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Left atrial giant cell myocarditis presenting as a tumor: first-in-man case report

Abstract Giant cell myocarditis is a rare and highly lethal disorder with resultant cardiac insufficiency. It necessitates aggressive immune suppression therapy, although the results are often fatal. When it affects only the atria, the characteristics of the disease changes completely. In this case repor...

Educación sobre salud reproductiva y prevención de osteoporosis en el Instituto Preuniversitario José Luis Dubrocq. Matanzas. 2013- 2015
Education on reproductive health and osteoporosis prevention in the Senior High School Jose Luis Dubrocq. Matanzas. 2013-2015

Rev. medica electron; 40 (3), 2018
Introducción: la conducta y estilos de vida de los adolescentes pueden ser peligrosos y poco saludables, por lo que es necesario un abordaje integral de su educación sanitaria. Objetivo: implementar un programa educativo diseñado que contribuya al desarrollo de conocimientos sobre salud reproductiva...

Ejercicio físico en pacientes con diabetes e hipertensión: prevalencia de respondedores y no respondedores para mejorar factores de riesgo cardiometabólicos

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (6), 2018
Background: There is a wide interindividual variability in the response to a period of exercise training. The science have reported that a minimum of participants could be non-responders for improving different health-related outcomes after training. Aim: To compare the effects of a 6-weeks exercise pro...

Experiencia en el tratamiento endovascular del accidente cerebrovascular isquémico agudo en un centro chileno

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (6), 2018
Background: Recently, five randomized controlled trials confirmed the efficacy and safety of endovascular treatment with or without intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke with large-vessel occlusion. Aim: To report patients with ischemic stroke treated with endovascular methods. Material and...

Hematoma subcapsular hepático roto en síndrome HELLP

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (6), 2018
Background: Ruptured subscapular liver hematoma in context of HELLP syndrome is a rare complication with high mortality. Clinical presentation is nonspecific: epigastric pain, right upper quadrant pain and shoulder pain, should however provide high index of suspicion. Termination of pregnancy is the only...

Adsorción extracorpórea de citoquinas en el tratamiento del shock séptico refractario: casos clínicos

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (6), 2018
If Septic shock (SS) evolves to refractory SS, mortality could reach 90%, despite giving an optimal treatment. Nowadays, extracorporeal devices which adsorb inflammatory cytokines are available, reducing the systemic inflammatory response syndrome. These devices can be used with continuous renal replacem...

Avaliação sobre qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde em pacientes com câncer retal tratados com intenção curativa

Arq. gastroenterol; 55 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The treatment of median and distal rectal cancer has evolved a lot in the last decades due to the dissemination of the technique of total mesortal excision and the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy. However, this multidisciplinary approach can affect patients' qualit...

Terapia Comunitária Integrativa em Saúde Mental: Por uma Atenção Dialógica, por um Cuidado Extramuros
Integrative Community Therapy in Mental Health: By a Dialogical Attention and Care Outside the Walls

A partir das contribuições da Reforma Sanitária e Psiquiátrica e com o advento do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), uma série de novas tecnologias de saber-fazer saúde emergiram, em um viés universal, integral e com foco na promoção do cuidado. Dentre elas, temos a Terapia Comunitária Integrativa...

Cirugía endoscópica nasal en el tratamiento de papiloma invertido: a propósito de 18 casos

RESUMEN Introducción El papiloma invertido nasosinusal es un tumor benigno con tendencia a la recidiva, y con riesgo de malignización. El tratamiento habitual es la extirpación quirúrgica. Objetivo Describir y analizar las características clínicas, epidemiológicas, y resultados del tratamiento q...

Angiofibroma de fosa temporal: reporte de un caso

RESUMEN El angiofibroma nasofaríngeo es el tumor benigno más frecuente de la nasofaringe, representando el 0,05% del total de las neoplasias de cabeza y cuello. Los angiofibromas en localizaciones distintas a la nasofaringe son entidades raras. Ellos son descritos esporádicamente en la literatura, ubi...