Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas
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toracostomy in thoracic trauma is a good opportunity for the digital exploration of pleural cavity. ⋯ digital thoracotomy is not considered a formal procedure, but as a part of a technique, in which, the previous exploration with the finger before chest tube insertion, allows to reach a diagnosis of the pleural space situation, to confirm suspicions, to modify a conduct, and to avoid greater morbidity to patients.
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Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba · Jan 2006
Review[Primary cephaleas. A revision of their diagnosis and therapeutic approach].
This review focuses on primary headaches, its diagnosis and treatment. For the IHS specialists they are: migraine, tension-type headache (TTH), cluster and others. Migraine: the second in prevalence and the first in morbility, clinical features and differences between migraine with (Ma) and without aura (Mo). ⋯ we remark the complexity of headache and the of physicians' role: to relief patients suffering, throughout a precise diagnosis and treatment.