Guillermo Careaga-Reyna, Hugo Jesús Zetina-Tun, Luis M Álvarez Sánchez
{"title":"Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Experience in the treatment of transplanted heart primary failure.","authors":"Guillermo Careaga-Reyna, Hugo Jesús Zetina-Tun, Luis M Álvarez Sánchez","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M24000849","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.M24000849","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"160 1","pages":"107-109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140957107","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}
Jesús Elizarrarás-Rivas, Sergio A Ramirez-Garcia, Luis A Hernández-Osorio, Renato Salas-Alfaro, Jeús D Elizarrarás-Cruz
{"title":"Serum levels of anti-Ro52/TRIM21 antibodies in SARS-CoV-2 genetic variants and long COVID. Beyond their application in autoimmune diseases.","authors":"Jesús Elizarrarás-Rivas, Sergio A Ramirez-Garcia, Luis A Hernández-Osorio, Renato Salas-Alfaro, Jeús D Elizarrarás-Cruz","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M24000851","DOIUrl":"10.24875/GMM.M24000851","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"160 1","pages":"112-113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140957180","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}
Abigail Casas-Muñoz, Ángel E Velasco-Rojano, Aarón Rodríguez-Caballero, Arturo Loredo-Abdalá, Eva Prado-Solé, Martín G Álvarez
{"title":"Association between suicidal behavior and symptoms of other mental health problems in Mexican adolescents.","authors":"Abigail Casas-Muñoz, Ángel E Velasco-Rojano, Aarón Rodríguez-Caballero, Arturo Loredo-Abdalá, Eva Prado-Solé, Martín G Álvarez","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M24000855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.M24000855","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Suicidal behavior in adolescents is a growing public health problem. Knowing its risk factors is key for reducing it.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To identify the relationship between two suicidal behaviors (ideation and attempt) and eight mental health problems (MHPs) in Mexican adolescents.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Through an online survey of adolescent students from 20 states, the following information was screened: symptomatology of six MHPs (affective problems/depression, behavioral problems, somatic problems, inattention and hyperactivity problems, oppositional defiant problems and anxiety problems) and suicidal behavior (suicidal ideation and suicide attempts). MHP and suicidal behavior frequencies and percentages were analyzed, and associations were sought using binary logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Six-thousand seven hundred sixty-six adolescents completed the survey, out of whom 61.02% were females, with ages ranging between 11 and 19 years (16.38 ± 1.33); 10% reported suicidal behavior, and between 3 and 5%, MHPs. The predictors (χ<sup>2</sup><sub>(8)</sub> = 387.13, p < 0.001) of suicidal behavior were affective problems/depression, behavioral problems, somatic problems, oppositional defiant problems and anxiety problems.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Five mental health problems increased the risk of reporting suicidal behaviors.</p>","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"160 1","pages":"32-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140957185","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}
Oswaldo Hernández-González, Miguel E Martínez-Leija, Víctor A Paz-Rodríguez, Diana P Portales-Pérez
{"title":"Arylamines N-acetyltransferases 1 and 2: physiology, genetics and epigenetics.","authors":"Oswaldo Hernández-González, Miguel E Martínez-Leija, Víctor A Paz-Rodríguez, Diana P Portales-Pérez","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M24000946","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.M24000946","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Arylamine N-Acetyltransferases NAT1 and NAT2 are enzymes mainly known for participating in phase II of the detoxification process. Both enzymes are present in various organs, such as the liver, intestine, lung, skin, and immune cells. Recent stud-ies implicate its possible role in carcinogenesis or cell metabolism; The catalytic activity, representing a substantial influence on the cellular concentration of its Acetyl Coenzyme A cofactor, can influence multiple cellular processes, depending on its cytoplasmic concentration. A review was carried out in the databases ENCODE and PubMed to identify information of interest on the epigenetics of NAT1 and NAT2 promoters and reports proposing the possible mechanisms involved in the diseases under study. The effect of NAT1 on folate metabolism has led to it being proposed as a possible epigenetic regulator.</p>","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"160 5","pages":"473-479"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143500567","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}
Patricia Volkow, Héctor García-Aranda, Angelita A Vázquez-Gutiérrez, Víctor Lárraga-Mancilla, Andrea Dávila, Consuelo Velázquez, Jorge Guerrero-Ixtláhuac, Patricia Cornejo-Juárez
{"title":"Incidence of urinary tract infections in patients with permanent percutaneous nephrostomy after implementation of a standardized care program.","authors":"Patricia Volkow, Héctor García-Aranda, Angelita A Vázquez-Gutiérrez, Víctor Lárraga-Mancilla, Andrea Dávila, Consuelo Velázquez, Jorge Guerrero-Ixtláhuac, Patricia Cornejo-Juárez","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M24000846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.M24000846","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Percutaneous nephrostomy tubes (PNT), which are used in some cancer hospitals, are associated with an increase in urinary tract infections (UTI).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the impact of a standardized care program on the incidence of UTIs requiring hospitalization (UTI-RH).</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Retrospective study that included patients with a first PNT inserted. The incidence, relative risk (RR), costs and outcomes of patients with UTI-RH were compared during the period before (P0) vs. after the intervention (P1).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>113 PNTs were inserted during P0, and 74 at P1. During P0, 61 patients (53.9%) experienced 64 UTI-RH events in 22,557 PNT days. At P1, four patients (5.4%) had a UTI-RH in 6,548 PNT days (IRR: 0.21, 95% CI: 0.05-0.57). The RR was 0.09 (95% CI: 0.03-0.25). Monthly cost per day/bed was USD 3,823 at P0 and USD 1,076 at P1, and for antibiotics, it was USD 790 at P0 and USD 123.5 at P1.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study highlights the importance of a standardized care program for permanent percutaneous devices, since this reduces antibiotic use, hospitalization, and the cost of care.