Background:
Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) had become a therapeutic modality in patients with primary tumors, locally recurrent as well as oligometastasis involving the lung. Some modalities of SBRT require fiducial ...
Introduction: Neonatal hyperammonemia secondary due to inborn errors of metabolism is a rare condition with a high rate of neurological sequelae and mortality. Initial medical management is often insufficient to stop the ...
Background:
Treatment of pleural infection with instillation of sequential intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and human recombinant deoxyribonuclease (DNase) twice daily for a total of 6 doses has been shown ...
Acute cholecystitis (AC) is a frequent complication of biliary cholelithiasis. Although ultrasound is the first diagnostic imaging procedure, frequently the initial imaging modality is computed tomography (CT). Therefore, ...
Background: Spacers are inserted into the middle meatal space (MMS) following functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) to prevent lateralization of the middle turbinate, scarring, and synechiae. Our objective was to ...
The reaction of phenyl 2,4,6-trinitrophenyl ether and piperidine was kinetically evaluated in BMIMBF4/ water mixtures as the reaction media. This study shows the dramatic effect of the mixture composition on the reacting ...
Background: A variety of local and systemic processes caused exogenous and endogenous pigmentation of the oral mucosa. Solitary melanotic pigmentation is rare, hence the scarce number of studies in children and ...
Objetivo: Describir, a partir de las percepciones de adolescentes y personal de atención desalud, las formas en que los adolescentes varones se relacionan con la atención de salud sexual y reproductiva, las transformaciones ...
Besomi, Manuela; Leppe, Jaime; Di Silvestre, Maria; Setchell, Jenny(2018)
Objective: To determine profiles of urban runners based on socio-demographic, health, motivational, training characteristics and running-related beliefs and behaviours.
Methods: Mixed, exploratory, sequential study with ...
Background: Pathogenic variations in HSD11B2 gene triggers the apparent mineralocorticoid excess syndrome (AME). There is scarce information regarding the phenotypes of subjects carrying heterozygous pathogenic variants ...
Water contamination is one of the main problems ofmodern society, and scientific research is continuously involved in identifying solutions able to preserve this valuable source. In this context, we characterized novel ...
Background: Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a contributor to embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS). Subgroup analyses from previous studies suggest that anticoagulation could reduce recurrent stroke compared with ...
Rodríguez Vial, Macarena; Eapen, George A.; Casal, Roberto F.; Sarkiss, Mona G.; Ost, David E.; Vakil, Erik; Grosu, Horiana B.(2018)
The standard approach to staging of lung cancer in patients with pleural effusion (clinical M1a) is thoracentesis followed by pleural biopsies if the cytologic analysis is negative. If pleural biopsy findings are negative, ...
Background: Ataxia can be classified as genetic, sporadic or acquired.
Aim: To report the clinical features of a group of patients with ataxia. Material
and Methods: Review of medical records of patients consulting in a ...
Background: Chikungunya (CHIK) was introduced in The Americas in 2013, spreading rapidly. In 2014, the first imported case was diagnosed in Chile. Aim: To identify patients with clinical suspicion of CHIK and describe their ...
Background: The New Approach Rivaroxaban Inhibition of Factor Xa in a Global Trial vs. ASA to Prevent Embolism in Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (NAVIGATE-ESUS) trial is a randomized phase-III trial comparing ...
Study Objectives: Parkinson disease (PD) non-motor symptoms are associated with sleep disorders and impair quality of life. Our objective was to assess the effect of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment using continuous ...
Endoscopic lung volume reduction is a minimally invasive procedure performed to reduce the space occupied by the emphysemas' lobes. This procedure has been demonstrated to be beneficial for patients with advanced chronic ...
Background: Several reports of severe infections associated with allograft tissue in knee reconstructivesurgery have led many surgeons to consider routine intraoperative culture of allograft tissue before implantation. ...
Episodic memory tests with cued recall, such as the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT), allow for the delineation of hippocampal and prefrontal atrophy contributions to memory performance in Alzheimer’s disease ...