Revista médica de Chile
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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.
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Revista médica de Chile · May 2020
[Legalization of medically assisted death: its potential impact on the development of palliative care].
In Chile, there are four bills to legalize euthanasia, an act which public surveys report as supported by most of the population. At the legislative, healthcare and social level, there is an active debate about euthanasia, the rights of terminally ill patients and the context of Palliative Care (PC) in the country. Chilean literature on euthanasia focuses mainly on the ethical analysis of the act itself but does not address the moral legitimacy of the legalization of this practice. ⋯ This paper analyses available evidence on the potential impairment of PC development after PAD legalization. Although the analysis of evidence has some limitations, this concern is not supported by the available evidence. However, any project about PAD legalization must contemplate a factual commitment with the development of minimum PC provision, according to international recommendations.
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Revista médica de Chile · May 2020
Identification of daily environmental noise patterns in two different urban sites in Santiago, Chile.
Environmental noise can cause auditory and non-auditory adverse effects. ⋯ The detected noise levels can be annoying, cause sleep disturbances and increase the risk for hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, among other effects.