Estimation and interrater reliability of pupillography by digital mobile app: Digital movil pupillography app validity.

Objective: The examination of pupillary light reflexes is widely employed to evaluate the autonomic system's balance, ocular, and neurological conditions, typically evaluated by qualitative observation. To describe and evaluate the inter-rater reliability and agreement of pupillometric values obtained with a novel semi-automatic mobile pupillography app.

Methods: Two examiners and two graders perform the measurements with an android app which corrects the device-face distance, measure the maximum contraction of the pupil, and calculates its slope, in a hospital room setting with three levels of environmental light intensity: <100, 101 to 200, and 201 to 300 lux, at 200, 400, 600, 900, 1200, and 1500 milliseconds.

Usefulness of Ilae 2010 classification in Mexican epilepsy patients.

Objective: Advances in neuroimaging, genomics, and molecular biology have improved the understanding of the pathogenesis of epilepsy. That is why the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) has created a new classification system. The present study aims to evaluate the association between epilepsy cases classified by the ILAE 2010 classification proposal, electroencephalography (EEG), and magnetic resonance imaging brain findings (MRI).

Effect of Silver Nanoparticle-Added Pit and Fissure Sealant in the Prevention of Dental Caries in Children.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of pit and fissure sealant mixed with silver nanoparticles on dental caries, by means of monthly measurement of fluorescence with DIAGNOdent over six months.

Study Design: This study was divided in two phases: experimental and clinical. In the experimental phase, the adhesion and microleakage of the pit and fissure sealant experiment were evaluated.

[Efficacy of modified auriculotherapy for post-operative pain control in patients subjected to laparoscopic cholecystectomy].

Background: The high frequency of post-operative pain in the patients after laparoscopic cholecystectomy has led to the need to use multiple analgesic therapies. These include auriculotherapy, although not very good results have been obtained with the traditional techniques.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of modified auriculotherapy for post-operative pain control in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients.

[Effect of Omega 3 fatty acids on body female obese composition].

Evidence on the possible mechanisms for the use of Omega 3 fatty acids to mediate obesity requires clinical studies continue with specific methodologies. The aim was to assess the effect of omega-3 supplementation on Body Mass Index (BMI), Wais - Hip Index (WHI) and body composition of obese women using bioelectrical impedance. Subjects 60 premenopausal obese women (BMI > 30Kg/m2) were randomly assigned to 3 groups: Group 1) placebo, vitamin E (200 IU), group 2) 1 g of omega and group 3) 2 g of omega-3.

Amoebic toxic colitis: analysis of factors related to mortality.

Background: Toxic or fulminant colitis due to Entamoeba histolytica infrequently presents but is very serious. Unfortunately, there are numerous contradictory factors related to mortality.

Methods: We analyzed several cases of E.

Prognostic indications of the failure to treat amoebic liver abscesses.

Objectives: To identify the variables that predict the failure to treat amoebic liver abscesses.

Methods: We prospectively carried out a case-control study on a cohort of patients who had been diagnosed with amoebic liver abscesses using clinical, ultrasonic, and serologic methods. Patients with pyogenic abscesses, negative ELISA tests for amoebiasis, immunosuppression status, or previous abdominal surgery were excluded.

In vitro cytotoxicity of silver nanoparticles on human periodontal fibroblasts.

Unlabelled: Silver nanoparticles (NNPs) are extensively used for all kinds of antimicrobial applications in medical research. Their efficacy has been demonstrated against Streptococcus mutans, which is associated with dental caries. However their cytotoxic effects on human periodontal tissue are not completely understood.

In vitro determination of the chromatic effect of a silver nanoparticles solution linked to the gantrez S-97 copolymer on tooth enamel.

Silver nanoparticles (NNPs), alone or in combination with the bioadhesive Gantrez S-97, have demonstrated their efficacy against Streptococcus mutans; however, it is not known if this combination changes the color of teeth. The aim of this work was to measure the color changes occurring after the use of a Gantrez-NNP combination on enamel tooth blocks. Two study groups were randomly formed: enamel blocks brushed with (a) the Gantrez-NNP combination and (b) conventional toothpaste, for 1 minute once daily for 4 weeks, then rinsed with distilled water and placed in thymol solution.

Oral manifestations in pediatric patients receiving chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of oral manifestations in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) receiving chemotherapy, and to evaluate the significance of independent risk factors (oral health, gender, age, time and type of treatment, and phase of chemotherapy). A cross-sectional study was made in 49 children with ALL between 2 and 14 years of age. To describe oral manifestations, a clinical diagnosis was made and the following criteria were applied: the OHI-S index to describe oral health and the IMPA index to describe periodontal conditions and to differentiate gingivitis from periodontitis.

