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Author Guidelines

INSTRUCTIONS TO MEDEST 2024 AUTHORS

MedEst Magazine is the official scientific dissemination organ of the University Student Federation (FEU) of the University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas, in the Republic of Cuba. It is aimed at students of any branch of health or linked to this sector in the country and other parts of the world.

GENERAL ASPECTS AND INSTRUCTIONS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN PRESENTING THE ARTICLE

The instructions are based on the recommendations contained in the uniformity requirements of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors for preparing manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. In addition, it uses the Vancouver style. All submissions must conform to the publication standards set forth herein. Otherwise, they may be rejected without peer review.

METADATA

The metadata of each of the authors, as well as those referring to the article, must appear on the journal's website (www.revmedest.sld.cu):

Full name(s): Example: (Juan Antonio) and not (Juan A.).

Surnames.

Individual email: It must be a functional email and reviewed periodically.

ORCID Identifier: It is not enough to have a registration number, but the specialty, master's degree, institution where you work, province and country must also appear, in addition to the publications and events in which you have participated.

Institution: Your institutional affiliation, which will include: University; Faculty; Hospital, Polyclinic or other institutions; Province; and Country to which the work should be attributed, in this order. The university must have the leading role, as the main source of management of research activity.

Conflict of interest: Declare that there is no conflict of interest. Conflicts of interest include financial, personal, political, religious interests, among others.

GENERAL FORMAT FOR ALL MANUSCRIPTS

Sheet type: letter (21.59x27.94 centimeters).

Margins: Default (bottom and top: 2.5 cm; left and right: 3 cm).

Font: Verdana.

Font size: 12 points.

Line spacing: Simple.

Alignment: Justified on both sides.

Space between paragraphs: 1 Enter.

The sections of the manuscript (SUMMARY, INTRODUCTION, METHODS...) must be appropriately headed and aligned to the left, using SHARP CAPITAL LETTERS and bold. Page breaks should not be used. Italics will be used exclusively for words or phrases in other languages, scientific names of medicines and scientific names of animals and plants. The subsections will be indicated in bold.

GENERAL DATA PAGE

Article Type (Right-aligned, bold capitalized).

Title in Spanish and English, with up to 15 words. It should be concise, understandable and informative. It should not include acronyms or abbreviations. If names of institutions are used, they must be official ones. Do not use the word “Title”. Do not write in sustained capital letters. Do not use quotes or put a full stop. The Spanish title should be placed in bold and the English translation in italics.

Full names and surnames of the authors, placed one below the other and ordered according to their participation. The ORCID identifier will be placed after each name as a mandatory element (www.orcid.org). Said identifier must have the author's data incorporated.

Institutional affiliations of each author (except for teaching or scientific positions and categories), following the scheme: University; Faculty; Hospital, Polyclinic or other institutions; Province; and Country. Ex: University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas. Faculty of Medical Sciences “Dr. “Juan Guiteras Gener.” “Samuel Fernández” Polyclinic. Matanzas, Cuba. Note that the institutions are separated by period and followed; not the province and the country, where the comma is used.

Number of words in the summary: up to 250.

Length in pages of the article (without bibliographic references).

Declaration of authorship, according to CRediT taxonomy.

Declaration of conflict of interest (if they exist or not).

Declaration of financing sources.

Statement of agreement or disagreement with conducting an open peer review process.

Corresponding author, full postal address, email. The telephone is optional and facilitates contact by the editors (via messaging service).

If the research is a clinical trial, the registration number must be stated and where it can be verified.

SECTIONS OF THE MAGAZINE

• Editorial
• Letters to the Editor
• Letters from the Director
• Original article
• Review article
• Case Presentation
• Humanities Article
• Opinion Article

TAXONOMY OF CONTRIBUTOR ROLES

Each article must be accompanied by a letter expressing the contribution of each author to the study. Each role is defined as follows:

1. Conceptualization: Ideas. Formulation or evolution of the general objectives and goals of the research.
2. Data curation: Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), cleanse and maintain research data (including software code, where this is necessary to interpret the data itself); for initial use and subsequent reuse.
3. Formal analysis: Application of statistical, mathematical, computational or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize study data.
4. Acquisition of funds: Acquisition of financial support for the project leading to the work in question.
5. Research: Development of research, specifically carrying out experiments or collecting data/evidence.
6. Methodology: Development or design of the methodology. Model creation.
7. Project administration: Planning management and coordination. Execution of the research activity.
8. Resources: Supply of study or other materials, reagents, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources or other analysis tools.
9. Software: Programming, software development. Computer program design. Implementation of computer code and supporting algorithms. Test existing code components.
10. Supervision: Supervision and leadership of the planning and execution of research activities, including external mentoring to the core team.
11. Validation: Verification – either as part of the activity or separately – of the general replicability/reproduction of the results/experiments and other research products.
12. Visualization: Preparation, creation and/or presentation of published work, specifically the visualization/presentation of data.
13. Writing―Original Draft: Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically the writing of the initial draft (including substantive translation).
14. Writing―Review and Editing: Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work by the members of the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary or revision, including the pre- or post-publication stages.

