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    • Actualización en sobrecrecimiento bacteriano intestinal y dificultades en su diagnóstico 
      Muñoz D., Pablo; Collado H., Raúl; Landskron R., Glauben; González A.,Javiera; Massardo Vega, Lucia Teresa del Pilar (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2012)
      This is a short review related with the current concepts and controversies in the diagnosis of intestinal bacterial overgrowth. This is a relatively complex entity present in diverse pathologies. Its adequate diagnosis has ...
    • Estandarización y control de calidad en los estudios urodinámicos 
      Valdevenito S., Juan Pablo (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2012)
      The main purpose of urodynamic studies is to reproduce the patient’s symptoms and correlate them with the findings in the examination, so that we can answer the specific question that motivated it. Its success depends on ...
    • Errores de medicación en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos 
      Salazar L., Nicole; Rojas A, Lorena; Jirón Aliste, Marcela; Romero P., Carlos (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2012)
      The safety and quality care are two attributes of the health care that are closely related. The critically ill patients are vulnerable to medical errors, and may experience preventable adverse events, often associated with ...
    • Utilidad de la relación proteinuria:creatininuria en muestra aislada en el diagnóstico diferencial de ... 
      Valdés Rubio, Enrique; Castro L., Magdalena; Castro C., Daniela; Sepúlveda Martínez, Alvaro (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2012)
      Preeclampsia is an important cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality locally and globally. Diagnosis requires a 24 hours urine collection to determine the protein level. Current investigations had been focused on ...
    • Características psicoambientales asociadas al inicio, curso y desarrollo de patologías alérgicas: una ... 
      Cortés Rojas, Aarón (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2012)
      Objective: To systematically review all available studies that pursued the development of a questionnaire to evaluate the relationships between psychological, social and environmental characteristics and their relationship ...
    • Affective temperaments in clinical practice: A validation study in mood disorders 
      Vöhringer Cárdenas, Paul Alfred; Whitham, E. A.; Thommi, S. B.; Holtzman, N. S.; Khrad, H.; Ghaemi, S. N. (Elsevier, 2012)
      Background: We sought to examine correlations between clinical validators and temperaments in clinical practice. Methods:We provided the self-report TEMPS-A (50 itemlong) to 123 consecutive patients seen in theMood ...
    • Angioplastía primaria en infarto agudo al miocardio en arteria coronaria derecha con origen anómalo. Caso clínico 
      Ugalde Prieto, Héctor; Muñoz, Macarena; Ugalde, Diego; García, Sebastián (2012)
      Anomalous origin of coronary arteries is a rare anatomical defect and its association with acute myocardial infarction is unusual. We report a 58-year-old male with ST-Segment elevation. Myocardial infarction of the ...
    • Consumo de sustancias y síntomas depresivos en escolares de liceos municipales de Santiago 
      Rojas Castillo, María Graciela; Gaete, Jorge; Guajardo, Viviana; Martínez, Vania; Barroilhet, Sergio; Meneses, Juan; Fritsch Montero, Rosemarie; Araya, Ricardo (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2012-02)
      Background: The presence of emotional problems may trigger drug abuse. Aim: To determine the association between illicit drug use and severity of depression symptoms among students of public secondary schools in Santiago, ...
    • Protein expression of PKCZ (Protein Kinase C Zeta), Munc18c, and Syntaxin-4 in the insulin pathway in ... 
      Rivero, Rodrigo; Garin, Claire-Alix; Ormazábal Leiva, Paulina Fernanda; Silva, Andrea; Gabler Neale, Fernando; Carvajal Gavilán, Rodrigo; Romero Osses, Carmen; Vega Blanco, María Margarita (2012)
      Background: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine-metabolic disorder commonly associated with insulin resistance (IR). Previous studies indicate about the expression of molecules involved in the insulin pathway in ...
    • Trasplante hepático en cirrosis por virus B: profilaxis con gammaglobulina antiHBs en dosis a “demanda” 
      Pizarro, Carolina; Contreras, Jorge; Castillo Koch, Jaime; Silva, Javier; Oksenberg Reisberg, Dan; Hurtado Heim, Carmen; Venegas Santos, Mauricio; Díaz Jeraldo, Juan; Cardemil Herrera, Gonzalo; Ibarra, José; Bórquez, Angélica; Poniachik Teller, Jaime (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2012-01)
      Infection recurrence rates among hepatitis B virus infected liver allograft recipients, may be as high as 80%. Immunoprophylaxis with anti HBV gammaglobulin may reduce these rates and improve survival. The dose of anti HBV ...
