Diabetes en pacientes que reciben trasplantes de órganos

Introducción: La diabetes post-trasplante es una complicación común luego de trasplantes y se considera asociada con factores que varían en cada población. Metodología: con un estudio de casos y controles retrospectivo, se evaluó los pacientes trasplantados en la Fundación Cardio-infantil, con seguimiento hasta 3 años, para analizar la asociación de diabetes post-trasplante con edad, sexo, raza, índice de masa corporal, tiempo de evolución, tipo de trasplante, tipo de donante, diagnostico previo, antecedente de diabetes familiar, hepatitis C, glucemia, colesterol, triglicéridos y esquema de inmunosupresión. Resultados: en 53 pacientes, se reportó una frecuencia de diabetes post-trasplante de 11.3%, solo se encontró asociación con la glucemia pre-trasplante anormal OR 1.79 y el uso de ciclosporina A OR 0.84. Conclusión: el comportamiento observado en estos pacientes difiere de otras poblaciones con trasplante, debe confirmarse con estudios posteriores.

Possession and Immoveable Property: The History of Two Connected Concepts

Possession and property are two different sides of the same coin. The two institutions have the same axis: the benefit, mainly economic, of a good. In countries like Colombia and Peru, important reforms have been introduced whose main effect has been the following one: the approach to these two institutions. In this article we will speak of these two institutions, today more than ever, connected.

Hans Jürgen Eysenck. Life and work of one of the most infl uential scientist in the history of psychology

On this article, the biography and work of one of the most influential scientists in psychology history is briefl y introduced. With his work, he laid the bases for the scientific study not only on personality, but also on human behaviour. Hence, the most important contributions done by this author are highlighted in a wide range of areas of our discipline, as well as the vision he had about how psychology should be as a science. A series of considerations related to the current situation of scientific psychology in Argentina, lead us to the conclusion that it is essential to rescue his work from forgetfulness, apart from going back over some of his lines of research and thoughts.