Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · May 2021
[Legume consumption in chileans: findings from the 2016-2017 national health survey].
Legumes are low cost and high-quality nutritional foods. In Chile, a twice per week legume consumption is recommended to promote health and prevent disease. ⋯ One out of four Chileans complied with the recommendations of legume consumption. Even though the results differed when stratified by sex, it is highlighted that living in rural areas increased the probabilities of an adequate legume consumption.
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Revista médica de Chile · May 2021
[Seasonal variation of acute myocardial infarction deaths in Chile].
Hospitalization and deaths due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD), have a peak in frequency during winter. ⋯ In Chile, deaths due to AMI have a marked seasonal pattern, characterized by a higher number of deaths in winter and a lower number in summer.
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Taxanes are a class of chemotherapeutic agents with common associated dermatologic adverse events, such as skin hyperpigmentation, hand-foot skin syndrome, paronychia and onycholysis. Taxane-induced scleroderma is rare. Few cases with skin findings resembling systemic sclerosis, have been reported after the administration of these agents. We report two cases with stage IV breast cancer, aged 66 and 71 years, who developed sclerodermic skin lesions in their extremities after starting treatment with placlitaxel and nabplaclitaxel respectively.
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Revista médica de Chile · May 2021
Consequences of COVID-19 pandemic on myocardial infarction reperfusion therapy and prognosis.
Background The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic affected the prompt diagnosis and treatment of Acute myocardial infarction (AMI).