[Demographic factors and comorbidity associated to prehypertension].

Background: prehypertension is the category established in JNC-7, which designates the individuals that present diastolic blood pressure of 80-89 mm Hg and systolic blood pressure of 120-139 mm Hg, and it is associated to high rates of cardiovascular disease. The purpose of the study was to identify prevalence rates and their correlation with sociodemographic factors and comorbidity in a sample of a population of Veracruz, Mexico.

Methods: a cross-sectional and representative survey was chosen by means of probability sampling.

Leptospirosis prevalence in patients with initial diagnosis of dengue.

Objective. To determine the prevalence of leptospirosis in patients from Veracruz with initial diagnosis of dengue and its association with risk factors. Materials and Methods.

[Epilepsy and remission in primary care level].

Objective: To identify the epilepsy remission period in a primary care unit.

Methods: There were 330 patients with diagnosis of epilepsy in remission according to the international criteria treated in a Primary Care Unit of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Xalapa, Veracruz; There were 216 patients who were controlled (without epilepsy crisis) 150 of them were interviewed with a structure instrument designed for this purpose.

Results: The history of epilepsy was from five to nine years (49%).

[Validation of an instrument to measure the clinical aptitude of the pregraduated intern attention of the diabetic patient with chronic complications in home].

Objective: To validate an instrument to evaluate the clinic aptitude of the pregraduate intern in the integral attention of the diabetic patient with chronic complications at home.

Methods: A comparative cross-sectional study; 114 pregraduate interns from five medical units were included to determine the clinic aptitude by an instrument with five real clinical cases of diabetic patients. Seven clinical indicators and 175 statements were used.

[Maternal mortality. Experience of five years in Northern Veracruz IMSS Delegation].

Objective: Determine the variation in type of maternal death and associated pathologies in the 2004-2008 period.

Material And Methods: Maternal deaths retrospective and descriptive study at Delegación Veracruz Norte of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico. Medical files of obligatory regimen patients were included, between 2004-2008, from general zone hospitals of Xalapa, Veracruz, Cardel, Poza Rica, Martínez de la Torre and Lerdo de Tejada, and two subzone general hospitals: Tuxpan and San Andrés Tuxtla, also of the Delegación Veracruz Norte of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.

[Effectiveness of the topical application of fluor on the moderate gingivitis in diabetic type 2].

Objective: To evaluate the efficiency of the fluor topic application vs. oral washing gel in diabetic patients type 2 with moderate gingivitis.

Methods: Controlled clinical test double blind in a Primary Care Unit from February 2003 to May 2004.

[Dengue fever during pregnancy. Cases report].

Dengue is known as an endemic disease of tropical and subtropical regions. It was considered a disease very frequent on kids, but recently an increase was reported on adult people. Some of these cases were related to pregnant women, for that reason, we decided to check eight cases, including just the mothers who presented dengue virus infection through ELISA IgM.