Note: The authorship contribution for all articles will be established according to the previous taxonomy. The authorship roles will be identified in the order that appears below, including each author in the role that corresponds to them and omitting the roles that do not apply in each case

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

• Title (total words): 15 words
• Authors: up to 6*.
• Summary: Structured (250 words).
• Length: 5000 words.
• Bibliographic References: 20 to 30 (60% or more from the last 5 years)
• Figures or Tables: up to 6.

*There may be more than 6, depending on the scope of the research, and it is the responsibility of the Editorial Committee to accept it or not. It is necessary to declare the contribution of each one according to CREdiT taxonomy

It constitutes the highest priority modality for publication in MedEst. It is a written report that communicates for the first time the results of a scientific investigation. It must contain sufficient information and be available so that researchers can evaluate the results and reproduce the experimentation.

The structure of the articles is as follows: Title (Spanish and English); Summary (Spanish and English) and Keywords (Spanish and English); Introduction that ends with the Objectives; Methodological design; Results (including images, figures and tables); Discussion; Conclusions; and Bibliographic References.

Conduct OBSERVATIONAL studies per the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement.

Articles of systematic review or that contain meta-analyses must be developed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) declaration format.

For health economic evaluations use the CHEERS guide, and for clinical trials use the CONSORT guidelines.

If the authors consider it pertinent, they may include the Acknowledgments and/or Annexes sections. The first ones will be placed after the conclusions and before the bibliographical references, while the annexes will be placed after the bibliographical references as the last section of the manuscript.

Introduction: it presents the background and current context of the problem. The research problem (scientific-practical) must be explicitly stated, as well as the justification, making the importance of carrying out the study clear. It should not contain tables or figures. You should give only the necessary references and should not address data from the study or its conclusions. It is characterized by being brief and providing only the necessary explanation so that the reader can understand the development of the research and the entire text of the article. In the last paragraph the objective of the research must appear clearly, always using the appropriate verbs for its writing.

Methodological design: in this section the place and period in which our study is framed, as well as its design, must appear. The universe, the sample (if the latter is used), inclusion and exclusion criteria, and sampling method used will be defined; The variables used in the study and the methods of data collection are declared.

The procedures, techniques and statistical-mathematical analysis carried out on the variables will be presented and explained, which must be adequate and sufficient to achieve the objectives. It must contain the ethical aspects of the study. In general, sufficient details should be provided for the research to be replicable based on this information.

Describe the new or substantially modified methods, stating the reasons why they were used and evaluating their limitations. Accurately identify the medications and chemicals used, without forgetting generic names, doses and routes of administration.

When reporting experiments on human subjects, laboratory animals, or others, indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki or the ethical standards of the committee (institutional or regional) that oversees experimentation on human subjects. State the approval by any Ethics Committee and Scientific Council.

If it is a clinical trial, these must carry their appropriate registration number, obtained from a Clinical Trials Registry. This number must be verifiable, so the source will appear. In addition, they must comply with the evaluation parameters expressed in the international CONSORT guide.

Results: they must be presented in a clear and coherent manner, following a logical sequence (text, table and graph). The text will be presented in the past tense and in a mainly impersonal way, using tables and graphs as support (no more than six in total). Not all the data in the tables should be repeated in the text; only the most important observations. The results communicated must be all those necessary to meet the objectives of the work and must be consistent with the announced methods. It is a common mistake to place the tables in the annexes, when they should invariably be in this section.

Discussion: the novel and important aspects of the study, as well as its limitations, must be highlighted. The results should not be repeated, but used to support the authors' interpretations, in addition to comparing/contrasting the results with those of other relevant studies and assessing implications in clinical practice and/or in future research, always issuing the evaluations of the authorship. This section must appear independently of the results. It should be avoided that the discussion becomes a review of the topic, or that concepts that have appeared in the introduction are repeated.

Conclusions: they must be a synthesis and abstraction of the knowledge presented, reflecting the answer to the question that gave rise to the study. The conclusion(s) must be related to the objective(s) of the study. On the other hand, priorities should not be established or premature conclusions drawn from work still in progress. They must have an adequate degree of generalization. They respond to the objectives of the study and are in correspondence with the results and the discussion. Do not repeat results.

Acknowledgments: When it is considered necessary, the people, centers or entities that have collaborated or supported the completion of the work will be cited.

Annexes: They may be photos and illustrations that enrich the manuscript from a visual and didactic point of view.

Bibliographic references: 20 to 30 references will be accepted. 60% or more must correspond to the last five years, and 30% to the last two years. The MedEst Student Scientific Journal accepts the standards described in the recommendations for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals (Vancouver style).

