[Pseudoascitis by giant ovaric cyst].

The term pseudoascitis is used in patients who give the false impression of ascites, with abdominal distension but without peritoneal free fluid. The case of a 66-year-old woman, hypertensive and hypothyroid with occasional alcohol consumption, who consults due to progressive abdominal distension of 6 months of evolution and diffuse percussion dullness is presented, in whom a paracentesis is performed with the wrong endorsement of examination ultrasound that reports abundant intrabdominal free fluid (Fig. 1), later finding in the CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis an expansive process of cystic appearance of 295mm x 208mm x 250mm.

[Value of the PROFUND index in comparison with clinical intuition for the prognosis of multipathological hospitalized patients.].

Introduction: To study in Pluripathological patients (PP) if the PROFUND index, an objective multidimensional prognostic score, is superior to the intuition of the clinician to predict death during the first year of follow-up after hospitalization in a general ward.

Methods: Prospective and observational study. Adult pluripathological patients were included.

[Relationship between the NUTRIC nutritional risk scale and protein hypercatabolism in critically ventilated patients].

Introduction: the Nutrition Risk in Critically Ill (NUTRIC) score does not include a variable that objectively estimates protein hypercatabolism (PHC), one of the main metabolic changes experienced by critical patients.

Objective: to evaluate the correlation of the NUTRIC score with PHC in critically ventilated patients.

Materials And Methods: prospective, observational study.