    • Mixed depression: A study of its phenomenology and relation to treatment response 
      Pae, Chi-Un; Vöhringer Cárdenas, Paul Alfred; Holtzman, Niki S.; Thommi, Sairah B.; Patkar, Ashwin; Gilmer, William; Ghaemi, S. Nassir (Elsevier, 2012)
      Background: Mixed depression reflects the occurrence of a major depressive episode with subsyndromal manic symptoms. Not recognized in DSM-IV, it is included in the proposed changes for DSM-5. Observational and cross-sectional ...
    • Reconstrucción mamaria con colgajo TRAM pediculado 
      Ibañez R., Mauricio; Ibañez R., Gladys; Pereira C., Nicolás; Mandiola B., Carlos; Andino N., Romina (SOC CIRUJANOS CHILE, 2012-02)
      The pedicle transverse rectus abdominus myocutaneous flap (TRAM) is widely used for breast reconstruction, however is not exempt from complications. Between 2004 and 2010 the authors performed breast reconstruction after ...
    • Manejo quirúrgico del incidentaloma suprarrenal 
      Gac Espinoza, Patricio; Jans B., Jaime; Marambio G., Andrés; Cabané Toledo, Patricio; Díaz B., Mauricio; Araya Quintanilla, Aída Verónica; Avillo C., Víctor (2012-02)
      Background: The adrenal incidentaloma is a lesion found on imaging studies for diagnosis of non-adrenal disorders. Most of these patients are not of surgical treatment. Our objective was to describe the clinical features ...
    • Tratamiento quirúrgico de la acalasia esofágica. Experiencia en 328 pacientes 
      Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Braghetto Miranda, Italo; Korn Bruzzone, Owen; Burdiles Pinto, Patricio; Salas F., Juan E. (2012-02)
      Background: Patients with achalasia may require surgical treatment. Aim: To assess postoperative evolution, complications and mortality after surgical treatment of achalasia. Material and Methods: Analysis of 328 patients ...
    • Filtraciones en bypass gástrico resectivo por laparotomía en obesidad mórbida 
      Burgos Li, Ana María (2012-02)
      Background: Obesity is a severe disease whose prevalence continues to increase. Resective gastric bypass is one of the surgical procedures used in our center in patients with obesity, but like other techniques is not without ...
    • Ten Years Experience of Banded Gastric Bypass: Does It Make a Difference? 
      Awad, William; Garay, Alvaro; Martínez, Cristián (Springer, 2012-02)
      Many surgeons support some sort of restriction of the gastric pouch outlet by placing a ring around the gastric reservoir. Previous studies have shown positive results of banded gastric bypass (BGBP); however, there are ...
    • Quemaduras de cuero cabelludo. Serie de casos y revisión de la literatura 
      Pereira C., Nicolás; Léniz M., Patricio; Enríquez C., Estefanía; Mangelsdorff G., Günther; Piñeros B., José Luis; Calderón O., Wilfredo (2012-04)
      Background: The scalp is the most external and important barrier of the skull and brain. Its burns are often caused by high voltage injuries, fi re, liquid or other heat sources. Aim: To report a series of cases of scalp ...
    • Frequency and use of pain assessment tools implemented in randomized controlled trials in the adult burns ... 
      Mahar, Patrick D.; Wasiak, Jason; O’Loughlin, Christopher J.; Christelis, Nicholas; Arnold, Carolyn A.; Spinks, Anneliese B.; Danilla Enei, Stefan (Elsevier, 2012)
      Introduction: Pain continues to be an ongoing issue of concern in adult burn patients. Inadequate pain assessment hinders meaningful research, and prevents the optimal management of burn pain. The objective of this study ...
    • Resultados de la vigilancia de susceptibilidad antimicrobiana en Chile: consolidando una red 
      Cifuentes Díaz, Marcela; Pinto Claude, María Eugenia; Silva Ojeda, Francisco (SOC CHILENA INFECTOLOGIA, 2011-02)
      Antimicrobial resistance is an increasing public health issue. Creation of surveillance networks is a matter of major importance for antimicrobial resistance understanding and monitoring. Also, they contribute to design ...
    • The presence of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) does not affect the clinical response to ... 
      Soto Sáez, Lilian; Sabugo Siraqyan, María Francisca; Catalán Martina, Diego; Wurmann Kiblisky, Pamela; Cermenatti, Tomás; Gatica Rossi, Héctor; Aravena, Octavio; Salazar, Lorena; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos; Cuchacovich Turteltaub, Miguel (Springer, 2011)
      The introduction of antitumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents has improved the outcome for many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To date, the only replicated genetic predictor of anti-TNF response is the −308 G > ...