Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas
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Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba · Jan 2008
[Scores to predict the number of hospitalization days in a general ward at a tertiary hospital].
Although most usual admissions to hospital are in rooms in general wards, there are not scores to predict the number of hospitalization days in this area. The patients are located based on diagnosis at admission. ⋯ The lower scores were related with a high chance of discharge before 5 days. This score may be a simple and feasible tool for the hospital administration and for the prediction of available beds in a general wards.
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Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba · Jan 2007
Biography Historical Article[Harvard: historical representation of anesthesia in art].
This article is about the use of ether as a general anesthetic that was used for the first time by T. Morton at Harvard University. It was a landmark in future surgical procedures and this discovery was documented by the painting of the Robert Hinckey and it has been used for teaching history of medicine.
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Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba · Jan 2007
[Endocarditis of pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads].
Infective endocarditis includes the endovascular devices infection. The main objective was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and evolution of the endocarditis related to electronics devices. ⋯ The endocarditis related to devices is a disease with high mortality. Early diagnosis and system extraction are very important for the treatment and prognosis.
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Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba · Jan 2006
Review[Primary cephaleas. A revision of their diagnosis and therapeutic approach].
This review focuses on primary headaches, its diagnosis and treatment. For the IHS specialists they are: migraine, tension-type headache (TTH), cluster and others. Migraine: the second in prevalence and the first in morbility, clinical features and differences between migraine with (Ma) and without aura (Mo). ⋯ we remark the complexity of headache and the of physicians' role: to relief patients suffering, throughout a precise diagnosis and treatment.
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toracostomy in thoracic trauma is a good opportunity for the digital exploration of pleural cavity. ⋯ digital thoracotomy is not considered a formal procedure, but as a part of a technique, in which, the previous exploration with the finger before chest tube insertion, allows to reach a diagnosis of the pleural space situation, to confirm suspicions, to modify a conduct, and to avoid greater morbidity to patients.