Non-timely referral of women aged 40 to 69 to preventive medicine for breast cancer detection and its association with the BI-RADS classification.

Purpose: In the first level of health care, the timely detection of breast cancer is essential to prevent the progression of the disease, obtain optimal treatment and improve the prognosis and survival of patients. The objective of this study was to analyze the opportunity in referral to the Preventive Medicine Modules offered to women aged 40 to 69 years of the Family Medicine Unit 1, of the Mexican Social Security Institute, Decentralized Administrative Operation Body, Aguascalientes, Mexico, by their family physician, and its impact in the findings of mammographic screening according to the BI-RADS classification. Methods This was a cross-sectional comparative study of 412 mammograms performed on women aged 40 to 69, who were treated in the preventive medicine modules from January 2019 to June 2021.

Use of Lean Healthcare to Improve Hospital Throughput and Reduce LOS.

Unlabelled: Improving the discharge process is an area of focus throughout healthcare organizations. Capacity constraints, efficiency improvement, patient safety, and quality care are driving forces for many discharge process workgroups.

Methods: Following the Pareto principle, we focused on improving the discharge process on the medical-surgical units that received the most patients admitted from the emergency department.

An overview of systematic reviews on mental health promotion, prevention, and treatment of common mental disorders for refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons.

Background: Migrants who have been forced to leave their home, such as refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDP), are likely to experience stressors which may lead to mental health problems. The efficacy of interventions for mental health promotion, prevention, and treatment may differ in this population.

Objectives: With this overview of systematic reviews, we will map the characteristics and methodological quality of existing systematic reviews and registered systematic review protocols on the promotion of mental health and prevention and treatment of common mental disorders among refugees, asylum seekers, and IDPs.

Shockwave Therapy Associated With Eccentric Strengthening for Achilles Insertional Tendinopathy: A Prospective Study.

. The usual initial treatment for insertional Achilles tendinopathy is nonsurgical. Yet there is no standard conservative treatment for Achilles insertional tendinopathy.

[The constructivist epistemological belief about scientific knowledge varies according to the year of training in medical students but not in students of other health careers].

Background: To optimize the teaching-learning process it is fundamental to know the representations that students have regarding knowledge. Epistemological beliefs are implicit theories that guide the practical actions of people.

Aim: To characterize and compare epistemological beliefs regarding the nature and acquisition of scientific knowledge of health career students.