Gac Med Mex
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In 2017, INEGI reported 84,142 deaths from malignant tumors in Mexico, while the World Health Organization indicated that the breast cancer mortality rate in 2018 was 11.2 per 100,000 women. ⋯ Se observó un incremento de 1.0 % anual, aunque territorialmente diferenciado. Los resultados representan una oportunidad para mejorar los procesos de detección y diagnóstico oportunos, así como para garantizar la cobertura de los servicios.
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Antibody deficiencies encompass a wide spectrum of pathologies and constitute approximately 50 % of primary immunodeficiencies; with cytometry, it is possible to evaluate the immune status rapidly, effectively and at low cost. ⋯ Flow cytometry enables early diagnosis of primary immunodeficiencies with a high level of confidence and, in many cases, identification of the genes involved.
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COVID-19, the causative agent of which is a new type of coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, has caused the most severe pandemic in the last 100 years. The condition is mainly respiratory, and up to 5% of patients develop critical illness, a situation that has put enormous pressure on the health systems of affected countries. A high demand for care has mainly been observed in intensive care units and critical care resources, which is why the need to redistribute resources in critical medicine emerged, with an emphasis on distributive justice, which establishes the provision of care to the largest number of people and saving the largest number of lives. ⋯ Mechanical ventilator has been assumed to be an indivisible asset; however, simultaneous mechanical ventilation to more than one patient with COVID-19 is technically possible. Ventilator sharing is not without risks, but the principles of beneficence, non-maleficence and justice prevail. According to distributive justice, being a divisible resource, mechanical ventilator can be shared; however, we should ask ourselves if this action is ethically correct.
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Comparative Study Observational Study
Agreement analysis of three mandibular third molar retention classifications.
Pell & Gregory and Winter classifications are basic in third molar categorization; Sánchez-Torres classification is used in Mexico, but it has not been previously evaluated. ⋯ The Winter classification showed an acceptable (moderate) degree of agreement to classify mandibular third molars by training residents.
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Reports of dermatological manifestations in patients with COVID-19 suggest a possible cutaneous tropism of SARS-CoV-2; however, the capacity of this virus to infect the skin is unknown. ⋯ Our results suggest that cutaneous manifestations in patients with COVID-19 cannot be directly attributed to the virus. It is possible that cutaneous blood vessels endothelial damage, as well as the effect of circulating inflammatory mediators produced in response to the virus, are the cause of skin involvement.