Gac Med Mex
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Editorial Historical Article
Gaceta Médica de México es la memoria de la medicina y los médicos de México.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
[Analgesia preventiva con pregabalina en pacientes postoperados de colecistectomía laparoscópica].
Preventive analgesia is the administration of an analgesic drug with the aim of attenuating post-operative pain, hyperalgesia and allodynia. Its use is justified in order to offer analgesia and reduce anxiety in patients undergoing laparoscopic procedures. ⋯ The use of pregabalin as preventive analgesia turns out to be effective in the post-operative period and the pre-operative anxiety with minimal adverse effects in the post-operated patients of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
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Osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip is a low-grade inflammatory disease of multiple etiology that has a limited conservative management and insufficiently explored. The application of botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) produces in the applied muscle a temporary, delimitable and reversible flaccid paralysis, which applied in a strategic way achieves to reduce mechanical stress and pain. ⋯ The treatment with BoNT-A provides a conservative and safe option for the management of symptoms and physical restraint caused by hip OA.
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The biological test established by the World Health Organization to isolate and amplify the rabies virus consists in inoculating lactating mice by intracranial route and detecting rabies signs for 21 days. ⋯ In nature, the rabies virus could be preserved by transmission from neonates (more susceptible to contracting and amplifying the rabies virus) to their mothers.