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The diagnostic perplexity of zosteriform cutaneous metastasis in breast carcinoma

Guneet Awal, Pooja Bains, Navleen Kaur

DOI: 10.24875/PJDV.24000105
Publication date: 12/06/2025

Accessing medical knowledge on hidradenitis suppurativa: the impact of continuing medical education on portuguese doctors

Tomás Pessoa e Costa, Inês Aparício-Martins, Joana Cabete

DOI: 10.24875/PJDV.25000005
Publication date: 12/06/2025

Greater hemorrhage than usual in cardiovascular surgery: prevention, monitoring and management

Gustavo Inzunza-Cervantes, Jesús Loredo-Medina, Isabel C. Peralta-Figueroa et al.

Most patients undergoing cardiac surgery experience postoperative hemorrhage without clinical consequences. However, in cases where hemorrhage exceeds certain thresholds in quantity and duration, it can lead to [...]

Publication date: 10/06/2025

Experience of a Peruvian center in the use of intracardiac echocardiography for the ablation of complex arrhythmias

Milagros Mallma-Gomez, Diego Davila-Flores, Renee Montesinos-Segura et al.

Background: Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) allows real-time visualization of catheters, cardiac structures and radiofrequency lesions, and reduces periprocedural complications. Objective: [...]

Publication date: 10/06/2025

Osborn. Encéfalo. Diagnóstico por imágenes, anatomía y patología. Tercera edición

Eduardo González-Toledo

DOI:10.24875/RAR.M25000052
Publication date: 09/06/2025

Bioethical challenges in the face of antimicrobial resistance and environmental health

Cristhian Alvarado-Valencia

Scientific progress requires constant updating; however, various factors hinder scientific advancement within the bioethical framework that should govern such development. As new technologies, medical breakthroughs and [...]

Publication date: 05/06/2025

Ethical aspects in communicating bad news in palliative care

Luz A. Templos-Esteban, Martha E. Vázquez-Navarro

Communicating bad news is vital in palliative care. Healthcare professionals often face complex diagnoses with limited life expectancy, and they often lack the tools to communicate this news clearly, effectively, and [...]

Publication date: 05/06/2025

Relationship between shock index and fibrinolysis requirement in patients with pulmonary thromboembolism

Juan Vázquez-Epelbaum, Ornella Robino, Agustina Piccinato et al.

Introduction: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially life-threatening condition that requires rapid assessment and treatment. The shock index (SI) is a clinical tool used to assess the severity of [...]

Publication date: 03/06/2025

Perfil epidemiológico de la enfermedad tromboembólica venosa en dos centros de referencia de El Salvador

Luis F. Rivas, Marta G. Lima-Valencia, Melissa V. Abarca-Mendoza et al.

Introducción: La enfermedad tromboembólica venosa (ETV) es una afección que ocurre cuando se forma un coágulo de sangre en una vena profunda. La ETV tiene unas altas morbilidad [...]

DOI:10.24875/RECC.24000020
Publication date: 03/06/2025

Déficit grave de vitamina D en embarazadas al momento del parto y factores de riesgo en el Hospital de Puerto Montt, X Región, Chile

José J. Caro-Miranda, Pablo Moore, Josefa Caro et al.

Introducción: La deficiencia de vitamina D 25(OH)D es frecuente en Latinoamérica (52% en Chile). El Estado chileno está fortificando leche y harina con vitamina D3 desde julio de [...]

DOI:10.24875/RECHOG.24000093
Publication date: 03/06/2025

Nivel de actividad física y hábitos de vida durante la gestación y posparto

Jusselit T. Estrada, Judith T. Ochar, Catalina A. Salas et al.

Introducción: La actividad física es fundamental para mejorar la calidad de vida y disminuir la morbimortalidad del individuo, siendo esta condición ignorada durante la [...]

DOI:10.24875/RECHOG.24000019
Publication date: 03/06/2025

Ophthalmia neonatorum: should old ways play a role in new realities?

Cecília Gomes-Pereira, Joana Ester Batista, Gonçalo Torres et al.

Introduction and Objectives: Neonatal conjunctivitis (NC) prophylaxis was introduced in 1980, reducing its incidence from 10 to 0.3%. However, the epidemiology has evolved in developed countries, with [...]

DOI: 10.24875/PJP.24000058
Publication date: 03/06/2025

Diagnóstico precoz de trombosis venosa profunda en pacientes internados

Noelia Borello, Vanesa Ruis, Camila Ferro et al.

Introducción: En pacientes hospitalizados, la inmovilización y el reposo prolongado son factores de riesgo clave para el desarrollo de trombosis venosa profunda (TVP) y tromboembolia de [...]

DOI:10.24875/SANGRE.25000020
Publication date: 30/05/2025

Changes in pediatric emergency department utilization and health literacy: a study of non-urgent visits before and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Catarina Cezanne, Maria Filomena Cardosa, Zakhar Shchomak et al.

Introduction and Objectives: The overuse of emergency rooms puts strain on the National Health Service. The aim is to compare the pre- and post-pandemic reality and understand the impact on hospital [...]

DOI: 10.24875/PJP.24000031
Publication date: 30/05/2025

Scientific benefits and ethical costs: basic concepts of harm-benefit analysis as applied to animal experimentation

Anayántzin P. Heredia-Antúnez

Currently, animal research is controlled under strict regulatory policies, and it is a mandate that any research project be reviewed and approved by an ethics committee prior to its development. From an ethical point of [...]

Publication date: 28/05/2025