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Revista Médica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social is a bimonthly publication of the Coordinación de Investigación en Salud of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, first published in 1962. It serves as the official platform for disseminating clinical and epidemiological research conducted within the most important social security institution in Mexico.


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Current Issue

Vol. 64 No. 4 (2026): Julio-Agosto

Editorial

Epidemiological surveillance and mass events: lessons learned ahead of the 2026 FIFATM World Cup

Alfonso Vallejos Parás, David Alejandro Cabrera Gaytán, Porfirio Felipe Hernández Bautista, Leticia Jaimes Betancourt, Lumumba Arriaga Nieto, Gabriel Valle Alvarado, Óscar Cruz Orozco (Author)
Abstract 157 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 256

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Letter to the Editor

Comment on the article: “Changes in the triglyceride-glucose index after one year of antiretroviral therapy”

Md. Gonzalo Enrique Flores Guamán (Author)
Abstract 123 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 153

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Original Articles

Early detection of Insuline Resistence in Pregnant Women

Dr. Sergio Iván Domínguez-Santos, Dr. Sergio Iván Domínguez-Santos, Dra. Corina Mariela Alba-Alba (Author)
Abstract 144 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 291

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Diagnosis of congenital heart disease using Deep Learning in pediatric chest X-rays: A proof of concept

Óscar A Ramírez Terán, Eduardo Tomás Alvarado, Salvador Ruiz Correa, Héctor Segura Quintanilla, Rubén López Revilla, Cesaré M Ovando Vázquez, Rubicel Trujillo Acatitla (Author)
Abstract 145 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 276

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Characterization of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in a cohort in a Mexican cohort

Edwin Jeffry Palma-Díaz, Alejandra Albarrán-Sánchez, Maura Estela Noyola-García, Elsy Estefania Pérez-Pedraza (Author)
Abstract 117 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 165

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Respuesta a benralizumab en pacientes con asma grave eosinofílica

Jorge Isaac Velasco-Santos, Francisco Javier Nuñez-Martinez, Brian Humberto Martínez-Sánchez, Alejandro de Jesús Chávez-Lárraga (Author)
Abstract 89 | PDF Downloads 133

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Screening of Hepatitis C virus in blood donors over 11 years

José Luis Rodríguez Rivera, Mtra. Alondra Daniel Cravioto, Gamaliel Benitez-Arvizu (Author)
Abstract 112 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 214

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Interlaminar Distance and Bony Landmarks in Lumbar Neuraxial Anesthesia: A Concordance Study

Jimena Alexandra González-Sandoval, D.A.D Bolado Garcia Patricia Berenice , Dr. Álvarez Pérez Alberto Alfonso (Author)
Abstract 93 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 317

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Incidence of the progression and remission of cognitive decline in older adults

Diana Aide González-Sotelo, Arelhi Yosajandhi Bermúdez-Rojas, María Guadalupe Berumen-Lechuga, Violeta Castro-Leyva, María Esther Bobadilla-Serrano, Yazmin Jocelyn Julián-Hernández, Mauricio Espinosa-Lugo, Jaime Juárez-González, Arturo Hernández-Esquivel, Jessica Camacho-Ruiz, Rosalinda Sánchez-Arenas (Author)
Abstract 124 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 353

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Ultrasound glossopharyngeal block for oropharyngeal pain management in cancer patients

Karla Itzel Gutiérrez-Riveroll, Jocelyn Ivette Ríos-Figueroa, Luis Ángel Pozos-Rojas, Juan Manuel Rodríguez-Zepeda (Author)
Abstract 96 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 324

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Association between early stenosis and temporary clipping in treated cerebral aneurysms

Conrado Abel Mercado-Guzmán, Hilario Paul Alanis-Resendiz, Laura Patricia Munguía-Hernández, Francisco Godínez-García, Andrea Judith Del Ángel-González (Author)
Abstract 81 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 84

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Twelve-month clinical follow-up of patients diagnosed with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Ana Karen Constantino-Solano, Mariana Paulina García-Bermúdez, Jorge Antonio Quirarte-Gómez, Arturo García-Galicia, Álvaro José Montiel-Jarquín, Nancy Rosalía Bertado-Ramírez, Carlos Alberto López-Bernal, Josué Cruz-Meza (Author)
Abstract 93 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 191

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Predictive capacity of 30-day mortality using the Nottingham Scale in people aged 65 years or older with hip fracture in Michoacán

Español, Jose Octavio Duarte-Flores, Español (Author)
Abstract 93 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 200

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Scientific output of the Revista Médica del IMSS in PubMed (2005-2025): a bibliometric analysis

Omar Chávez Martínez, Miritza Villaseñor-Aguirre, Francisco Cano-Román (Author)
Abstract 157 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 423

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Validación por consenso de expertos de un instrumento para mejorar la detección oportuna de displasia del desarrollo de cadera en población infantil

