Cirurgia i Especialitats Medicoquirúrgiques: Recent submissions
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Educational measure for promoting adherence to treatment for tuberculosis
The aim of this work is to determine the effect of the educational intervention to improve the language barrier on adherence to antituberculosis treatment in the paediatric population. Immigrant population is associated ...
La 'Topografia Médica de Mataró y su Zona' d'Antoni Franquesa i Sivilla (1862-1906)
La topografia mèdica de Mataró, del metge local Dr. Antoni Franquesa i Sivilla, va ser presentada pel seu autor, l'any 1888, al premi de la Reial Acadèmia de Medicina i Cirurgia de Barcelona. El Dr. Franquesa, malgrat la ...
International consensus for a dissection room quality system (DRQS): A Delphi panel study.
Dissection Rooms (DRs) are key facilities that allow teaching and research on human anatomy, where students and researchers work with human bodies to acquire, increase, or create new knowledge. Usually, DRs work with a ...
Treating genitourinary syndrome of menopause in breast cancer survivors: main challenges and promising strategies
Many breast cancer survivors (BCS) suffer the consequences of antineoplastic treatments that induce a hypoestrogenic state, leading to chronic climacteric symptoms such as genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM), arousing ...
Dificultad respiratoria aguda
La dificultad respiratoria es un motivo de consulta frecuente en Urgencias pediátricas. La primera medida es la evaluación del paciente mediante el triángulo de evaluación pediátrica (TEP), monitorización y estabilización ...
Intent de valoració objectiva de la via transhumeral en l'exploració selectiva arteriogràfica del ronyò: conclusions després de setanta casos
Des del 1928, data en que R. Dos Santos, Lamas i Caldas col·locaren per primera vegada una substància radioopaca dins l'aorta abdominal, per punció directa, i obtingueren la primera aortografia, molts camins nous s'han ...
Development of the autoinflammatory disease damage index (ADDI).
Objectives Autoinflammatory diseases cause systemic inflammation that can result in damage to multiple organs. A validated instrument is essential to quantify damage in individual patients and to compare disease outcomes ...
Prevalence of Psychoactive Substance Use During Pregnancy in Argentine Women: A Pilot Study Testing Maternal Hair
The use of psychoactive substances (PSs) during pregnancy is a major public health concern because of their increasing prevalence worldwide. This study examined the understudied issue of gestational PS consumption in a ...
Peripheral blood metabolic and inflammatory factors as biomarkers to ocular findings in diabetic macular edema.
AIMS: To study the association between peripheral blood metabolic and inflammatory factors and presence of diabetic macular edema (DME) and its related anatomic features in type 2 diabetic mellitus (T2DM) patients. MATERIAL ...
New generation of three-dimensional tools to learn anatomy
We present a new generation tool based of interactive 3D models. This models are based on the radiological two-dimensional images by computed tomography imaging. Our article focuses on the anatomical region of the skull ...
Sexualidad tras la mutilación genital femenina
La Mutilación Genital Femenina (MGF) incluye cualquier procedimiento que implique la extirpación parcial o total de los genitales externos femeninos por razones no médicas. Es evidente que esta práctica vulnera los derechos ...
Prediction of neonatal respiratory morbidity by quantitative ultrasound lung texture analysis: a multicenter study.
BACKGROUND: Prediction of neonatal respiratory morbidity may be useful to plan delivery in complicated pregnancies. The limited predictive performance of the current diagnostic tests together with the risks of an invasive ...
Increased lung [18F]-FDG uptake in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension with distal involvement
Patients with distal chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) show greater FDG lung uptake on PET scans than those with proximal disease, suggesting a proliferative microvasculopathy. These findings support ...
Eyes wide shut - unusual two stage repair of pectus excavatum and annuloaortic ectasia in a 37 year old marfan patient: Case report
We report about a 37 year old male patient with a pectus excavatum. The patient was in NYHA functional class III. After performed computed tomography the symptoms were thought to be related to the severity of chest ...
Entrevista clínica a l'adolescent a urgències. Quan tot sol?
RESUM Fonament. Durant l'adolescència es passa de ser una persona dependent de l'estructura familiar a ser independent, capaç de prendre decisions sobre la salut. Objectiu. Valorar la informació que els adolescents són ...
Postnatal genetic and neurodevelopmental assessment in infants born at term with severely low birth weight of non-placental origin
Objective: To determine the frequency of genetic syndromes and childhood neurodevelopmental impairment in non-malformed infants born at term with severely low birth weight and no evidence of placental insufficiency. Methods: ...
In Vivo Detection of Perinatal Brain Metabolite Changes in a Rabbit Model of Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)
Background Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a risk factor for abnormal neurodevelopment.We studied a rabbit model of IUGR by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS), to assess in vivo brain structural ...
Gene variation impact on prostate cancer progression: lymphocyte modulator, activation and cell adhesion gene variant contribution
Background: The view of prostate cancer (PCa) progression as a result of the interaction of epithelial cancer cells with the host's immune system is supported by the presence of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs). TILs ...
Risk of contagion of SARS-CoV-2 among otorhinolaryngologists in Spain during the 'Two waves'.
Introduction The aim of our study was to obtain data about the contagion rate among Otolaryngologists in Spanish ENT Departments and about the clinical outcomes in positive otolaryngologists. As a secondary objective, we ...
Economic impact of ovarian stimulation antagonist protocol vs primed progesterone protocol in oocyte donor program: A retrospective study,
Objective: To assess the cost-effectiveness of two ovarian stimulation procedures comparing the use of FSH antagonists with the use of FSH progestin primed controlled ovarian stimulation in an oocyte donor program. Design: ...
