A Sequential Inspection Procedure for Fault Detection in Multistage Manufacturing Processes.

Fault diagnosis in multistage manufacturing processes (MMPs) is a challenging task where most of the research presented in the literature considers a predefined inspection scheme to identify the sources of variation and make the process diagnosable. In this paper, a sequential inspection procedure to detect the process fault based on a sequential testing algorithm and a minimum monitoring system is proposed. After the monitoring system detects that the process is out of statistical control, the features to be inspected (end of line or in process measurements) are defined sequentially according to the expected information gain of each potential inspection measurement. A case study is analyzed to prove the benefits of this approach with respect to a predefined inspection scheme and a randomized sequential inspection considering both the use and non-use of fault probabilities from historical maintenance data.

Erector spinae plane block as a rescue analgesia technique in a patient with HeartMate 3 ventricular assist type device: case report / Bloqueo de plano del músculo erector de la espina como técnica analgésica de rescate en un paciente con asistencia ventricular tipo HeartMate 3: reporte de caso

Abstract Introduction: Heart failure represents a public health problem involving high morbidity and mortality. For advanced stages of the disease the use of ventricular assist devices (VADs) has been implemented as destination therapy. The perioperative management of patients with VADs may result in multiple challenges, with optimal pain management being one of those challenges. Objective: To describe the use of erector spinae plain (ESP) block as a rescue analgesia technique in a patient undergoing HeartMate 3 type VAD implantat. Methods: Case report and subject review. Results: The case discussed is a patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy and severe ventricular dysfunction, undergoing a HeartMate 3 type VAD implant as destination therapy, under general anesthesia and postoperative analgesia protocol with fentanyl and acetaminophen. During the postoperative period the patient developed acute pain of severe intensity (visual analogue scale [VAS]: 8-10/10), that led to the use of a regional rescue technique-ESP block-that showed satisfactory results with optimal analgesia control (VAS: 1-3/10). Conclusion: The ESP block was a safe and effective option as part of a postoperative analgesia strategy for a patient with a HeartMate 3 type VAD implant.

Resumen Introducción: la insuficiencia cardiaca representa un problema de salud pública con alta morbimortalidad. En estadios avanzados se ha implementado el uso de dispositivos de asistencia ventricular (DAV) como terapia destino. El manejo perioperatorio de pacientes con DAV puede generar múltiples retos, dentro de los cuales se destaca el manejo óptimo del dolor. Objetivo: describir el uso del bloqueo del plano del musculo erector de la espina (ESP) como técnica analgésica de rescate en un paciente llevado a implante de DAV tipo HeartMate 3. Métodos: reporte de caso y revisión de tema. Resultados: se presenta el caso de un paciente con cardiopatía isquémica y disfunción ventricular severa, que fue llevado a un implante de DAV tipo HeartMate 3 como terapia destino, bajo anestesia general y protocolo de analgesia postoperatoria con fentanil y acetaminofén. Durante el posoperatorio presentó dolor agudo de intensidad severa (Escala Visual Análoga: 8-10/10), por lo que se aplicó una técnica regional de rescate: bloqueo ESP, la cual mostró resultados satisfactorios con control analgésico óptimo (Escala Visual Análoga: 1-3/10). Conclusiones: el bloqueo ESP fue una opción segura y efectiva como parte de una estrategia analgésica postoperatoria para un paciente con implante de un DAV tipo HeartMate 3.

Spinal anesthesia for cesarean section in a patient with achondroplasia: case report / Anestesia espinal para cesárea segmentaria en paciente con acondroplasia: reporte de caso

Abstract Introduction: The perioperative management of achondroplastic pregnant patients that will undergo lower segment cesarean section represents a clinical challenge to the anesthesiologist. Objective: To describe the anesthetic management of a pregnant patient with achondroplasia, programed for lower segment cesarean section using single-dose regional subarachnoid anesthesia, and to review the general guidelines for anesthetic management emphasizing the role of anesthesia in these patients. Methods: Case report and subject review. Results: The case of a first pregnancy in an achondroplastic, 117-cm tall patient and 38.5 weeks of gestation, programed for lower segment cesarean section is discussed. The patient received single-dose subarachnoid regional anesthesia and adjuvant opioids, with satisfactory results. Conclusion: The ideal anesthetic technique is controversial and the decision shall be based on the individual patient characteristics. The spinal technique, as the anesthetic approach to lower segment cesarean section, was satisfactory and safe in this particular patient.

