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J Colchero Fernández

Publications and source records attributed to J Colchero Fernández.

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PubMed2000

Tamponade as the clinical onset of a cardiac angiosarcoma.

Primary tumors of the heart are usually benign, with the malignant forms being rare. In this article we report the case of an angiosarcoma with the only manifestation being a cardiac tamponade. When the patient being admitted to the hospital, an important differential diagnosis was pulmonary tumor. A mass in the right atrium was later detected in the echocardiogram. Further image studies, such as MRI, showed spectacular images of this mass suggestive of neoplasm. An intra-operatory biopsy diagnosed the mass as an angiosarcoma. Since there was no evidence of primary neoplasm in other studies carried out, the neoformation was diagnosed as a primary angiosarcoma. Surgery was carried out with a survival of only 13 months after the procedure. We also use this case to make a brief review of the primary tumors of the heart, especially angiosarcomas.

Cardiac Tamponade↗
PubMed1999

[Appropriateness of admissions to an internal medicine department of a second level hospital].

BACKGROUND: Study about the admissions appropriateness in the Internal Medicine ward of Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective review of the admissions in the first three months of 1997 not coming from any other ward. Two physicians not responsible of the admission evaluated separately the medical records by using the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol. 201 patients were selected randomly from the 518 admissions which accomplished the criteria formerly exposed. RESULTS: 13.4% of the admissions did not fulfill any criteria of the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol. The most frequent inadequate admission cause was for diagnostic purposes (66%). No significative difference was found in the percentage of inappropriate admissions with respect to age, gender, days of stay and number of previous admissions. CONCLUSIONS: The percentage of inappropriate admissions was slightly lower than that of similar studies carried out in similar conditions, probably because of the possibility of moving the patient to lower levels of care units according their needs.

Adolescent↗