</p>","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"160 1","pages":"39-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140957171","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":"Determination of mandibular distraction osteogenesis most suitable parameters. An experimental study.","authors":"Antonio Fuente-Del Campo, Daniel Reyes-Cureño","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M24000858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.M24000858","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Distraction osteogenesis is a process of induced bone generation. Various protocols have been described for the management of the latency period, distraction speed and consolidation period, with greater or lesser success.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To better understand the process of mandibular distraction and establish the determining factors and their optimal times.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Twenty-seven dogs were studied, which had 54 distractors placed and that underwent unidirectional, bilateral mandibular distraction osteogenesis. The distraction processes were applied using six variants, two for each factor: latency period, distraction period and distraction speed. The changes were examined by means of bone biopsies and X-rays of the area at 0, 7, 14, 21, 45 and 55 days of the process.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The most efficient osteogenic distraction parameters were a latency period of five days, a consolidation period of six weeks, distraction speed of 1 mm/day for distances of less than 20 mm, and 3 mm/day for longer distances.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The sequential histological study allowed to observe the appearance of cellular elements (osteocytes, osteoclasts, osteoid matrix, trabeculate, etc.) and their participation in granulation tissue, newly-formed bone and compact mature bone.</p>","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"160 1","pages":"68-75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140957096","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":"Mindfulness, a possibility of alternative therapy against stress.","authors":"Henry C Rivas-Sucari, Manuel Y Arnao-Villegas","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M24000926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.M24000926","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"160 4","pages":"458-459"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143004309","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":"Osteoporosis and fracture risk.","authors":"Patricia Clark","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M24000915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.M24000915","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"160 4","pages":"351-353"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143004312","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}
Virgilio Hernández-Ruiz, Carlos A Ruiz-Manríquez, Omar Y Bello-Chavolla, Hélène Amieva, José A Avila-Funes
{"title":"Clustering of cognitive domains among older persons with HIV.","authors":"Virgilio Hernández-Ruiz, Carlos A Ruiz-Manríquez, Omar Y Bello-Chavolla, Hélène Amieva, José A Avila-Funes","doi":"10.24875/GMM.23000423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.23000423","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Age and HIV are synergistic risk factors for conditions such as HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). Yet, it is unclear whether older persons with HIV (OPWH) display different cognitive profiles for HAND.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To describe the cognitive patterns of OPWH treated with combined antiretroviral therapy (cART).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cross-sectional study that included 330 participants with HIV, aged 50 years or older, cared for at a tertiary care hospital in Mexico City. A short neuropsychological test battery was used to assess a wide spectrum of cognitive functions. The optimal number of cognitive clusters was determined by the silhouette method and a minimization of the Bayesian information criterion.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants' mean age was 58.8 years (standard deviation = 6.6), and 12.1% were women. A 3-cluster solution yielded stable Jaccard coefficients (p > 0.70). Cluster 1 showed more significant impairment in visual and verbal memory domains, whereas participants in cluster 3 showed significant impairment in language, and abstraction. Cluster 2 showed no predominance of any domain for alterations.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There are different cognitive profiles among OAWH with HAND. These differences may be due to individual patterns of HIV-related and non-HIV-related factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"160 3","pages":"258-264"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142739309","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}
Laura Gómez-Virgilio, Andrés I Gutiérrez-Malacara, Jared Rivera-Osorio, Ma Del Carmen Silva-Lucero, Juan R Padilla-Mendoza, Daniela E Gómez-Ramírez, Ma Del Carmen Cárdenas-Aguayo
{"title":"Progressive supranuclear palsy: an updated approach on diagnosis, treatment, risk factors and outlook in Mexico.","authors":"Laura Gómez-Virgilio, Andrés I Gutiérrez-Malacara, Jared Rivera-Osorio, Ma Del Carmen Silva-Lucero, Juan R Padilla-Mendoza, Daniela E Gómez-Ramírez, Ma Del Carmen Cárdenas-Aguayo","doi":"10.24875/GMM.M24000930","DOIUrl":"10.24875/GMM.M24000930","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a rare, atypical parkinsonism, characterized by the presence of intracerebral tau protein aggregates and determined by a wide spectrum of clinical features. The definitive diagnosis is postmortem and is identified through the presence of neuronal death, gliosis, and aggregates of the tau protein presented in the form of neurofibrillary tangles (MNF) with a globose appearance in regions such as the subthalamic nucleus, the substantia nigra, and the globus pallidus The findings in ancillary imaging studies, as well as fluids biomarkers, are not sufficient to support diagnosis of PSP but are used to rule out similar pathologies because there are still no specific or validated biomarkers for this disease. The current treatment of PSP is focused on reducing symptoms, although emerging therapies seek to counteract its pathophysiological mechanisms. Cellular models constitute a good tool to determine the molecular mechanisms underlying them. Finally, PSP in Mexico has been little studied, and its diagnosis is often confused with Parkinson's disease, it has a great health and socio-economic impact on patients, their families, and caregivers, which is why it requires further investigation at both a basic and clinical level.</p>","PeriodicalId":12736,"journal":{"name":"Gaceta medica de Mexico","volume":"160 4","pages":"374-383"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143004322","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}