Facultad de Medicina: Recent submissions

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    • Uso de sulfato de magnesio relacionado con la reanimación neonatal en prematuros 
      Pino Cortés, P.; Muena Canales, D.; Gálvez Ortega, Pablo Francisco (2021)
      Introducción: La neuroprotección farmacológica se utiliza en el período antenatal para ayudar a disminuir el riesgo de parálisis cerebral o disfunciones motoras en el recién nacido (RN). El sulfato de magnesio (MgSO4) es ...
    • Percepción estudiantil sobre primera Evaluación de ciclo curricular en la carrera de Obstetricia y Puericultura, ... 
      Rojas Cáceres, Camila; Goldsack Ullo, Marcela; Soto Araya, Solange; Araya Bannout, Marcela; Gálvez Ortega, Pablo Francisco; Romero Ortiz, Constanza; Araya Ledezma, Marcelo; Ramírez Álvarez, Carolina (2021)
      Antecedentes: La Escuela de Obstetricia de la Universidad de Chile fue pionera en implementar un plan de formación basado en competencias en 2009, en el marco del inicio de la innovación curricular de la Facultad de Medicina. ...
    • Cuestionario de simulación en reanimación neonatal: validación del instrumento 
      Gálvez Ortega, Pablo Francisco; Tapia Vargas, Santiago (Universidad de Concepción. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Educación Médica, 2022)
      Introducción: Dada la importancia de la simulación en reanimación neonatal, se vuelve necesario el desarrollo de herramientas válidas para evaluar a los participantes, al escenario y a los instructores para lograr una mejor ...
    • Senescence markers in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and alzheimer’s ... 
      Salech Morales, Felipe Humberto; San Martín Rovirosa, Carol Dazil; Concha Cerda, Jorge Ignacio; Romero Hernández, Esteban Ignacio; Ponce, Daniela P.; Liabeuf Altamirano, Gianella Alejandra; Rogers Castillo, Nicole Andrea; Murgas, Paola; Bruna, Bárbara; More, Jamileth; Behrens Pellegrino, María Isabel (MDPI, 2022)
      Recent studies suggest that cellular senescence plays a role in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) pathogenesis. We hypothesize that cellular senescence markers might be tracked in the peripheral tissues of AD patients. Senescence ...
    • El ADN de los chilenos y sus orígenes genéticos 
      Berríos del Solar, María Soledad (Universitaria, 2016)
      El análisis del ADN nos permite definir un perfil genético de cada individuo y de poblaciones de individuos y comprender la huella biológica que han dejado nuestros ancestros en el genoma actual. En este contexto, este ...
    • Impact of polycystic ovary syndrome, metabolic syndrome, obesity, and follicular growth arrest in women health 
      Villarroel Quintana, Claudio Andrés; Henríquez Barrera, Soledad Paola; Kohen, Paulina; Devoto, Luigi  (Springer, 2021)
      Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in women in reproductive age. Depending on the diagnostic criteria used, the prevalence varies between 8% and 13% [1–4]. This syndrome was initially ...
    • Plasma lead concentration and risk of late kidney allograft failure: findings from the transplantlines ... 
      Sotomayor Campos, Camilo Germán; Giubergia Cánepa, Flavia Marta Grace; Groothof, Dion; Ferreccio Readi, Fresia Catterina; Nolte, Ilja M.; Navis, Gerjan J.; Gomes Neto, Antonio W.; Kremer, Daan; Knobbe, Tim J.; Eisenga, Michele F.; Rodrigo Salinas, Ramón Aníbal; Touw, Daan J.; Bakker, Stephan J.L. (W B Saunders Co-Elsevier, 2022)
      Rationale & Objective: Heavy metals are known to induce kidney damage, and recent studies have linked minor exposures to cadmium and arsenic with increased risk of kidney allograft failure, yet the potential association ...
    • Multi-feature computational framework for combined signatures of dementia in underrepresented settings 
      Moguilner, Sebastian; Birba, Agustina; Fittipaldi, Sol; González Campos, Cecilia; Tagliazucchi, Enzo Rodolfo; Reyes, Pablo; Matallana, Diana; Parra, Mario A.; Slachevsky Chonchol, Andrea María; Farías Gontupil, Gonzalo Andrés; Cruzat Grand, Josefina; García, Adolfo; Eyre, Harris A.; La Joie, Renaud; Rabinovici, Gil; Whelan, Robert; Ibáñez, Agustín (IOP Publishing, 2022)
      Objective. The differential diagnosis of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remains challenging in underrepresented, underdiagnosed groups, including Latinos, as advanced ...
    • Mice with humanized immune system as novel models to study HIV-associated pulmonary hypertension 
      Rodríguez Irizarry, Valerie J.; Schneider, Alina C.; Ahle, Daniel; Smith, Justin M.; Suárez Martínez, Edu B.; Salazar, Ethan A.; McDaniel Mims, Brianyell; Rasha, Fahmida; Moussa, Hanna; Moustaïd Moussa, Naima; Pruitt, Kevin; Fonseca, Marcelo; Henríquez Luna, Mauricio Gabriel; Clauss, Matthias A.; Grisham, Matthew B.; Almodóvar, Sharilyn (Frontiers Media, 2022)
      People living with HIV and who receive antiretroviral therapy have a significantly improved lifespan, compared to the early days without therapy. Unfortunately, persisting viral replication in the lungs sustains ...
    • Late-onset opportunistic infections while receiving anti-retroviral therapy in Latin America: burden and ... 
