spondylodiscitis causing incapacitating back pain in an immunocompetent patient: A case report.

Pyogenic spondylodiscitis is uncommon and usually presents in the setting of immunosuppression. group are opportunistic pathogens that rarely cause this infection. We present a case of an immunocompetent 45-year-old male with extreme lower back pain, not even relieved by opioids.

Analysis of medical appointments for patients with overweight and obesity in a public hospital of Lima, Peru: a cross-sectional study of audio-recorded consultations.

Objective: To describe the content of overweight and obesity counseling performed in a public Peruvian hospital.

Methods: We audio-recorded 40 visits of patients with overweight or obesity from the internal medicine, cardiology, endocrinology, and family medicine services at Cayetano Heredia Hospital. Fragments of the recordings in which counseling was performed were transcribed and codified.