Medicina
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The tetravalent live virus vaccine developed by Takeda called Qdenga® is available in Argentina and approved for use from 4 years of age without age limit. The objective was to describe clinical characteristics and evolution of the initial reports of rash after the first dose. ⋯ In passive surveillance, after more than 12 000 first doses administered, the presence of rash was observed in less than 0.12% of those vaccinated. Everyone evolved favorably.
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Pituicytoma is a rare low degree tumor that arises from pituicytes in the infundibulum and posterior pituitary gland. As they do not have characteristic radiological features, they can be misdiagnosed as pituitary adenoma, meningioma, or craniopharyngioma. Clinically, patients can present with hormonal disturbances, headaches and visual field defects. ⋯ Postoperatively, the patient developed diabetes insipidus. Histopathology showed patterns consistent with pituicytoma. and immunohistochemistry confirmed it. Total resection remains the goal of treatment.
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Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis is a fungal disease that, without specific treatment, generates a slow and progressive destruction of the lung parenchyma. The recommended pharmacological therapy is long-term oral antifungal administration. The efficacy of the treatment (especially with itraconazole) is around 65% and the frequency of recurrences 10-15%. One of the causes could be a deficient plasma level of itraconazole. The objective was to implement therapeutic monitoring (TM) of itraconazole using a sensitive, precise, rapid and reproducible method. Then, based to the results obtained, take a therapeutic approach. ⋯ The TM of itraconazole is a useful tool to improve the effectiveness of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis treatment, the prognosis of the pathology and reduce the percentage of recurrences. The developed method is fast, precise and reproducible, for this reason it can be very useful to be applied in the public hospital setting, where there is precisely no similar one, and thus modify therapeutic behaviors in order to optimize treatments.
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Prescription is the node of medication management and use that most frequently presents medication errors, according to various studies. This study aims to analyze prescriptions before and after the incorporation of a multidisciplinary round in the pediatric intensive care area and its implication in the occurrence of adverse drug events. ⋯ The intervention was useful to reduce prescription error in this sample of patients.
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Chia and flax seeds are rich in alphalinolenic acid (ALA), which is bioconverted into the active derivatives eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) having multiple beneficial effects. However, there is limited knowledge about the antiinflammatory effects of chia and flax integral flours diets rich in ALA. ⋯ This work contributes to the current knowledge of the anti-inflammatory effects of chia and flax integral flours rich in ALA and reinforces the health advantages of their consumption.