ABSTRACT
We review our experience with the management and perinatal outcome in three cases of isolated fetal ascites detected prenatally at the San Camilo Hospital, San Felipe, Chile, in a period of seven years. Two cases were confirmed as being the result of meconium peritonitis and the remaining to a Klippel-Feil syndrome. We conclude that the detection of transient isolated fetal ascites warrants a close surveillance of the neonate looking for signs associated with intestinal rupture and non-chromosomal genetic syndromes.
Se presenta nuestra experiencia con el manejo y resultados perinatales de 3 casos de ascitis fetal aislados diagnosticados prenatalmente en el Hospital San Camilo, San Felipe, durante un período de 7 años. Dos casos correspondieron a peritonitis meconial y uno a un síndrome de Klippel-Feil. Se concluye que la detección de ascitis fetal aislada, aunque sea transitoria, obliga a realizar una observación acuciosa de la evolución neonatal, ya que puede ser el único indicio prenatal de una perforación intestinal o algún síndrome genético no cromosómico.
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Humans , Male , Female , Pregnancy , Infant, Newborn , Adult , Ascites , Fetal Diseases , Ascites/surgery , Ascites/etiology , Fetal Diseases/surgery , Meconium , Peritonitis/complications , Klippel-Feil Syndrome/complications , Ultrasonography, PrenatalSubject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Child, Preschool , Child , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Child Abuse, Sexual/psychology , Child Abuse, Sexual/statistics & numerical data , Child Abuse, Sexual/therapy , Pilot Projects , Psychological Tests , Puerto Rico , Surveys and Questionnaires , Affective Symptoms/etiology , Affective Symptoms/psychology , Behavioral Symptoms/etiology , Behavioral Symptoms/psychology , Psychophysiologic Disorders/etiology , Psychophysiologic Disorders/psychologyABSTRACT
This is one of the first descriptive-explorative studies done about suicidal thoughts in aging patients (age mean 60.7) within a mental health hospital in Puerto Rico. The purpose of this study was to identify common characteristics found in elderly patients that present suicidal thought and were hospitalized from January to June. The major finding indicates a great prevalence rate in men who were divorced, catholic, with a diagnosis on the axis I of the DSM IV and who had a previous history of such thoughts. In order to obtain a more comprehensive profile of the elderly patient with suicidal thoughts we suggest more research concerning this issue. Such investigations could be used in the prevention of elderly suicide
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Humans , Male , Female , Middle Aged , Aged/psychology , Suicide/psychology , Alcoholism/epidemiology , Alcoholism/psychology , Educational Status , Hospitals, Psychiatric/statistics & numerical data , Marital Status , Pilot Projects , Prevalence , Puerto Rico/epidemiology , Religion , Risk Factors , Socioeconomic Factors , Mood Disorders/epidemiology , Mood Disorders/psychologyABSTRACT
Se estudiaron 3460 muestras de orina para analisis bacteriologico de pacientes hospitalizados y de Consulta Externa del Hospital Monsenor Sanabria en Puntarenas; encontrandose que la Escherichia coli, era la causante del 82,5% de las bacteriurias significativas.Proteus mirabilis, Staphylococcus aureus y Pseudomona auriginosa fueron otros de los germenes aislados. Al practicar la prueba de sensibilidad a los antibioticos se encontro que la Escherichia coli posee alta sensibilidad a la gentamicina (86.9%), el Staphylococcus aureus presento una mayor sensibilidad a la cefalosporina (90%). Se revisaron 74 expedientes correspondientes al 10% de los pacientes con bacteriuria significativa, de los mismos se desprende que la gentamicina, trimetoprin-sulfa y ampicilina fueron los antibioticos mas usados, en un 30%, 27% y 24% respectivamente
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Urinary Tract Infections , Anti-Bacterial Agents , Escherichia coli , Staphylococcus aureusABSTRACT
Presenta los escritos y discursos del Doctor Houssay, la correspondencia que éste mantuvo con colegas, discípulos, familiares y amigos, algunos testimonios de personas que lo conocieron - personalmente o a través de su obra - y trabajos de investigación y recopilación que dan cuenta de los hechos más sobresalientes de su vida pública y privada.