Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2011)During recent decades, acute myocardial infarction short-term mortality has decreased to one digit levels, in the United States. Data from Chilean registries give figures around 11% for patients receiving thrombolysis, and ...
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(2011)Evidence has shown that interventions which involve changes in a person's lifestyle, such as diet and physical activity, lead to weight loss and thus reduce the risk factors of cardiovascular disease. However, the effectiveness ...
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Terapia de reperfusión en infarto agudo al miocardio. Comparación entre trombolisis endovenosa y ... (2011)Background: Primary angioplasty is superior to intravenous thrombolysis as reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction. Aim: To compare the results of available reperfusion strategies for initial management of ...
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(2011)Background: Critically ill patients are especially vulnerable to medication errors (ME) due to their severe clinical situation and the complexities of their management. Aim: To determine the frequency and characteristics ...
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(2011)Background: Systemic fungal infections and specifically invasive aspergillosis (IA) are associated with a high morbi-mortality rate in patients with hematologic malignancies. Itraconazole kinetic studies show that plasma ...
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(2011)Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome (CNS) is defined as a corticoresistant nephrotic syndrome which appears in the first 90 days of life. NPHS1 gene mutations, codifying nephrine cause nearly 40% of the cases. Such a clinical ...
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Plasticity and genotype × environment interactions for locomotion in drosophila melanogaster larvae (2012)Locomotion is a primary means by which animals interact with the world. To understand the contribution of genotype × environment interactions to individual differences in D. melanogaster larval locomotion we investigated ...
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(2011)Objective. To assess the association between pathogenic bacteria found in bronchoalveolar lavages and paranasal cavity cultures in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) who underwent endonasal endoscopic sinus surgery. The ...
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(International College of Surgeons, 2011)Laparoscopic antireflux surgery is very successful in patients with short-segment Barrett's esophagus (BE), but in patients with long-segment BE, the results remain in discussion. In these patients, during the open era of ...
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(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2011)Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most important cause of chronic liver disease that is characterized by hepatocyte triacylglycerol accumulation (steatosis), which can progress to inflammation, fibrosis, and ...
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(2011)Until March 2008, Chile had 637 orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), the main cause was liver cirrhosis. According to US statistics, in 2006 there were 3000 women of reproductive age with OLT. We report a 25-year-old, ...
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(2011)Background and Purpose: Dabigatran-etexilate (DE) recently has been approved for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. However, lack of effective antagonists represents a major concern in the event of intracerebral ...
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(2012)Objective: The results of prematurely terminated stenting and aggressive medical management for preventing recurrent stroke in intracranial stenosis (SAMMPRIS) due to excessively high rate of stroke and death in patients ...
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(2011)Background: Systemic endothelial dysfunction and increased oxidative stress have been observed in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We evaluate whether oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction are associated with ...
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(Mosby Inc., 2012)Objectives: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is a common complication after on-pump heart surgery. Several histologic abnormalities, such as interstitial fibrosis and vacuolization, have been described in atrial ...
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(2011)Background: The rapid increase in life expectancy in Chile, with obesity as the main nutritional problem in all age groups, makes it necessary to ask whether the years gained are healthy. Aim: To study the trajectories of ...
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(2011)Background: A change in the social structure of medicine and its impact on clients has occurred in the last decades. Aim: To perform a survey about subjective wellbeing among physicians. Material and Methods: A physician's ...
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(2012)Cigarette consumption negatively affects bone-matter and -stability, partially due to increased oxidative stress. Garlic has been shown to have anti-oxidative properties. Therefore, the intention was to investigate whether ...
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(2012)The first step in the penicillin biosynthetic pathway is the non-ribosomal condensation of l-α-aminoadipic acid, l-cysteine and l-valine into the tripeptide δ-(l-α-aminoadipyl)-l-cysteinyl-d-valine (ACV). This reaction is ...
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(2011)Background: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) causes 73.6% of coronary heart disease (CHD) deaths in Chile. Aim: To estimate the incidence and case fatality of AMI and analyze their trends between 2001-2007. Material and ...
