A colon volvulus is the twisting of a colonic segment on its mesentery causing bowel obstruction. The transverse colon volvulus is an uncommon condition. We report the case of a 55-year-old male who initially showed bloating and abdominal pain, lack of bowel movements and flatus, nausea and hyporexia. During an exploratory laparotomy, a volvulus covering the transverse colon to the splenic flexure was found and resected with a posterior anastomosis of the transverse and descending colon. In conclusion, this clinical case report aims to show an uncommon case of colon volvulus and, at the same time, send the message that a colon volvulus is an acute (surgical) abdomen that medical personnel should know how to clinically recognize, because its immediate intervention will prevent the ischemia and subsequent necrosis of the large intestine.

Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) or Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome is a rare dominant X-linkeddisease characterized by skinlesions. It may be accompanied by neurological, ophthalmological and dental manifestations. We report the case of a one month and twenty six days old female patient diagnosed with this diseasewho was successfully treated.

Introduction: Burnout is a multi-causal clinical syndrome considered to be a very important work-related injury and should be identified and analyzed in health professionals given their role in society. Objective: To determine the prevalence and associated factors to burnout in doctors and nurses in seven regions of Peru. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Regions of Apurímac, Ayacucho, Huancavelica, Lima-Callao, Loreto, Piura and San Martín. Participants: 958 physicians and 840 nurses. Interventions: A self-created survey, that included sociodemographic and labor variables, was conducted and the Maslach test was self-applied. The sample was probabilistic, complex, two-stage and stratified. The descriptive analysis used measures of central tendency and percentages, whereas Chi2, Fisher, Anova and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used for the associations. The significance level was ≤ 0...

Introducción. El agotamiento profesional es un síndrome clínico multicausal considerado un daño laboral muy importante, por lo que debe ser identificado y analizado en profesionales de la salud dado su rol en la sociedad. Objetivo. Determinar la prevalencia y factores asociados al agotamiento profesional en médicos y enfermeras en siete departamentos del Perú. Diseño. Estudio transversal. Lugar. Departamentos de Apurímac, Ayacucho, Huancavelica, Lima-Callao, Loreto, Piura y San Martín. Participantes. 958 médicos y 840 enfermeras. Intervenciones. Se aplicó encuesta de creación propia que incluía variables sociodemográficas y laborales y la autoaplicación de la prueba de Maslach. El muestreo fue probabilístico, complejo, estratificado y bietápico. El análisis descriptivo usó medidas de tendencia central y porcentajes, mientras que para la asociación se usó las pruebas ...

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