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Miliary Tuberculosis In An Immunocompetent Patient: Case Report, Renzo Steffano Valle Farfan, Alejandro Manuel Peña Villalobos, Walter Jesus Espinoza Hernandez, Steffano Alessandro Valle Farfan
Miliary Tuberculosis In An Immunocompetent Patient: Case Report, Renzo Steffano Valle Farfan, Alejandro Manuel Peña Villalobos, Walter Jesus Espinoza Hernandez, Steffano Alessandro Valle Farfan
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Milar Tuberculosis (TB) is a presentation with a fatal outcome if it is not diagnosed or treated on time; although certain conditions are required to develop this presentation. In this In this article, the case of a 48-year-old man with no pathological history is studied, who started the disease with a time of six months with an initial diffuse gastrointestinal pain and later one month before admission presented progressive respiratory symptoms; he was admitted for emergencies where bilateral diffuse miliary compromise was evident in the chest computed tomography; upon admission, he was administered oxygen and support measures, an HIV test …
Use Of Inhaled Corticoids As A Risk Factor For Community-Acquired Pneumonia In Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, María Alejandra Castillo Vega, Gilmar Robert Mejía Sánchez
Use Of Inhaled Corticoids As A Risk Factor For Community-Acquired Pneumonia In Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, María Alejandra Castillo Vega, Gilmar Robert Mejía Sánchez
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Objective: To determine if the use of inhaled corticosteroids is a risk factor for community-acquired pneumonia in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease at the Víctor Lazarte Echegaray Hospital during the period 2017-2020. Methods: The study was analytical, observational, retrospective of cases and unmatched controls in a ratio of 4:1 with a population of 405 subjects from whom 81 cases and 324 controls were selected, who met the selection criteria. A non-probabilistic sampling was carried out. The variables, use of inhaled corticosteroids, patients with community-acquired pneumonia, age, sex, malnutrition and smoking were included. The association measure was made using Pearson's …