'It's the economy, stupid': Lessons of a longitudinal study of depression in Argentina.

Background: On March 20, 2020, the Argentine Ministry of Health imposed a mandatory quarantine, which still persists.

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the variation in the prevalence of depression since the beginning of the quarantine and the evolution of risk factors, with special emphasis on the population's concerns.

Methods: A longitudinal study was carried out using a digital questionnaire disseminated in social networks.

Megakaryocytic blast crisis as first presentation of chronic myeloid leukemia.

We describe an extremely rare case of megakaryocytic blast crisis as first presentation of chronic myeloid leukemia. The patient had a very high platelet count and developed an ischemic stroke with seizures. She was treated with hydroxyurea, platelet apheresis, ARA-C, and idarubicin in order to obtain a prompt reduction of thrombocytosis and then with imatinib 600 mg/die PO.

Plasma measurement of D-dimer levels for the early diagnosis of ischemic stroke subtypes.

Background: Different coagulation abnormalities according to stroke subtypes have been reported. We have assessed the clinical utility of D-dimer, a product of fibrin degradation, in the early diagnosis of stroke subtypes.

Methods: Patients hospitalized after an acute ischemic cerebrovascular event underwent D-dimer assay (STA Liatest D-Dimer) (reference level, <0.

[Ligation of internal iliac artery as treatment of hemorrhage in obstetrics and gynecology].

Twenty five cases of severe or persistent bleeding in obstetric and gynecologic patients treated with internal iliac arterial ligation are analyzed. A short history of every patient is described. There was no complication of the procedure neither ischemia after several years of control.

[Invasive mole with uterine rupture].

A case of chorioadenoma destruens with uterine rupture is reported. The patient was admitted because a persistent uterine bleeding after abortion about two months before. The titulation of gonadotrophic hormone resulted in 25,000 unities.