Viperidae snake envenomation from a highly complex hospital in southwestern Colombia.

Background: Snake envenomation is a medical condition with high morbidity and mortality in southwestern Colombia.

Objectives: To describe the characteristics of the envenomation caused by Viperidae snakes view in a highly complex hospital in Southwestern Colombia.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out.

Envenomation by Eyelash Viper (Berthold, 1846) in Southwestern Colombia.

Introduction: is a Crotaline viperid species of Central America and Northern South America. The characteristics of its envenomation have not been well established. We present clinical characteristics of human cases evaluated and treated in a hospital in southwestern Colombia.

Circulating and skin biopsy-present cytokines related to the pathogenesis of cutaneous lupus erythematosus.

Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) is a common disease that may appear as a separate entity from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), precede SLE development, or occur as a manifestation of this systemic disease. It has a complex pathophysiology that involves genetic, environmental, and immune-mediated factors creating a self-amplification pro-inflammatory cycle. CLE is characterized by prominent type I interferons (IFNs) inflammation which are considered as the first precursors of the inflammatory cascade generated within the pathophysiology of CLE.

Systemic erythematosus lupus and pregnancy outcomes in a Colombian cohort.

Objective: Pregnant women with SLE have higher probabilities of maternal complications. SLE during pregnancy has alternating patterns of remission and flare-ups; however, most pregnant SLE patients tend to worsen with associated poor obstetric and perinatal outcomes. This study aimed to describe obstetric outcomes in pregnant women with SLE.