Publications by authors named "Luz Hernandez-Ramirez"

Background: Loxosceles spp are arthropods found worldwide. Its bite may produce cutaneous loxoscelism (necrotic or edematous) or cutaneous-visceral loxoscelism. Depending on their severity and location, cutaneous forms are managed with local cold application and systemic administration of antihistamines, corticosteroids, antibiotics, polymorphonuclear inhibitors, and analgesics.

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Spiders are the most numerous arthropods of the arachnid class. More than 45 thousand species of spiders have been identified, and only a few are dangerous to humans. Among them, the "violin spider" or "brown spider" of the genus (family Sicariidae) has a worldwide distribution, and its bite can cause loxoscelism.

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Objective: To analize the implementation of the Sistema Integral de Calidad en Salud (Sicalidad) program of the Ministry of Health in the 2011.

Materials And Methods: The study follows a cross sectional design, hybrid, with a qualitative and quantitative components. A cluster probabilístic sample was used with two stages.

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Objective: To assess the quality of care provided at medical units that provide services to Medical Insurance for a New Generation (SMNG) enrollees.

Materials And Methods: The tracer methodology was used in a sample of 82 medical units selected in fifteen states of Mexico and data collected in November 2009.

Results: Problems were found to locate the minimal number of the 18 medical charts requested in three of the tracers.

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Objective: In this evaluation we assess the quality of the general and clinical structure in medical units that deliver health services for the Medical Insurance for a New Generation (SMNG) enrollees.

Materials And Methods: The study population included 82 medical units that deliver health services to enrollees of the SMNG in 15 states of Mexico, during 2009. Two indexes: the general structure index and the clinical structure index were created.

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