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

Editorial

Epidemiological surveillance and mass events: lessons learned ahead of the 2026 FIFA™ 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 382 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 558

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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 306 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 307

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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 436 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 139

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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 347 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 908

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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 326 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 584

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Response to benralizumab in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma

Jorge Isaac Velasco-Santos, Francisco Javier Nuñez-Martinez, Brian Humberto Martínez-Sánchez, Alejandro de Jesús Chávez-Lárraga (Author)
Abstract 260 | PDF Downloads 427

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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 299 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 497

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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 247 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 380

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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 310 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 824

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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 284 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 989

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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 240 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 80

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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 278 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 613

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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 258 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 590

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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 348 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 1025

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Expert consensus validation of an instrument to improve the timely detection of developmental dysplasia of the hip in children

George Benjamin Edgar, Jesús Vértiz-Ramírez, Juan Molina-Rodríguez, Humberto León-Soto, Luis Loyo-Soriano, Mario Sánchez-Domínguez (Author)
Abstract 246 | PDF Downloads 507

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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 360 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 717

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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 274 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 1057

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

Eduardo Daniel Anica-Malagón, Jorge Ariel Sosa-Bolio (Author)
Abstract 248 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 831

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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 340 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 628

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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 246 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 929

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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 262 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 158

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Opinion Articles

Transformation of Epidemiology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Juan Rodrigo Gómez-Bernal (Author)
Abstract 265 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 1048

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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 275 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 804

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Embryonic origin of temperament: notochord and early signaling

samuel Ruesga (Author)
Abstract 251 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 197

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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 220 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 313

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Bilateral Cataract Secondary to High-Voltage Electrical Burn: Case Report and Literature Review

Karla Orozco-Juarez, Gabriela Thomassiny-Bautista (Author)
Abstract 223 | PDF Downloads 505

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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 249 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 1105

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Elephantine Psoriasis. A case report

Eduardo Marín-Hernández, Katherine López-Soto, Eduardo Josué Marín-González (Author)
Abstract 261 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 981

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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 245 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 457

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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 292 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 574

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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 281 | PDF (Spanish) Downloads 1042

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