Resumen Introducción: El manejo perioperatorio de pacientes acondroplásicas embarazadas que van ser llevadas a cesárea segmentaria representa un reto clínico para el anestesiólogo. Objetivo: Describir el manejo anestésico de una paciente gestante con acondroplasia programada para cesárea segmentaria utilizando anestesia regional subaracnoidea con dosis unica y realizar una revisión acerca de las pautas generales del manejo anestésico destacando el papel de la anestesia regional en este tipo de pacientes. Métodos: Reporte de caso y revisión de tema. Resultados: Presentamos el caso de una primigestante acondroplásica de 38.5 semanas y altura de 117 cm programada para cesárea segmentaria a la que se realizó una técnica anestésica regional tipo subaracnoidea con dosis única de anestésico local más coadyuvante opioide con resultados satisfactorios. Conclusiones: La técnica anestésica ideal para emplear es controversial y debe ser decidido con base en las características individuales de cada paciente. La técnica espinal fue satisfactoria y segura en esta paciente en particular como técnica anestésica para cesárea segmentaría.

Identification of Entamoeba moshkovskii in Treated Waste Water Used for Agriculture.

We conducted an observational study to determine the prevalence of Entamoeba spp., in samples collected in a waste water treatment plant that provides water for agricultural irrigation. Samples were collected weekly over a period of 10 weeks at representative contamination stages from within the treatment plant. Protozoan identification was performed via light microscopy and culture. PCR amplification of small subunit rRNA gene sequences of E. histolytica/dispar/moshkovskii was performed in culture positive samples. Light microscopy revealed the presence of Entamoeba spp., in 70% (14/20) of the raw waste water samples and in 80% (8/10) of the treated water samples. PCR amplification after culture at both 24 and 37°C revealed that 100% (29/29) of the raw waste water samples and 78.6% (11/14) of the treated waste water were positive for E. moshkovskii. We report the first isolation of E. moshkovskii in Colombia, confirmed by PCR. Recent reports of E. moshkovskii pathogenic potential suggest this finding could constitute a public health risk for people exposed to this water.

Implementación y evaluación de una estrategia combinada de educación en salud y quimioterapia masiva para el control de las geohelmintiasis, en una zona rural de Colombia / Implementation and evaluation of a combined strategy using health education and massive chemotherapy to control geohelminthiasis in a rural zone in Colombia

Introducción: Las geohelmintiasis son infecciones prevalentes en los países en vía de desarrollo, que afectan principalmente a la población escolar. Las estrategias de control que combinan quimioterapia masiva con educación en salud, pueden producir reducciones significativas de estas infecciones, sostenibles en el tiempo. En este estudio se implementó y evaluó, una intervención integral basada en una estrategia lúdica de educación en salud, más quimioterapia masiva en una zona rural de Colombia. Metodología: Diseño cuasi-experimental, realizado en La Virgen, Cundinamarca (Colombia). Toda la población escolar fue sometida a la estrategia educativa en salud, acompañada de tratamiento semestral con albendazol, entre finales del 2010 y mediados del 2013. La muestra analítica fue constituida por 119 niños (mediana= 11; Rango Intercuartílico = 8-13 años). Se evaluaron los cambios anuales en la presencia de geohelmintos usando pruebas no paramétricas para muestras relacionadas y modelos de regresión logística de efectos fijos. Resultados: En la medición basal, las prevalencias de los geohelmintos fueron: 22,28% (IC 95% 16,36%-28,20%) para Ascaris lumbricoides; 37,31% (IC 95% 30,42%-44,19%) para Trichuris trichiura y 13,47% (IC 95% 8,61%-18,33%) para Uncinaria sp. Para la medición final, estas prevalencias cayeron significativamente a 5,30% (IC 95% 1,68%-8,91%) para A. lumbricoides; 16,55% (IC 95% 10,56%-22,55%) para T. trichiura y 4,64% (IC95% 1,42%-8,03%) para Uncinaria sp. Conclusión: El presente estudio, pese a que no constituye una evaluación real de impacto, provee una experiencia aparentemente exitosa de implementación de una estrategia integral para el control de las geohelmintiasis, que podría servir como modelo para otras intervenciones en áreas rurales del país.

Introduction: Geohelminthiasis is an infection which is prevalent in developing countries, and primarily affects schoolchildren. Control strategies that combine massive chemotherapy with health education can produce significant reductions in this infection that are sustainable over time. This study implemented and evaluated a comprehensive intervention combining a health education strategy and massive chemotherapy in a rural zone in Colombia. Methodology: Quasi-experimental design performed in La Virgen, Cundinamarca (Colombia). The entire school population participated in the health education strategy, in conjunction with biannual treatments with albendazole, between late 2010 and the middle of 2013. The analytical sample consisted of 119 children (median = 11, interquartile range = 8-13 years of age). Yearly changes in the presence of geohelminthes were evaluated using non-parametric tests for related samples and fixed-effect logistic regression models. Results: Prevalences of geohelminthes at baseline were: 22,28% (CI 95% 16,36%-28,20%) for Ascaris lumbricoides; 37,31%( CI 95% 30,42%-44,19%) for Trichuris trichiura and 13,47% (CI 95% 8,61%-18,33%) for Uncinaria sp. The final measurements of these prevalences decreased to 5,30%(CI 95% 1,68%-8,91%) for A. lumbricoides; 16,55% (CI 95% 10,56%-22,55%) for T. trichiura and 4,64% (CI 95% 1,42%-8,03%) for Uncinaria sp. Conclusions: Although the present study does not constitute an actual impact evaluation, it provides an apparently successful experience with implementing a comprehensive strategy to control geohelminthiasis, which could serve as a model for other interventions in rural areas in the country.

