Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) has its origins several decades ago, but in the last 2-3 years, AI had a huge boom in all the knowledge areas; mainly in finance, engineering, international banking, and few years ago in medicine field. Since all these AI programs are created by human beings, it will no longer be possible to […]

Cross-sectional modeling of emergency processes as an efficiency solution

Introduction The World Health Organization defines urgency as an unexpected occurrence, in any place or activity, of a problem of diverse cause and variable severity that generates awareness of an imminent need for attention by the person suffering from it. Large, primarily private, highly specialized hospitals (HSHs) have been considered those that have so-called reference […]

Standardization of reference values in short-latency auditory evoked potentials in people over 18 months of age

Introduction Brainstem auditory evoked potentials or short-latency auditory evoked potentials (SLAEPs) are neurophysiological tests where bioelectrical responses provoked in the auditory system, from the cochlear nerve to the brainstem, are obtained after the presentation of a transient acoustic stimulus (click or CE-chirp)1. Conventionally, SLAEPs have been incorrectly named “evoked” auditory potentials; however, according to the […]

Total auricular reconstruction for microtia and other deformities of the auricular in hospitals of the IMSS Bienestar program

Introduction The Jornadas Quirúrgicas IMSS Bienestar (formerly known as Surgical Medical Encounters) is an institutional strategy, initiated in 1996, that provides highly specialized medical services to the population in marginalized rural areas. They consist of volunteer and altruistic medical specialists who support the country’s most vulnerable population with the aim of providing highly specialized medical […]

The use of laparoscopic insufflation modifies mechanical power in laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Introduction The laparoscopic approach has become the standard of care for many abdominal surgical procedures. Compared to laparotomy, laparoscopy allows for smaller incisions, reduces the perioperative stress response, minimizes post-operative pain, and shortens recovery time1,2. Laparoscopy relies on the establishment of a pneumoperitoneum, where a gas, typically carbon dioxide (CO2), is insufflated through the peritoneal […]