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The specialty of Intensive Care Medicine was established over twenty years ago in Spain as part of the MIR (Resident training) system. The European Union allows for free circulation of its workers and the multilateral recognition of their university degrees as well as their postgraduate training. Unfortunately, our specialty is excluded from such a privilege. This limits our European rights and hinders the mobility of the intensivists trained in our country. The main objective of this article is to provide a practical guide on how to obtain recognition of the Spanish Certificate of Training (MIR system) in Intensive Care Medicine in the United Kingdom (UK). This review has been done by several Spanish intensivists with vast professional experience in the UK.
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Habilitación Profesional , Cuidados Críticos , Guías como Asunto , España , Reino UnidoRESUMEN
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is frequent in patients with cellular immunity impairments, specially those with AIDS. We communicate our experience in 20 patients (15 with AIDS) with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia confirmed by the finding of trophozoites or cysts. Clinical manifestations were cough in 75% of cases, dyspnea in 70% and fever in 65%. Eighty five percent of cases had diffuse reticular and nodular radiological densities. Nineteen patients had an increased alveolar-arterial O2 gradient. Nineteen patients were treated with trimethropim-sulphamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) and 4 with pentamidine isethionate (1 due to previous allergy and 3 due to poor response to TMP-SMX). Three patients died during the acute episode. Of the survivors, 13 died within 2 to 44 months later (14.5 +/- 12 months). It is concluded that AIDS is the most frequent underlying condition in patients with Pneumocysts carinii pneumonia and that long term survival is low.