Level of Physical Activity and Knowledge about the Physical Activity Guidelines in a Group of Medical Residents from Puerto Rico.

Objective: Physicians who know about physical activity guidelines (PAG) and those who adhere to the PAG themselves may have a greater tendency to recommend physical activity (PA) to their patients. This study was aimed at evaluating the level of PA in a group of medical residents from Puerto Rico and to assess their knowledge regarding the PAG for adults.

Methods: A total of 104 medical residents from Puerto Rico completed a selfadministered questionnaire designed to obtain standardized estimates of their PA and to determine their level of knowledge regarding the PAG.

Severe systemic inflammatory response syndrome immediately after spinal surgery in a patient with axial gout.

We report a 55-year-old man with gouty arthritis who developed a 3-month history of low back pain, gradual lower extremities weakness and urinary incontinence. Lumbar MRI showed an exophytic lesion at L3-L4. Immediately after spinal decompression surgery, he developed fever, disorientation, polyarthritis, acute kidney injury and leucocytosis.

Right upper quadrant abdominal pain as the initial presentation of polyarteritis nodosa.

Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a necrotising vasculitis that involves medium and small vessels. PAN generally presents with constitutional, cutaneous, neurological, renal and gastrointestinal manifestations. However, PAN initially involving a single organ/system is uncommon.

Rheumatology practice profiles in teaching and community settings in Puerto Rico: implications to subspecialty training.

Background: University-based fellowship training programs may not always provide the required experience to manage common and less complex medical conditions usually seen at the community setting. Few studies have addressed this concern.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the demographic features, diagnoses, and rheumatologic procedures in patients seen at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus Adult Rheumatology Training Program practice and 3 community-based rheumatology practices in Puerto Rico.

Evaluation of maximal inspiratory pressure, tracheal airway occlusion pressure, and its ratio in the weaning outcome.

Purpose: The objective of this study is to evaluate the predictive performance of maximal inspiratory pressure (Pimax), airway occlusion pressure (P 0.1), and its ratio (P 0.1/Pimax) in the weaning outcome.