Gac Med Mex
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Mexico faces a challenge due to the burden imposed by type 2 diabetes (T2D). ⋯ Comprehensive policies are urgently needed in order to reduce the burden of T2D in Mexico, through standardized guidelines, evidence-based strategies and technological resources that improve medical care accessibility and efficiency.
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Keratoplasty in the pediatric population has been considered a high-risk procedure. ⋯ Prolonged graft survival can be achieved with better knowledge and management of different associated factors.
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Mediastinitis after cardiovascular surgery gives rise to prolonged hospital stay and increased medical care costs, and is associated with high in-hospital mortality. ⋯ High mortality and significant antimicrobial resistance were found in patients with post-cardiac surgery mediastinitis.
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The gold standard for determining the degree of liver fibrosis (LF) continues to be biopsy evaluation. There are morphometry techniques that allow LF to be quantified on histopathological studies. ⋯ HepaScan showed very good performance for evaluating FP in histological sections, which is why it can contribute to qualitative pathological diagnosis.
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Multicenter Study
Towards objectivity in ethical assessment: legibility as part of informed consent form comprehension.
The experience on informed consent form (ICF) readability at the Research Ethics Committee of the National Institute of Cancerology of Mexico (INCan) is described. ⋯ It is necessary to have tools that provide objectivity to the evaluation of ICFs under investigation by ethics committees, which should be indicators of their comprehension, such as readability of the documents.