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Background: Creativity is a highly valued quality in different fields. Despite this, it is rarely included in the curricula of medical careers. Aim: To assess creative thinking among undergraduate medical students. Material and Methods: Sixty-seven students aged 18 to 31 years (45% women) from the first (16), third (26) and seventh year (25) of medical school answered a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT). Results: Median creativity index according to age was in percentile 52 (range 2-99). Percentiles for fluency, originality, elaboration, abstraction of titles and resistance for premature closure were 31, 32, 79, 53 and 17 respectively. There were no significant differences between students of different levels (p = 0.73). Conclusions: In this group of students, there is a high performance in elaboration and a low score in Resistance to premature closure.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adolescent , Adult , Young Adult , Students, Medical , Creativity , Cross-Sectional Studies , Surveys and Questionnaires , Education, MedicalABSTRACT
Introducción: La endometriosis es una patología ginecológica común, caracterizada por la presencia de tejido glandular y estromal del endometrio fuera de la cavidad uterina. Es una enfermedad crónica, dependiente de estrógenos, que afecta entre el 8 al 15% de las mujeres en edad reproductiva y se presenta clínicamente con dolor abdominal crónico e infertilidad. Los endometriomas corresponden a un proceso circunscrito bien delimitado de tejido endometrial que pueden presentarse en la pared abdominal, usualmente secundarios a cicatrices quirúrgicas ginecoobstétricas, con una incidencia de 0,03 a 1,7% posterior a una cesárea. Presentación del caso: Mujer de 27 años, multípara de uno, con antecedente de cesárea hace ocho años, sexualmente activa, ingresó por sospecha de endometrioma de pared abdominal de aproximadamente siete años de evolución caracterizado por dolor abdominal cíclico asociado a menstruación. Al examen físico presentó masa en fosa iliaca izquierda de aproximadamente 8 x 6 cm, solevantada 3 cm del plano abdominal en vértice de cicatriz de cesárea y coloración café-violácea en la piel que recubre y circunda la masa. Se realizó resección con bordes amplios. Biopsia compatible con endometriosis. La paciente evolucionó favorablemente en el postoperatorio. Discusión: Siempre debemos pensar en endometrioma de pared abdominal frente a una paciente con aumento de volumen y/o cambio de coloración de la piel asociado a cicatrices gineco-obstétricas y dolor abdominal cíclico crónico. El tratamiento de elección es la resección con márgenes amplios para evitar recurrencia. Dada las complicaciones del cuadro, cabe destacar la importancia de realizar una pesquisa oportuna y un tratamiento quirúrgico precoz
Introduction: Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease, characterized by the presence of glandular and stromal endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. It is a chronic disease, estrogen-dependent, affecting between 8 to 15 % of women of reproductive age and presents clinically with chronic abdominal pain and infertility. The endometriomas correspond to a circumscribed process well-defined of endometrial tissue may occur in abdominal wall usually secondary to ginecobstetric surgical scars, with an incidence of 0.03 to 1.7% after a cesarean. Case report: Woman-27 years, multiparous of 1 with caesarean, sexually active, arrived for hospitalized for suspected abdominal wall endometrioma about 7 years of evolution characterized by cyclic abdominal pain associated with menstruation. On examination shows mass in left iliac fossa of about 8x6 cm, it is uplifted 3 cm of abdominal plane in vertex cesarean scar and brown-violet colored skin that covers and surrounds the mass. Resection is performed with wide edges. Biopsy was consistent with endometriosis. Postoperatively the patient progressed favorably. Discussion: We must always think of abdominal wall endometrioma in a patient with increased volume and/or discoloration of the skin associated with ginecoobstetric scars and chronic cyclical abdominal pain. The treatment of choice is resection with wide margins to prevent recurrence. Given the complications of this disease, he stressed the importance of making a timely screening and early surgical treatment.
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Humans , Female , Adult , Abdominal Wall/surgery , Abdominal Wall/pathology , Endometriosis/surgery , Endometriosis/etiology , Postoperative Complications/therapy , Cesarean Section/adverse effects , Cicatrix/pathology , Endometriosis/pathologyABSTRACT
The congenital diaphragmatic hernia is one of the most common severe malformations, with a high mortality that has been maintained for the time. There have been numerous markers that predict postnatal survival, of which the LHR and the presence of intrathoracic liver are the most reliable. Materials and methods: A review of the tabs of patients carrying fetuses with diagnosed CHD in the HGGBs Department of Echography, as well as records of entry, exit and neonatal mortality in the same hospital. Results: We found 20 cases of CHD with an incidence of 1:1.647 births. Two patients were discarded by incomplete data. The 77,7 percent were diagnosed leftists. A 50 percent presenting deformities partners, among which one was diagnosed as Sd. Pallister Killian. The presence of intrathoracic liver was found in 38,8 percent. The mortality was 66,6 percent. Patients with LHR <1 were 100 percent mortality. Patients with liver Intrathoracic had 71,4 percent of mortality. Conclusion: The HDC is a malformation of high perinatal mortality. The indicators used as predictors of survival were very effectively. Our results are comparable to current publications.
La hernia diafragmática congénita constituye una de las malformaciones severas más comunes, con una alta mortalidad que se ha mantenido durante el tiempo. Se han formulado numerosos marcadores predictores de sobrevida postnatal, de los cuales el LHR y la presencia de hígado intratorácico son los más confiables. Material y método: Se realizó una revisión de las fichas de pacientes portadoras de fetos con hernia diafragmática congénita diagnosticadas en el Departamento de Ecografía del HGGB, además de registros de ingreso, egreso y mortalidad de neonatología del mismo hospital. Resultado: Se encontraron 20 casos de hernia diafragmática congénita con una incidencia de 1:1.647 partos. Se descartaron 2 pacientes por data incompleta. El 77,7 por ciento fueron diagnosticadas izquierdas. Un 50 por ciento presentó malformaciones asociadas, entre las cuales una fue diagnosticada como síndrome Pallister Killian. La presencia de hígado intratorácico se encontró en el 38,8 por ciento. La mortalidad fue de 66,6 por ciento. Las pacientes con LHR<1 tuvieron 100 por ciento mortalidad. Las pacientes con hígado intratorácico tuvieron 71,4 por ciento de mortalidad. Conclusión: La hernia diafragmática congénita constituye una malformación de alta mortalidad perinatal. Los indicadores utilizados como predictores de sobrevida tuvieron una alta efectividad. Nuestros resultados son comparables a las publicaciones actuales.