Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions

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    • Screening depressive episodes in adolescents. Validation of the patient health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) ... 
      Borghero, Francesca; Martínez, Vania; Zitko, Pedro; Vöhringer, Paul A.; Cavada Chacón, Gabriel; Rojas, Graciela (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2018)
      © 2018, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved.Background: There is a paucity of validated instruments for screening depression in adolescent populations in Chile. Aim: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of the ...
    • Heptanoate is neuroprotective in vitro but triheptanoin post-treatment did not protect against middle ... 
      Tan, Kah Ni; Hood, Rebecca; Warren, Kirby; Pepperall, Debbie; Carrasco Pozo, Catalina; Manzanero, Silvia; Borges, Karin; Spratt, Neil J. (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2018)
      © 2018 Elsevier B.V. Triheptanoin, the medium-chain triglyceride of heptanoate, has been shown to be anticonvulsant and neuroprotective in several neurological disorders. In the gastrointestinal tract, triheptanoin is ...
    • The Ferric uptake regulator (Fur) and iron availability control the production and maturation of the ... 
      Marcoleta, Andrés E.; Gutiérrez-Cortez, Sergio; Hurtado, Felipe; Argandoña, Yerko; Corsini, Gino; Monasterio Opazo, Octavio; Lagos Mónaco, Rosalba (Public Library of Science, 2018)
      © 2018 Marcoleta et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the ...
    • Assessment of consumer perceptions on the use of antimicrobials in production animals in Chile 
      Cornejo, Javiera; Cabezón, Camila; San Martín Núñez, Betty; Lapierre Acevedo, Lisette (International Association for Food Protection, 2018)
      © 2018 International Association for Food Protection. All rights reserved. Successful treatment of diseases that sicken food-producing animals requires the use of antimicrobials. However, these drugs could result in serious ...
    • Protection of the myocardium against ischemia/reperfusion injury by angiotensin-(1–9) through an AT2R and ... 
      Mendoza Torres, Evelyn; Riquelme, Jaime A.; Vielma, Alejandra; Sagredo, Andrea Ramirez; Gabrielli, Luigi; Bravo Sagua, Roberto; Jalil Milad, Jorge; Rothermel, Beverly A.; Sánchez, Gina; Ocaranza, María Paz; Lavandero González, Sergio (Academic Press, 2018)
      © 2018 Elsevier Ltd Angiotensin-(19), a peptide of the non-classical renin angiotensin system, has been shown to prevent and revert hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy. We hypothetized that systemic delivery of angiotensin-(1–9) ...
    • Integrating multivariate and geostatistical analyses for assessing the socio-environmental vulnerability ... 
      Burgos, Soledad; Madrid, Miguel A.; Maldonado, Ana; Medina, Felipe; Iglesias, Verónica (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2018)
      © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Vulnerability assessments are commonly based on complex indices that may be inappropriate for characterizing risks in small groups of people exposed to ...
    • Analysis of organ donation for transplantation in Chile during 2017 El sinsabor que deja el mejor año en ... 
      González Fuenzalida, Fernando; González Cohens, Francisca (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2018)
      © 2018, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: In October 2016, television stations began a campaign to increase organ donation rates. During the months that followed, a sustained increase in donation ...
    • Helicobacter pylori infection detected during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy Disminución en la frecuencia ... 
      da Costa, Daniel; Guidotti, Francesca; Cabello, Nicolas; Trigo, Francisco; Contreras, Caterina; Vergara, Francisca; Miranda, Juan Pablo; Montenegro, Cristián; Muñoz, Pablo; Berger, Zoltán (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2018)
      © 2018, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved.Background: Helicobacter pylori (HP) is the most widespread chronic human infection worldwide and the most important pathogenic factor of gastric cancer. The calculated ...
    • Ahmed glaucoma drainage implant surgery in the management of refractory uveitic glaucoma: Long-term follow ... 
      Valenzuela, F. J.; Oportus, M. J.; Pérez, C. I.; Mellado, F.; Cartes, C.; Villarroel, F.; López-Ponce, D.; López-Solís, R.; Traipe, L. (Elsevier Ltd, 2018)
      © 2018 Objective: To examine the long-term efficacy, safety and complications of Ahmed glaucoma drainage implant surgery in patients with refractory uveitic glaucoma. Methods: Retrospective review of consecutive cases of ...
    • Hipertensión arterial pulmonar: el entrenamiento físico como complemento de la terapia farmacológica 
      von Oetinger, Astrid; Trujillo, Luz María; Villanueva Boratovic, Sergio; Zagolin Blancaire, Mónica (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2018)
      Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation is a promising therapy for Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) whose survival does not exceed 65% at five years. We performed a literature search about rehabilitation on PAH in MEDLINE, ...
    • An International Consortium Update: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome ... 
      Ibáñez, Lourdes; Oberfield, Sharon E.; Witchel, Selma; Auchus, Richard J.; Chang, R. Jeffrey; Codner Dujovne, Ethel; Dabadghao, Preeti; Darendeliler, Feyza; Elbarbary, Nancy Samir; Gambineri, Alessandra; Garcia Rudaz, Cecilia; Hoeger, Kathleen M.; López-Bermejo, Abel; Ong, Ke (S. Karger AG, 2017)
      © 2017 S. Karger AG, Basel. Copyright: All rights reserved.This paper represents an international collaboration of paediatric endocrine and other societies (listed in the Appendix) under the International Consortium of ...