      Núñez, Isaac; Crabtree Ramirez, Brenda; Shepherd, Bryan E.; Sterling, Timothy R.; Cahn, Pedro; Veloso, Valdiléa G.; Cortés Moncada, Claudia Paz; Padgett, Denis; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Sierra Madero, Juan; McGowan, Catherine C.; Person, Anna K.; Caro Vega, Yanink (Elsevier, 2022)
      Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the incidence, clinical characteristics, and risk factors of late-onset opportunistic infections (LOI) in people who live with HIV (PWLHA) within the Caribbean, Central and ...
    • Evaluating the effectiveness of care coordination interventions designed and implemented through a participatory ... 
      Vázquez Navarrete, María Luisa; Miranda Mendizabal, Andrea; Eguiguren Bravo, Ana Pamela; Mogollón Pérez, Amparo- Susana; Ferreira de Medeiros Mendes, Marina; López Vázquez, Julieta; Bertolotto, Fernando; Vargas, Ingrid (Public Library Science, 2022)
      Background Despite increasing recommendations for health professionals to participate in intervention design and implementation to effect changes in clinical practice, little is known about this strategy’s effectiveness. ...
    • Estudio de costo-efectividad de profilaxis con emicizumab versus agentes hemostáticos alternativos en ... 
      Bitrán, Ricardo; Peña Ojeda, Camila Isidora; Arpóna, Paula; Loayzac, Nancy; Salasd, Katia; Villare, Carmen del; Chumpitazf, Gloria; Salinas, Virgilio (Medwave, 2022)
      Contexto La hemofilia es un trastorno hemorrágico de la coagulación que ocurre en uno de cada 5000 nacimientos masculinos. Los pacientes con hemofilia A grave no tratados tienen complicaciones hemorrágicas, incluyendo ...
    • The energy homeostasis principle: a naturalistic approach to explain the emergence of behavior 
      Vicencio Jiménez, Sergio; Villalobos, Mario; Maldonado Arbogast, Pedro Esteban; Vergara, Rodrigo C. (Frontiers Media, 2022)
      It is still elusive to explain the emergence of behavior and understanding based on its neural mechanisms. One renowned proposal is the Free Energy Principle (FEP), which uses an information-theoretic framework derived ...
    • Association of epicardial adipose tissue with different stages of coronary artery disease: a cross-sectional ... 
      Van Meijeren, Anne Ruth; Ties, Daan; De Koning, Marie Sophie L. Y.; Van Dijk, Randy; Van Blokland, Irene V.; Lizana Veloz, Pablo Sergio; Van Woerden, Gijs; Vliegenthart, Rozemarijn; Pundziute, Gabija; Westenbrink, Daan B.; Van der Harst, Pim (Elsevier, 2022)
      Objective: Increased epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) has been identified as a risk factor for the development of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the exact role of EAT in the development of CAD is unclear. This study ...
    • Astrocytes protect dopaminergic neurons against aminochrome neurotoxicity 
      Segura Aguilar, Juan Ernesto; Mannervik, Bengt; Inzunza, José; Varshney, Mukesh; Nalvarte, Iván; Muñoz Salvatierra, Patricia Alejandra (Wolters Kluwer, 2022)
      Astrocytes protect neurons by modulating neuronal function and survival. Astrocytes support neurons in several ways. They provide energy through the astrocyte-neuron lactate shuttle, protect neurons from excitotoxicity, ...
    • Examining the relation between practicing meditation and having peak experiences and lucid dreams. A ... 
      Garcia Campayo, Javier; Hijar Aguinaga, Rinchen; Barceló Soler, Alberto; Fernández Martínez, Selene; Aristegui Lagos, Roberto Hernán; Pérez Aranda, Adrián (Frontiers Media, 2022)
      The aim of this study was to compare meditators and non-meditators in terms of their tendency to have peak experiences and their dream lucidity, while examining the associations between these outcomes and some related ...
    • PET-CT 68Ga-PSMA y 18F-PSMA en etapificación inicial de Cáncer de Próstata: Estudio Retrospectivo Unicéntrico 
      González Vega, Pamela (Universidad de Chile, 2023)
      El cáncer de próstata es una patología altamente frecuente a nivel mundial y nacional, con altas tasas de sobrevida cuando se detecta tempranamente. La etapificación inicial es fundamental para decidir respecto al manejo ...
    • Heritable genomic diversity in breast cancer driver genes and associations with risk in a chilean population 
      Morales Pison, Sebastián Felipe; González Hormazábal, Patricio Andrés; Tapia Pineda, Julio César; Salas Burgos, Alexis Marcelo; Ampuero Llanos, Sandra Patricia; Gómez, Fernando; Waugh, Enrique; Reyes, José Miguel; Jara Sosa, Lilian Elena Jonasa (BMC, 2022)
      Background Driver mutations are the genetic components responsible for tumor initiation and progression. These variants, which may be inherited, influence cancer risk and therefore underlie many familial cancers. The present ...
    • Automatic language analysis identifies and predicts schizophrenia in first-episode of psychosis 
      Figueroa Barra, Alicia Ivonne Eduvigis; Aguila, Daniel del; Cerda Villablanca, Mauricio David; Gaspar Ramos, Pablo Arturo; Terissi, Lucas D.; Durán, Manuel; Valderrama Vega, Camila Fernanda (Nature, 2022)
      Automated language analysis of speech has been shown to distinguish healthy control (HC) vs chronic schizophrenia (SZ) groups, yet the predictive power on first-episode psychosis patients (FEP) and the generalization to ...
    • Role of the pro-inflammatory tumor microenvironment in extracellular vesicle-mediated transfer of therapy ... 
      Simón, Layla Yamila; Sanhueza, Sofía; Gaete Ramírez, Belén; Varas Godoy, Manuel Alejandro; Quest, Andrew Frederick Geoffery (Frontiers Media, 2022)
      Advances in our understanding of cancer biology have contributed to generating different treatments to improve the survival of cancer patients. However, although initially most of the therapies are effective, relapse and ...