Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · May 2020
[Undertriage as quality of care parameter in an emergency department].
Undertriage or the underestimation of the urgency of the condition of a person arriving in an emergency department (ED) represents a measure of quality care. ⋯ Undertriage rate in this series was low, but it can be improved.
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Revista médica de Chile · May 2020
[Association between health literacy and adherence to medications among older adults].
Lack of compliance with medication prescription is common among older adults and hamper an adequate management of chronic conditions. ⋯ Health literacy influences medication adherence in Chilean older adults.
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Revista médica de Chile · May 2020
[Evolution of tuberculosis/HIV coinfection in Metropolitan Santiago, Chile from 2005 to 2018].
Tuberculosis (TB)/HIV coinfection has a high mortality rate. ⋯ The remarkable increase in TB/HIV coinfection, urgently demands new prevention and control strategies, aimed at the most vulnerable groups.
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Revista médica de Chile · May 2020
[Cut-off points of the difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale for the Chilean population].
There are no reference values for the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS-E) for the Chilean population. ⋯ DERS-E has an adequate diagnostic capacity, allowing to differentiate between those who have high or low emotional regulation difficulties.
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Revista médica de Chile · May 2020
[Incidence of thyroid cancer in an oncological clinic of Santiago, Chile].
In Chile, Thyroid cancer (TC) is included in a list of diseases that have a guaranteed access to treatment, endorsed by the Ministry of Health. The care burden of the disease will depend on its incidence. ⋯ The TC incidence herein reported is higher than the figure of 7.9 cases per 100,000 persons/year reported by us in 2014. This difference could be due to a true increase in the incidence of TC, following worldwide trends or to differences in the methods used in both studies.