Data on vascular plant species composition along two elevation gradients in the high Andes of central Chile (33°S).

The results of a survey of vascular plant species along two elevational gradients in the high Andes of central Chile (33°S) are reported. Vascular plant species were recorded in 12 and 15 plots of 1600 m set up to be permanent, distributed at intervals of 100 m elevation along two elevational gradients, one in the La Parva (2500-3600 m a.s.

A descriptive study of traumatic lower limb amputees from the Hospital Hel Trabajador: clinical evolution from the accident until rehabilitation discharge.

The purpose of the study was to describe the demographics, the causes of amputations, the amputation levels, the clinical outcomes, the durability of prostheses in unilateral lower limb amputee among workers entitled to non-state related work insurance, the ACHS, Chile, between 1974 and 2001. It was a retrospective descriptive study based on selected clinical files. One hundred files, with the minimal data required, were selected with a diagnosis of traumatic lower limb amputation, the levels ranging from Boyd's foot amputation to hip disarticulation, as defined by the Occupational Accidents Act from 1974 to December 2001.