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    • Tamizaje universal de hipoacusia en el recién nacido 
      Alvo Vergara, Andrés; Der Mussa, Carolina; Délano, Paul H. (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 ...
    • Homenaje al Dr. Alejandro Cotera Farías 
      Segovia Ruiz, Erico (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)
    • Celulitis bacteriemia por pasteurella multocida en una paciente con cirrosis hepática 
      Weitzel, Thomas; Wigant C., Wilson; Porte Torre, Lorena; Fica Cubillos, Alberto; Braun J., Stephanie (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)
      We report a case of cutaneous infection and bacteraemia caused by Pasteurella multocida in a 86 years old woman with cirrhosis, after a minor cat bite. Although local infection was minimal,the patient was hospitalized due ...
    • SPECT miocárdico en preoperatorio de patología vascular periférica. Cambio de conducta en diabético ... 
      Castro M., Gabriel; Rodríguez D., Daniel; Dussaillant Nielsen, Gastón; Massardo Vega, Lucía (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)
      Patients undergoing non cardiac surgery are at high risk of perioperative cardiac events. Those with peripheral arterial disease have important risk factors. Non invasive preoperative cardiac risk radionuclide assessment ...
    • Revisión de epicondilitis:clínica, estudio y propuesta de protocolo de tratamiento 
      Miranda Monsalve, Ana Luisa; Llanos V., Natalia; Torres B., Carlos; Montenegro S., Constanza; Jiménez, Carolina (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 ...
    • Alteraciones morfológicas en placentas de madres expuestas a pesticidas 
      Villanueva Ilufi, María Elena; Sanhueza L., Verónica; Reyes G., Janice; Neira C., Leslie (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 ...
    • Neuromodulación tibial posterior transcutánea en el tratamiento de la incontinencia fecal 
      Sandoval S., César; Manríquez Galan, Valentín; Blumel M., Bernardita (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)
      Fecal incontinence is a pathological condition that severely affects quality of life. Few therapeutic tools are available for treating this condition, some of them with variable success. Transcutaneous electrical nerve ...
    • Serinocabapenemasas de clas A en enterobacterias 
      Lastra J., Virginia de la; Ulloa Flores, María Teresa; Pinto Claude, María Eugenia; Vidal, Mario Martín; Silva Q., Francisco (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 ...
    • Evaluación del paciente con trastornos de la marcha 
      Cerda Aburto, Lorena (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 ...
    • Toxina botulínica y su importancia en el campo de la rehabilitación 
      Cubillos O., Fernando; Maldonado A., Paula; Moyano Vera, Álvaro; San Martín, Eduardo (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 ...
    • Aproximación inicial para el diagnóstico y manejo del paciente con tinnitus 
      Alvo Vergara, Andrés; Nazar S., Rodolfo (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2010)
      Tinnitus is a common disorder that affects 10-15% of the population and causes bothersome symptoms in up to 5%. Persistent tinnitus is frequently associated with hypoacusia. Clinically,it can be classified by its pulsatility ...
    • Incentivo de la actividad física mediante el uso de los contadores de pasos en pscientes con EPOC 
      Mendoza Inzunza, Laura (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 ...
    • Enfrentamiento de la Hernia Inguinal en el siglo XXI 
      Albán García, Marco Alfonso; Rappoport Stramwasser, Jaime; Silva S., Juan Jorge; Debandi Cuadra, Aníbal (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 ...
    • Controversias en Síndrome de Intestino Irritable 
      Madrid Silva, Ana; Landskron R., Glauben (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 ...
    • Conducta Suicida en el Hospital General 
      Tapia Ilabaca, Patricia; Vöhringer Cárdenas, Paul Alfred; Ornstein Letelier, Claudia (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.
    • Aeromonas spp 
      Silva Ojeda, Francisco (SOC CHILENA INFECTOLOGIA, 2011-04)
    • Thalidomide for the treatment of metastatic hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: A case report with a ... 
      Salech Morales, Felipe; Valderrama, Sebastián; Nervi, Bruno; Oksenberg Reisberg, Dan; Rodríguez, Juan Carlos; Smok Sahid, Gladys; Koch, Alvaro; Duarte, Ignacio; Pérez Ayuso, Rosa María; Jarufe, Nicolás; Martínez, Jorge; Soza, Alejandro; Arrese, Marco; Riquelme, Arnoldo (MEXICAN ASSOC HEPATOLOGY, 2011-03)
      Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEH) is an unusual, low-grade malignant vascular tumor of the liver. Here we describe a case of a 40-year-old woman who presented with abdominal pain in the upper right quadrant ...
    • Actualización del Consenso “Neumonía asociada a ventilación mecánica” Primera parte. Aspectos diagnósticos 
      Cifuentes Díaz, Marcela; Hervé E., Béatrice; Fica Cubillos, Alberto (SOC CHILENA INFECTOLOGIA, 2011-04)
      The best strategy to resolve the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is unsettled, and periodic reviews of new evidence are necessary. An update was performed to renew the 2001 recommendations on the diagnosis ...
    • Acute and fulminant hepatitis induced by flutamide: Case series report and review of the literature 
      Brahm Barril, Javier; Brahm, Magdalena; Segovia, Roberto; Buckel González, Erwin; Latorre, Ricardo; Poniachik Teller, Jaime; Zapata, Rodrigo; Contreras, Luis (MEXICAN ASSOC HEPATOLOGY, 2011)
      Flutamide is a non-steroidal anti-androgenic drug, commonly used in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer, acne and hirsutism. This drug may induce various degrees of liver injury, including acute liver failure (ALF), ...