Julio Meza, Iván I Mejía, Héctor F Noyola-Villalobos, Marco A Vargas, Antonio Ibarra
{"title":"Relationship between intestinal microbiota and muscle mass loss (sarcopenia) in older adults: a narrative review.","authors":"Julio Meza, Iván I Mejía, Héctor F Noyola-Villalobos, Marco A Vargas, Antonio Ibarra","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M25001048","DOIUrl":"10.24875/GMM.M25001048","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Several studies have highlighted the role of metabolites produced by the microbiota in regulating muscle mass and functionality, particularly through the gut-muscle axis.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine the mechanisms by which the gut microbiota interacts with skeletal muscle and to compile the most recent therapeutic strategies based on probiotic supplementation to correct alterations in the microbiota (dysbiosis) and thus prevent or treat sarcopenia in geriatric patients.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>A systematic search for studies was conducted in the PubMed and NIH databases, including systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and clinical trials, focused on geriatric patients with sarcopenia and/or frailty syndrome in which probiotic supplementation has been implemented.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Probiotic interventions have shown promising results in animal models to limit sarcopenia and cachexia, but the data available in humans are limited and variable.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Research involving a broad and diverse sample is needed to evaluate the impact of probiotic supplementation on different demographic groups and health statuses, with the aim of designing personalized nutrition.</p>","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"161 4","pages":"339-345"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147467790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in the doctor-patient relationship.","authors":"Diana S Vásquez-Sotelo","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M25001052","DOIUrl":"10.24875/GMM.M25001052","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the effectiveness of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in resolving doctor-patient conflicts.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>A systematic review of the literature (2001-2023) on the application of ADR in the healthcare field was conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>ADR proved to be an effective tool for resolving disputes more quickly and confidentially, preserving the doctor-patient relationship and improving the quality of care.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>ADR are positioned as a viable and beneficial alternative to traditional judicial processes, contributing to a more collaborative and satisfactory healthcare environment for all parties involved.</p>","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"161 4","pages":"408-412"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147467826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan A Lozano-Arce, Anyer A Goez-Gutiérrez, Laura M Gómez-Rojas, Laura N Serna-Mosquera
{"title":"Use of myoinositol and probiotics to prevent gestational diabetes: sufficient evidence?","authors":"Juan A Lozano-Arce, Anyer A Goez-Gutiérrez, Laura M Gómez-Rojas, Laura N Serna-Mosquera","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M25001069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.M25001069","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"161 4","pages":"439-440"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147467801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dalia Ramírez-Ramírez, Pedro A Zárate-Rodríguez, Elías Pérez-Becerra, Rosana Pelayo, Lourdes A Arriaga-Pizano
{"title":"Harmonized immunophenotypic report for childhood leukemia: optimizing the application of cytometry in healthcare.","authors":"Dalia Ramírez-Ramírez, Pedro A Zárate-Rodríguez, Elías Pérez-Becerra, Rosana Pelayo, Lourdes A Arriaga-Pizano","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M25001065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.M25001065","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"161 4","pages":"430-433"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147467822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pastora Tirado-Hernández, Javier Fagundo-Rivera, Juan Gómez-Salgado
{"title":"Emergencies, disasters, and new challenges for the comprehensive training of healthcare professionals in universities.","authors":"Pastora Tirado-Hernández, Javier Fagundo-Rivera, Juan Gómez-Salgado","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M26001064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.M26001064","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"161 4","pages":"428-429"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147467876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eduardo A Hernández-Muñoz, Eugenio V Zavala-Sánchez, Benjamín González-Aguilera, Jesús F González-Roldán, Carlos Castillo-Salgado
{"title":"Epidemiology of scorpionism in Mexico.","authors":"Eduardo A Hernández-Muñoz, Eugenio V Zavala-Sánchez, Benjamín González-Aguilera, Jesús F González-Roldán, Carlos Castillo-Salgado","doi":"10.24875/GMM.25000168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.25000168","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Globally, > 1,200,000 cases and > 3,250 deaths occur annually from scorpion sting envenomation (SSE). Twenty-five percent of cases occur in Mexico.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To describe the temporal and spatial trends of SSE in Mexico and assess its association with social determinants of health and inequality using the social lag index (SLI) and the Gini index.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>We conducted an ecological study using open data from the Morbidity Yearbooks of the General Directorate of Epidemiology and deaths from the General Directorate of Health Information from 1998 to 2022. Trends were analyzed using linear regression and correlation by Spearman's coefficient. A p-value < 0.05 was considered significant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The annual mean of cases was 270,420 SD ± 28,610. There were 1,212 deaths with no differences between sex (p = 0.17). A negative trend in deaths was observed (b = -0.0035, p < 0.05). In children under 10 years of age occurred 76.2% of deaths. The mortality rate by municipality and SLI were strongly positive correlated, r = 0.7, p < 0.0001 while mortality rate by municipality and Gini index were very weakly positive correlated, r = 0.1, p = 0.03.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Six states accounted for 73% and 75% of cases and deaths, respectively. Mortality analysis showed an apparent spatial clustering of deaths in six areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"161 6","pages":"652-662"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148669239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Catalina García-Vielma, Martha I Dávila-Rodríguez, Ricardo M Cerda-Flores, Elva I Cortés-Gutiérrez
