Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · Mar 2024
Long-term quality of life in patients with bariatric surgery evaluated with BAROS.
Quality of life (QoL) significantly improves in the short term after bariatric surgery (BS). However, evidence on the long-term QoL of patients with BS is limited. ⋯ Patients undergoing BS showed a good QoL even in the long term (~10 y).
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Revista médica de Chile · Mar 2024
Case Reports[Advanced Orotracheal Tube Fixation Techniques in Severe Burn Patients: Innovations from a Chilean Hospital].
Since its foundation, the Hospital Emergency Public Assistance in Santiago, Chile, has been the national reference center for managing severe burn patients. In 2007, more than 6,000 hospital admissions for burns were registered in Chile due to the severity of the clinical condition. These patients must be treated in intensive care units. ⋯ In the Major Burn Unit, cotton cloth restraints and transpore-type adhesives are used on the user's face, but in patients with facial territory compromise, these cause tissue damage; due to this, the Dental Unit has innovative techniques of orotracheal tube fixation, using stainless steel and plastic wire ties, which have allowed to reduce the risks of extubation and accidental displacement of the tube, improving its stability. This work describes the technique used in orotracheal tube fixation in two patients with severe burns, performed by the Dental Unit of the Hospital Emergency Public Assistance, Dr. Alejandro del Río, Chile.
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Revista médica de Chile · Mar 2024
[Oncological Patients' Perception of Received Information: Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation of the EORTC QLQINFO25 Questionnaire in Chilean Patients].
Cancer diagnosis is a dramatic event severely affecting the quality of life of patients and their family group. Clear and precise information during the disease course and treatment is crucial. ⋯ The adapted version of the EORTC QLQ-INFO25 questionnaire presents adequate psychometric properties and, therefore, is a reliable tool for Chilean patients.
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Revista médica de Chile · Mar 2024
Case Reports[First Report of a Family with Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia in Chile: Differential Diagnosis in a Patient with PTH-Dependent Hypercalcemia Post-Parathyroidectomy].
We report a 45-year-old woman with persistent post-parathyroidectomy PTH-dependent asymptomatic hypercalcemia who, after evaluation in our bone clinic, was diagnosed as having familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia based on concomitant hypocalciuria and a family history of asymptomatic hypercalcemia. Genetic study shows a variant of uncertain significance in the CASR gene. To our knowledge, this is the first report on a Chilean family with HHF.