The second main cause of death in Brazil is cancer, and according to statistics disclosed by National Cancer Institute from Brazil (INCA) 466,730 new cases of cancer are forecast for 2008. The analysis of tumour tissues ...

The second main cause of death in Brazil is cancer, and according to statistics disclosed by National Cancer Institute from Brazil (INCA) 466,730 new cases of cancer are forecast for 2008. The analysis of tumour tissues ...

Too often, adverse events due to prescription medications are a cause of death and disability. Many of these events could be prevented, but most efforts to do so have had limited success, mainly due to the challenges of ...

Aim and Method To determine the effect on decisional-related and clinical outcomes of decision aids for depression treatment in adults in randomised clinical trials. In January 2019, a systematic search was conducted in ...

Background: Clinical reasoning is the most important competence in the training process of a physician. Aim: To develop a method for teaching clinical reasoning based on prototypes of clinical cases. Material and Methods: ...

Advances in medicine cause every time with more frequency cases in which it is difficult to identify what is "the best or more accepted" from an ethical point of view. In order to solve these dilemmas, case analysis models ...

© 2017, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. In Chile, more than 180 thousand people (1% of the population) have some form of dementia. The figure should increase to approximately 600,000 (3% of Chileans) by ...

The adequate handling of central venous catheters is a key element in the management of patients with cancer. Catheter-associated deep vein thrombosis is frequently observed in patients with malignant diseases; ...