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J J Hernandez

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PubMed1998

Family responses to HIV/AIDS in Mexico.

This paper presents findings from a qualitative study of household and community responses to HIV/AIDS in Mexico. Fieldwork took place in two contrasting settings: (a) Ciudad Netzahualcóyotl, a socially marginalized urban community and (b) the homosexual community of Mexico City, a sexually marginalized social network. 113 in-depth interviews were conducted with people with HIV/AIDS, their relatives and members of their social networks. This paper describes findings from interviews conducted with family members of persons with AIDS. Four stages of response are identified and characterized within each community: (i) life before AIDS, (ii) life during the discovery of AIDS, (iii) living with a person with AIDS and (iv) surviving those who have died from AIDS. The social marginalization of both communities is central in explaining how families respond to the disease. In Ciudad Netzahualcoyotl, social support derives from a local culture of kinship. In the gay community, on the other hand, solidarity arises out of friendship. Between social support and discrimination, many more "ambivalent" behaviours (neither fully supportive nor discriminating) are displayed by family members and friends. Fear, pre-existing family conflicts and prejudice nurture these negative responses. Family responses and the processes to which they give rise, also differ depending on whether or not a male or female household member is affected. Policy recommendations are made concerning how best to promote positive family and household responses to persons with HIV/AIDS and how to inhibit negative ones.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1991

Long-term results following surgical management of aortic graft infection.

Between January 1970 and June 1988, a total of 45 patients with aortic prosthetic graft infection underwent removal of the infected aortic prosthesis. In addition, 36 of these patients also underwent revascularization via an extra-anatomic bypass. We analyzed the early and long-term results with respect to survival, limb salvage, freedom from infection, and extra-anatomic graft patency. The 30-day mortality was 24% (11/45), and the amputation rate was 11% (8/73). During a mean follow-up of 36 months (range, 2 to 144 months), 80% (24/30) of the patients remained free of infection and are considered cured. Infection in the extra-anatomic bypass graft was the most common cause of recurrent sepsis and the leading cause of late amputations (four of seven). By life-table methods, 1-year survival was 63% and 5-year survival was 49%. Limb salvage rates at 1 and 5 years were 79% and 66%, respectively. The primary patency rate of extra-anatomic bypass was 43% at 3 years, with the secondary patency rate improved to 65%. These early and late results are in marked contrast to the natural history of untreated aortic graft infection. Nonetheless, a perioperative mortality rate of 24%, a 5-year limb loss rate of 33%, and 3-year graft thrombosis rate of 35% are testimony to the serious nature of aortic graft infection and the need to develop better methods to prevent this complication.

Actuarial Analysis↗
PubMed1991

Skeletal muscle function after ischemia: "no reflow" versus reperfusion injury.

The isometric contraction (supramaximal tetanic stimulation) of anterior tibialis muscle was studied in 32 New Zealand white rabbits after 5 hr of ischemia. Reperfusion was achieved after systemic heparinization (100 U/kg) by removal of vascular clamps (normal reperfusion, NR, N = 10); isolated pump perfusion at 15 cc/min for 30 min followed by normal reperfusion (controlled reperfusion, CR, N = 8); CR with a Sepacell 500 filter in the circuit (leukopenic, thrombocytopenic, controlled reperfusion, L/TR, N = 9); or adding 25,000 U of urokinase to the initial reperfusate (UKR, N = 5). Experimental muscle is compared to control nonischemic contralateral muscle in each animal and expressed as percentage of control function. Specimens were studied by light microscopy. No significant difference in mean function at 2 hr was seen between the four groups, with NLR having 53% of control function, CR 55% of control function, L/TR 61% of control function, and UKR 48% of control function. "No reflow," as defined by the absence of Doppler flow signals over the muscle pedicle with no recovery of function during reperfusion and continued incidence of persistent ischemia, was seen in NLR 4/10, CR 5/8, and L/TR 6/9 preparations with arteriolar, capillary, and venule thrombi documented by light microscopy. In contrast, "no reflow" was not seen in UKR (0/5, P less than 0.05). Peak function at any interval (potential maximal recovery) in muscles that adequately reperfused was best in CR (73%) and L/TR (73%). No difference in the degree of injury in adequately reperfused muscles was seen between the four groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Cutaneous hyperpigmentation caused by liposuction.

A wide range of sequels have been described as derived from a bad technique or a bad indication of liposuction. We present the cases of three patients who underwent a syringe liposuction of hips and lower limbs and had cutaneous hyperpigmentation as a sequel in the treated zone. We review the ethiopatogenic circumstances and their evolution.

Adult↗
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An analysis of the main predisposing factors of burn injuries in Alicante, Spain.

A great number of studies on burns have been carried out from the epidemiologic point of view. However, the prevention of burns is only feasible when the risk factors on which we can act are known. In this study we attempt to analyze the different characteristics of the burns of the patients that were treated in our burn center. We designed a questionnaire with 31 questions of clinical and epidemiologic interest. This questionnaire was filled out with information for each of the 265 patients admitted to the burn unit in Alicante, Spain, during 1990 and 1991. Most of the patients we saw during this time were male, age 15 to 40 years old, urban residents, and smokers; we now consider those characteristics to be predisposing factors for burn injuries in our area. The most frequent agent of injury has been fire, except in the group of children less than 5 years old, in which scalds prevailed. Primary prevention of burns depends on knowing the most important risk factors of a certain area, which should then be targeted with prevention programs.

Adolescent↗