Anales de Medicina Interna
Número 71, 15 de Junio de 2009
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- STATIN & INTERNAL MEDICINE: -Clinical review-: -Impact of statin substitution policies on patient outcomes
Abstract Background. The increasing awareness of cost issues in health care has led to the increasing use of policy-driven substitution of branded for generic medications, particularly relative to ...
- NOTICIAS: -Congreso Internacional Patagónico de Medicina 1- 4 julio 2009 . Ciudad de Neuquen
CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL PATAGÓNICO DE MEDICINA Inicio Autoridades Invitados DISERTANTES Y PANELISTAS Invitados Extranjeros Dr. Arroyo Vicente, Barcelona, España Dr. Espinoza Gerad, Barcelona, ...
- GENERAL CARDIOLOGY BY CLINICAL INTERNIST OR CARDIOLOGY BY CARDIOLOGIST: -Patients at community health clinics less likely to be referred to cardiologist
Heart disease patients whose primary care is based at community health clinics are less likely to receive a consultation with a cardiologist than patients whose primary care is hospital-based. ...
- MEDICAL EDUCATION: -New doctors, teaching physicians disagree about essential medical procedures to learn
Physicians teaching at medical schools and doctors who have just completed their first year out of medical school disagree about which procedures are necessary to learn before graduating, according ...
- FULLTEXT: -CASE RECORDS DEL MGH: -Case 13-2009 — A 54-year-old woman with respiratory failure and a cavitary lesion in the lung
A 54-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of respiratory failure, hypotension, and a cavitary lesion in the lung. She had rheumatoid arthritis but had otherwise been well until ...
- NUTRICIÓN Y CÁNCER RENAL: La diferentes dietas modifican el riesgo de cáncer renal
Comer carnes rojas elevaría el riesgo de desarrollar el tipo más común de cáncer renal, mientras que comer vegetales tendría un efecto protector, según un estudio publicado en Journal of the American ...
- MEDICINA ALTERNATIVA: -La acupuntura reduce las náuseas y los vómitos posoperatorios
La estimulación por acupuntura o acupresión de un punto en la muñeca denominado P6 es segura y efectiva para reducir las náuseas y vómitos posoperatorios, según una revisión de estudios publicada en ...
- MEDICINA INTERNA Y GENERAL: -IX Curso Terapéutica Clínica
IX Curso Terapéutica Clínica El 3 de junio del 2009 comienza el IX Curso de Terapéutica Clínica La Medicina es una ciencia en constante progreso y desarrollo en todos sus campos. ...
- MEDICINA INTERNA Y CUIDADOS CRÍTICOS: DEPRESIÓN EN PACIENTES CON SDRA QUE HAN ESTADO EN UTI: -Sobrevivientes de problema pulmonar grave suelen tener depresión
Los pacientes que sobreviven a una condición pulmonar grave llamada síndrome de distrés respiratorio agudo (SDRA) suelen sufrir depresión, informaron investigadores canadienses. El SDRA, que puede ...
- FULLTEXT: Myocarditis
Myocarditis may present with a wide range of symptoms, ranging from mild dyspnea or chest pain that resolves without specific therapy to cardiogenic shock and death. Dilated cardiomyopathy with ...
- INTERNAL MEDICINE: -AUTOIMMUNE VASCULPATHY: -Gingival and periungual vasculopathy of juvenile dermatomyositis
A 16-year-old girl with long-standing juvenile dermatomyositis had an illness marked by intermittent clinical flares, including increased muscle weakness, joint contractures, photosensitive rashes, ...
- INTERNAL MEDICINE: -ASPIRIN, SALICILATOS Y CANCER: La aspirina es más efectiva en los pólipos avanzados
Existen pruebas bastante sólidas de los efectos protectores de la aspirina contra el cáncer, especialmente contra el de colon. Así lo explica Peter Elwood, profesor de la Universidad de Cardiff, en ...
- ENDOCRINOLOGY: -Procalcitonin: a marker for the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma
Context: Calcitonin (CT) is the main medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) tumor marker. However, it has several limitations, including a concentration-dependent biphasic half-life, sensitivity to rapid ...
- VASCULAR MEDICINE: -INTERNAL MEDICINE & PRIMARY & AMBULATORY CARE: -Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies
The Lancet, Vol 373, Issue 9669 Pag1083-1096,28 March 2009 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60318-4 Cite or Link Using DOI Editors' note: Around the world, increasing body-mass index (BMI) is ...
- INFLAMMATION, OXIDATIVE STRESS: -Targeting oxidized cysteine through diet could reduce inflammation and lower disease risk
Targeting oxidized cysteine through diet could reduce inflammation and lower disease risk A team of scientists at Emory University School of Medicine has identified a direct link between oxidative ...
