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    • Aguirre, Francisco; Abrigo, Johanna; Altimiras González, Francisco; González, Andrea; Simon, Felipe; Cabello Verrugio, Claudio (MDPI, 2020)
      Sarcopenia associated with chronic liver disease (CLD) is one of the more common extrahepatic features in patients with these pathologies. Among the cellular alterations observed in the muscle tissue under CLD is the decline ...
    • Reyes S., Pablo; Ortiz De Zárate, Daniel; Toledo, Camila (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2020)
      Primary lymphocytic hypophysitis is an autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of the pituitary gland, with a higher incidence during late pregnancy and the postpartum period. It causes glandular ...
    • Rial Crestelo, M.; Morales Rosello, J.; Hernández Andrade, E.; Prefumo, F.; Oros, D.; Caffici, D.; Sotiriadis, A.; Zohav, E.; Cruz Martínez, R.; Parra Cordero, M.; Lubusky, M.; Kacerovsky, M.; Figueras, F. (2020)
      Objectives To determine the quality of Doppler images of the fetal middle cerebral artery (MCA) and umbilical artery (UA) using an objective scale, and to determine the reliability of this scale, within a multicenter ...
    • Pérez, Alfonso; Mahmood, Bilal; Jethanandani, Rishabh; Lee, Steve K.; Wolfe, Scott W. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of exploring the axillary nerve (AN) at the 6 o'clock position (blind spot) using the deltopectoral approach, with the interval lateral to the conjoint tendon ...
    • Gutierrez Figueroa, Francisco Javier; Matta Figueroa, David Sebastián; Calvo Mena, Rafael; Narváez, Felipe; Medina, Natalia; Prieto Domínguez, Juan (Taylor & Fracis, 2020)
      Background and purpose - During the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the teaching centers in Chile have shifted to online resources. We decided to do a survey on orthopedic residents regarding this type of education to assess ...
    • Veas Inostroza, Rhonda; Rojas Pirela, Maura; Castillo Rivas, Christian; Olea Azar, Claudio; Moncada, Mauricio; Ulloa, Pablo; Rojas, Verónica; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (Elsevier, 2020)
      Introduction: Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, has no effective treatment available. On the other hand, microalgae are aquatic organisms that constitute an interesting reservoir of ...
    • Otto Yáñez, Matias; Sarmento da Nóbrega, Antônio José; Torres Castro, Rodrigo; Saldanha Araújo, Palomma Russelly; Carvalho de Farias, Catharinne Angélica; Dornelas De Andrade, Armele de Fátima; Puppo Gallardo, Homero; Resqueti, Vanessa Regiane; de Freitas Fregonezi, Guilherme Augusto (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Purpose To evaluate the concordance between the value of the actual maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV) and the estimated value by multiplying the forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) and a different value ...
    • Appiani, Franco; Uriarte, Polentzi; Fernández, Rosario; Parra, Víctor; Pineda, Fernando (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2020)
      Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a prevalent congenital septal atrial defect usually without pathological significance. In certain pathogenic situations, PFO can trigger episodes of recurrent hypoxemia, a specific condition ...
    • Uribe San Martín, Reinaldo; Ciampi Díaz, Ethel; Santibáñez, R.; Irani, S. R.; Márquez, A.; Cruz, J. P.; Soler, B.; Miranda, María Cristina; Henríquez, M.; Cárcamo, C. (Elsevier, 2020)
      We report six patients with anti-LGI1 associated epilepsy. Two patients presented with new-onset generalized tonic-clonic seizures, four developed faciobrachial dystonic seizures and two piloerection. All patients had ...
