[Orthotopic liver transplantation: results at a single center].

Background: We undertook this study to describe the results of hepatic orthotopic transplant. Patient characteristics, implants, and patient evolution after transplant were studied. The study was conducted at a third-level medical facility in Mexico.

[Clinical problem solving as a measurement instrument in a diploma course for respiratory technicians].

Background: We undertook this study to consider the gaps in the training of clinical respiratory insufficiency as relates to students enrolled in a technical professional course in respiratory therapy.

Method: An instrument was constructed and validated to evaluate clinical aptitude, integrated by four clinical cases of respiratory insufficiency. Six indicators were defined and 140 statements were elaborated, after two rounds with five technicians in respiratory therapy with experience in the care of patients with respiratory insufficiency in intensive care units, 90 statements remained.

[Appendiceal stump appendicitis. Case report].

Acute appendicitis is still the first cause of abdominal surgery worldwide, with 1.4 cases/1000 in the general population. As frequent as this is, appendiceal stump appendicitis is a very rare surgical event, due to an incomplete appendix resection and misleading cecum base identification due to cecum edema, abscesses, abnormal anatomy position of the appendix or multiple adhesions.