{"title":"Digital image analysis of AgNORs in endometrial hyperplasia and adenocarcinoma.","authors":"Catalina García-Vielma, Martha I Dávila-Rodríguez, Ricardo M Cerda-Flores, Elva I Cortés-Gutiérrez","doi":"10.24875/GMM.25000062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.25000062","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>AgNORs are located on the satellites of the short arms of acrocentric chromosomes. Increased AgNORs have been observed in different types of cancer.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To analyze the number, size, and shape of AgNORs using digital imaging (DIA) in tissue from patients with endometrial cancer at different stages.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Forty-two sections of paraffin blocks of endometrial tissue were analyzed: benign lesions (proliferative and secretory) and neoplastic lesions (hyperplasia and adenocarcinoma), stained with silver nitrate. Photographs were taken, the number of AgNORs was counted, and the area and contour of nuclei were measured by DIA.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>An increase in number (5.85 ± 4.15 to 13.55 ± 5.9), area (16.4 ± 5.7 to 29 ± 11.1), and nuclear contours (60.3 ± 4.9 to 79.2 ± 4.9) were observed, with p ≤ 0.05, ranging from benign to neoplastic lesions. Spherical shapes were more common in benign lesions (73%) and non-spherical shapes in neoplastic lesions (61.6%), with p < 0.000.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The AgNORs technique with DIA measurements is a simple technique that, when combined with other diagnostic methodologies, could aid in the differential diagnosis between benign and neoplastic lesions in endometrial tissue.</p>","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"161 6","pages":"592-598"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148669245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raúl A Jiménez-Castillo, Luis A González-Torres, Oveed Olloqui-Martínez, José M Yáñez-Reyes, José A González-González, Joel O Jáquez-Quintana, Héctor J Maldonado-Garza, Gabriela E Aguilar-Díaz, Homero Náñez-Terreros, Carlos A Cortez-Hernández
{"title":"Non-invasive serum markers at admission in patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.","authors":"Raúl A Jiménez-Castillo, Luis A González-Torres, Oveed Olloqui-Martínez, José M Yáñez-Reyes, José A González-González, Joel O Jáquez-Quintana, Héctor J Maldonado-Garza, Gabriela E Aguilar-Díaz, Homero Náñez-Terreros, Carlos A Cortez-Hernández","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M26001075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.M26001075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Patients with liver cirrhosis are prone to bacterial infections, particularly spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP). Previous studies evaluating the usefulness of non-invasive markers in predicting survival in SBP patients have yielded heterogeneous results.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the utility of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), MELD-Na score, and serum lactate as non-invasive markers for predicting 28-day survival in patients with SBP.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This study employed a descriptive and retrospective design. The optimal cut-off values for MELD-Na, serum lactate, and NLR to predict 28-day mortality and survival were determined using ROC curves. We analyzed the relation of these markers to the presence of acute kidney injury.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 74 patients with a first episode of SBP. The median age was 55 years. The optimal NLR cut-off to predict mortality was ≥ 9.68, MELD-Na ≥ 27.5, and serum lactate ≥ 3.35. For predicting acute kidney injury, the optimal values were NLR ≥ 9.2 and MELD-Na ≥ 25.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>MELD-Na, NLR, and serum lactate are easily accessible serum markers that may support the prediction of short-term survival.</p>","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"161 6","pages":"607-612"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148669252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
María E de Los Ríos-Uriarte, Ariana Cerón-Apipilhuasco
{"title":"Retraction notice to: development of bioethical competencies in clinical simulation scenarios.","authors":"María E de Los Ríos-Uriarte, Ariana Cerón-Apipilhuasco","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M25001019","DOIUrl":"10.24875/GMM.M25001019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"161 5","pages":"550"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148535745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana C Ceja-Bojorge, Leticia Blanco-Castillo, Marina Ramírez-Torres, María G Arredondo-Delgado
{"title":"Relationship between family dysfunction and the presence of generalized anxiety disorder in single-parent families.","authors":"Ana C Ceja-Bojorge, Leticia Blanco-Castillo, Marina Ramírez-Torres, María G Arredondo-Delgado","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M25001091","DOIUrl":"10.24875/GMM.M25001091","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The family structure has evolved into various emerging types, such as single-parent families, which, due to their characteristics, have higher prevalence of mental disorders.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the relationship between family functioning and generalized anxiety disorder in single-parent families.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>This was an observational, analytical, cross-sectional, comparative study involving 440 children from single-parent families. Participants were divided into two groups based on the family functioning questionnaire (FF-SIL). Quantitative variables were compared using the χ2, and qualitative variables were analyzed using frequencies and percentages. Statistical significance was determined with p < 0.05.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In families where single-parenthood was due to divorce/separation and family was functional, the absence of anxiety predominated (49.3%), compared to dysfunctional families where mild anxiety was more common (33.7%). No patients had single-parent status due to adoption. In families where single-parenthood was due to the death of a parent and the family was functional, the absence of anxiety predominated (45%), compared to dysfunctional families, where severe anxiety predominated (35.5%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The most common cause of single-parenthood in both groups was divorce/separation. Family functioning influences the level of anxiety, regardless of type of single-parenthood, especially in cases of parental death and forced parenthood.</p>","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"161 5","pages":"489-494"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148535789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}