Acute Vocal Fold Hemorrhage: Retrospective Analysis in a Voice Unit.

Objectives: To describe our experience in diagnosis, evaluation, management and evolution of adult patients diagnosed with vocal fold hemorrhage (VFH) in the Voice Unit at Universidad Católica Clinical Hospital Santiago, Chile.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Methods: Adult patients diagnosed with VFH between 2012 and 2020 were included.

Management of Contralateral Reactive Vocal Fold Lesions, a Retrospective Study.

Objective: To evaluate the anatomical and voice results of conservative management of patients diagnosed with contralateral reactive lesions (CRL) in our voice unit.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted of all new adult patients with benign vocal fold lesions with or without CRL, treated in the voice unit at Universidad Católica Clinical Hospital between 2015 and 2019. Patients were divided into two groups, without CRL (group A) and with CRL (group B).

How the COVID-19 pandemic affects specialty training: An analysis of a nationwide survey among otolaryngology residents in Chile.

Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, has become a global pandemic. Given that the highest viral load of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is found in the airway, otolaryngologists are at high risk of infection. As a result, multiple recommendations have emerged regarding protective measures for surgical teams, including suspending non-urgent procedures and surgeries.

Voice Disorders in Children: Experience in the Voice Unit at Universidad Católica Clinical Hospital.

Introduction: Dysphonia in children is a common symptom, its prevalence varies between 6% and 23%. There is a broad differential diagnosis and the recommendation is to evaluate dysphonic children with an adequate laryngeal visualization method to achieve an accurate diagnosis and treatment.

Objective: To describe the experience in the diagnosis of dysphonia in children in the voice unit at Universidad Católica Clinical Hospital Santiago, Chile.

Acquisition of stem associated-features on metastatic osteosarcoma cells and their functional effects on mesenchymal stem cells.

Background: Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most frequent malignant bone tumor, affecting predominantly children and young adults. Metastases are a major clinical challenge in OS. In this context, 20% of OS patients are diagnosed with metastatic OS, but near 80% of all OS patients could present non-detectable micrometastases at the moment of diagnosis.

CDSS for Documenting Blood Glycemia Critical Values at the POC.

When a critical blood glucose value is detected, then it is necessary to inform, advice, communicate, act and document it in the patient's medical record. We sought to describe the development of an alert system for glycemia values at the point of care integrated with an EHR, both in desktop and mobile devices.

Design and Implementation of a Tool for Pharmacists to Register Potential Errors in Prescribed Medication.

Adverse drug events are frequent and may be mitigated with the implementation of functionalities within Health Information Systems. We developed a tool that allows Pharmacists to register and communicate to providers potential errors in prescribed drugs in terms of medication omission, unjustified stop of medication or other reasons. We included all interventions performed by Pharmacists for admitted patients between July, 31st 2018 and October, 23rd 2018.

How to face a patient with benzodiazepine dependence in primary health care? Strategies for withdrawal.

Benzodiazepines are widely used in primary health care, and their prolonged use is an important problem given the medical consequences particularly in older adults, such as dependence, cognitive impairment, and risk of falls, among others. Primary care doctors generally have few tools to help with managing withdrawal from benzodiazepines. We conducted a review of the best available evidence on practical strategies to avoid dependence at the time of the initial prescription, and to help the patient with prolonged and probably dependent use.

Clomiphene citrate treatment for late onset hypogonadism: rise and fall.

Objective: Previous series have demonstrated that Clomiphene Citrate (CC) is an effective treatment to increase Total Testosterone (TT) in Late Onset Hypogonadism (LOH) patients. However, what happens to TT levels after ending CC treatment is still debatable. The objective of this study is to evaluate TT levels 3 months after the discontinuation of CC in patients with LOH who were previously successfully treated with the same drug.