Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · Jun 2022
[Deliberate self-harm and psychoactive substance use in colombian school adolescents].
Deliberate self-harm and the consumption of psy- choactive substances are important public health problems among adolescents. ⋯ We observed an association between deliberate self-harm and the consumption of different psychoactive substances.
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Revista médica de Chile · Jun 2022
[Cardiovascular complications in COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care units in Chilean hospitals].
Patients with a cardiovascular (CV) history may be at greater risk of becoming ill and die due to SARS-CoV-2. ⋯ Patients with a history of CV disease are at greater risk of suffering HF and ACS when hospitalized due to COVID-19. Arrhythmias, type 2 AMI, and arterial or venous thrombosis occur with the same frequency in patients with or without CV history, suggesting that these complications depend on inflammatory phenomena related to the infection.
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Revista médica de Chile · Jun 2022
Review[Concentrating ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery in specialized centers].
Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA) is an arterial emergency with an overall mortality of 80%-90% secondary to massive hemorrhage. If a patient with RAAA presents in a primary hospital without resolution capacity, survival will depend on early transfer to a center with adequately trained specialists. ⋯ Patients with AAAR who consult in non-resolving centers should be rapidly transferred to a qualified referral center, following a transfer protocol, and guided by a coordinating unit acting according to technical and established criteria based on results, quality, and costs. Qualified referral centers should have an accredited vascular surgeon and a high institutional aortic surgery volume, adequate infrastructure, endovascular resolution capacity, support services (intensive care, hemodialysis, etc.) and specialized personnel permanently available.
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Revista médica de Chile · Jun 2022
[Quality of life according to type of confinement of Chilean university students during COVID-19 pandemic].
COVID-19 confinement measures in the population affected the quality of life and sleep. ⋯ University students had sedentary lifestyles regardless of the type of confinement. Those who were in confinement, especially for suspected COVID-19 infection, had the worst quality of sleep and quality of life.