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    • Otto Yáñez, Matias; Sarmento da Nóbrega, Antônio José; Torres Castro, Rodrigo; Saldanha Araújo, Palomma Russelly; Carvalho de Farias, Catharinne Angélica; Dornelas De Andrade, Armele de Fátima; Puppo Gallardo, Homero; Resqueti, Vanessa Regiane; de Freitas Fregonezi, Guilherme Augusto (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Purpose To evaluate the concordance between the value of the actual maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV) and the estimated value by multiplying the forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) and a different value ...
    • Appiani, Franco; Uriarte, Polentzi; Fernández, Rosario; Parra, Víctor; Pineda, Fernando (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2020)
      Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a prevalent congenital septal atrial defect usually without pathological significance. In certain pathogenic situations, PFO can trigger episodes of recurrent hypoxemia, a specific condition ...
    • Uribe San Martín, Reinaldo; Ciampi Díaz, Ethel; Santibáñez, R.; Irani, S. R.; Márquez, A.; Cruz, J. P.; Soler, B.; Miranda, María Cristina; Henríquez, M.; Cárcamo, C. (Elsevier, 2020)
      We report six patients with anti-LGI1 associated epilepsy. Two patients presented with new-onset generalized tonic-clonic seizures, four developed faciobrachial dystonic seizures and two piloerection. All patients had ...
    • Rodríguez Osiac, Lorena; Egaña Rojas, Daniel; Gálvez Espinoza, Patricia; Navarro Rosenblatt, Deborah; Araya Bannout, Marcela; Begoña Carroza, María; Baginsky Guerrero, Cecilia (Sociedad Chilena de Nutrición, Mastología y Toxicología, 2020)
    • Canals Lambarri, Mauricio (Sociedad Médica Santiago, 2020)
    • Pekolj, J.; Clariá Sánchez, R.; Salceda, J.; Maurette, R. J.; Schelotto, P. B.; Pierini, L.; Cánepa, E.; Moro, M.; Stork, G.; Resio, N.; Neffa, J.; Cormack, L. Mc.; Quiñónez, E.; Raffin, G.; Obeide, L.; Fernández, D.; Pfaffen, G.; Salas, S.; Linzey, M.; Schmidt, G.; Ruiz, S.; Álvarez, F.; Buffaliza, J.; Maroni, R.; Campi, O.; Bertona, C.; de Santibáñez, M.; Mazza, O.; Belotto de Oliveira, M.; Diniz, A. L.; Enne de Oliveira, M.; Machado, M. A; Kalil, A. N.; Pinto, R. D.; Rezende, A. P.; Ramos, E. J. B.; Talvane T. Oliveira, A.; Torres, O. J. M.; Jarufe Cassis, N.; Bucke, E.; Quevedo Torres, R.; Chapochnick, J.; Sanhueza GarcÍa, M.; Muñoz, C.; Castro, G.; Losada, H.; Vergara Suárez, F.; Guevara, O.; Dávila, D.; Palacios, O.; Jiménez, A.; Poggi, L.; Torres, V.; Fonseca, G. M.; Kruger, J. A. P.; Coelho, F. F.; Russo, L.; Herman, P. (Springer, 2020)
      Background Laparoscopic liver resections (LLR) have been increasingly performed in recent years. Most of the available evidence, however, comes from specialized centers in Asia, Europe and USA. Data from South America are ...
    • Moore, Phillip; Cardemil Morales, Felipe; Hayward, Nathan J.; Flatman, Samuel (Wiley, 2020)
      Background Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) can be caused by neoplasms involving the upper aerodigestive tract. Currently, many of these patients have this diagnosis missed, as most adults diagnosed with OSA do not undergo ...
    • Echeverría B., Carlos; Serani M., Alejandro; Arriagada Urzúa, Anamaría; Goic G., Alejandro; Rojas O., Alberto; Ruiz Esquide, Gonzalo; Salinas Ríos, Rodrigo; Taboada R., Paulina; Quintana V., Carlos; Vacarezza Yávar, Ricardo (Sociedad Médica Santiago, 2020)
      Conscientious Objection arises as a response to a regulation that is judged as immoral. Faced with a law that is considered unfair, the citizen can respond accepting it against his will, exercising conscientious objection ...
