LABORATORIO DE URGENCIAS

Salicylate Poisoning: Consensus Guideline for Out-of-Hospital Management

Bibliografía | Buenos Aires 01 de Septiembre del 2022

A review of U.S. poison center data for 2004 showed over 40,000 exposures to salicylate-containing products. A guideline that determines the conditions for emergency department referral and pre-hospital care could potentially optimize patient outcome, avoid unnecessary emergency ...

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Uses of GFR and Albuminuria Level in Acute and Chronic Kidney Disease  

Bibliografía | Buenos Aires 01 de Agosto del 2022

Kidney disease is common in adults, and testing for kidney disease is part of routine clinical practice for patients with acute or chronic illness. The initial evaluation includes determination of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), estimated on ...

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Cardiovascular Risks Associated with Gender and Aging

Bibliografía | Buenos Aires 01 de Julio del 2022

The aging and elderly population are particularly susceptible to cardiovascular disease. Age is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adults, but these risks are compounded by additional factors, including frailty, obesity, and diabetes. These ...

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International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2021

Bibliografía | Buenos Aires 01 de Junio del 2022

The SSC first published guidelines for the management of severe sepsis and septic shock in 2004. Updates were published in 2008, 2012, and 2017. The guidelines are sponsored by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and ...

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False Negative Diagnostic Errors With Polymerase Chain Reaction For The Detection of Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis

Bibliografía | Buenos Aires 01 de Mayo del 2022

The accuracy of the BioFire FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) panel for the identification of Cryptococcus has recently been called into question. The primary objective of this study was to assess the agreement between the BioFire ME polymerase chain ...

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Fever of Unknown Origin

Bibliografía | Buenos Aires 01 de Abril del 2022

Persistent fever with an elusive cause has been recognized for more than a century. In 1907, Cabot, a cofounder of the Clinicopathological Conferences at Massachusetts General Hospital, characterized fever lasting for 2 weeks or longer as “long ...

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