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Enfermedad vascular cerebral isquémica aguda en un hospital de tercer nivel en Costa Rica
(2018)Introducción: El ictus es un problema de salud pública; mundialmente constituye una importante causa de muerte y la principal razón de discapacidad. A pesar de que el 85% de las muertes por ictus ocurren en países en ... -
Epidemiology of Stroke in Costa Rica: A 7-Year Hospital-Based Acute Stroke Registry of 1319 Consecutive Patients
(2017)Background: Limited data on stroke exist for Costa Rica. Therefore, we created a stroke registry out of patients with stroke seen in the Acute Stroke Unit of the Hospital Calderon Guardia. Methods: We analyzed 1319 patients ... -
Factores socioeconómicos y tecnológicos determinantes de la mortalidad y calidad de vida en las Personas que viven Virus del Sida y su contribución macroeconómica - Costa Rica 1985 - 2003
(El autor, 2006)Los primeros casos de VIH/SIDA en Costa Rica se presentaron alrededor del año 1983; a partir de ese momento el número de casos evolucionó rápidamente, aunque sin llegar a alcanzar proporciones cuantitativamente alarmantes. ... -
First clinical and genetic description of a family diagnosed with late-onset Pompe disease from Costa Rica
(2017)Glycogen storage disease type II, also known as Pompe disease, is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by deficiency of enzymatic activity of acid alpha-glucosidase. The wide phenotypical variation of this disease relates ... -
Pituitary apoplexy presenting as an intraventricular hemorrhage: An infrequent neurovascular emergency
(2017)Pituitary macroadenomas may present with a pituitary apoplexy, commonly with associated hemorrhage, but rarely large enough to show an intraventricular bleeding. This is a case report of a 66-year-old woman with a 3- month ... -
El seguro de salud en Costa Rica
(Los autores, 2023-03)Los riesgos son transversales a la Institución, por lo que cualquier área de la entidad es generadora potencial de eventos de riesgos. Esta condición requiere que la estrategia para su gestión involucre a todo el personal, ... -
Spinal epidural empyema extending from a pleural empyema: case description and anatomical overview
(2017)We present a case of a patient with diabetes with a pleural empyema originated from a pyomyositis process established after a central line procedure. This empyema later on extended into the spinal canal deriving into an ...