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    Anti-Inflammatory Chilean Endemic Plants
    (MDPI, 2024-03-03) Otero, Carolina; Klagges, Carolina; Morales, Bernardo; Sotomayor, Paula; Escobar, Jorge; Fuentes, Juan A.; Moreno, Adrian A.; Llancalahuen, Felipe M.; Arratia-Perez, Ramiro; Gordillo-Fuenzalida, Felipe; Herrera, Michelle; Martínez, Jose L.; Rodríguez-Díaz, Maité
    Medicinal plants have been used since prehistoric times and continue to treat several diseases as a fundamental part of the healing process. Inflammation is a condition characterized by redness, pain, and swelling. This process is a hard response by living tissue to any injury. Furthermore, inflammation is produced by various diseases such as rheumatic and immune-mediated conditions, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and diabetes. Hence, anti-inflammatory-based treatments could emerge as a novel and exciting approach to treating these diseases. Medicinal plants and their secondary metabolites are known for their anti-inflammatory properties, and this review introduces various native Chilean plants whose anti-inflammatory effects have been evaluated in experimental studies. Fragaria chiloensis, Ugni molinae, Buddleja globosa, Aristotelia chilensis, Berberis microphylla, and Quillaja saponaria are some native species analyzed in this review. Since inflammation treatment is not a one-dimensional solution, this review seeks a multidimensional therapeutic approach to inflammation with plant extracts based on scientific and ancestral knowledge.
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    Enfermedad por depósito de cristales de pirofosfato de calcio como ejemplo de forma de manifestación de la enfermedad en el adulto mayor
    (2015-10-09) Fuentes, Paola; Webar, Javier; Vergara, Cristián; Herrera, Michelle; Barthel M, Elizabeth; Vega S., Jorge; Matus, Carla
    Illness presentation in the elderly may be entirely non-specific, with fatigue, loss of function or the presence of geriatric syndromes. We report a 90 years old male consulting in the emergency room for delirium that persisted throughout hospitalization without finding a cause. During the course of hospitalization mild fever appeared and a left knee swelling became apparent. A synovial fluid aspiration showed a leukocyte count of 360 per field with 60% polymorphonuclear cells. The culture was negative. With a presumptive diagnosis of pseudogout, cochicine and celecoxib were started with remission of the confusional state. The patient was discharged 13 days after admission in good conditions. Key words: Aged; Chondrocalcinosis; Delirium; Fever.