George Benjamin Edgar, Jesús Vértiz-Ramírez, Juan Molina-Rodríguez, Humberto León-Soto, Luis Loyo-Soriano, Mario Sánchez-Domínguez (Author)
Abstract 82 | PDF Downloads 450

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Review Article

When the one who heals dies. The physician at the end of life

Eduardo Daniel Anica-Malagón, Yareni Natividad Salgado-Abrego (Author)
Abstract 141 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 387

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Inflammatory depression: a review of advances in pathophysiology, clinical implications, and treatment

Francisco Carlos Juárez Paredes, Jessica Juárez Ugalde (Author)
Abstract 88 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 415

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Thinking, evaluating, and replenishing the fibrinogen hemostatic strategy in neurosurgery

Eduardo Daniel Anica-Malagón, Jorge Ariel Sosa-Bolio (Author)
Abstract 87 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 330

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Efficacy and safety of dual anti-platelet aggregation short post-pharmacologic stent

Aurelio Alejandro Ramírez-Delgadillo, Leonardo Ramírez-De La Cruz, Cesar Emiliano Jiménez-Limón, Diego Alejandro Ruiseco-Chenhalls , Cesar David Montes-González, Gabriel Sebastián Alonso-Limón (Author)
Abstract 150 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 214

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Merkel cell carcinoma: current surgical approaches and multidisciplinary treatment

Dr. Aldair Romero L., Dra. Alexa H. Ramírez , Dr. Gabriel P. Esparza, Dra. Ana Laura Juárez, Dr. Francisco C. Vargas (Author)
Abstract 80 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 341

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Genetic Susceptibility to Metabolic Syndrome: A Comparative Overview of the Mexican Population in a Global Context

Carlos Arturo Gallardo Hernández , Jaqueline Diaz Alberto , José Antonio Palma Jacinto , Oreth Montero Ruíz , Ulises Ramírez Franco (Author)
Abstract 82 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 277

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Opinion Articles

Transformation of Epidemiology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Juan Rodrigo Gómez-Bernal (Author)
Abstract 98 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 395

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Interaction between oxidative stress and inflammatory processes in fetal membranes: One Health

Venus Penélope Velázquez-Esquivel , Luis Javier Ramírez-Jirano, Tania Zenteno-Savín, Daniela A. Murillo-Cisneros, Carlos Angulo, Ramón Gaxiola-Robles (Author)
Abstract 112 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 384

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Embryonic origin of temperament: notochord and early signaling

samuel Ruesga (Author)
Abstract 81 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 180

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Clinical Cases

From ICU to recovery: recurrent pneumonia due to Lophomonas blattarum

CARDENAS DE LUNA MJ, Evelin Bugarin-Cortes, Gómez Rodríguez C, Luis Adrián De Jesus-González, Juan Carlos Borrego-Moreno (Author)
Abstract 64 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 384

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Catarata bilateral secundaria a quemadura eléctrica de alto voltaje: reporte de caso y revisión de la literatura

Karla Orozco-Juarez, Gabriela Thomassiny-Bautista (Author)
Abstract 71 | PDF Downloads 338

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Acute appendicitis as a complication of Garengeot's hernia: Case report

Yahir Oliver-Balderas, Yelena Natielly Hernández-Marchena , Martín Ramírez-Ronquillo , Patricia Berenice Bolado-García (Author)
Abstract 74 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 401

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Elephantine Psoriasis. A case report

Eduardo Marín-Hernández, Katherine López-Soto, Eduardo Josué Marín-González (Author)
Abstract 86 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 403

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Loss of eyeball and periorbital tissues due to craniofacial trauma: Clinical case

Fernanda Jazmín Rodríguez-Ramírez, Yaira María José Rocha-Sánchez, Milagros Danieyis Dorrego-Oduardo, Gloria Patricia Sosa-Bustamante, Carlos Paque-Bautista, Alma Patricia González (Author)
Abstract 80 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 324

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Esophageal perforation: surgical outcomes in a referral center

José Antonio Vera-Bernal, José Luis Beristain-Hernandez, Lucero Antares Rosas-Espinoza, Manuel García-Sánchez, Francisco Bevia-Pérez, Gerardo Guerrero-Rebaja, Adrian Regalado-Aquino, Juan Carlos Rivera-Martinez, Alejandro García-Meza (Author)
Abstract 71 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 348

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Clinical spectrum, neuroimaging and therapeutic response to neurological syndromes associated with anti-GAD65

Luis Felipe Hernández-Salomón, Diana Mayela Sinaí Sánchez-Galván, Penelope Galván-Heredia , José Antonio Mejía-Chávez, Salma Monserrat Solís-Luna, Christian Emmanuelle Aguayo-Jiménez (Author)
Abstract 112 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 388

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