Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · Dec 2020
Observed Frequency and Characteristics of Hearing Loss in Osteogenesis Imperfecta.
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a rare group of genetic disorders affecting connective tissue, with consequent bone fragility, frequent fractures and skeletal deformity. Depending on the type, patients can have blue sclera, dentinogenesis imperfecta, and hearing loss. ⋯ In this group of patients with OI, 30% had hearing loss and among those ears with normal hearing, 13% did not have an acoustic stapedial reflex. Patients with OI should be monitored for hearing loss.
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Revista médica de Chile · Dec 2020
Association between fitness, anthropometric indices and laboratory parameters in elderly women.
Aging causes an involution of anthropometric and health indices that can affect physical fitness. ⋯ Anthropometric variables, serum lipid levels and blood glucose were predictors of different physical fitness parameters in these women.
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Revista médica de Chile · Dec 2020
[Factors associated with low quality of life in Chilean adults during the COVID-19 quarantine].
The quarantine and social distancing implemented during COVID 19 pandemic may hamper the quality of life of the population. ⋯ There are factors associated with a low quality of life during the quarantine of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Chilean population. Their identification could reinforce remedial actions at the government level to benefit the health of the population during this health emergency.
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Revista médica de Chile · Dec 2020
[Endovascular management of chronic limb ischemia. Experience in 48 procedures].
Chronic limb ischemia can lead to high rates of limb loss and mortality. Open surgery is the gold standard for treatment of distal disease. Endovascular surgery should have less complications with similar outcomes. ⋯ Endovascular therapy achieves high rates of wound healing and freedom from amputation with low perioperative mortality and moderate complication rates.