Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · Oct 2020
[Perceptions of students confined by the COVID-19 pandemic on distance learning in medicine].
The suspension of face-to-face teaching activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic forced an abrupt transition to distance learning in Spanish universities. ⋯ The perceptions expressed by these students reinforce the importance of facilitating communication, motivation and participation of students in distance learning in Medicine.
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Revista médica de Chile · Oct 2020
[The general self-efficacy scale (GSES): Reevaluation of its reliability and validity evidence in Chile].
Self-efficacy is a psychological variable closely related to healthy behaviors. One of the most widely used instruments to measure this variable is the general self-efficacy scale (GSES). In Chile, the only psychometric study of this scale has important analytical limitations. ⋯ The GSES is an adequate scale to measure general self-efficacy in the Chilean population and allows unbiased comparisons based on sex or age.
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Revista médica de Chile · Oct 2020
[SARS-CoV-2 infection as a thrombo-inflammatory endothelial disease].
Coronavirus disease 19 is characterized by an intense inflammatory response and a high incidence of thrombotic events. Autopsy studies show severe endothelial injury associated with thrombosis of the alveolar capillaries of the lungs and other organs. ⋯ Heparin is an excellent drug to treat Covid-19 patients due to its anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral and endothelial effects. Clinical guidelines agree that the use of heparin thromboprophylaxis is a component of Covid-19 coagulopathy treatment, even though the dose and duration of treatments are not well defined.