Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · Oct 2022
[Motivation and satisfaction of medical students participating in an educational intervention on Pathology].
Undergraduate Pathology training in medicine is based on modalities centered on the teacher and associated with controlled motivation, with low satisfaction with the educational process. According to the Self-determination Theory, an early participation with responsibilities in clinical practice and an educational environment that promotes autonomy and basic psychological needs satisfaction (BPNS), would generate intrinsic motivation. ⋯ DPC is an innovative, feasible and attractive methodology for Pathology learning, with a high degree of satisfaction and intrinsic motivation. This experience can be extended to similar disciplines.
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Revista médica de Chile · Oct 2022
Randomized Controlled Trial[Suturing basic procedural skills training for medical students during COVID-19 pandemic].
The adoption of sanitary measures due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic hampered teaching and learning methods in medicine. ⋯ Despite all the limitations of the pandemic context, we achieved a significant improvement after the intervention and a very good perception by the students.
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Revista médica de Chile · Oct 2022
Case Reports[Sulfhemoglobinemia secondary to the use of zopiclone. Report of two cases].
Sulfhemoglobin (SulfHb) is formed by hemoglobin (Hb) oxidation by sulfur compounds. Sulfhemoglobinemia is mainly associated with drugs or intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Patients present with central cyanosis, an abnormal pulse oximetry and normal arterial oxygen partial pressure. ⋯ This is attributed to a similar absorbance peak of both pigments in arterial blood. Venous co-oximetry can be useful in this context. SulfHb is a self-limited condition in most cases, however it must be differentiated from methemoglobinemia to avoid inappropriate treatments like methylene blue.
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Revista médica de Chile · Oct 2022
[Proposal of an informed consent form to obtain audiovisual material from patients].
An informed consent is mandatory to obtain any clinical audiovisual material from patients. Although there are some documents created for this purpose, there are some barriers for their application, such as the context in which they were created, the language and download availability. ⋯ The proposed ICFs were liberated for their use among health care professionals in Chile, who could use them, provided that they are approved by the local healthcare ethics committees.
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The rate of survival to hospital discharge is less than 10% for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). ⋯ OHCA is an important cause of death in Chile. The development of a national registry that follows the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation guidelines is the first step to assess the profile of OHCA in the region. It will provide crucial information to identify prognostic factors and variables that can help develop standards of care and set up the basis to optimize cardiac arrest management within our country and region.