Chilaiditi Sign and Syndrome as a Finding in the Emergency Room: A Case Report.

The Chilaiditi sign is the presence of a loop of bowel interposed between the liver and the diaphragm. In most cases, the Chilaiditi sign is diagnosed as a rare incidental radiological finding on chest X-rays or the abdomen of asymptomatic patients. When associated with symptoms, it is named Chilaiditi syndrome.

Sociological evaluation of patients with lung cancer--revision study in hospital patients.

Lung cancer was a rare disease until the middle of the XX century, a time when it became one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in the actual world. Nowadays, it is esteemed that one million people all over the world die every year due to lung cancer, which means that a life is lost each 30 seconds. The quality of life of this patients decreases inevitably, being frequent hospital readmission due to the lack of conditions to lead a normal and painless life.