    • Godoy, Jorge; Ferraris, Tomás; Guelfand Chaimovich, Miguel (Mary Ann Liebert, 2020)
      Introduction:A leak at the esophageal anastomosis can occur in 10%-20% of cases of esophageal atresia (EA). Thoracoscopic repair is trans-pleural, with the potential development of an empyema. Standard treatment of an ...
    • Martínez, Cristina; Corradini, Eduardo; Cullen Aravena, Roberto; Bentjerodt, Rosemarie (Elsevier, 2020)
    • Oyaneder Terrazas, Javiera; Polanco, Cassandra; Figueroa, Diego; Barriga, Andrés; García, Carlos (Taylor and Francis, 2020)
      Lipophilic marine toxins (LMTs) are made up of multiple groups of toxic analogues, which are characterised by different levels of cellular and toxic action. The most prevalent groups in the southern Pacific zone are: a) ...
    • Balcells, María Elvira; Carvajal, Camila; Fernández, Paula; Ruiz-Tagle, Cinthya; Pizarro, Alejandra; García, Patricia; Peña, Carlos; Cuevas, Gerardo; Naves Pichuante, Rodrigo (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2020)
      Background: Contact investigation is cardinal in the control of tuberculosis (TB) since it helps to stop its transmission. In Chile, the National TB Program strategy does not include latent TB infection testing, regular ...
    • Ríos, Ulises; Moya, Pablo R.; Urrejola, Óscar; Hermosilla, Jimena; González, René; Muñoz, Paulina; Morán, Javier; Solervicens, Paula; Jiménez de la Jara, Juan (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2020)
      Background: A history of child abuse is common and has a significant impact in the clinical course of patients diagnosed with bipolar disorders (BD). Aims: To assess the frequency of child abuse experiences in patients BD ...
    • Lolas Stepke, Víctor (Univ. Chile, Centro Interdisciplinario Estudios Bioética, 2020)
    • Rivera Krstulović, Catalina; Durán Aniotz, Claudia Andrea (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2020)
      The clinical features of Alzheimer's disease (AD), for example the progressive memory loss, are produced by neuronal loss and synaptic dysfunction. These events have been associated with histopathological alterations in ...
    • Traipe, Leonidas; Gauro, Fuad; Goya Lizana, María; Cartes, Cristian; López Ponce, Daniela; Salinas, Daniela; Cabezas, Mauricio; Zapata, Claudia; Flores, Patricia; Matus, Gonzalo; Segovia, Christian; León, Alba; López Solis, Remigio (Soc Medica Santiago, 2020)
      Background: Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) is the most commonly used questionnaire worldwide to detect dry eye disease. Although it is massively used in clinical practice in Chile, its use has not been validated yet ...
    • Banda, Ricardo; Castillo, Jéssica; Vélez, Juan Carlos (Hanley & Belfus Elsevier, 2020)
      People with proximal transhumeral amputation usually choose prosthesis as an alternative to improve occupational performance, but frequently presenting difficulties in the distal control, poor elevation to reach some object, ...
    • Warady, Bradley A.; Schaefer, Franz; Bagga, Arvind; Cano Schuffeneger, Francisco; McCulloch, Mignon; Yap, Hui-Kim; Shroff, Rukshana (Sage, 2020)
      Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) remains the most widely used modality for chronic dialysis in children, particularly in younger children and in lower and middle income countries (LMICs). We present guidelines for ...
    • Luarte Navarro, Alejandro; Henzi, Roberto; Fernández, Anllely; Gaete, Diego; Cisternas, Pablo; Pizarro, Matías; Batiz, Luis Federico; Villalobos, Isabel; Masalleras, Matías; Vergara, Rodrigo; Varas Godoy, Manuel; Abarzúa Catalán, Lorena; Herrera Molina, Rodrigo; Lafourcade, Carlos; Wyneken, Úrsula (MDPI, 2020)
      In the last few decades, it has been established that astrocytes play key roles in the regulation of neuronal morphology. However, the contribution of astrocyte-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) to morphological ...
    • Vélez, María Victoria; Colello, Rocío; Etcheverría, Analía Inés; Vidal Álvarez, Roberto Mauricio; Montero Forero, David Arturo; Acuña, Patricia; Guillén Fretes, Rosa María; Toro Ibaceta, Magaly; Padola, Nora Lía (Springer, 2020)
      Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are zoonotic food pathogens associated with foodborne diarrheal illness, hemorrhagic colitis, and complications such as hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). The ability to adhere ...