Revista médica de Chile
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This paper summarizes the main features of review articles in medical topics. Articles can be classified as narrative reviews, systematic reviews or meta-analysis. Narrative reviews are appropriate to update etiology, pathophysiology or clinical aspects of diseases, and advances in basic and preclinical sciences. ⋯ No meta-analysis had been published in these periods, in this journal. Meta-analysis including primary studies performed in Chile by Chilean investigators have been published in English language in other medical journals. The educational and professional role of review articles is recognised, with a word of caution on a strict adherence to ethical rules adopted by scientific and clinical publications, mainly with respect to authorship and potential conflicts of interest.
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Cardiovascular diseases and cancer account for 27 and 25% of mortality in Chile, respectively. In the last decades, survival of people with cancer has improved due to preventive programs, early detection strategies, advances in technology and development of new antineoplastic therapies. Consequently, a progressive number of cancer-surviving patients have been generated, who may develop cardiovascular diseases, secondary to the same cancer therapy. ⋯ Also, to acquire knowledge about the mechanisms and effects of drugs that lead to heart damage aiming to develop efficient cardioprotective therapies. In this article we review and propose a didactic organization and classification of the main cardiovascular effects of cancer control therapy. We recognize that there is still a knowledge gap in basic sciences about the mechanisms that underlie these alterations.
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Revista médica de Chile · Jan 2020
Comparative Study Observational Study[Comparison between self-reported and device measured physical activity according to nutritional status].
It is unknown if nutritional status could influence the accuracy of self-reported physical activity (PA) levels. ⋯ The measurement of PA by means of a self-report questionnaire was discrepant with its objective measurement with an accelerometer. The discrepancy is even higher in obese people.
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Revista médica de Chile · Jan 2020
Relationship between anthropometric nutritional status and functional capacity in older adults living in the community.
The functional fitness of older people may be associated with their nutritional status. ⋯ Functional fitness of older adults is influenced by nutritional anthropometric measures, particularly BMI, WHtR and FM for aerobic capacity, and BMI for upper limb flexibility.
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Revista médica de Chile · Jan 2020
[Activity based costs of different units in a high complexity Chilean hospital].
Hospitals must have management tools that allow them to fulfil all their requirements with the allocated resources. ⋯ This study identified bed-day costs and provides disaggregated information about the causes of cost differences between medical specialties.