Objective: There is plenty of information about the influence of patients' religious beliefs to deal with their illnesses. However, little is known about the religious characteristics of physicians and how these influence their relationship with patients and treatment decision-making. This study aims to determine the religious patterns of the Peruvian medical population, and to know if these patterns have any correlation between physicians’ attitudes and bioethical decisions. Materials and methods: The non-randomized sample consisted of 200 people from three academic levels: medical students, residents, and master’s or doctoral students. Results: Seventy-six percent (76 %) of the physicians were believers, out of which 64 % were catholics. The religious level was determined considering four highly controversial ethical procedures: non-natural contraception, abortion, physician- assis...

Objective: To reportthe use of 0.2% topical linezolid in the treatment of Staphylococcus aureuskeratitis with successful results. Material and Methods: All cases were viewed in Centro Vision, here they underwent a complete ophthalmic examination and were diagnosed with Staphylococcus aureus keratitis based on a microbiological study. In both cases we began with the gold standard therapy based on fortified topical drops of vancomycin and an aminoglycoside. Due to ineffective action and/or poor tolerance of vancomycin, we decided to use topical linezolid. Results: Two female patients with Staphylococcus aureus keratitis received ocular 0.2% topical linezolid every hour. In both cases we saw a marked clinical improvement and a good tolerance to this antibiotic. Conclusion: 0.2% Topical linezolid is an effective and well tolerated antibiotic when used in the treatment of Staphylococcus aureu...

OBJETIVOEvaluar la eficacia de la aplicación de suero autólogo 20% en gotas tópicas en el tratamiento de pacientes con ojo seco severo que acudieron a Centro Visión (Lima, Perú) durante el año 2010.MATERIAL Y MÉTODOSe incluyeron un total de 32 ojos (16 pacientes) con diagnóstico de ojo seco severo que fueron tratados con suero autólogo 20% por 30 días. La evaluación de los síntomas se realizó con el cuestionario OSDI, y el estudio de los signos a través de las pruebas de tiempo de ruptura lagrimal (BUT), coloración con fluoresceína, rosa de Bengala y verde lisamina. Los hallazgos se compararon antes y después de 15 y 30 días de tratamiento.RESULTADOSCon la terapia de suero autólogo mejoraron los síntomas registrados por la escala OSDI de 87.31 (pretratamiento), a 24.68 (15 días) y 20.69 (30 días postratamiento). En promedio, la prueba del BUT mejoró de 3.31 (pret...

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Objective: To evaluate the advantages of using movies as a tool in the teaching-learning process in medicine and health sciences PhD programs. Materials and methods: Twenty-one (21) PhD students participated in the study: nine (09) from the Universidad de San Martín de Porres (USMP) and twelve (12) from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM). Thirteen (13) were males and eight (08) were females. Males’ average age was 43.54 and females’ was 56.75. The advantages of using movies in the courses of medicine and health sciences PhD programs were evaluated with a four-part questionnaire, out of which three (03) parts collected quantitative data (in scale from 1 to 10) and one (01) obtained qualitative data. Results: The average score of the answers of the first part (watching movies before classwork) was 9.60, the average score of the second part (classwork) was 9.67 and th...

OBJETIVORevisar las características clínicas, diagnóstico, tratamiento y resultados visuales en pacientes con diagnostico de queratitis por Acanthamoeba (QA). Demostrar la importancia del diagnóstico precoz y de un tratamiento rápido y efectivo.MATERIAL Y MÉTODOEstudio retrospectivo de 14 ojos en igual número de pacientes con diagnóstico de QA, tratados en Centro Visión entre Julio 2008 a Junio 2012. Todos los casos fueron confirmados por frotis y/o cultivo. Se formaron dos grupos: precoz y tardío. La terapia se realizó con polihexametilén biguanida y propamidina. Luego de eliminar la infección se registró la agudeza visual final y la duración del tratamiento.RESULTADOSEl grupo más frecuentemente afectado fue entre 21 a 40 años (9 casos). Sólo dos ojos (14,3%) fueron correctamente diagnosticados inicialmente como QA. Once pacientes (78,6%) fueron usuarios de lentes de c...

Magic, witchcraft and miracles have accompanied medicine since the beginning of mankind. At first, the causes of diseases were belived to be supernatural, but progressively, with the development of knowledge and the advent of science, morerational and objective explanations were found.Rationality was based on concepts, judgments and reasoning that followed logical rules. All of these elements then formed new ideas, which did not accumulate chaotically but were organized into sets and ordered systems, called theories.Objectivity, in turn, was related to the search for factual truths that aligned with the object of study, confirming that ideascorresponded with the facts through observation and experimentation, thus making them reproducible.During their evolution, the new ideas were confronted with numerous theological prejudices, especially in the Middle Ages. This period was dominated by ...

Determina los patrones religiosos de la población médica peruana y si estos tienen alguna correlación con sus actitudes frente a decisiones terapéuticas y bioéticas. La muestra no randomizada está compuesta de 200 personas, pertenecientes a tres niveles académicos: estudiantes de medicina, residentes, y maestrantes/doctorandos. El 76% de médicos se declaró creyente, de ellos 64% se autocatalogó católico. Se correlacionó el nivel de religiosidad frente a cuatro procedimientos de marcada controversia ética: uso de anticoncepción no natural, aborto, suicidio médico asistido y eutanasia. Los médicos con un grado de religiosidad alto (122 / 61%) mostraron su desacuerdo frente a los tres últimos procedimientos, y los médicos con nivel de religiosidad intrínseca alto (45 / 22.5%) mostraron su desacuerdo con todos ellos. Se concluyó que la religiosidad del médico influye en ...

Fundamenta con argumentos ético filosóficos la posibilidad del uso de células madres embrionarias provenientes de embriones tempranos, bajo estrictos controles éticos, científicos y sociales, realizados por comités formados por hombres de ciencia, filósofos, bioéticos, y, eventualmente, representantes de las organizaciones sociales, como grupos de defensa de pacientes, sindicatos y representantes de todas las confesiones religiosas.