Resumen La tuberculosis (TBC) extra-pulmonar alcanza al 26,2% de los casos totales de TBC en Chile. El cultivo es el método estándar de oro, pero es lento. La técnica Xpert® MTB/RIF permite detectar Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBc) por RPC en tiempo real en menos de 3 h, sin embargo, ha sido...
RESUMEN Objetivo Determinar la confiabilidad entre dos observadores y el cambio mínimo detectable de los estudios de neuroconducción para diagnosticar el síndrome de túnel carpiano. Métodos Se estudiaron 69 pacientes remitidos para estudio electrofisiológico por sospecha de síndrome de túnel ca...
Background: The usefulness of the abbreviated Mini-Mental State Examination included in the Chilean Functional assessment of elderly people (MM-SE-EFAM) to detect Dementia has not been determined. Aim: To assess the performance of the MMSE-EFAM to detect dementia. Material and Methods: We studied a non...
Background: The Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) questionnaire is a widely used instrument to assess chronic disease care from a patient's perspective. Aim: To adapt the PACIC questionnaire to Chilean Spanish and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the translation. Material and...
Abstract Background Considering the physical, mental and behavioral problems related to fetal alcohol exposure, prenatal clinical guides suggest a brief evaluation of alcohol consumption during pregnancy to detect alcohol intake and to adjust interventions, if required. Even if any alcohol use should b...
Abstract Introduction: Ménière's disease (MD) is an inner ear disorder characterized by episodic vertigo, tinnitus, ear fullness, and fluctuating hearing. Its diagnosis can be especially difficult in cases where vestibular symptoms are present in isolation (vestibular MD). The definitive diagnosis is ...
ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the applicability of the Portuguese version of ID-MigraineTM in a sample of Brazilian patients. Methods Patients with headache were recruited from the neurology outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital and submitted to the ID-MigraineTM questionnaire. The diagnosis of he...
Oliveira, Ezequiel Fernandes;
Valério, Berenice Cataldo Oliveira;
Cavalcante, Valéria;
Urbano, Jessica Julioti;
Silva, Anderson Soares;
Polaro, Melissa Nunes;
Nacif, Sergio Roberto;
Oliveira, Claudia Santos;
Resende, Maria Bernadete Dutra;
Oliveira, Acary Souza Bulle;
Oliveira, Luis Vicente Franco.
ABSTRACT Objective To perform the translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Quantitative Myasthenia Gravis Score (QMGS) to Brazilian Portuguese in accordance with international ethical standards. Methods The following steps were taken: (1) implementation of the translation protocol...
La finalidad de este estudio instrumental fue evaluar las propiedades psicométricas del Manual para la Valoración del Riesgo de Violencia contra la Pareja SARA (The Spousal Assault Risk Assessment) por medio de la adaptación y de la obtención de indicadores de validez concurrente y diagnóstica y de ...
