Gac Med Mex
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Prostate carcinoma is the second leading cause of cancer and the fifth cause of cancer death in men worldwide. ⋯ HER2/neu increased expression was identified in high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and acinar adenocarcinoma of the prostate.
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Health literacy integrates skills around health care. The measurement of health literacy is relevant for proposing improvement interventions. The European HLS-EU-Q16 scale allows to comprehensively evaluate health literacy, but its psychometric properties have not been assessed in Mexico. ⋯ The HLS-EU-Q12M scale in Mexican Spanish is a valid instrument for assessing health literacy in adults with hypertension.
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Data on visual impairment (VI) in patients with diabetes are necessary in order to guide economic and human resources for reducing its prevalence. ⋯ Thirty percent of participants had some degree of VI. Moderate or worse VI showed a strong association with STDR and referable DME.
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Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of mortality in the world. Currently, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the main risk factors for major adverse cardiovascular events. T2DM patients have a four-fold higher risk of developing heart failure and 10 to 12 times higher mortality. Echocardiography in all its modalities is the best clinical tool for heart failure diagnosis, since it provides static and dynamic images of the heart that allow to identify structural and functional changes, such as pressure variations, flow changes, left ventricular ejection fraction and myocardial surfaces anatomical remodeling.
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Observational Study
COVID-19 medical care direct costs during the first year of pandemic in a hospital converted for increasing bed capacity.
COVID-19 health emergency caused an increase in the demand for hospitalization and high costs for the health system. ⋯ The costs of COVID-19 medical care represent a large amount of resources. Most part of the costs (95%) were derived from hospital stay, respiratory therapy without assisted mechanical ventilation and costs related to personal protective equipment, hygiene, infrastructure adaptation and payments to medical personnel.