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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Job Satisfaction , Primary Health Care/methods , Primary Health Care/trends , Delivery of Health Care/methods , Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data , Primary Health Care/standards , Primary Health Care , Socioeconomic SurveyABSTRACT
Dentro de los estudios que abarca la Licenciatura (futuro Grado) en Farmacia, cabe destacar el interés de la Hidrología Farmacéutica, materia que estudia las aguas mineromedicinales, su origen, propiedades y aplicaciones dentro del campo de la salud, así como los barros preparados con aguas mineromedicinales dotados de actividad terapéutica (peloides). Esta asignatura resulta de gran interés para los estudiantes, ya que en su temario se desarrollan algunos aspectos que el farmacéutico podrá poner en práctica en su futuro profesional(AU)
Within the current and the future Degree in Pharmacy studies, it should be emphasized the importance of Pharmaceutical Hydrology, a matter dealing with the mineromedicinal waters, their origin, properties and applications in health care, as well as the muds, prepared with mineromedicinal waters, exerting therapeutic activity (therapeutic muds or peloids). This subject is of great interest for the students, since its program includes some contents that pharmacists will be able to put into practice in their professional activity.In the last decades, the number of scientific papers on this topic has increased noticeably. The study of the natural and mineromedicinal waters and the muds, either as preventive elements or as materials with therapeutic and coadjutant activity, has aroused an enormous interest among both lay people and health-care professionals, due to the benefits that it brings for health. The pharmacist plays a relevant role in the knowledge of this type of therapies and its applications.In this paper, we describe the history of this subject and analyze its scientific contents, as well as the importance of being acquainted with its applications within the training of the future pharmacists(AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Hydrology/methods , Mineral Waters/analysis , Environmental Health/education , Education, Pharmacy/methods , Water/analysis , Education, Pharmacy/standards , Education, Pharmacy/trends , Thermal Water/analysis , Hot Springs/chemistryABSTRACT
A case is reported of a 21 year old man who suffered from Castleman's disease and systemic secondary amyloidosis. He was otherwise healthy until development of a history of edema and nocturia over 3 weeks. Physical examination was normal apart from ankle swelling. Renal biopsy showed amyloid deposits in the glomerulus with gentian violet and congo red. Positive staining by antibody against serum amyloid A protein was demonstrated. Nine months later because of persistent nephrotic syndrome, an abdominal tomography was performed and a mesenteric mass was detected. The patient underwent abdominal surgery. The histopathological examination showed plasma cell variant of Castleman disease and AA amyloidosis in the mass. After the removal of mesenteric mass, the proteinuria gradually decreased and disappeared, and no systemic findings were present.
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Amyloidosis/etiology , Castleman Disease/complications , Kidney Diseases/etiology , Nephrotic Syndrome/etiology , Serum Amyloid A Protein/analysis , Adult , Calcinosis/diagnostic imaging , Calcinosis/etiology , Castleman Disease/diagnostic imaging , Castleman Disease/pathology , Castleman Disease/surgery , Humans , Kidney Glomerulus/chemistry , Kidney Glomerulus/pathology , Male , Mesentery , Plasma Cells/pathology , Proteinuria/etiology , Remission Induction , Retroperitoneal Space , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: Given the great importance given at present to determining anthropometric measurements as an indicator of child health, and its general use in primary care, this study aimed to find how reliable the measurements by four nurses at a health centre were. The measurements' internal concordance, and thus the weight of the observer on the values found, was studied. DESIGN: Analytical study of validation of infants' anthropometric measurements. SETTING: Urban Health Centre, Valencia. PARTICIPANTS: 37 children, selected at random by a draw from those attending the programme for overseeing child development. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: Four nurses, using the methods of measurement normally followed at the Virgen de la Fuensanta Health Centre, consecutively determined weight, height and cephalic perimeter of the children. The analyses of variance of the anthropometric measurements for the observer showed no statistically significant differences. The calculation of the greatest discrepancy between observers regarding the mean of the values displayed no quantitatively important discrepancies, either. CONCLUSIONS: High consistency was found in the concordance of the somatometric measurements, as far as technique goes. This means that trained staff can find good indicators of child development and health, even when the staff taking the measurements alternate.
