The acute abdomen is responsible for 10% of the visits to the emergency department, with 50% admitted; of which 30% to 40% are surgically operated; and from 5% to 10% of these interventions are by perforation of viscera ...

INTRODUCCIÓN: La otitis media (OM) es una enfermedad que con mayor frecuencia padecen los niños. (1) Se presenta como una infección en el oído medio, siendo su etiología viral o bacteriana. Los gérmenes causales más ...

Breast cancer is considered one of the diseases with the highest morbidity and mortality worldwide, being the result of the malignant transformation of epithelial cells that form in the mammary gland. Breast cancer is an ...

Introduction: Of all infectious diseases, tuberculosis has been the cause of the highest morbidity and mortality in human history. One of the problems inherent in the disease is the resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...

Acute malnutrition affects children under 5 years of age around the world, approximately 9 million children under 5 die and a third of these deaths were due to malnutrition. This type of Kwashiorkor malnutrition or Kwashiorkor ...

Introduction: Choking before, during or after birth is an important cause of perinatal mortality and neurological morbidity. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 130 million children are born annually; ...

The present clinical case, deals with the study of an 11-year-old female patient diagnosed with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, 80% physical disability, being a victim of school discrimination, due to ignorance of her clinical ...

Blood incompatibility is an immunological condition against antigens of paternal origin present in fetal and newborn red blood cells that arises when two different and incompatible blood types are mixed, resulting in an ...

Introduction: Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis is a rare disease worldwide, with an incidence of 1 in 300,000. In Ecuador, according to statistical data indicated by the Ministry of Health, it was evident that ...

Introduction: The skeletal muscle system has its respective functional and structural unit which is the Motor Unit. One of the neurodegenerative diseases of motor neurons is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, mainly affecting ...