Bactericidal capacity of silver nanoparticles associated with Gantrez S-97 on Streptococcus mutans.

Unlabelled: Dental caries is a worldwide public health problem. S mutans plays an important role in the etiology of caries. There have been studies that showed the antimicrobial properties of silver nanoparticles are an effective agent to diminish S.

[Analysis of factors associated to failure of medical treatment of amoebic liver abscess].

Introduction: To identify the laboratory and ultrasound factors that could predict the response to medical treatment of amoebic liver abscess.

Material And Method: Retrospective study of patients diagnosis with amoebic liver abscess in Hospital Central in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. We included patients greater than 15 years of both sexes.

The antimicrobial sensitivity of Streptococcus mutans to nanoparticles of silver, zinc oxide, and gold.

Dental caries is a worldwide public health problem for which Streptococcus mutans has been identified as the possible infectious etiology. In recent years nanotechnology has permitted the development of new properties of materials. The objective of this study was to compare the bactericidal and bacteriostatic effects of nanoparticles of silver, zinc oxide, and gold on S.

[Comparative clinical study of dexamethasone vs. nebulized salbutamol in acute bronchiolitis].

Objective: Asess the efficacy of nebulized salbutamol and dexamethasone compared with nebulized salbutamol, in patients with bronchiolitis.

Material And Methods: A blinded clinical trial was performed with 49 patients between 1-18 months diagnosed with bronchiolitis with three days or less of disease evolution. Participant's parents signed an informed consent and patients did not receive prior medication.

Prediabetes in rural and urban children in 3 states in Mexico.

The authors studied the frequency, distribution, and factors associated with prediabetes (fasting glucose, 100-125 mg/dL) in rural and urban children from San Luis Potosí, León, and Querétaro in central Mexico. Family history, somatometry, and levels of fasting insulin, glucose, and lipids were collected in 1238 children 6 to 13 years of age. The authors found no cases of type 2 diabetes and a 5.

Comparison of three conscious sedation regimens for pediatric dental patients.

The aim of this study was to compare the clinical success of three conscious sedation regimens for pediatric dental patients. A clinical trial was performed wherein dental treatment was administered to pediatric patients ASA I and II under conscious sedation..

[Effectiveness of supervised aerobic exercise in alternating weekdays associated with glycosylated hemoglobin levels among type 2 sedentary diabetic patients].

Objective: [corrected] Determine the extent to which levels of glycosylated hemoglobin levels among type 2 sedentary diabetic patients change when performing aerobic exercises two or three times a week.

Setting: Mexican Institute Social Security, Family Medicine Unit, primary care level.

Study Design: Controlled clinical trial.

[Prognostic value of pre-B immunophenotype in early treatment response among acute pediatric lymphoblast leukemia patients].

Objective: To determine the prognostic value of preB immunophenotype and its variants on early treatment response among of acute pediatric lymphoblast leukemia.

Patients And Methods: A case-control study nested in a cohort was carried out with male and female patients 15 years and younger with recently diagnosed pre-B lymphoblast leukemia. A panel of B, T, monoclonal antibodies of the myelo-monocytic and megakaryocytic cell type was used.

[Risk factors for students desertion from the UASLP School of Medicine, México].

Objective: To obtain the profile of students that deserted from the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, México.

Design: Cases and controls nested in a cohort.

Methods: All students that voluntarily deserted between 1992 and 2002 were consulted.

Clinical comparison of pain perception rates between computerized local anesthesia and conventional syringe in pediatric patients.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate pain perception rates in pediatric patients by comparing computerized injection device and traditional injection procedure. In a clinical trial, by using a crossover design, sixty-four patients were randomly assigned to receive, in consecutive sessions, dental anesthetic techniques with either traditional or computerized device. Visual Analogue Scale qualification and heart rate monitoring as physiologic indicator of pain response were used for the evaluation.

[Ascaris lumbricoides-caused risk factors for intestinal occlusion and subocclusion].

Objectives: Our objective was to determine risk factors and mortality for partial and complete bowel obstruction caused by Ascaris lumbricoides as well as diagnostic validity of eosinophilia in peripheral blood.

Material And Methods: We studied 50 patients with partial or complete bowel obstruction and expulsion of Ascaris lumbricoides by mouth or anus, as well as 50 patients as controls; no patient had a negative coproparasitoscopic study. The period of study was from January 1995-December 2001 at the General Hospital of Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí State, Mexico.

[Effect of metabolic control in type I diabetes patients and its association with periodontal disease].

Objective: To compare the frequency of periodontal disease in type 1 diabetes mellitus patients with and without metabolic control, having a control group of healthy patients.

Material And Methods: A prolective cross sectional study with simple random sampling was carried out; patients were divided in three groups: A). Forty healthy subjects, B).