    • Preventive medicine of von Hippel-Lindau disease-associated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors 
      Krauss, Tobias; Ferrara, Alfonso Massimiliano; Links, Thera P.; Wellner, Ulrich; Bancos, Irina; Kvachenyuk, Andrey; De Las Heras, Karina Villar Gómez; Yukina, Marina Y.; Petrov, Roman; Bullivant, Garrett; Von Duecker, Laura; Jadhav, Swati; Ploeckinger, Ursula; Welin, (BioScientifica Ltd., 2018)
      © 2018 Society for Endocrinology Published by Bioscientifica Ltd. Printed in Great Britain. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs) are rare in von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) but cause serious morbidity and mortality. ...
    • Macroglossia, the first manifestation of systemic amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma: case report 
      Maturana Ramírez, Andrea; Ortega Pinto, Ana Verónica; Labbé, F. C.; de Moraes, E.; Aitken Saavedra, Juan (Elsevier, 2018)
      Amyloidosis is a group of diseases characterized by an irreversible and extracellular deposition of fibrillar, amorphous protein known as amyloid in different organs and tissues. Amyloid deposits may occur locally in ...
    • Inhibiting Pathogen Surface Adherence by Multilayer Polyelectrolyte Films Functionalized with Glucofuranose ... 
      Villalobos, Valeria; Leiva, Ángel; Ríos, Hernán E.; Pavez, Jorge; Silva, Carlos P.; Ahmar, Mohammed; Queneau, Yves; Blamey, J. M.; Chávez, Francisco P.; Urzúa Acevedo, Marcela (American Chemical Society, 2018)
      © 2018 American Chemical Society. Inhibiting pathogenic bacterial adherence on surfaces is an ongoing challenge to prevent the development of biofilms. Multilayer polyelectrolyte films are feasible antibacterial materials. ...
    • Maternal androgen excess and obesity induce sexually dimorphic anxiety-like behavior in the offspring 
      Manti, Maria; Fornes, Romina; Qi, Xiaojuan; Folmerz, Elin; Hirschberg, Angelica Lindén; De Castro Barbosa, Thais; Maliqueo Yevilao, Manuel; Benrick, Anna; Stener-Victorin, Elisabet (FASEB, 2018)
      © 2018 FASEB. All rights reserved. Maternal polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a condition associated with hyperandrogenism, is suggested to increase anxiety-like behavior in the offspring. Because PCOS is closely linked ...
    • Characteristics, management and response to alteplase in China versus non-China participants of the ENCHANTED trial 
      Song, Lily; Wang, Xia; Robinson, Thompson; Lindley, Richard I.; Arima, Hisatomi; Lavados Germain, Pablo Manuel; Chen, Xiaoying; Chalmers, John; Anderson, Craig S.; Anderson, Craig S. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)
      © 2017 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Background The characteristics of patients with acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) and their management vary across regions, which may influence outcomes. We examined for ...
    • First Latin American clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus: Latin ... 
      Pons-Estel, Bernardo A.; Bonfa, Eloisa; Soriano, Enrique R.; Cardiel, Mario H.; Izcovich, Ariel; Popoff, Federico; Criniti, Juan M.; Vásquez, Gloria; Massardo, Loreto; Duarte, Margarita; Barile-Fabris, Leonor A.; García, Mercedes A.; Amigo, Mary Carmen; Espada, Gracie (BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
      © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a complex and heterogeneous autoimmune ...
    • Impact of residential combustion and transport emissions on air pollution in Santiago during winter 
      Mazzeo, Andrea; Huneeus Lagos, Nicolás; Ordoñez, César; Orfanoz Cheuquelaf, Andrea Paz; Menut, Laurent; Mailler, Sylvan; Valari, Myrto; Denier van der Gon, Hugo; Gallardo, Laura; Muñoz, Ricardo; Donoso, Rodrigo; Galleguillos, Maurico; Osses, Mauricio; Tolvett, Sebastian (Elsevier Ltd, 2018)
      © 2018 Elsevier Ltd Santiago (33.5°S, 70.5°W), the capital of Chile, is frequently affected by extreme air pollution events during wintertime deteriorating air quality (AQ) and thus affecting the health of its population. ...
    • Mitochondria and calcium regulation as basis of neurodegeneration associated with aging 
      Müller, Marioly; Ahumada-Castro, Ulises; Sanhueza, Mario; González Billault, Christian; Court, Felipe A.; Cárdenas, César (Frontiers Media S.A., 2018)
      © 2018 Müller, Ahumada-Castro, Sanhueza, Gonzalez-Billault, Court and Cárdenas.Age is the main risk factor for the onset of neurodegenerative diseases. A decline of mitochondrial function has been observed in several ...
    • Autonomic imbalance in cardiac surgery: A potential determinant of the failure in remote ischemic preconditioning 
      Gajardo, Abraham I.J.; Karachon, Lukas; Bustamante, Pablo; Repullo, Pablo; Llancaqueo, Marcelo; Sánchez, Gina; Rodrigo Salinas, Ramón (Churchill Livingstone, 2018)
      © 2018 Elsevier Ltd Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) is a cardioprotective strategy against myocardial damage by ischemia-reperfusion. Many in-vivo and ex-vivo animal researches have demonstrated that RIPC decreases ...