Editorial de la revista número 4 del año 2018

Abstract

Eduardo Distéfano and colleagues, from the Agustín Rocca Center, Hospital Dr. Ramón Carrillo, and Municipal Trauma and Emergency Hospital Dr. Federico Abete, analyzed predictors of decannulation failure in a retrospective cohort of critically ill adults.

Rosana Tononi and colleagues analyzed the implementation of a group-based intervention with patients in rehabilitation admitted to the Intermediate Care Unit of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, based on Pichon-Rivière's theory.

Natividad Burdisso, Carla Morganti, and Nadia Musarella, members of the healthcare team at the San Pantaleón Family and Community Medicine Center, describe a health education program conducted in a school in the Bajo Boulogne community.

The location of lipomas in the larynx and hypopharynx is uncommon. Carlos Santiago Ruggeri and Ana Legris, from the Department of Otolaryngology, describe the transoral approach to an obstructive lipoma implanted deep in the paraglottic space, at the level of the vocal cord.

Port-wine stains are capillary malformations commonly located in the head and neck. Laser treatment works by selectively destroying the vasculature. Paula Crivaro and colleagues, from the Department of Dermatology, describe the case of a girl who experienced substantial improvement with pulsed dye laser treatment, with no recurrence observed over 10 years of follow-up.

María Alejandra Belardo addresses whether there is a relationship between hormonal contraception use and the risk of developing breast cancer.

Stress hyperglycemia is associated with a higher risk of diabetes and mortality. María Florencia Grande Ratti and María Paula Russo, from the Department of Internal Medicine, analyzed the risk of developing diabetes in a cohort of patients who experienced stress hyperglycemia during hospitalization.

Since 2006, the Institutional Registry of Venous Thromboembolic Disease has operated continuously at HIBA. Fernando Javier Vázquez and María Florencia Grande Ratti, from the Department of Internal Medicine, analyzed the incidence of venous thromboembolic disease (deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, or both) in hospitalized patients.