Monterrey de las montañas: una composición de la ciudad a sus pies

El doctor Alfredo Piñeyro López, ex rector de la UANL, mandó llamar a la artista Saskia Juárez para encomendarle diversos paisajes representativos del estado, con el fin de distribuirlos en las distintas salas de consulta y lectura de la Biblioteca Universitaria Capilla Alfonsina.

Mapas y planos: el teniente Adolphus Heiman y su plano de Monterrey

Los azares de la guerra llevaron a este soldado y arquitecto de origen prusiano a trazar un detallado mapa de la ciudad en 1846.

Instancia hecha por el cabildo eclesiástico de Monterrey, N.L. para que éste radique en la villa del Saltillo, Coahuila, 1797

Representación del Cabildo eclesiástico de Monterrey al virrey en apoyo a la petición del obispo Andrés Ambrosio de Llanos y Valdés para trasladar la sede de la Silla Episcopal a la villa de Saltillo en 1797; documento en resguardo del Archivo Histórico de la Defensa Nacional.

Attitudes toward mental illness among college students in Nuevo Leon, México = Actitudes hacia las enfermedades mentales en estudiantes universitarios de Nuevo León, México

Stigma associated with mental illness has detrimental effects on the treatment and prevention of these diseases. The aim of this study was to analyze attitudes toward mental illness in a sample of university students in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Results. Nine hundred and forty-three students were surveyed, 66.9% believe that genetic and familial factors are the cause of mental illness. Among 20-30% believe that people with mental illness are a nuisance for people; between 12-14% would be ashamed of having a family member with mental illness and people know it; and 61.8% would be able to maintain a friendship with a person who have mental illness. Conclusions. Over 50% of respondents have favorable attitudes towards patients with mental illness and less than 30% attitudes of social distancing.

Nutritional screening and prevalence of hospital malnutrition risk. University Hospital of the UANL, Monterrey

Introduction: Hospital malnutrition risk has prevalence values of 20%-50%, and it is a major health problem in the health institutions worldwide. Objective: To assess the accomplishment of nutritional screening and the prevalence of hospital malnutrition risk in a University Hospital. Materials and methods: A retrospective analysis was carried out with nutritional screening, using primary data from six clinical areas obtained in the period between July 2012 and December 2013. According to previous results in Mexican health institutions and considering a mean malnutrition risk prevalence of 50%, it was calculated that a sample size of 3200 subjects was required for the assessment of valid risk values. Patients with values ≥3 on the Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS, 2002) were classiied as carriers of nutritional risk. Results: A total of 5611 patients (38% of all patients admitted) were studied. The rate of screening declined from 55% in 2012 to 31% in 2013. During the whole period, 3034 patients were classiied with risk of malnutrition (54% prevalence). Conclusions: The prevalence of hospital malnutrition risk was high. The accomplishment of the nutritional screening was deicient, and declined between 2012 and 2013. The lack of nutritional screening does not meet the vital care requirements of hospitalized patients and prevents the timely treatment of those at malnutrition risk.