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    • Estay, Alberto S.; Mariani, Gonzalo L.; Álvarez, Claudio A.; Milet, Beatriz; Agost, Daniel; Ávila Jaramillo, Claudia; Roldán, Liliana; Abdala, Daniel A.; Keller, Rodolfo; Galletti, María F.; González, A. (Karger, 2020)
      Background and Objectives: Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) is a useful method of respiratory support after extubation. However, some infants fail despite CPAP use and require reintubation. Some evidence ...
    • Rodrigo Salinas, Ramón; Korantzopoulos, Panagiotis; Cereceda Brantes, Mauricio; Asenjo, René; Zamorano, Jaime; Villalabeitia, Eli; Baeza, Cristián; Aguayo, Rubén; Castillo, Rodrigo; Carrasco, Rodrigo; Gormaz, Juan G. (Elsevier, 2013)
      Objectives: This study was designed to assess whether the reinforcement of the antioxidant system, through n-3 fatty acids plus antioxidant vitamin supplementation, could reduce the incidence of post-operative atrial ...
    • Urzúa Salinas, Cristhian; Vásquez, Darío H.; Huidobro, Andres; Hernandez, Helio; Alfaro, Jorge (2012)
      Purpose: To determine symptoms improvement in dry eye patients with short-term autologous serum (AS) eyedrops treatment using the standardized Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) survey. Materials and methods: A double-blind ...
    • Nicolaides, Kypros H.; Syngelaki, Argyro; Poon, Liona C.; Picciarelli, Gemma; Tul, Natasa; Zamprakou, Aikaterini; Skyfta, Evdoxia; Parra Cordero, Mauro; Palma Días, Ricardo (MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC, 2016)
      BACKGROUND Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal and infant death and of disability among survivors. It is unclear whether a pessary inserted around the cervix reduces the risk of preterm singleton birth. ...
    • Lewis, Mary Ann; Salas, Ines; de la Sota, Ann; Chiofalo, Nelly; Leake, Barbara (1990)
      Summary: A randomized, controlled trial was conducted in Santiago, Chile to test the impact of a child‐centered, family‐focused educational program for children aged 7–14 years with epilepsy and for their parents. The ...
    • Mauras, Nelly; Ross, Judith L.; Gagliardi, Priscila; Yu, Y. Miles; Hossain, Jobayer; Permuy, Joseph; Damaso, Ligeia; Merinbaum, Debbie; Singh, Ravinder J.; Gaete, Ximena; Mericq, Verónica (Endocrine Soc, 2016-12)
      Context: Growth of short children in puberty is limited by the effect of estrogen on epiphyseal fusion. Objectives: To compare: 1) the efficacy and safety of aromatase inhibitors (AIs) vs GH vs AI/GH on increasing adult ...
    • Tapia, Jose L.; Urzua, Soledad; Bancalari, Aldo; Meritano, Javier; Torres, Gabriela; Fabres, Jorge; Toro, Claudia A.; Rivera, Fabiola; Cespedes, Elizabeth; Burgos, Jaime F.; Mariani, Gonzalo; Roldan, Liliana; Silvera, Fernando; Gonzalez, Agustina; Dominguez, Angelica (Mosby Inc., 2012)
      Objective: To determine whether very low birth weight infants (VLBWIs), initially supported with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and then selectively treated with the INSURE (intubation, surfactant, and extubation ...
    • Wolfe, G. I.; Kaminski, H. J.; Aban, I. B.; Minisman, G.; Kuo, H. C.; Marx, A.; Ströbel, P.; Mazia, C.; Oger, J.; Cea, J. G.; Heckmann, J. M.; Evoli, A.; Nix, W.; Ciafaloni, E.; Antonini, G.; Witoonpanich, R.; King, J. O.; Beydoun, S. R.; Chalk, C. H.; Barboi, A. C.; Amato, (Massachussetts Medical Society, 2016)
      Copyright © 2016 Massachusetts Medical Society. BACKGROUND: Thymectomy has been a mainstay in the treatment of myasthenia gravis, but there is no conclusive evidence of its benefit. We conducted a multicenter, randomized ...
    • Campos Acuña, Javier; Pérez, Francisco; Narváez, Edgar; Campos Mora, Mauricio; Gajardo, Tania; Catalán Martina, Diego; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos; Pino Lagos, Karina (Future Medicine, 2015)
      Aim: To date, there is no human dendritic cell (DC) based therapy to prevent allograft rejection in transplanted patients. Here, we evaluate a potential protocol using a murine in vivo transplant model. Materials & ...
