Protocolo Anamnesis Auditiva para trabajadores expuestos a ruido mayor de 85 dB

Esta obra permite ver la anamnesis como herramienta fundamental y oportuna en el seguimiento a los trabajadores expuestos a ruido mayor de 85dB. A lo largo del texto se realiza una explicación concisa de los temas, mediante recursos didácticos, como guías, cuestionarios, procedimientos, tablas y protocolos, necesarios para el estudio de las leyes y patologías relacionadas con el ruido. Se precisa el papel del fonoaudiólogo en la toma de los datos y de la investigación, en los factores que influyen en la presencia de hipoacusias neurosensoriales por exposición a ruidos mayores de 85dB. El objetivo fundamental de la obra es favorecer la docencia y el aprendizaje, por lo cual fue escrito en un lenguaje claro y ameno. De esta manera, el presente libro se convierte en un instrumento de trabajo y consulta, que apoya la actual legislación propuesta por el Ministerio de la Protección Social en la “Guía de Atención Integral Basada en la Evidencia para Hipoacusia Neurosensorial Inducida por Ruido en el Lugar de Trabajo (GATI-HNIR)”.

La historia cl??nica en el proceso de psicodiagn??stico infantil : anamnesis versus entrevista psicol??gica

Resumen tomado parcialmente de la publicaci??n

Anamnesis siue Commemorationis sanctorum hispanorum, pontificum, martyrum, confessorum, virginum, viduarum ac sanctorum mulierum ... : ad ordinem et methodum Martyrologii romani quo vtitur Ecclesia : tomus secundus /

Contiene: Martius, hasta p. 435 ; Mensis Aprilis Martyrologium hispanum, comienza en h. *1 hasta el final, con antep.

Anamnesis sive Commemorationis sanctorum hispanorum : ad ordinem et methodum Martyrologii romani quo utitur Ecclesia Catholica /

Contiene: Maius, hasta p. 398 ; Iunius, p. 399 hasta el final.

Anamnesis sive Commemorationis sanctorum hispanorum : ad ordinem & methodum Martyrologii romani quo utitur Ecclesia Catholica /

Contiene: September, hasta h. 2[cruz]3 ; Mensis Octobris Martyrologium Hispanum, desde h. œ1 hasta el final, con antep.

Anamnesis sive Commemorationis sanctorum hispanorum pontificum, martyrum, confessorum, virginum, viduarum ac sanctarum mulierum : ad ordinem et methodum Martyrologii romani, quo utitur Ecclessia Catholica /

Contiene: Nouember, hasta h. 2[cruz]4 ; Mensis Decembris Martyrolog. hispanum, en h. ?1 (después de 2[cruz]4) hasta el final y con anteportada propia.

An investigation into painting's transformation and regeneration through post-photographic intervention in the digital archive

This PhD practice-led research inquiry sets out to examine and describe how the fluid interactions between memory and time can be rendered via the remediation of my painting and the construction of a digital image archive. My abstract digital art and handcrafted practice is informed by Deleuze and Guattari’s rhizomics of becoming. I aim to show that the technological mobility of my creative strategies produce new conditions of artistic possibility through the mobile principles of rhizomic interconnection, multiplicity and diversity. Subsequently through the ongoing modification of past painting I map how emergent forms and ideas open up new and incisive engagements with the experience of a ‘continual present’. The deployment of new media and cross media processes in my art also deterritorialises the modernist notion of painting as a static and two dimensional spatial object. Instead, it shows painting in a postmodern field of dynamic and transformative intermediality through digital formats of still and moving images that re-imagines the relationship between memory, time and creative practice.

Cisplatin and gemcitabine in the management of metastatic penile cancer

Penile cancer is rare and receives little public attention. There are few treatment options for advanced disease. The most active regimen to date is a combination of bleomycin, methotrexate, and cisplatin. However the treatment-related mortality is 11% and hence this combination has not been adapted as a standard of care. We report two cases of advanced penile cancer where a sustained palliative response was observed with combination chemotherapy using cisplatin and gemcitabine. Our experience demonstrates that this is a well tolerated regimen active in this setting. © 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Dapsone-induced agranulocytosis. The role of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes demonstrated by a case report [Dapson-induzierte Agranulozytose]

A 34-year-old female patient with a three year history of generalized granuloma annulare was treated systemically with dapsone (DADPS). Six weeks after the onset of treatment, the patient developed an extensive tonsillitis of the base of the tongue with fever and malaise. Routine laboratory work showed a leukocytopenia with agranulocytosis. Further investigation revealed a marked decrease of the enzyme activity of N-acetyltransferase 2, which plays an important role in dapsone metabolism. Treatment included the cessation of dapsone, antibiotic coverage, and G-CSF leading to the rapid improvement of symptoms and normalization of leukocyte counts. Dapsone-induced angina agranulocytotica is a rare event and is interpreted as an idiosyncratic reaction. Depending on genetic polymorphisms of various enzymes, dapsone can be metabolized to immunologically or toxicologically relevant intermediates. Because of the risk of severe hematologic reactions, dapsone should only be employed for solid indications and with appropriate monitoring. [Article in German]

