Revista médica de Chile
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Clinical pharmacy is a health discipline in which pharmacists provide patient care that optimizes rational medication use and promotes health, wellness and disease prevention. The beginnings of clinical pharmacy in Chile were inspired by the origin in the School of Pharmacy of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), in the mid-1960s. However, the historical development in our country, both in teaching and in the professional field, was accompanied by difficulties and success, which became a long and winding road. ⋯ Some names of people or institutions were not mentioned. Therefore the authors apologize in advance to pharmacists and organizations whose contribution cannot be recognized in this way. However, we know that this specialty has not been forged only by the names that appear, but by all those who love and respect the work of the clinical pharmacy.
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Revista médica de Chile · Feb 2023
[Ten-year survival after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting compared with traditional bypass grafting].
Long-term outcomes of Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (OPCAB) as an alternative to the traditional Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) technique with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) are not well defined. ⋯ In our series, OPBAB has a comparable 10-year survival with CABG with CPB.
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Smoking is one of the most relevant public health problems worldwide and one of the main causes of preventable premature death. In-hospital treatment and subsequent follow-up are effective in terms of cessation. ⋯ The percentage of smokers in this group of patients is lower than that reported in the national health survey. The high proportion of respondent that are attempted to quit and failed, justifies the availability of structured quitting programs at the hospital and follow-up strategies after discharge.
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Revista médica de Chile · Feb 2023
[Artificial intelligence fuzzy system for the design of confinements during quarantines].
Different modalities of quarantines were one of the main measures implemented worldwide to avoid the spread of SARS-CoV2 virus. ⋯ Using an artificial intelligence system could improve decision-making transparency, emergency governance, and risk communication to the population.