    • Wang, Xia; Arima, Hisatomi; Al-Shahi Salman, Rustam; Woodward, Mark; Heeley, Emma; Stapf, Christian; Lavados Germain, Pablo Manuel; Robinson, Thompson; Huang, Yining; Wang, Jiguang; Delcourt, Candice; Anderson, Craig S. (Karger, 2015)
      Background and Purpose: Early intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering has been shown to improve functional outcome in acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), but the treatment effect is modest and without a clearly defined ...
    • Anderson, Craig S.; Heeley, Emma; Huang, Yining; Wang, Jiguang; Stapf, Christian; Delcourt, Candice; Lindley, Richard; Robinson, Thompson; Lavados Germain, Pablo Manuel; Neal, Bruce; Hata, Jun; Arima, Hisatomi; Parsons, Mark; Li, Yuechun; Wang, Jinchao; Heritier, Stephane; Qiang, Li; Woodward, Mark; Simes, John; Davis, Stephen M.; Chalmers Barraza, John (Massachusetts Medical Society, 2013)
      Background Whether rapid lowering of elevated blood pressure would improve the outcome in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage is not known. Methods We randomly assigned 2839 patients who had had a spontaneous ...
    • Sales, Francisco; Peralta, Oscar A.; Narbona, Eileen; Mccoard, Sue; González Bulnes, Antonio; Parraguez Gamboa, Víctor (Oxford University Press, 2019)
      Fetal hypoxia, resulting in oxidative stress in pregnancies, contributes to reduced fetal growth. Melatonin, a potent antioxidant, has been associated with improved oxidative status. Maternal oral melatonin supplementation ...
    • Álvarez, Gonzalo; Rengel, José; Araya, Michael; Jara Álvarez, Francisco Javier; Pino, Roberto; Uribe, Eduardo; Díaz, Patricio A.; Rossignoli, Araceli E.; López Rivera, Américo; Blanco, Juan (MDPI, 2020)
      Domoic acid (DA), the main toxin responsible for Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning, frequently affects the marine resources of Chile and other countries across the South Pacific, thus becoming a risk for human health. One of the ...
    • Pino Zúñiga, Paulina; Burden, Matthew J.; Walter, Tomas; Lozoff, Betsy; Oyarzún Gómez, Manuel (HELDREF PUBLICATIONS, 2004-04)
      This study was conducted to relate blood lead levels in infants to changes in lead emissions in Santiago, Chile, a heavily polluted setting where leaded gasoline began to be replaced with unleaded gasoline in 1993. Over ...
    • Donoso Laurent, Paulina; Rodríguez, Patricia; Marambio, Paola (Academic Press Inc., 1997)
      We studied the kinetics of calcium release induced by SH oxidation in triads isolated from frog and rabbit skeletal muscle by measuring calcium fluxes by a fast filtration method. In both species SH oxidation induced release ...
    • Baeza, A.; Aguayo, J.; Barria, M.; Pineda, G. (1991)
      Summary. objective We have evaluated an alternative method of preparation of hyperthyroid patients for surgery, using betamethasone, lopanoic acid and propranolol. design Betamethasone (0.5 mg every 6 hours), lopanoic acid ...
    • Palma Ducommun, Carlos; Calderón Herschman, Perla; Morales Huber, Claudia (Quadrant Healthcom, 2019-08)
    • Arellano, Javier; Tapia, Gabriela; Vera, Valentina (Ediciones Doyma, S.L., 2019)
    • Wainstein,; Puelma,; Carrasco,; Guzmán Guzmán, Iris P (1993)
      We report a 63 year old woman with a rapidly progressive renal failure and fever of unknown origin. Laboratory tests showed anemia, increased ESR and a urine analysis compatible with a glomerular disease. Antineutrophil ...
    • Borzone, Gisella; Liberona, Leonel; Olmos, Pablo; Sáez, Claudia; Uribe Meneses, Manuel Ángel; Reyes, Tatiana; Moreno, Rodrigo; Lisboa, Carmen (2007)
      Syrian Golden hamsters develop severe emphysema after a single intratracheal dose of elastase, whereas Sprague-Dawley rats exhibit mild emphysema with the same dose per kilogram body weight. We hypothesized that the ...