Revista médica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
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Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc · Jul 2005
[Knowledge of phytopharmaceuticals among physicians from Morelos, Mexico].
To analyze the proportion of primary care physicians from the Health System in the State of Morelos with knowledge about phytopharmaceuticals, and to explore some factors related to this knowledge. ⋯ As the results demonstrate, knowledge about phytopharmaceuticals among primary care physicians is deficient, regardless of the institution where they work.
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Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc · Jul 2005
[Usefulness of Ottawa rules for acute injuries of ankle and foot].
To analyze the usefulness of the rules of Ottawa in the diagnosis of foot and ankle injuries. ⋯ In the injuries of ankle, when the Ottawa rules are negative, the X-rays series are not indicated, since the probability of not having a fracture can be of 100%. When it has one or more criteria, if we asked for the X-rays, a third part of the patients can have fracture with a rate of false positives of 40%. Apparently, in ankle and foot injuries, certain studies are not essential without having any deterioration of the quality medical care.