[Concordance between tomographic and surgical AAST injury grades in liver, spleen, and kidney due to blunt abdominal trauma].

Objetivo: Determinar la concordancia entre los grados de lesión de la escala AAST (American Association for the Surgery of Trauma) tomográficos y quirúrgicos en lesiones hepáticas, esplénicas y renales por trauma abdominal cerrado. Método: Estudio prospectivo, unicéntrico, observacional, comparativo y transversal, en pacientes mayores de 15 años con lesión hepática, esplénica o renal por trauma abdominal cerrado, sometidos a tomografía abdominal y posterior laparotomía exploradora, en quienes se determinó la concordancia de los grados de lesión AAST tomográficos y quirúrgicos de estos órganos, de marzo de 2017 a diciembre de 2020, en el Hospital Civil de Culiacán, Sinaloa, México.

Resultados: Se incluyeron 48 pacientes, con una edad promedio de 27.

Phenotypic traits of carbon source utilization in environmental strains isolated from river water.

in the environment have evolved genetically to maintain a stable cell metabolism. Nevertheless, a lack of common nutrients (such as glucose) causes these strains to metabolize alternative carbon sources. In this study, 21 strains of Oranienburg isolated from subtropical river water were evaluated to compare their adaptation and preconditioning abilities for the consumption of environmental carbon sources (ECS).

Time of ureteral ejection of sodium fluorescein in the cystoscopic assessment of ureteral patency in patients undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy.

Objective: To evaluate the time of ureteral ejection of intravenous sodium fluorescein in the assessment of ureteral patency in patients undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH).

Material And Methods: Fifty-four women undergoing TLH were studied in a public teaching hospital in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. They underwent cystoscopic evaluation of ureteral patency after intravenous administration of 100 mg of sodium fluorescein.

[Comparative analysis of diagnostic scales of acute appendicitis: Alvarado, RIPASA and AIR].

Introduction: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical disease in emergency surgery, however, it remains a diagnostic problem and represents a challenge despite the experience and the different clinical and paraclinical diagnostic methods.

Objective: To evaluate in a comparative way the scale of Alvarado, AIR and RIPASA to determine which one is best as a diagnostic test of acute appendicitis in our population in order to arrive to an accurate diagnosis in the shortest possible time and cost.

Method: Observational, prospective, transversal and comparative study of 137 patients to whom the scale of Alvarado, AIR and RIPASA was applied, who entered the emergency service of the Civil Hospital of Culiacán (México) with abdominal pain syndrome suggestive of acute appendicitis.

Association of Intron-2 Variable Numbers of an 86-bp Tandem Repeat-Polymorphisms of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Gene and Idiopathic Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion.

Background: It has been proposed that abnormal modulation of inflammatory response is involved in the physiopathology of idiopathic recurrent spontaneous abortion (iRSA). Factors that may participate in this process include the genetic background such as carrying specific polymorphisms of genes with functional effects.

Objective: The objective is to study the association between iRSA and the frequency of intron-2 variable number tandem repeat-polymorphisms of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene (IL1RN).

Health-related quality of life in adults with irritable bowel syndrome in a Mexican specialist hospital. A cross-sectional study.

Background: Evidence shows the negative impact of irritable bowel syndrome on the quality of life of patients who suffer from the condition as compared to the general population.

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the health-related quality of life in adults with irritable bowel syndrome who are receiving treatment at a specialist hospital.

Material And Methods: The study had a cross-sectional prospective design.

Inadequate prescription of chronic consumption of proton pump inhibitors in a hospital in Mexico. Cross-sectional study.

Introduction: PPIs have been an enormous therapeutic advance in acid-related diseases. However, it has been detected an abuse in its consumption. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of inadequate prescription of chronic use of PPIs in outpatients in a speciality hospital.

Effect of body mass index on clinical outcomes of patients undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of normal body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) and obesity on clinical results among patients who underwent total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH).

Methods: In a prospective study at the Civil Hospital of Culiacan in Sinaloa State, Mexico, data were compared from 209 patients who underwent TLH between July 6, 2009, and December 30, 2011. The following primary variables were analyzed for 77 normal BMI patients, 82 overweight patients, and 50 obese patients: procedure duration, operative bleeding, major and minor trans-operative complications, length of hospital stay, and postoperative pain.

[Uterine leiomyomas during pregnancy and its impact on obstetric outcome].

Background: The association of uterine leiomyoma and pregnancy is increasing due to the tendency of couples to delay first pregnancy after age 30. The risk of uterine fibroids is greater with advancing age of the woman.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of fibroids on the incidence of complications during pregnancy, labor and delivery.