Risk factors for three-vessel coronary artery disease in patients of Northwest Mexico.

Introduction: Three-vessel coronary artery disease is an advanced manifestation of atherosclerosis, with high prevalence in Mexico.

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe coronary risk factors in a group of patients with three-vessel coronary artery disease in Northwest Mexico.

Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on a population with three-vessel coronary artery disease from May 2015 to February 2016.

Chitosan treatment for skin ulcers associated with diabetes.

Infections, ulcerations, gangrene and, in severe cases, extremity amputation, are common complications among diabetic subjects. Various biomaterials have been utilized for the treatment of these lesions. Chitosan is an amino sugar with a low risk of toxicity and immune response.

[Placental atherosclerosis and markers of endothelial dysfunction in infants born to mothers with gestational diabetes].

Background And Objective: The pathophysiology of gestational diabetes itself causes hyperstimulation of adipose tissue and of the placenta cells increasing the production of inflammatory cytokines, which cause changes in the tissues exposed such as the placenta and foetus. Therefore, the objective of this study was to compare metabolic markers and endothelial dysfunction in umbilical cord blood, as well as to determine the presence of atherosclerosis in the placentas of newborn infants of patients with gestational diabetes and in patients with normally progressing pregnancies.

Patients And Method: An analytical cross-sectional study was carried out in 84 patients, obtaining data such as age, smoking and weight gain in pregnancy; the gestational age of the newborns was determined by Capurro, and their weight and destination subsequent to birth, the placentas were also collected in order to look for atherosclerosis through histological studies and glucose, insulin, VLDL-C, HDL-C, triglycerides, cholesterol, fibrinogen, PCR and markers of endothelial dysfunction (adiponectin, VCAM-1, ICAM-1 and IL-6) were determined in blood samples obtained from the umbilical cord.

[Family structure of obese/overweight and normal weight adolescents in México].

Background: Feeding modes and appetence toward certain foods are usually conditioned by the family. Obesity during adolescence usually persists during adulthood.

Aim: To determine differences in family structure of adolescents according to their nutritional status.

[Telemetric monitoring reduces visits to the emergency room and cost of care in patients with chronic heart failure].

Background: Tele-cardiology is the use of information technologies that help prolong survival, improve quality of life and reduce costs in health care. Heart failure is a chronic disease that leads to high care costs.

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of telemetric monitoring for controlling clinical variables, reduced emergency room visits, and cost of care in a group of patients with heart failure compared to traditional medical consultation.

[Seroprevalence of antinuclear antibodies in blood donors in the Yaqui Valley].

Background: Antinuclear antibodies are immunoglobulins that recognize autologous nuclear and cytoplasmic cellular components. In healthy persons they are not associated with autoimmune disease. However, they may be related to an immune risk phenotype that has not been sufficiently studied.

[Family intervention for the management of overweight and obesity in schoolchildren].

Background: The management of obesity is complex and it must be multidisciplinary. Behavioral treatments for control of childhood obesity are based on family; these have a high degree of efficiency. It has been argued that when children and their parents are the main goal of the changes of behavior as a group, results of weight loss generally are better.

[Depression and state of nutrition in schoolchildren from Sonora].

Background: Pediatric obesity has become a problem of epidemic proportions, due to the inadequate and excessive consumption of food, sedentary lifestyle, and the restricted socio-economic development. This causes a major risk in health complications that have an effect on the psychological and social spheres of the child, which makes him endure such diseases as depression and anxiety. The aim of this study was to determine the association between depression and the nutritional status of schoolchildren from a family medicine unit in Sonora.

[Anthropometric measures in urban child population from 6 to 12 years from the northwest of México].

Background: The degree of overweight-obesity varies according to the conditions of each population and depending on geographical area, race or ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and susceptibility of each individual. The aim of this study was to determine anthropometric measures in urban child population from 6 to 12 years of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora.

Methods: We studied 684 schoolchildren from 6 to 12 years of age, of both genders in the urban area of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora.

[Ankle-brachial index associated with diabetic foot: case-control study].

Introduction: The diabetic foot has been associated with substantial morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients. The ankle-brachial index is a simple diagnostic method for peripheral arterial disease.

Objective: to evaluate the usefulness of the physical ankle-brachial index and known risk factors in the development of diabetic foot.

Are Mexican agricultural farmlands PCDD/F soil reservoirs?

Our aim was to identify polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-furans (PCDFs) in agricultural farmland soils in the Northwest of Mexico. We obtained ≈50 g of soil in five Yaqui Valley (VY) agricultural fields in the north-western Mexican State of Sonora and in five Culiacán Valley (VC) agricultural fields in the north-western Mexican State of Sinaloa. Fields with minimal tillage, with ferti-irrigation, and those with intensive aerial and manual tillage were included.

[Transcutaneous electrical nervous stimulation in the prognosis of Bell's palsy].

Background: The peripheral face palsy (PFP) is the commonest acute cranial neuropathy. The PFP has a showy clinical pattern which contrasts with a favorable course. Our objective was to determine the sensitivity and specificity for the nervous excitability test (NET) with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and the time required to obtain face symmetry.

[Geometric coding and cluster analysis to assess metabolic control of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus].

Objective: Determine the frequency of combinations of higher-than-normal metabolic control parameters, using geometric coding and hierarchical cluster analysis, in patients with type 2 diabetes (DM2)

Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Mexico to assess a group of 1 051 patients with DM2. The inclusion criteria were to have one or more of the following values: fasting glucose of 130 mg/dL, total cholesterol of 240 mg/dL, total triglycerides of 200 mg/dL, Body Mass Index of 27 kg/m(2), and systolic blood pressure higher than 130 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure higher than 85 mmHg. Through geometric coding, the frequencies of all combinations were obtained.

[Visceral fat and metabolic manifestations in hypertensive men].

Objective: to determine visceral fat and metabolic profile in hypertensive men with and without obesity.

Methods: analytic cross-sectional study was carried out. Thirty hypertensive men with obesity and 30 hypertensive men without obesity from a primary care clinic.

[Helicobacter pylori detection in children with initially negative Gram, Giemsa and Wharting-Starry methods, using other histologic techniques].

Objective: To identify Helicobacter pylori by Gram, Giemsa and Warthing-Starry histological staining methods in biopsies of the digestive tract in children, when Helicobacter pylori identification was negative with hematoxilin and eosin.

Material And Methods: We carried out a retrospective, cross-sectional and comparative study of 36 gastric biopsies received in the department of Anatomic-Pathology, in a period often months. All the biopsies were initially stained with routine Hematoxilin and Eosin.

Estrogen effect on heart rate variability in hypertensive postmenopausal women.

Unlabelled: Healthy postmenopausal women and hypertensive patients show an imbalance in the modulation of autonomic nervous control of the cardiovascular system, which may increase the cardiovascular risk.

Objective: To examine the heart rate variability (HRV) response to estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) and its association with changes in metabolic variables in hypertensive postmenopausal women.

Methods: A double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted in 30 hypertensive postmenopausal women receiving 180 mg/day of verapamil.