La caries como problema de salud pública precisa ser abordada a través de intervenciones efectivas de salud bucal, siendo relevante la implementación de programas preventivos que incorporen un componente evaluativo que permita determinar sus beneficios y efectividad. El objetivo es determinar el resultado de la evaluación costo – beneficio y costo – efectividad de dos programas preventivos de salud bucal. Es un estudio descriptivo, retrospectivo, transversal y longitudinal, considerando una muestra de 226 fichas odontológicas de escolares de 6 y 7 años de dos instituciones educativas, donde se aplicaron metodologías: tradicional y basada en inteligencias múltiples, determinando su costo – beneficio y costo – efectividad en base al Índice de Higiene Oral y la Incidencia de Caries. Los resultados determinaron que el programa basado en inteligencias múltiples con un costo ...

Toxic megacolon is a fatal disease, most commonly occurring as a complication of inflammatory bowel disease, infections, and intestinal ischemia. It is characterized by the presence of bloody diarrhea, abdominal distension, signs of systemic toxicity, and segmental colonic dilation is observed in imaging studies. The diagnosis according to Jalan's criteria are: colonic dilation more than 6cm, three of the following: fever, tachycardia, leukocytosis or anemia, and any of the following criteria: hypotension, hypovolemia, electrolyte disorder and altered mental status. This article presents the case of a female patient who was admitted with abdominal pain and chronic diarrhea with an imaging study showing dilation of the entire colonic framework. The corresponding studies were carried out which indicated that she had a toxic megacolon due to colitis. ulcerative, receives medical treatment w...

Introduction: Kaposi's sarcoma is a multifocal malignant neoplasm of endothelial cells, its etiological agent is HHV-8 and it constitutes one of the defining pathologies of AIDS. It represents approximately 12% of cancers diagnosed in people living with HIV. Bacillary angiomatosis (AB) is a rare infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus Bartonella spp., transmitted by vectors such as fleas, lice, and mosquitoes. In patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection with a CD4+ T-cell count <100 cells/µL, it is associated with angiomatous lesions with neovascularization that involve the skin and, to a lesser extent, mucous membranes, liver, spleen, and bones. Clinical case: the case of a 48-year-old male patient with a history of HIV on HAART for 15 years, who was admitted for an outpatient infectious disease clinic due to violaceous nodular lesions in the right and l...