Centro Académico de Salud (CAS): Recent submissions
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VALIDATION AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A SURVEY ON DECISION OF TREATMENT IN NEONATAL CRITICAL INFANTS ADMINISTERED TO NEONATOLOGISTS IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
(Medicina e Morale, 2015-02-28)Therapeutic decision in critically ill infants with neurological damage and poor future quality of life has raised a profound ethical discussion. Validation of surveys is a useful tool to strengthen the results obtained ... -
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 ... -
Sympathetic predominance is associated with impaired endothelial progenitor cells and tunneling nanotubes in controlled-hypertensive patients.
(American Physiological Society, 2014-05-23)Early endothelial progenitor cells (early EPC) and late EPC are involved in endothelial repair and can rescue damaged endothelial cells by transferring organelles through tunneling nanotubes (TNT). In rodents, EPC mobilization ... -
The early onset of type 1 autoimmune hepatitis has a strong genetic influence: role of HLA and KIR genes.
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Springer is part of Springer Nature, 2016-02-18)We have previously reported a strong association between HLA-DRB1*1301 and type 1 pediatric autoimmune hepatitis (PAH) and between HLA-DR*0405 and adult autoimmune hepatitis (AAH). Because human killer cell immunoglobulin-like ... -
Proliferative vitreoretinopathy: A new concept of disease pathogenesis and practical consequences.
(Elsevier B.V. ScienceDirect, 2016-03-01)During the last four decades, proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) has defied the efforts of many researchers to prevent its occurrence or development. Thus, PVR is still the major complication following retinal detachment ... -
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition).
(Taylor & Francis Group's, 2016-01-21)Many researchers, especially those new to the field, need to determine which criteria are essential for demonstrating autophagy, either for the purposes of their own research, or in the capacity of a manuscript or grant ... -
Repair of the Left Pulmonary Artery After Bilateral Banding in Hybrid Procedures: Results Using "Sutureless" Repair Technique.
(SAGE Publications, 2016-01-07)We describe the use of the so-called "sutureless" technique for repair of stenosis of the left pulmonary artery after bilateral banding in the management of two patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who had undergone ... -
Prevalencia de prescripción potencialmente inapropiada de medicamentos en adultos mayores
(Elsevier España, 2016-03-10)Introducción: Una de las causas prevenibles de los eventos adversos a medicamentos (EAM) en los adultos mayores lo constituye la prescripción inapropiada (PIM), es decir, aquella prescripción donde los riesgos superan los ... -
Neuroactive steroids, nociception and neuropathic pain: A flashback to go forward.
(Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved., 2016-04-11)The present review discusses the potential role of neurosteroids / neuroactive steroids in the regulation of nociceptive and neuropathic pain, and recapitulates the current knowledge on the main mechanisms involved in ... -
Succinate-CoA ligase deficiency due to mutations in SUCLA2 and SUCLG1: phenotype and genotype correlations in 71 patients.
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved, 2016-03-01)BACKGROUND: The encephalomyopathic mtDNA depletion syndrome with methylmalonic aciduria is associated with deficiency of succinate-CoA ligase, caused by mutations in SUCLA2 or SUCLG1. We report here 25 new patients with ... -
High-Velocity Jet in the Right Atrium: What Is the Diagnosis?
(International Anesthesia Research Society, 2016-03-01)A 66-year-old man with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency department with palpitations and was found to have paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. Auscultation of the chest revealed ... -
Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: evaluation of the alpha-fetoprotein model in a multicenter cohort from Latin America.
(John Wiley & Sons A/S, 2016-05-05)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) ... -
SPARC gene deletion protects against toxic liver injury and is associated to an enhanced proliferative capacity and reduced oxidative stress response.
(Oncotarget, 2016-06-25)SPARC, also known as osteonectin and BM-40, is a matricellular protein with a number of biological functions. Hepatic SPARC expression is induced in response to thioacetamide, bile-duct ligation, and acute injuries such ... -
Oxidative stress-induced premature senescence dysregulates VEGF and CFH expression in retinal pigment epithelial cells: Implications for Age-related Macular Degeneration
(Elsevier B.V. ScienceDirect, 2016-04-01)Oxidative stress has a critical role in the pathogenesis of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), a multifactorial disease that includes age, gene variants of complement regulatory proteins and smoking as the main risk ... -
Apoyando la divulgación científica: La Biblioteca como Centro de Recursos para el Aprendizaje y la Investigación. Experiencia de la Biblioteca de la Facultad de Ciencias Biomédicas de la Universidad Austral.
(Biblioteca del Centro Médico de Mar del Plata, 2018-11-09)Si bien, a lo largo del tiempo las bibliotecas fueron adaptando su estructura y su funcionamiento a los requerimientos de su comunidad de usuarios, su origen está intrínsecamente ligado a las necesidades de formación de ... -
El desarrollo psicoevolutivo desde los 0 a 3 años de vida: el impacto de la pobreza y la intervención multimodular.
(2019-11-01)RESUMEN La base del desarrollo biosocial, cognitivo y psicosocial tiene lugar desde la concepción hasta los dos primeros años de vida, y acompaña al ser humano para el resto de su vida. En la Argentina, los niños enfrentan ... -
La importancia del cuidado de la salud de los profesionales de cuidados paliativos.
(2019-11-01)RESUMEN El desgaste por empatía de los profesionales de la salud es un concepto reciente y una problemática que no se trabaja dentro de las instituciones y a la cual, no se le da la atención que amerita. Se entiende por ... -
El docente como figura de apego y su capacidad de compensar vínculos de apego inseguro.
(2019-11-01)RESUMEN El apego, seguro o inseguro, que se establece desde la infancia temprana, repercute en las interacciones del sujeto con su entorno, especialmente en los vínculos del niño en la escuela. Esta investigación plantea ... -
Dinámica afectiva en adultos maduros entre 55 y 65 años: un estudio a través del Rorschach.
(2019-11-01)Resumen: La literatura científica sobre la afectividad en adultos mayores abunda en textos teóricos, aunque existen escasos estudios empíricos al respecto. Estos describen a los sujetos entre los 50 y 65 años como quienes ... -
Actualización de los baremos del inventario de estrategias de aprendizaje y hábitos de estudio (LASSI).
(2019-11-01)El significativo nivel de deserción en el primer año de carrera puede deberse a diferentes motivos: baja tolerancia a la frustración, hábitos de estudio no adecuados, un bajo nivel de madurez en el momento de la decisión ...