Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · Jun 2020
[A surveillance system to detect COVID-19 infections in health care workers. Experience in 209 cases].
Healthcare personnel are a high-risk group for acquiring COVID-19 disease. They represent 4 to 20% of the total number of cases reported in different geographical areas. ⋯ The telephone symptom monitoring program allowed the early detection of a significant number of healthcare officials with acute respiratory infection due to coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, it is easy to implement and has a low cost.
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Revista médica de Chile · Jun 2020
[Older people in Chile: the new social, economic and health challenge for the 21st century].
Ageing will be one of the most significant social transformations of the 21st century worldwide. In the last 40 years, Chile has tripled its older adult population. ⋯ In this context, this narrative revision aimed to describe the sociodemographic, epidemiologic and sociocultural profile of the older Chilean adults. Besides, programs and public policies focused on the improvement of their quality of life were identified.
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Revista médica de Chile · Jun 2020
[Variables associated with mortality in 103 patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies associated vasculitis].
Cumulative survival in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) associated vasculitis (VAA) is 88 and 78% at 1 and 5 years, respectively. Despite this, mortality continues to be 2.7 times higher than the general population. Differences in the clinical profile of VAA in different ethnicities have been observed. ⋯ In these patients, pulmonary manifestations predominate. Lung kidney syndrome, ophthalmological involvement and a FFS score ≥ 1 were associated with mortality.
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Colorectal (CRC) is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide. Most tumors develop from an adenoma in a period of 10 to 15 years, but some may appear without previous adenomatous lesions. ⋯ The epidemiological evolution in the recent years in Chile has a worrisome evolution and the treatment costs of advanced stages are a burden for the healthcare system. We herein highlight the main Chilean medical and scientific contributions on the pathogenesis, early diagnosis, and treatment of CRC, which lead to its better understanding, and therefore better management, based on local evidence.
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Revista médica de Chile · Jun 2020
[Features of pulmonary hydatidosis in 368 patients admitted to a regional hospital].
Lungs are the second location in frequency of hydatidosis or cystic echinococcosis. ⋯ In these patients, pulmonary hydatidosis was diagnosed mainly during working ages and half of patients had a complicated cyst.