Gac Med Mex
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CONACYT's Mexican Science and Technology Journals Classification System (SCRMCYT) includes the area of medicine and health sciences (M&HS). ⋯ Approximately half the 2018 SCRMCYT M&HS journals lack publications indexed in 2018; this suggests that national and international relevance of these journals can be improved.
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Refusal of physicians to prescribe insulin to their patients has been scarcely evaluated; the delay in treatment intensification hinders adequate and quality care. ⋯ Clinical inertia was not the result of a complex medical condition or patient comorbidities, but of doctor's perception and confidence in his/her clinical and communication skills.
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Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) causes potentially lethal diarrhea. ⋯ CDI represents an important problem in hospitalized patients and confers them an additional morbidity and mortality risk.
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Preeclampsia occurs in 8% of pregnancies and generates 25% of perinatal deaths. Although its etiology is multifactorial, some metabolic alterations are associated with the endothelial dysfunction present in the disease, and its study could identify early markers of damage. ⋯ We found an association between hypertriglyceridemia and the presence of diabetes mellitus II with the development of hypertensive disease induced by pregnancy.
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Breast cancer subtype classification according to hormone receptors (HR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) using immunohistochemistry is the standard practice for therapeutic decision making. ⋯ HR positive subtypes by immunohistochemistry where most frequent and showed a greater overall survival compared to the triple negative subtype.