183 Regarding a case of Chikungunya fever imported from America Membrillo de Novales FJ., Fe Marqués A., Pilares Barco JM., Mateo Maestre M., Pérez Mochales JF. SUMMARY: We present a case of a 41-year-old male who travelled to Valencia, Venezuela as a VFR (Visiting Friends and Relatives) and presented fever and arthromyalgias upon his return to Spain. The patient met clinical criteria for the diagno-sis of Chikungunya fever, recently introduced in the American continent, where a developing outbreak affects the country he travelled to. Serological testing in the reference laboratory confirmed this suspicion, detecting IgM against Chikungunya (CHIKV). Given that this arbovirosis is not well known in our environment and it is of military interest, we use this case, the first one diagnosed in our Hospital in the context of this epidemic, to review the situation of this disease and the epidemiology of the outbreak. KEYWORDS: Chikungunya, Arbovirosis, Aedes spp, Tropical Medicine. TECHNICAL NOTE 186 Positive assessment of drugs: March, April, and May 2015 Aparicio Hernández R., García Luque A., Pérez Morán MJ., Sánchez López P. SUMMARY: The drugs assessed by the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products or European Medicines Agency made public in March, April and May of 2015, and considered of interest to the healthcare professional, are reviewed. These are positive technical reports prior to the authorization and placing on the market of the product. KEYWORDS: Atazanavir / Cobicistat, Evotaz®, Cloruro de lutecio, 177LU, Lumark®, Dinutuxima, Unituxin®, Edoxaban, Lixiana®, Empagliflozina/metformina, Synjardy®, Evolocumab, Repatha®, Fenilefrina / ketorolaco, Omidria®, Lenvatinib, Lenvima®, Netupitant/ palonosetron, Akynzeo®, Nivolumab, Opdivo®, Nivolumab, Nivolumab BMS®, Pembrolizumab, Ke-ytruda ®, Tasimelteon, Hetlioz®, Vacuna frente al virus del papiloma humano nonavalente, Gardasil 9®. REPORTS 196 Prevention and infection control to suspected cases of infection with the new coronavirus MERS-CoV in military units. Mayo Montero MªE., Cique Moya A., Cascante Burgos J., Méndez Montesinos JR. SUMMARY: In 2012 came a new coronavirus in Jordan which was called Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) by causing the clinical picture. The virus has been displaced by the neighboring countries and notified imported cases in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia. Having declared an outbreak in South Korea where they have been produced to quaternary transmission. The agent is transmitted by air, by direct contact and by fomites; it has a fatality rate around 37%. So in the management of patients standard precautions, contact with infective secretions and airborne transmission shall be adopted when aerosol-generating techniques are applied. Due to the nature of the disease, it is a priority to establish in mili-tary units where the appearance of a case of prevention and infection control for suspected: Detect quickly and precociously suspected case; protect medical staff, other patients and other staff; and implement appropriate isolation measures. KEYWORDS: MERS-CoV, Coronavirus, Prevention, Infection control, Isolation, Personal Protective Equipment. PICTURE PROBLEM 201 Dyspnea after an episode of emesis Molero Silvero E., Bartolomé Cela E., Gijón Gallego F., García de la Llana MA. 203 Femoral mononeuropathy of unusual etiology Coca Benito D., Torres León JM., Artigas Montañes O., Hijosa Pedregosa M. HISTORY AND HUMANITIES 205 Antonio Ros de Olano, Director General of Infantry, Artillery and Military Health Services. SUMMARY: Called “the prudent general”, Antonio Ros de Olano was a character well known in his time. He stood out as a soldier and politician, participating in battles and uprisings. As a writer, he published books of memoirs about military epi-sodes and was a precursor of the fantastic literature in Spain. He was a friend of Espronceda, Campoamor, Larra and many others who participated in the famous gathering of “The Parnasillo” in “El Café del Príncipe” of Madrid. In the political aspect, he was minister of Isabel II, deputy and senator. In his military career, he was appointed lieutenant general and among his numerous positions, he was Director General of Military Health Services. KEY WORDS: Military Medical Corps. History. Uniformology. 210 Sub-officials of the Auxiliary Corps of Military Pharmacy Practitioners (1945-1989) Naranjo García, JF. SUMMARY: The army counts on two groups of NCOs to support the roles of doctors and pharmacists: the technicians. Those of the former group were studied in a previous article. This second article looks to encompass the trajectory of the latter group. The current pharmaceutical assistants, belonging to the basic NCO grade, are the descendants of militia medical professionals; although they are as old as warfare itself, their official incorporation into the military didn’t come about until 1945, as the fruit of a great historical legacy and they continue into the present day, carrying out an invisible labour amongst the NCO grades. Their name has changed, but not their work. This is their little history. KEY WORDS: Technician, Military pharmacist, Nursing auxiliary. 140 Sanid. mil. 2015; 71 (3)
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