Peña, Camila;
Rojas, Christine;
Rojas, Hernán;
Soto, Pablo;
Cardemil, Daniela;
Aranda, Sandra;
Contreras, Carolina;
Roca, Gabriel La;
Russo, Moisés;
Pérez, Claudio;
Lois, Vivianne.
Background: Multiple myeloma (MM) is one of the most common malignancies found in hematology. Aim: To describe the features of patients with MM and perform a survival analysis according to the different treatment protocols used between 2000 and 2016. Material and Methods: Analysis of the database of th...
Frez, Carla;
Awad, Yusfeye;
Sánchez, Nilda;
Silva, Andrea;
Mercado, Beatriz;
Marcotti, Constanza;
Arévalo, Patricia;
Apablaza, Karina;
Fernández, Paula;
Pérez, Daysi.
Background: In 2013 the Chilean regulatory sanitary agency issued a warning concerning dose adjustment and use restriction to avoid severe adverse effects of metoclopramide such tardive dyskinesia. Aim: To study dyskinesia type adverse effects in a population using metoclopramide. Material and Methods:...
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamiento farmacológico,
Antagonistas de los Receptores de Dopamina D2/efectos adversos,
Metoclopramida/efectos adversos,
Dolor/tratamiento farmacológico,
Chile,
Estudios Transversales,
Antagonistas de los Receptores de Dopamina D2/administración & dosificación,
Metoclopramida/administración & dosificación,
Cuidados Paliativos,
Farmacovigilancia,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
Many new discoveries in Life Sciences cannot be translated into products, services or new applications to improve human health. Translational medicine, defined as "from bench to bedside", refers to the transfer of results or new knowledge achieved in the laboratory into health innovation. We aim to revie...
Background: Confusion in observational epidemiological studies distorts the relationship between exposure and event. "Step by step" regression models, diverts the decision to a statistical algorithm with little causal basis. Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs), qualitatively and visually assess the confusion....
The law N° 20.584 established the informed consent. This could suggest that patients have a right to refuse a blood transfusion. However, the dominant jurisprudence in protection claims filed against Jehovah Witnesses who rejected a blood transfusion, reveals that they do not have such a right. There we...
Medical education in Chile has a good research productivity. National educators are skilled in complex curricular design processes and in didactic innovation. However, the question of what it means to be doctor in a society that moves towards interculturality, has not been addressed thoroughly. Using the...
We report a 21 years old woman, without offspring, with diabetes mellitus diagnosed at 17 years of age, without ketosis or weight loss. Her body mass index was 18 kg/m2. Her C peptide was normal (2.3 ng/ml) and diabetes mellitus type 1 autoantibodies were negative. A monogenic diabetes Maturity Onset Dia...
Paraquat, a non-selective bipyridyl pesticide, is one of the leading causes of death from intoxication in many parts of Asia and America. It is the second most sold herbicide worldwide, being widely used in Chile. Its ingestion generates toxicity due to the release of superoxide radicals, mainly affectin...
Herbicidas/envenenamiento,
Paraquat/envenenamiento,
Fibrosis Pulmonar/inducido químicamente,
Chile,
Ciclofosfamida/uso terapéutico,
Resultado Fatal,
Glucocorticoides/uso terapéutico,
Inmunosupresores/uso terapéutico,
Metilprednisolona/uso terapéutico,
Fibrosis Pulmonar/diagnóstico por imagen,
Fibrosis Pulmonar/tratamiento farmacológico,
Suicidio
