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Veinticinco años de la Unidad de Neuro-oftalmología del Hospital Vargas de Caracas (1980-2005): apuntes para una biografía / Twenty five years of the Neuro-ophtalmologic Unit in the Vargas Hospital in Caracas (1980-2005)
Muci-Mendoza, Rafael.
  • Muci-Mendoza, Rafael; Academia Nacional de Medicina. Caracas. VE
Gac. méd. Caracas ; 115(4): 313-324, dic. 2007.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-661921
RESUMEN
Con la Unidad de Neuro-oftalmología del Hospital Vargas de Caracas se inicia en Venezuela el estudio de condiciones que afectan el órgano de la visión y sus relaciones con el sistema nervioso central. Fundada en 1980 con una idea asistencial-docente, se ha mantenido activa por más de 25 años y es única en su género en el país. Ha sustentado su ser y hacer en cuatro principios fundamentales, asistecia, docencia, investigación clínica y extensión. Asiste a enfermos del hospital y procedentes de diversos centros de la capital, así como también del interior del país, mediante una consulta externa gratuita muy activa en la cual se evalúan diariamente cerca de 16 pacientes de consulta sucesiva y 4 de primera de consulta. Luego y sobre la base de una experiencia clínica, progresó hacia la docencia de posgrado recibiendo por cortos períodos cerca de 40 pasantes por año entre oftalmólogos, neurológos y neuropediatras; adicionalmente se aceptan médicos especialistas para programa de "fellowship" en Neuro-Oftalmología de un año de duración. De esta manera han egresado 32 fellows, 24 venezolanos y 8 extranjeros: 26 oftalmológos, 3 neurólogos y médicos internistas. Con base en muestras de pacientes atendidos a lo largo de los años, se realiza investigación clínica continua de problemas neuro-oftalmológicos, lo cual ha permitido evaluar y desempeñar las diferencias regionales de algunas condiciones clínicas que adoptan características diferentes a otras latitudes. Porteriormente ha extendido su influencia extramuros con asistencia de su personal a otros hospitales para dictar cursos, charlas y ejercicios clínicos con pacientes, y en congresos y cursos internacionales
ABSTRACT
The systematic study of the conditions that affect the visual organ and its relations with the central nervous system began in this country with the Neuro-Ophthalmology Unit of the Vargas Hospital in Caracas, ascribed to the Department of Clinical Medicine “B” of the “José María Vargas” Medical School, attached to the Faculty of Medicine of the Central University of Venezuela. Founded in 1980 as a teaching clinic, the unit has stayed active for more than 25 years and is unique in its field. It has maintained its place based on four fundamental principles: assistance, education, clinical research and expansion. It treats patients from the Vargas Hospital and from other centers of the country, through an active external consultation scheme, free of charge, in which close to 16 follow-up patients and 4 first-time patients are tended to daily. Subsequently, based on extensive clinical experience, the Unit progressed in to post-graduate education, receiving close to 40 residents from ophthalmology, neurology and neuro-pediatrics programs each year for short periods for direct and supervised teaching. Additionally, especialists have been accepted for a one-year “fellowship” program in Neuro-Ophthalmology. Thirty-two fellows (24 Venezuelans and 8 foreigners) have graduated from this program: 26 ophthalmologists, 3 neurologists and 4 internists, many of which will assume taching duties in their own countries. Over the years, based on a sample of treated patients, continued clinical research of neuro-ophthalmologic problems is undertaken, which has allowed the evaluation, unraveling and publishing of the regional differences of certain clinical conditions. Subsequently, with the assistance of its personnel, the Unit has expanded its influence to other hospitals as well as national and international institutions, running courses and lectures and conducting clinical exercises with patients
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Vision, Ocular / Central Nervous System / Education, Medical, Graduate / Hospitals Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: Spanish Journal: Gac. méd. Caracas Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2007 Type: Article Affiliation country: Venezuela Institution/Affiliation country: Academia Nacional de Medicina/VE

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Vision, Ocular / Central Nervous System / Education, Medical, Graduate / Hospitals Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: Spanish Journal: Gac. méd. Caracas Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2007 Type: Article Affiliation country: Venezuela Institution/Affiliation country: Academia Nacional de Medicina/VE