Editorial de la revista número 3 del año 2019

Abstract

In the Letter to the Editor, the Hospital’s Research Department mentions the four studies that were selected at the 7th Comprehensive Research Conference and the 16th “Prof. Dr. José Tessler” Award.

Milagros De Luca and collaborators from the Nutrition and Diet Therapy Unit of Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos Prof. Dr. Rodolfo Rossi of La Plata analyze the duration of preoperative fasting to minimize the risk of aspiration.

Leonardo Ramallo, Fabricio Verdini, and Liliana Jordá-Vargas, from the Argentine Association of Hyperbaric Medicine, review the mechanisms of analgesia of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and its indication in pain treatment.

Ignacio Álvarez Amuchástegui Luca and collaborators from the Second Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology of the School of Medicine (UBA) compare student performance across three examination modalities (oral, written essay, and multiple-choice questions).

Matías Javier Rodríguez, María Florencia Conde, and Manuel Sliman Pérez Akly, from the Department of Diagnostic Imaging, present a case of spinal dural arteriovenous fistula in an older adult woman who consulted for paraparesis, paresthesias, and urinary incontinence following physical exertion.

Xiomara Arciniegas and collaborators from the Department of Dermatology describe the clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathological characteristics of a case of mucinous carcinoma (a rare adnexal neoplasm).

Jessica Barochiner, from the Arterial Hypertension Section of the Department of Internal Medicine, comments on her recent publication evaluating the reproducibility of the diagnosis of hypertension apparently controlled in the office but uncontrolled at home in treated hypertensive patients.

Juan Martín Giambruni, from the Department of Ophthalmology, comments on his recent publication evaluating the association between the use of prostaglandin analogues and the development of epiretinal membrane in patients with glaucoma.

Roberto Battellini, Honorary Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, raises, through the narration of a personal experience, the bioethical dilemma of attending a surgical emergency while the physician himself is experiencing an acute illness.