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Introducción: El programa de formación del Técnico Superior de Ciclo Corto en Neurofisiología Clínica incorpora en la educación en el trabajo la rotación por electroencefalografía. En ella el estudiante adquiere habilidades esenciales, desarrolla su pensamiento creador e independiente. No obstante, las habilidades prácticas desarrolladas en la misma no están establecidas. Objetivo: Diseñar la tarjeta de habilidades prácticas de electroencefalografía para el técnico en Neurofisiología Clínica. Materiales y métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal entre enero y julio de 2022. Fueron entrevistados seis profesores que impartieron la asignatura Electroencefalografía en el Técnico Superior de Ciclo Corto en Neurofisiología Clínica, cuatro de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Juan Guiteras Gener, de Matanzas, y dos de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Victoria de Girón, de La Habana. Resultados: Los profesores entrevistados, de modo general, apuntaron habilidades prácticas muy similares para el diseño de la tarjeta. La misma fue validada por el criterio de especialistas. Conclusiones: El diseño de la tarjeta de habilidades prácticas contiene los elementos fundamentales para la rotación de electroencefalografía aplicada en la educación al trabajo. Esta organiza y orienta en el estudiante su aprendizaje.
Introduction: The training program of the Short Cycle High Education Technician in Clinical Neurophysiology includes electroencephalography rotation into on-the-job education. In it, the student acquires essential skills, develops his creative and independent thinking. However, the practical skills developed in it are not established. Objective: To design the practical skills card of electroencephalography for the Technician in Clinical Neurophysiology. Materials and methods: A cross sectional, descriptive study was carried out in the period from January to July 2022. Six professors who taught the subject Electroencephalography in the Short Cycle course High Education Technician in Clinical Neurophysiology were interviewed; four from the Faculty of Medical Sciences Juan Guiteras Gener, from Matanzas, and two from the Faculty of Medical Sciences Victoria de Giron, from Havana. Results: The teachers interviewed, in general, pointed out very similar practical skills for the design of the card. It was validated by the criteria of specialists. Conclusions: The design of the practical skills card contains the fundamental elements for the electroencephalography rotation applied in on-the-job education. It organizes and guides the student's learning.
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A pesar de ser la miopatía primaria más frecuente en hombres mayores de 50 años de edad, la miositis por cuerpos de inclusión (MCI) esporádica es una enfermedad rara. En muchas ocasiones su diagnóstico es retrasado por lo que se refuerza la importancia de una adecuada valoración clínica e indicación oportuna de estudios complementarios. En el presente artículo se presenta un caso que tiene la distinción de presentarse en un paciente mestizo, sin afectación demostrada en flexores profundos de las manos y con elementos de gravedad, determinadas por la presencia de disfagia alta funcional y disnea a la posición de decúbito supino. En la revisión realizada no se recogen hasta el presente reportes en publicaciones de esta enfermedad en Cuba. Clínicamente, la afección se caracteriza por debilidad muscular combinada distal y proximal, electromiografía (EMG) con alteración mixta neuropática y miopática, y escasa respuesta a la terapia inmunosupresora. La biopsia de músculo ayuda a establecer el diagnóstico definitivo al demostrar la presencia de inclusiones distintivas en las fibras musculares. El pronóstico es sombrío al mostrar un comportamiento progresivo con afectación de la calidad de vida y llevar a una discapacidad física avanzada(AU)
Despite being the most common primary myopathy in men over 50 years of age, sporadic inclusion body myositis (ICM) is a rare disease. On many occasions its diagnosis is delayed, which is why the importance of an adequate clinical assessment and timely indication of complementary studies is reinforced. This article reports a case that has the peculiarity of affecting a mestizo patient, with no established involvement in the deep flexors of his hands and with elements of severity, determined by the presence of high functional dysphagia and dyspnea in the supine position. There have not been publication reports on this disease in Cuba. Clinically, the condition is characterized by combined distal and proximal muscle weakness, electromyography (EMG) with mixed neuropathic and myopathic impairment, and poor response to immunosuppressive therapy. Muscle biopsy helps establish the definitive diagnosis by demonstrating the presence of distinctive inclusions in the muscle fibers. The prognosis is bleak, showing progressive behavior affecting quality of life and leading to advanced physical disability(AU)
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Humans , Male , Aged , Deglutition Disorders/diagnostic imaging , Myositis, Inclusion Body/etiology , Rare Diseases , Electromyography/methodsABSTRACT
The purpose of this paper is to estimate the association between quantitative electroencephalogram frequency composition (QEEGC) and post-surgical evolution in patients with pharmacoresistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and to evaluate the predictive value of QEEGC before and after surgery. A prospective, longitudinal study was made at International Neurological Restoration Center, Havana, Cuba. Twenty-nine patients with TLE submitted to epilepsy surgery were evaluated before surgery, and six months and two years after. They were classified as unsatisfactory and satisfactory post-surgical clinical evolution using the Modified Engels Scale. Eighty-seven electroencephalograms with quantitative narrow- and broad-band measures were analyzed. A Mann Whitney test (p > 0.05) showed that QEEGC before surgery was similar between groups independently of two years post-surgical evolution. A Mann Whitney test (p Ë 0.05) showed that subjects with two years satisfactory post-surgical evolution had greater alpha power compared to subjects with two years unsatisfactory post-surgical evolution that showed greater theta power. A Wilcoxon test (p Ë 0.05) showed that alpha and theta power increased for two groups from pre-surgical state to post-surgical state. Logit regression (p Ë 0.05) showed that six months after surgery, quantitative electroencephalogram frequency value with the greatest power at occipital regions shows predictive value for two years evolution. QEEGC can be a tool to predict the outcome of epilepsy surgery.