Results: 8

Analysis of testing for COVID-19 in Parnaíba city, state of Piauí, from march to December 2020

Background and Objectives: it is extremely important and necessary to assess epidemiological events through the analysis of measures adopted at the time of crises, especially those with a health impact as a way of improving the system for future events, with testing being a gold standard to be assessed d...

Desempeño predictivo de los criterios diagnósticos de restricción de crecimiento fetal para resultados adversos perinatales en un hospital de Popayán, Colombia

Objetivos: determinar el desempeño predictivo de la definición de retardo de crecimiento fetal (RCF) de ultrasonografía de la Sociedad de Medicina Materno Fetal (SMMF), consenso Delphi (CD) y Medicina Fetal de Barcelona (MFB) respecto a resultados adversos perinatales en cada una, e identificar si hay...

Las pistolas Taser®. Algunas consideraciones médico-legales
The TASER® guns. Some medical-legal considerations

Prensa méd. argent; 107 (1), 2021
Las pistolas TASER® fueron introducidos en nuestra sociedad de forma progresiva, con confusión e ignorancia sobre el uso particular de los mismos para intentar inmovilizar o reducir un sujeto en diferentes lugares y circunstancias; Por tanto, han generado un amplio debate social debido a las polémica...

Is there an association between electroneuromyography and ultrasound in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome?

Abstract Objective To verify whether there is an association between the results of the severity in electroneuromyography and the positivity in ultrasound in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome. Methods Sixty-eight patients were included in the study, 61 women and 7 men, with a mean age of 54.4 yea...

Effects of Obesity on the pulmonary function test

Prensa méd. argent; 105 (10), 2019
Aim: To evaluate the effects of increasing BMI on the Respiratory function. Introduction: There is a worldwide increasing prevalence of overweihgt and obesity. Researchers have found that obesity affects the respiratory function leading to different respiratory medical illnesses, including asthma and obs...

Prefrontal symptomatology in People with Amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis: Clinical Utility and Psychometric Properties of Prefrontal Symptoms Inventory (PSI)

Prensa méd. argent; 105 (10), 2019
The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a multisystemic disorder. It is considered a neuromuscular disease but also involves cognitive (executive functions, social cognition, attention, memory and language), emotional or behavior changes in over 50% of the reported cases and to of frontotemporal diagn...

Tendencia de publicación de ensayos clínicos con resultados negativos financiados por industrias farmacéuticas durante el periodo 2007-2012

Objetivo: Evaluar los resultados de ensayos clínicos financiados por la industria farmacéutica durante el periodo 2007-2012 en una revista médica general. Materiales y métodos: Se realizó un estudio observacional de corte transversal donde se revisaron ensayos clínicos originales financiados por la...