Predictors of chronic bronchitis in South African adults

SETTING National household survey of adults in South Africa, a middle income country. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and predictors of chronic bronchitis. DESIGN A stratified national probability sample of households was selected. All adults in the selected households were interviewed. Chronic bronchitis was defined as chronic productive cough. Socio-demographic predictors were wealth, education, race, age and urban residence. Personal and exposure variables included history of tuberculosis, domestic exposure to smoky fuels, occupational exposures, smoking and body mass index. RESULTS The overall prevalence of chronic bronchitis was 2.3% in men and 2.8% in women. The strongest predictor of chronic bronchitis was a history of tuberculosis (men, odds ratio [OR] 4.9; 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.6-9.2; women, OR 6.6; 95% CI 3.7-11.9). Other risk factors were smoking, occupational exposure (in men), domestic exposure to smoky fuel (in women) and (in univariate analysis only) being underweight. Wealth and particularly education were protective. CONCLUSION The pattern of chronic bronchitis in South Africa suggests a combination of risk factors that includes not only smoking but also tuberculosis, occupational exposures in men and domestic fuel exposure in women. Control of these risk factors requires public health action across a broad front. The protective role of education requires elucidation.

Novel mutations in ACVR1 result in atypical features in two fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva patients

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) is a rare, heritable condition typified by progression of extensive ossification within skeletal muscle, ligament and tendon together with defects in skeletal development. The condition is easily diagnosed by the presence of shortened great toes and there is severe advancement of disability with age. FOP has been shown to result from a point mutation (c.617G>A) in the ACVR1 gene in almost all patients reported. Very recently two other mutations have been described in three FOP patients. We present here evidence for two further unique mutations (c.605G>T and c.983G>A) in this gene in two FOP patients with some atypical digit abnormalities and other clinical features. The observation of disparate missense mutations mapped to the GS and kinase domains of the protein supports the disease model of mild kinase activation and provides a potential rationale for phenotypic variation. © 2009 Petrie et al.

Fatigue fractures in military conscripts : A study on risk factors, diagnostics and long-term consequences

Fatigue fracture is an overuse injury commonly encountered in military and sports medicine, and known to relate to intensive or recently intensified physical activity. Bone responds to increased stress by enhanced remodeling. If physical stress exceeds bone s capability to remodel, accumulation of microfractures can lead to bone fatigue and stress fracture. Clinical diagnosis of stress fractures is complex and based on patient s anamnesis and radiological imaging. Bone stress fractures are mostly low-risk injuries, healing well after non-operative management, yet, occurring in high-risk areas, stress fractures can progress to displacement, often necessitating surgical treatment and resulting in prolonged morbidity. In the current study, the role of vitamin D as a predisposing factor for fatigue fractures was assessed using serum 25OHD level as the index. The average serum 25OHD concentration was significantly lower in conscripts with fatigue fracture than in controls. Evaluating TRACP-5b bone resorption marker as indicator of fatigue fractures, patients with elevated serum TRACP-5b levels had eight times higher probability of sustaining a stress fracture than controls. Among the 154 patients with exercise induced anterior lower leg pain and no previous findings on plain radiography, MRI revealed a total of 143 bone stress injuries in 86 patients. In 99% of the cases, injuries were in the tibia, 57% in the distal third of the tibial shaft. In patients with injury, forty-nine (57%) patients exhibited bilateral stress injuries. In a 20-year follow-up, the incidence of femoral neck fatigue fractures prior to the Finnish Defence Forces new regimen in 1986 addressing prevention of these fractures was 20.8/100,000, but rose to 53.2/100,000 afterwards, a significant 2.6-fold increase. In nineteen subjects with displaced femoral neck fatigue fractures, ten early local complications (in first postoperative year) were evident, and after the first postoperative year, osteonecrosis of the femoral head in six and osteoarthritis of the hip in thirteen patients were found. It seems likely that low vitamin D levels are related to fatigue fractures, and that an increasing trend exists between TRACP-5b bone resorption marker elevation and fatigue fracture incidence. Though seldom detected by plain radiography, fatigue fractures often underlie unclear lower leg stress-related pain occurring in the distal parts of the tibia. Femoral neck fatigue fractures, when displaced, lead to long-term morbidity in a high percentage of patients, whereas, when non-displaced, they do not predispose patients to subsequent adverse complications. Importantly, an educational intervention can diminish the incidence of fracture displacement by enhancing awareness and providing instructions for earlier diagnosis of fatigue fractures.

Assessing clinical reasoning: A method to monitor its development in a PBL curriculum

The aim of this study was to develop and trial a method to monitor the evolution of clinical reasoning in a PBL curriculum that is suitable for use in a large medical school. Termed Clinical Reasoning Problems (CRPs), it is based on the notion that clinical reasoning is dependent on the identification and correct interpretation of certain critical clinical features. Each problem consists of a clinical scenario comprising presentation, history and physical examination. Based on this information, subjects are asked to nominate the two most likely diagnoses and to list the clinical features that they considered in formulating their diagnoses, indicating whether these features supported or opposed the nominated diagnoses. Students at different levels of medical training completed a set of 10 CRPs as well as the Diagnostic Thinking Inventory, a self-reporting questionnaire designed to assess reasoning style. Responses were scored against those of a reference group of general practitioners. Results indicate that the CRPs are an easily administered, reliable and valid assessment of clinical reasoning, able to successfully monitor its development throughout medical training. Consequently, they can be employed to assess clinical reasoning skill in individual students and to evaluate the success of undergraduate medical schools in providing effective tuition in clinical reasoning.

