Assessing diabetic polyneuropathy in Spanish-speaking patients: Translation and validation of the Toronto Clinical Neuropathy Score.

Background And Aims: Diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSP) is a common complication of diabetes. The Toronto Clinical Neuropathy Score (TCNS) is a useful tool for detecting DSP. However, it is not available in Spanish.

[Evaluation of antimicrobial susceptibility testing directly from positive blood cultures using the Vitek 2 system: comparison of two rapid protocols].

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing using Vitek® 2 (bioMérieux) cards inoculated directly from positive blood cultures was compared with the standard method for gramnegative rods. Two different protocols for the inoculum preparation were evaluated. Protocol 2 was faster and easier to perform.

Impact of minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of esophageal cancer.

Background: Surgical treatment of esophageal cancer is associated to a high morbidity and mortality rate. The open transthoracic or transhiatal esophagectomy are considerably invasive procedures and have been associated to high rates of complications and operative mortality. In this way, minimally invasive esophageal surgery has been suggested as an alternative to the classic procedures because would produce improvement in clinical longterm postoperative outcomes.