[Neurological manifestations in patients with severe COVID-19 in a tertiary care center].

Background: The SARS-CoV-2 disease, called COVID-19, emerged in China has acquired pandemic dimensions. According to the WHO situational report of March 15, 2021, the global fatality rate is 2.2%; in Mexico, around 194 944 deaths have been confirmed by COVID-19.

[Association between metabolic syndrome and breast cancer].

Metabolic syndrome is a set of risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes. In Mexico, its prevalence has been reported up to 49.8%, significantly higher than in other countries.

[Factors associated with residual symptom burden in patients with peritoneal dialysis: a cohort study].

Background: Patients on peritoneal dialysis have residual symptoms that reduce their quality of life.

Objective: To determine the associated factors of residual symptom burden in patients with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).

Material And Mehotds: An observational, longitudinal, prospective and analytical study was carried out in patients with chronic kidney disease, who were candidates for peritoneal dialysis.

[Inappropriate prescribing in older adults: Critical review of the literature and safety alerts].

Background: Prescribing errors are a risk factor for patients to present adverse events and a strategy that has been incorporated into medical care to reduce them is the use of computer tools. The objective was to obtain the scientific basis for the development of prescribing error alerts for four chronic diseases with a higher prevalence in population ≥ 65 years.

Methods: We reviewed the literature from 2010 to 2015 to obtain information about adverse events and adverse drug reactions associated with the use of drugs for the treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2), hypertension, osteoarticular diseases (OD) and depression; the review included these databases: PubMed, OVID, Cochrane Library, LILACS, MEDES, Portal Mayores and SIETES.

[Vitamin D deficiency associated with insulin resistance in medical residents].

Background: Several studies have reported a correlation between vitamin D deficiency and insulin resistance; however, other clinical trials show that vitamin D supplementation do not normalize glucose and insulin levels. We designed a study to show if there is a correlation between serum vitamin D and the homeostatic model assessment 2 (HOMA 2).

Methods: It was designed a cross-sectional, descriptive, and analytical study, which included medical residents.