample comprised 38% of all controlled pregnancies. ...
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(1990)We performed a survey concerning the use of psychotropic drugs among 223 patients admitted to a university hospital in November 1986. 39% of patients were receiving some psychotropic drug, and 73% of these corresponded to ...
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(1994)Actinomycosis is a non opportunistic chronic infection caused by a superior bacteria that forms grains in the pus or affected organs. Fifty four cases have been reported in the last 50 years in the chilean literature, 51% ...
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(Portland Press Ltd, 2019)Activation of the sympathetic nervous system is a hallmark of heart failure (HF) and is positively correlated with disease progression. Catecholaminergic (C1) neurons located in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) are ...
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(1992)Due to the growing concern of Health Care Workers (HCW) regarding the possibility of acquiring blood borne infections through accidental occupational exposure and the fact that HIV and Hepatitis B infections have occurred ...
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(1991)The efficacy and tolerance of 750 mg of Acipimox was tested in 38 pts with primary dyslipidemias: 20 type IIa, 12 type IIb, and 6 type IV. All pts had been poor responders to a 2 month diet according to the recommendations ...
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(Pan American Health Organization, 2013)