Los estudiantes de medicina enfrentan diversos desafíos estresantes durante su formación, como la depresión y la ansiedad, los cuales se han visto relacionados a un deterioro notable en la calidad de vida. Objetivo: Determinar el grado de correlación entre la calidad de vida y el estrés académico en estudiantes de medicina de una universidad nacional peruana. Método: La investigación adoptó un enfoque cuantitativo analítico de tipo transversal, la muestra constó de 274 estudiantes que cursaban del 1° al 7° año de estudios: Resultados: Se analizaron 274 encuestas válidas, con una distribución de género de 124 (45.3%) varones y 150 (54.7%) mujeres, y una edad promedio de 25.6 años. Se examinaron correlaciones entre estrés académico y diversas dimensiones de calidad de vida, encontrando una correlación positiva alta (Rho = 0.732) entre el afrontamiento ante el estrés y...

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...

Infectious sacroiliitis is a rare condition that is sometimes diagnosed late due to the poor specificity of the symptoms. In addition, imaging techniques such as scintigraphy, tomography, and nuclear magnetic resonance are required to assess the extent and severity of the lesions. If early diagnosis and treatment are made, the clinical evolution is satisfactory and leaves no sequelae. Clinical case: the case of an 83-year-old female patient is presented, with a history of ischemic cerebrovascular disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes mellitus and urinary tract infection, who presented with moderately intense colic-like abdominal pain, afebrile, and reported that at the time After getting up from his chair he felt weakness in his left side. On admission, hypertensive, febrile with T°: 38°C SatO2: 98% with FiO2: 0.4. On physical examination, there was edema in MMII with pitting (...