Molecular diagnosis and genotype analysis of Giardia duodenalis in asymptomatic children from a rural area in central Colombia.

Giardiasis is a parasitic infection that affects around 200 million people worldwide. This parasite presents a remarkable genetic variability observed in 8 genetic clusters named as 'assemblages' (A-H). These assemblages are host restricted and could be zoonotic where A and B infect humans and animals around the globe. The knowledge of the molecular epidemiology of human giardiasis in South-America is scarce and also the usefulness of PCR to detect this pathogen in fecal samples remains controversial. The aim of this study was to conduct a cross-sectional study to compare the molecular targets employed for the molecular diagnosis of Giardia DNA and to discriminate the parasite assemblages circulating in the studied population. We analyzed 181 fecal samples from Children at La Virgen, Cundinamarca, Colombia that were DNA-extracted and analyzed by SSU rDNA, tpi and gdh loci. We observed positivity by microscopy of 13% and by PCR around 76-80% depending on the molecular marker. Additionally, a lack of statistical concordance between microscopy and PCR was detected. Regarding the genetic assemblages, we detected assemblage A (3%), assemblage B (90%) and mixed infections assemblages A+B (7%). Hence, the sub-assemblages were typed as AI, AII, BIII and BIV across the population. This study represents a reliable attempt to understand the molecular epidemiology of giardiasis in Colombia and the use of PCR to detect cryptic infections. The epidemiological implications are herein discussed.

Agreement of the Kato-Katz test established by the WHO with samples fixed with sodium acetate analyzed at 6 months to diagnose intestinal geohelminthes.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of the Kato-Katz test (WHO version) with stool samples from a rural area, fixed with sodium acetate (SAF). The Kato-Katz test was used to compare unfixed samples (conventional test) with the same samples containing SAF fixative at time 0 and at 6 months. The study included stools from 154 subjects. A marginally statistically significant decrease in prevalence was estimated only for hookworm, when comparing unfixed samples versus the SAF fixed samples read at 6 months (p=0.06). A significant reduction in parasite load was found for hookworm (p<0.01) and Trichuris trichiura (p<0.01) between the unfixed and the fixed sample read at 6 months, but not for Ascaris lumbricoides (p=0.10). This research suggests that the SAF fixative solution is a good option for transporting samples for diagnosis, especially in rural areas in developing countries.

Entamoeba moshkovskii perspectives of a new agent to be considered in the diagnosis of amebiasis.

During the last decade Entamoeba moshkovskii has become relevant given its capacity to infect humans, especially when considering that it is morphologically indistinguishable from E. histolytica. For a long time, E. moshkovskii was considered as a free living amoeba, but in the last decade it has been demonstrated that E. moshkovskii can infect humans and can be found more frequently in regions where amebiasis shows high prevalence values, becoming a challenge to differentiate it from the E. histolytica/E. dispar complex. Recently there have been studies that raise the possibility that E. moshkovskii could be a pathogenic species, as there are reports in different countries that associated this infection with gastrointestinal symptoms even though others have described it as a non pathogenic species. For this reasons, both clinical and epidemiological studies are required.

Opium: una visión desde la medicina veterinaria / Opium: a vision from the veterinary medicine

En el presente trabajo, se desarrollan los aspectos generales del medicamento Opium, y sus particulares aplicaciones en la clínica veterinaria. Se destacan los rubros repertorizables donde el medicamento ofrece características distintivas

Opium: una vision desde la medicina veterinaria / Opium: an approach from the veterinary view

En el presente trabajo, se desarrollan los aspectos generales del medicamento Opium, y sus particulares aplicaciones en la clinica veterinaria. Se destacan los rubros repertorizables donde el medicamento ofrece caracteristicas distintivas.(AU)

Opium: una visión desde la medicina veterinaria / Opium: a vision from the veterinary medicine

En el presente trabajo, se desarrollan los aspectos generales del medicamento Opium, y sus particulares aplicaciones en la clínica veterinaria. Se destacan los rubros repertorizables donde el medicamento ofrece características distintivas (AU)