Publications by authors named "Dario Martinez"
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- Clinical decision support (CDS) alerts in electronic health records aim to reduce drug-induced long QT syndrome (diLQTS) risk by notifying providers when high-risk medications are prescribed.
- During a study period, these alerts were triggered 15,002 times; however, over half of the providers (51%) chose to override the alerts and prescribe the medications anyway.
- Factors like patient age and the availability of alternative medications influenced provider responses to the alerts, highlighting the need to balance adherence to CDS alerts with real patient outcomes like mortality rates.
Insulin autoimmune syndrome (IAS) is characterized by spontaneous hypoglycemia with extremely high insulin levels and the presence of circulating autoantibodies against insulin, in patients who have never been exposed to exogenous insulin. We report two patients with the syndrome. A 36 years old male presenting with hypoglycemia in the emergency room had an oral glucose tolerance test showed basal and 120 min glucose levels of 88 and 185 mg/dl.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Guidelines for the management of unstable angina (UA) and non ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) have been issued, however, current practices are unknown in Chile.
Aim: To evaluate in a prospective cohort of NSTEMI patients the current practices, treatments and risk factors.
Material And Methods: One year prospective International non interventional registry, conducted in Chile between January 2005 and November 2006.
Insulinoma is the most common neuroendocrine tumor. Its clinical manifestations are frequently confounded with neuropsychiatric symptoms, and definitive diagnosis can be delayed for a long time. These tumors are usually small, of less than 2 cm.
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