    • Rodríguez Osiac, Lorena; Egaña Rojas, Daniel; Gálvez Espinoza, Patricia; Navarro Rosenblatt, Deborah; Araya Bannout, Marcela; Begoña Carroza, María; Baginsky Guerrero, Cecilia (Sociedad Chilena de Nutrición, Mastología y Toxicología, 2020)
    • Canals Lambarri, Mauricio (Sociedad Médica Santiago, 2020)
    • Pekolj, J.; Clariá Sánchez, R.; Salceda, J.; Maurette, R. J.; Schelotto, P. B.; Pierini, L.; Cánepa, E.; Moro, M.; Stork, G.; Resio, N.; Neffa, J.; Cormack, L. Mc.; Quiñónez, E.; Raffin, G.; Obeide, L.; Fernández, D.; Pfaffen, G.; Salas, S.; Linzey, M.; Schmidt, G.; Ruiz, S.; Álvarez, F.; Buffaliza, J.; Maroni, R.; Campi, O.; Bertona, C.; de Santibáñez, M.; Mazza, O.; Belotto de Oliveira, M.; Diniz, A. L.; Enne de Oliveira, M.; Machado, M. A; Kalil, A. N.; Pinto, R. D.; Rezende, A. P.; Ramos, E. J. B.; Talvane T. Oliveira, A.; Torres, O. J. M.; Jarufe Cassis, N.; Bucke, E.; Quevedo Torres, R.; Chapochnick, J.; Sanhueza GarcÍa, M.; Muñoz, C.; Castro, G.; Losada, H.; Vergara Suárez, F.; Guevara, O.; Dávila, D.; Palacios, O.; Jiménez, A.; Poggi, L.; Torres, V.; Fonseca, G. M.; Kruger, J. A. P.; Coelho, F. F.; Russo, L.; Herman, P. (Springer, 2020)
      Background Laparoscopic liver resections (LLR) have been increasingly performed in recent years. Most of the available evidence, however, comes from specialized centers in Asia, Europe and USA. Data from South America are ...
    • Moore, Phillip; Cardemil Morales, Felipe; Hayward, Nathan J.; Flatman, Samuel (Wiley, 2020)
      Background Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) can be caused by neoplasms involving the upper aerodigestive tract. Currently, many of these patients have this diagnosis missed, as most adults diagnosed with OSA do not undergo ...
    • Echeverría B., Carlos; Serani M., Alejandro; Arriagada Urzúa, Anamaría; Goic G., Alejandro; Rojas O., Alberto; Ruiz Esquide, Gonzalo; Salinas Ríos, Rodrigo; Taboada R., Paulina; Quintana V., Carlos; Vacarezza Yávar, Ricardo (Sociedad Médica Santiago, 2020)
      Conscientious Objection arises as a response to a regulation that is judged as immoral. Faced with a law that is considered unfair, the citizen can respond accepting it against his will, exercising conscientious objection ...
    • Godoy, Jorge; Ferraris, Tomás; Guelfand Chaimovich, Miguel (Mary Ann Liebert, 2020)
      Introduction:A leak at the esophageal anastomosis can occur in 10%-20% of cases of esophageal atresia (EA). Thoracoscopic repair is trans-pleural, with the potential development of an empyema. Standard treatment of an ...
    • Martínez, Cristina; Corradini, Eduardo; Cullen Aravena, Roberto; Bentjerodt, Rosemarie (Elsevier, 2020)
    • Oyaneder Terrazas, Javiera; Polanco, Cassandra; Figueroa, Diego; Barriga, Andrés; García, Carlos (Taylor and Francis, 2020)
      Lipophilic marine toxins (LMTs) are made up of multiple groups of toxic analogues, which are characterised by different levels of cellular and toxic action. The most prevalent groups in the southern Pacific zone are: a) ...
    • Balcells, María Elvira; Carvajal, Camila; Fernández, Paula; Ruiz-Tagle, Cinthya; Pizarro, Alejandra; García, Patricia; Peña, Carlos; Cuevas, Gerardo; Naves Pichuante, Rodrigo (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2020)
      Background: Contact investigation is cardinal in the control of tuberculosis (TB) since it helps to stop its transmission. In Chile, the National TB Program strategy does not include latent TB infection testing, regular ...
    • Ríos, Ulises; Moya, Pablo R.; Urrejola, Óscar; Hermosilla, Jimena; González, René; Muñoz, Paulina; Morán, Javier; Solervicens, Paula; Jiménez de la Jara, Juan (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2020)
      Background: A history of child abuse is common and has a significant impact in the clinical course of patients diagnosed with bipolar disorders (BD). Aims: To assess the frequency of child abuse experiences in patients BD ...
    • Lolas Stepke, Víctor (Univ. Chile, Centro Interdisciplinario Estudios Bioética, 2020)