Edema mamario ante y post parto en vacas lecheras en la Finca San José de las Ramplas, Mateare, Managua, mayo – agosto 2013

Con el objeto de evaluar la prevalencia del edema mamario bovino, se desarrolló el presente estudio de caso en la Finca San José de las Ramplas, municipio de Mateare, Managua. Se analizaron 4 casos positivos a edema de la glándula mamaria ante y post parto, de un total de 34 vacas lactantes en el periodo de mayo-agosto del 2013. El edema mamario consiste en la acumulación excesiva de fluidos en el espacio intercelular que puede generar efectos negativos en el animal, tales como: estrés, dolor, aumento en la susceptibilidad por heridas a causa de la tensión de la piel, mayor probabilidad de sufrir mastitis, daño al pezón, ruptura del ligamento suspensorio de la ubre, disminución de la producción de leche e inconvenientes en el ordeño. El diagnóstico de la alteración se realizó a partir de la inspección de los casos positivos detectados mediante examen clínico y el análisis comparativo con las tablas 1 y 2 de calificación de presencia de edema mamario; se realizaron pruebas complementarias para diagnóstico de mastitis, la anamnesis y conjuntamente el llenado de la hoja clínica; recolectando los datos para analizar las causas y factores predisponentes que conllevaron a esta patología en las vacas; obteniendo una prevalencia de 11.76 % con respecto a la población de la categoría lactante. Esta patología se presenta comúnmente en vaquillas y vacas en el preparto, post parto y primigestas, causada por el cambio brusco en la alimentación, escaso consumo de agua, y primer parto a mayor edad. Para prevenir esta patología, se recomienda conocer el manejo del hato bovino, indagar sobre la correcta alimentación e implementar los programas nutricionales de acuerdo con los recursos que existen en la finca y que suplan las necesidades de cada categoría, implementar un plan sanitario que incluya la suplementación con vitaminas y minerales de acuerdo a su estado productivo y reproductivo para el correcto funcionamiento del bovino según sus necesidades y capacitar al personal de la finca en cuanto a las normas de bioseguridad y manejo adecuado de cada categoría del hato.

Principales patologías reproductivas en hembras bovinas de Rancho Los Ángeles, comunidad Quínama, Municipio Villa Sandino, Chontales, Enero – Julio 2014

Con el objetivo de evaluar las principales patologías reproductivas en hembras bovinas de rancho los ángeles, comunidad Quinama, municipio Villa Sandino, Chontales, durante el período Enero- Julio 2014, ubicado en el km 203 carretera al Rama, coordenadas geográficas 1327490 latitud norte y 725705 de longitud oeste, el Rancho se encuentran a una altura de 306.27 msnm, comprendida en la zona tropical, temperatura promedio anual de 25 y 28 ºC, precipitación promedio anual de 2.000 mm y humedad relativa de 70-80 %, Se realizó un estudio de manera descriptiva para lo cual se utilizó un registro interno reproductivo que posee el rancho, esto para definir las muestras o animales que se estudiaron , el diagnóstico de las patologías se hizo por medio anamnesis, palpación rectal y examen vaginal, visitando el rancho 1 vez a la semana, siguiendo de cerca las actividades reproductiva del rancho, para identificar si hay o no patologías reproductivas, Los datos se sometieron a análisis no paramétricos para definir el grado de ocurrencia de los mismos, dentro de dichos análisis se realizaron primeramente análisis de correlación y regresión, posteriormente se sometieron a pruebas de Xi2, para determinar la normalidad y el grado de ocurrencia y si están dentro de los parámetros aceptables. Obteniendo los siguientes resultados: De las muestras total de las 20 vacas, según la ecuación general, la prevalencia de patologías reproductivas fue de un 90%, restando un 10% de animales libres de alteraciones. Las causas más frecuentes de patologías reproductivas identificadas fueron con un 44% la atrofia ovárica (AO) siendo la patología mayormente diagnosticada dentro de la muestra estudiada de casos enfermos, seguido por atrofia ovárica acompañado de vulvovaginitis (AOV) con un 27%; hipoplasia ovárica e hipoplasia ovárica acompañado de vulvovaginitis con 11%; finalmente, quistes ováricos con 5%. Y otro resultado de importancia para el estudio es la pérdida económica por las diferentes patologías reproductivas, Podemos decir que si una vaca no concibe durante todo el año por alguna patología reproductiva, el dueño del rancho estaría desaprovechando, por cada vaca un aproximado de C$ 5,989.2 de manutención y perdiendo un ingreso anual de C$24,795.8 por vaca.