Brilliant minds (2018): An odyssey to get enrolled in medicine

Antoine and Benjamin are two french teenagers, after having finished their high school studies in science, who met in the preparatory course for their future university career. Only those who get the best grades and therefore the best positions at the end of the course will be able to choose medicine. While for Antoine; that he does not have an especially brilliant mind, but if an unlimited capacity for suffering and study, getting a place to study medicine is the most important thing in his life, for Benjamin; whose father is a digestive surgeon, and it is relatively easy for him to get good grades, his vocation is unclear. The film raises a criticism about what are the parameters that determine who should be accepted to study medicine as well as the increasing competitiveness among potential candidates, where at the end, your friends become competitors and therefore enemiesAntoine y Benjamin son dos jóvenes franceses que, tras haber terminado sus estudios de bachillerato en ciencias, coindicen en el curso preparatorio para elegir su futura carrera universitaria. Solo aquellos que consigan las mejores notas y por tanto los mejores puestos al final del curso podrán elegir medicina. Mientras que para Antoine; que no tiene una mente especialmente brillante, pero si una capacidad de sufrimiento y de estudio ilimitado, el conseguir una plaza para estudiar medicina es lo más importante en su vida, para Benjamin; cuyo padre es cirujano digestivo, y le resulta relativamente fácil sacar buenas notas, no tiene clara su vocación. La película plantea una crítica sobre cuáles son los parámetros que determinan quienes deben ser aceptados para estudiar medicina así como la creciente competitividad entre los posibles candidatos, donde a la hora de la verdad, tus amigos pasan a ser competidores y por tanto enemigo

Hipocrates (2014). Real life of a resident at a public hospital

It describes Benjamin´s first weeks of work as a new resident of Internal Medicine in a public hospital in Paris. Next to him, an experienced Algerian physician; Abdel, performs his practices of validation. Main problems with these two doctors are described: doubts, decision making, camaraderie, bioethical and liability problems as well as problems derived from public health system budgets. All mixed with short ironic and comic scenes that sometimes reach surrealism.Se describen las primeras semanas de trabajo de Benjamin, un nuevo residente de Medicina Interna en un hospital público de París. Junto a él, un médico argelino con experiencia; Abdel, realiza sus prácticas de convalidación. Se narran los principales problemas con los que se encuentran estos 2 médicos: dudas, toma de decisiones, camaradería, problemas bioéticos y de responsabilidad, así como problemas derivados de los recortes y escaseces de la sanidad pública. Todo ello salpicado por breves escenas cómicas and irónicas que a veces llegan al surrealismo

Handia (2017). Life of an acromegalic in XIX century

The life story of one of the most famous giants of the 19th century is narrated: Miguel Joaquín Eleizegui Ateaga (1818-1861), born in a village near Tolosa; Altzo, in the province of Guipúzcoa. His older brother Martin, sees an opportunity to earn money with the public exhibition of Joaquin and the film describes the sufferings and joys that this decision will bring. This article also reviews the situation of acromegaly and gigantism in the nineteenth century, “freaks” public exhibition and the most famous "giants" in Spain in the second half of this century.Se relata la historia vital novelada de uno de los gigantes más famosos del siglo XIX: Miguel Joaquín Eleizegui Ateaga (1818-1861), nacido en una aldea próxima a Tolosa; Altzo, en la provincia de Guipúzcoa. Su hermano mayor Martin, ve una oportunidad de ganar dinero con la exhibición pública de Joaquín y en la película se van describiendo los sufrimientos y alegrías que traerá consigo esta decisión. En este artículo se revisa asimismo la situación de la acromegalia y el gigantismo en el siglo XIX, la exhibición pública de fenómenos anormales de la naturaleza y de los “gigantes” más famosos en España en la segunda mitad de este siglo

Handia (2017). Life of an acromegalic in XIX century

The life story of one of the most famous giants of the 19th century is narrated: Miguel Joaquín Eleizegui Ateaga (1818-1861), born in a village near Tolosa; Altzo, in the province of Guipúzcoa. His older brother Martin, sees an opportunity to earn money with the public exhibition of Joaquin and the film describes the sufferings and joys that this decision will bring. This article also reviews the situation of acromegaly and gigantism in the nineteenth century, “freaks” public exhibition and the most famous "giants" in Spain in the second half of this century.</strong

El pabellón de oficiales (2001)

Adrien Fournier; un joven teniente francés de ingenieros, es herido por uno de los primeros obuses de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Aunque sobrevive, presenta unas importantes lesiones en cara y cavidad oral por lo que es trasladado a un hospital de Paris. En el pabellón de oficiales del hospital, hay otros soldados con importantes heridas faciales. En la película se refleja el miedo al rechazo social, los intentos de suicidio, la labor de las enfermeras y del cirujano así como la camaradería y el apoyo entre pacientes

RICORS2040 : The need for collaborative research in chronic kidney disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a silent and poorly known killer. The current concept of CKD is relatively young and uptake by the public, physicians and health authorities is not widespread. Physicians still confuse CKD with chronic kidney insufficiency or failure. For the wider public and health authorities, CKD evokes kidney replacement therapy (KRT). In Spain, the prevalence of KRT is 0.13%. Thus health authorities may consider CKD a non-issue: very few persons eventually need KRT and, for those in whom kidneys fail, the problem is 'solved' by dialysis or kidney transplantation. However, KRT is the tip of the iceberg in the burden of CKD. The main burden of CKD is accelerated ageing and premature death. The cut-off points for kidney function and kidney damage indexes that define CKD also mark an increased risk for all-cause premature death. CKD is the most prevalent risk factor for lethal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the factor that most increases the risk of death in COVID-19, after old age. Men and women undergoing KRT still have an annual mortality that is 10- to 100-fold higher than similar-age peers, and life expectancy is shortened by ~40 years for young persons on dialysis and by 15 years for young persons with a functioning kidney graft. CKD is expected to become the fifth greatest global cause of death by 2040 and the second greatest cause of death in Spain before the end of the century, a time when one in four Spaniards will have CKD. However, by 2022, CKD will become the only top-15 global predicted cause of death that is not supported by a dedicated well-funded Centres for Biomedical Research (CIBER) network structure in Spain. Realizing the underestimation of the CKD burden of disease by health authorities, the Decade of the Kidney initiative for 2020-2030 was launched by the American Association of Kidney Patients and the European Kidney Health Alliance. Leading Spanish kidney researchers grouped in the kidney collaborative research network Red de Investigación Renal have now applied for the Redes de Investigación Cooperativa Orientadas a Resultados en Salud (RICORS) call for collaborative research in Spain with the support of the Spanish Society of Nephrology, Federación Nacional de Asociaciones para la Lucha Contra las Enfermedades del Riñón and ONT: RICORS2040 aims to prevent the dire predictions for the global 2040 burden of CKD from becoming true

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

Abstract Background Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres. Methods This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries. Results In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia. Conclusion This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries

Hepatosplenomegaly and pancytopenia in a morroccan immigrant

Sin financiación0.169 SJR (2017) Q3, 26/36 Family Practice; Q4, 432/526 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthUE

Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis in the literature

Sin financiación0.530 JCR (2015) Q4, 117/121 PediatricsUE

Auscultación cardíaca: ¿un anacronismo?

Sin financiaciónNo data (2016)UE