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De las doctrinas de la lotería de Babilonia a la medicina de precisión en los gliomas
(Elsevier, 2016-07-01)Un trabajo de reciente publicación en Science mostró que algunos tumores son más estocásticos que otros1. Su génesis depende de las reglas de la todopoderosa y astuta Companía ˜ Babilónica, uno de los nombres del azar ... -
Investigación con pacientes en cuidados paliativos: dilemas éticos y percepción pública sobre su vulnerabilidad. Estudio exploratorio
(Universidad de La Sabana, 2016-07-01)Los pacientes con enfermedades oncológicas en cuidados paliativos pertenecen a un grupo caracterizado como altamente vulnerable y su inclusión en estudios clínicos presenta diversos problemas éticos. Estudio de corte ... -
A systematic review of faculty development initiatives designed to enhance teaching effectiveness: A 10-year update: BEME Guide No. 40.
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-07-15)BACKGROUND: This review, which focused on faculty development initiatives designed to improve teaching effectiveness, synthesized findings related to intervention types, study characteristics, individual and organizational ... -
The Effects of Fat Harvesting and Preparation, Air Exposure, Obesity, and Stem Cell Enrichment on Adipocyte Viability Prior to Graft Transplantation
(Oxford University Press, 2016-07-29)Background: Adipocyte viability is affected by fat preparation and processing methods, but rigorous and objective studies of these relationships are lacking. Objectives: The authors conducted a comprehensive evaluation ... -
Treatment of Fabry's Disease with the Pharmacologic Chaperone Migalastat.
(Massachusetts Medical Society, 2016-08-11)BACKGROUND: Fabry's disease, an X-linked disorder of lysosomal α-galactosidase deficiency, leads to substrate accumulation in multiple organs. Migalastat, an oral pharmacologic chaperone, stabilizes specific mutant forms ... -
Hepatotoxicity Induced by Coxibs: How Concerned Should We Be?
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-08-26)Introduction: The selective inhibitors of COX-2, coxibs, are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that have much better gastrointestinal safety profile as compared with non-selective NSAIDs. In this review, we ... -
Hodgkin lymphoma burden in Central and South America.
(Elsevier, 2016-09)RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVE: Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is largely curable owing to improvements in treatment since the 1960s; nevertheless, high mortality rates have been reported in Central and South America. We describe the ... -
Los trastornos obsesivo-compulsivos y sus manifestaciones cutáneas
(Educación médica continua, 2016-09-03)Self-inflicted dermatoses can cause severe tissue damage and distress in social life, school or work. Largely classified as an impulse control disorder, they are now considered as part of the obsessive-compulsive spectrum ... -
Hyponatremia and bone disease
(Springer Verlag, 2016-09-24)Hip fractures represent a serious health risk in the elderly, causing substantial morbidity and mortality. There is now a considerable volume of literature suggesting that chronic hyponatremia increases the adjusted odds ... -
Ausentismo en Enfermería. ¿Cómo impacta en el cuidado neonatal?
(FUNDASAMIN (Fundación para la Salud Materno Infantil), 2016-10-01)El ausentismo laboral en Enfermería es un factor muy importante en las organizaciones, por el impacto que produce en el desarrollo de la tarea diaria y en la calidad de los cuidados en los servicios de salud. Dada la ... -
Utilización de nitroglicerina tópica para el tratamiento de la isquemia periférica relacionada a catéteres arteriales
(FUNDASAMIN (Fundación para la Salud Materno Infantil), 2016-10-01)La canalización de la arteria umbilical y de las arterias peri- féricas es un procedimiento frecuente indispensable para el tratamiento y supervivencia de los recién nacidos (RN) con diversas enfermedades, en la unidad ... -
Cuidados de enfermería al paciente con síndrome de Pierre Robin
(FUNDASAMIN (Fundación para la Salud Materno Infantil), 2016-10-01)El síndrome de Pierre Robin es una patología congénita ca- racterizada por micrognatia y glosoptosis, con o sin paladar hendido. Sus características anatómicas pueden generar obstrucción de la vía aérea. El control ... -
Comentario de artículo Uso tópico de emolientes para la prevención de infecciones en recién nacidos prematuros
(FUNDASAMIN (Fundación para la Salud Materno Infantil), 2016-10-01)La disminución de la tasa de infecciones es una preocupación mundial. Las infecciones asociadas al cuidado de la salud son la causa más común de morbimortalidad en el grupo de los recién nacidos prematuros, luego de las ... -
¿Es el doxapram una alternativa para el tratamiento de la apnea del prematuro tras el fracaso del uso de metilxantinas?
(FUNDASAMIN (Fundación para la Salud Materno Infantil), 2016-10-01)La apnea del prematuro es una complicación grave de los recién nacidos pretérmino.1 Si el tratamiento con metilxan- tinas no es exitoso, el doxapram puede considerarse como terapia alternativa. Sin embargo existe ... -
International variations in application of the best-interest standard across the age spectrum.
(Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com, 2016-10-13)OBJECTIVE: Ethically and legally, assertions that resuscitation is in a patient's best interest should be inversely correlated with willingness to forego intensive care (and accept comfort care) at the surrogate's request. ... -
South American investigation on professionalism: a theoretical framework.
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Cell Death Mechanisms in Human Chronic Liver Diseases: A Far Cry From Clinical Applicability
(Portland Press, 2016-10-20)The liver is constantly exposed to a host of injurious stimuli. This results in hepatocellular death mainly by apoptosis and necrosis, but also due to autophagy, necroptosis, pyroptosis and in some cases by an intricately ... -
Association Between Cigarette Smoking Prevalence and Income Level: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(Oxford University Press, 2016-10-26)Introduction Previous evidence linked low socioeconomic status with higher smoking prevalence. Our objective was to assess the strength of this association in the world population, updating a previous work. Methods Systematic ... -
Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: evaluation of the alpha-fetoprotein model in a multicenter cohort from Latin America.
(Wiley, 2016-11-01)BACKGROUND & AIMS: The French alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) model has recently shown superior results compared to Milan criteria (MC) for prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence after liver transplantation (LT) ... -
Chronic hyperprolactinemia evoked by disruption of lactotrope dopamine D2 receptors impacts on liver and adipocyte genes related to glucose and insulin balance.
(American Physiological Society, 2016-11-01)We studied the impact of high prolactin titers on liver and adipocyte gene expression related to glucose and insulin homeostasis in correlation with obesity onset. To that end we used mutant female mice that selectively ...