Revista médica de Chile
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Data from the Ministry of Health show that in Chile in 2004, 17% of the population had some form of depression, and mood disorders are the tenth cause of disability-adjusted life years (DALY) loss. ⋯ DDDs per 1,000 inhabitants per day increased linearly over 470% from 1992-2004. SSRLs were the most commonly consumed drugs in Chile. Future research should evaluate the cost-effectiveness of antidepressants in Chile, comparing the results with drug utilization, and determining if unnecessary expenditures have been paid out.
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Revista médica de Chile · Sep 2008
Multicenter Study[Mortality of patients with ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty or thrombolysis].
Primary angioplasty is the most effective treatment of ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, its worldwide implementation is difficult to obtain. Therefore thrombolysis continues to be the treatment most commonly used. ⋯ Hospital and long term mortality of patients with STEMI was lower among those treated with primary angioplasty. This treatment is most beneficial among males, in the elderly and in patients with a TIMI score >3 .
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Revista médica de Chile · Sep 2008
[Intraoperative hemodynamic monitoring using transesophageal echocardiography in orthopedic surgery].
Orthopedic surgery is commonly performed in elderly patients with higher cardiovascular surgical risk. Hemodynamic monitoring in these patients may prevent perioperative complications. ⋯ Intraoperative TEE was useful for the hemodynamic evaluation of patients with high cardiovascular risk.
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Revista médica de Chile · Sep 2008
[Fiberoptic bronchoscopy assisted percutaneous tracheostomy: report of 100 patients].
Development of percutaneous techniques for tracheostomy have facilitated its implementation in the intensive care unit (ICU). ⋯ PT using the Ciaglia Blue Rhino technique with fiberoptic bronchoscopy assistance is a safe procedure that can be performed in the ICU by trained intensivists.
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Revista médica de Chile · Sep 2008
Case Reports[Evaluation of sublingual microcirculation in septic shock. Report of one patient treated with high volume hemofiltration].
Microcirculation is severely compromised in sepsis, with a reduction of capillary density and flow impairment. These alterations have important prognostic implications, being more severe in non-survivors to septic shock. Today microcirculation may be assessed bedside, non-invasively using polarized light videomicroscopy a technique known as SDF (side dark field). ⋯ Physiologic endpoints of high-volume hemofiltration in septic shock remain unknown, but it has the capacity to clear inflammatory mediators. Since microcirculatory alterations are in part secondary to these mediators, their removal is beneficial. Like other authors, we found no relation between microcirculation and other haemodynamic and perfusion variables.