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Objetive: To determine the evolutionary clinical characteristics of the single application of calcium alginate in the treatment of second-degree burns. Methods: Observational, descriptive, quantitative study, where were included 64 patients with second degree A and B burns who attended the Fátima Clinic in Trujillo, Farmédica Clinic, and the Víctor Lazarte Echegaray Hospital (EsSALUD) were included, and were evaluated. 83 burn injuries were evaluated, pain, infection, acceptance and additional healing will be considered in each burn. Results: The burns evaluated were 44 second degree A and 39 second degree B burns, likewise, of the total patients, 60.9% were female, and 39.1% were male; the prevalent age was 30-59 years (32.8%) and by 1 to 11 years (29.7%). When applying calcium alginate, the average healing time for all patients was 16.3 days, there was mild pain in more than 97% of ...
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In this report, we present the case of a patient diagnosed with Evans syndrome and primary biliary cholangitis, an unusual combination that to date has few cases reported in the literature. The patient presented complex clinical characteristics, which, based on epidemiological data, was first diagnosed as dengue with alarm signs due to positive IgG results for this infection; he presented with fever, jaundice with direct predominance of hyperbilirubinemia, anemia, alkaline phosphatase and persistent elevated gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; for which additional laboratory and imaging tests were performed to consolidate the etiology of the symptoms presented, to finally be diagnosed with both conditions.