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Undertreatment of pain and low use of opioids in Latin America
Aim: Latin-American experts in the use of opioids in patients with chronic nononcologic pain (CNOP) have updated existing recommendations to current Latin-American reality. Methods: Several key opinion leaders from Latin ...
The use of metered-dose inhalers in hospital environments
BACKGROUND:
Metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) have become a firsthand therapeutic strategy for the management of respiratory diseases, mainly for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. It has been determined, ...
Tuberculosis and leprosy infections in the Marshallese population of Arkansas, USA
The cross-immunity between tuberculosis and leprosy is unknown. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the occurrence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. leprae infection in Marshallese adult volunteers in Springdale, ...
Guillain–Barre´ syndrome in Colombia: where do we stand now?
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rapid-onset muscle weakness disease caused by the immune-mediated damage of the peripheral nervous system. Since there is an increase incidence of GBS cases in Latin America, particularly ...
Rapidly progressive cognitive impairment with neuropsychiatric symptoms as the initial manifestation of status epilepticus
The purpose of this article is to describe the clinical and electroencephalographic features of patients diagnosed with non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) with uncommon cognitive and behavioral involvement. We present ...
Mederi model nutritional care hospital
the need for nutritional care models, to address the problem of malnutrition in hospitals, involves developing mederi Nutrition Care Model in order to raise the quality of health care, and promote good practices of Clinical ...
Placenta percreta associated with placenta previa and abruptio: A case report
The number of cesarean sections has risen during the recent years, leading to an increase in abnormal placentation in future pregnancies, as well as other materno-fetal complications. Placental abnormalities and the surgical ...