Browsing by Author "Guerrero, M"

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    Analgesia after thoracotomy: Epidural fentanyl/bupivacaine compared with intercostal nerve block plus intravenous morphine
    (W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, 2004) Concha, M; Dagnino, J; Cariaga, M; Aguilera, J; Aparicio, R; Guerrero, M
    Objectives: Intercostal nerve blockade plus intravenous (IV) patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) could be an easier and safer alternative to epidural analgesia for postthoracotomy pain, but information about the efficacy of this technique is scarce. The objective of this randomized study was to compare the quality of analgesia and lung function in 2 groups of patients undergoing pulmonary surgery through a posterolateral thoracotomy.
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    Natural killer cell leukemia. Case report
    (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2005) Guerrero, M; Lira, P; Bertin, P; Galleguillos, M; Ocqueteau, M
    Natural killer leukemia is a rare and highly aggressive neoplasm, is more common in young male patients and has a very poor prognosis, with a median survival of few weeks. We report a 17 years old male patient who developed, after an acute upper respiratory disease, a rapidly multiorganic failure with pancytopenia. Bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy showed an acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The immunophenotypic and immunohistochemistry revealed a natural killer acute leukemia. The disease progressed rapidly and the patient died shortly after the diagnosis.