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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is a global epidemic. Classical studies have demonstrated the benefits of tight glycemic control, showing a decrease in complications and mortality. Current therapy based on changes in lifestyle ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)The authors analize the current characteristics of suicidial bahaviour. They aldo propose, throught the article, an Interventional Protocol that could be used at the emergency Service of the Clinical Hospital of.U. the Chile.
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Botulinum toxin, the most potent biological toxin, has become a powerful therapeutic tool for a growing number of clinical applications. It produces temporary denervation manifested by paralysis of muscles treated. Also ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)A study of patients with intestinal fístulas treated at the surgical clinic of the Hospital Salvador, Santiago de Chile, from January 2007 until June 2009. The sizes of the study were 26 patients in whom diagnosis was ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Several studies had stablished a correlation between prenatal exposure to pesticides and congenital malformations in the newborn. The interest of the investigators has been centered in the possibles mechanisms of these ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)A feature of humans is their ability to walk and their alteration limits the ability to perform activities of daily life Gait disorders have a major impact and have increased in frequency as a result of aging.This condition ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Neonatal hearing loss affects 1-3 from every 1000 live newborns. For optimal language and social development, proper diagnosis and treatment must be established before the first 6 months of age. In Chile, screening for ...
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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)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)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)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)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)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)Recently, two proteins have been discovered, named Klotho and FGF23, which are involved in several physiologic phenomena. One of the most relevant is the reduction of phosphatemia and the increase of phosphaturia. This ...
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(Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)Bacterial resistance to B-lactam antibiotics is becoming a matter of great concern. The rapid emergence of extended spectrum B-lactamases (ESBLs) in Enterobacteriaceae has made the carbapenems the drugs of choice to treat ...