REVIEW ARTICLES 

• Title (total words): 15 words
• Authors: up to 4.
• Summary: Structured (250 words).
• Length: 5000 words.
• Bibliographic References: 20 to 40 (60% or more from the last 5 years)
• Figures or Tables: up to 6.

They refer to already published material. They compile, analyze and synthesize the current state of research on a specific topic. 

It is structured as follows: Title (Spanish and English); Summary (Spanish and English), including Keywords; Introduction with an objective at the end; Methodological design; Development; Conclusions and Bibliographic References. If the authors consider it pertinent to include the Acknowledgments and/or Annexes sections, the first ones will be placed after the conclusions and before the bibliographic references; while the annexes will be placed after the bibliographic references, as the last section of the manuscript. Optionally, the work may include tables and figures.

Note: Review articles must be prepared with the most up-to-date bibliography possible on the topic being addressed, as well as its access on networks.

Introduction: present brief, clear and appropriate background information, with its bibliographical foundation. It must be a topic of importance and relevance for science. Substantiate the scientific problem that gives rise to the review. Clearly describe the objectives of the work.

Methodological Design: criteria and justification for the selection of the sources consulted. Used search engines, databases and search strategies; as well as the criteria used for the selection of the cited articles. It does not require results, but it must expand in development, as a secondary article that it is. Period taken for review.

Development: exposition in accordance with the objectives of the work. Figures and tables that highlight the relevant aspects, without incurring repetitions of information. Interpretation of the results indicated in the literature consulted. Contrast the differences and coincidences of the studies analyzed. Carry out criticism of the results of the study in light of the works published by other researchers. Describe the possible applicability and generalization of the results. Include new aspects to consider (if necessary). Point out or highlight the limitations or contributions of the review.

Conclusions: they respond to the objectives of the study. Present clear, concrete and relevant conclusions.

Bibliographic references: they must be those necessary and well delimited (with superscript and after the punctuation mark). 60% must correspond to the last 5 years, and of these 75% to the last 3 years. Relevant national and international literature on the topic must be represented. The number of bibliographic citations used should not be less than 20 nor more than 40.

CASE PRESENTATION

• Title (total words): 15 words
• Authors: up to 4.
• Summary: Structured (250 words).
• Length: 3000 words.
• Bibliographic References: up to 15 (60% or more from the last 5 years)
• Figures or Tables: up to 4.

They are articles that describe one or several clinical cases (up to 10) of exceptional observation and novel aspect of a previously known disease or syndrome, which represents a contribution of special interest to the knowledge of the topic at present worldwide. Before writing a report or case presentation, one should check the international literature to see if it has value as a publication. Brevity will be the fundamental characteristic of this type of article.

Note: In its basic content the Material and Methods section is omitted. The results are included in the presentation of the clinical case or cases.

All articles submitted to this section must comply with the provisions of the CARE guidelines.

Title: the title must be clear, considering its contribution to scientific knowledge as a single case or diagnosis, prognosis, therapy or damage; Likewise, it must include indexing (descriptors or keywords that allow electronic tracking).

Summary: briefly describes the entire clinical case, indicating its importance and the educational message that motivates its communication. It must be written in Spanish and English. Structured (Introduction, Objectives, Case Presentation, Conclusions), with a maximum of 250 words.

Keywords: these will be the terms and phrases relevant to the content of the manuscript and obtained from the Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS). Consult at: https://decs.bvsalud.org/es/

Introduction: allows you to put the clinical case in context with the terms of frequency and severity of the symptoms/signs/disease. It shows its importance for the reader to whom it is oriented.

Case Presentation: allows the foundation and support that gives credibility to the clinical case. To do this, the author(s) must evoke and succinctly point out the literature review of other similar cases, describing how this case is different. The process will be described in such a way that it allows us to assert that the diagnosis is correct and, when appropriate, highlight all the possible therapeutic options that justify the chosen option. It must contain images (of any type) that motivate/contribute to the presentation of the clinical case. These will be cited in the text and placed in a logical and coherent order, in relation to the evolution of the manuscript.

Discussion: this section highlights why the clinical case is important, and discussable aspects are explained or clarified. The lessons that can be learned from the clinical case must be included, specifying that the educational message is practical for imitation, that it alerts and avoids errors, diagnostic implications or prognoses that may be questioned in light of the experience of the clinical case presented or published.

Conclusions: the content of this section will succinctly describe the message that should remain from reading it, the recommendations for the management of similar patients or the lines of research that could arise from this clinical case. The conclusion(s) must be cautious, as treatments cannot be recommended or conclusions extrapolated from just one particular clinical case.

Bibliographic references: should be limited to those pertinent to support the discussion, highlight a clinical concept, remember the infrequent/important nature of a condition or support the need to change certain clinical practices. Up to 15 will be accepted.

If the authors consider it pertinent to include the Acknowledgments section, this will be placed after the conclusions and before the bibliographical references.

MEDICAL HUMANITIES

• Title (total words): 15 words
• Authors: up to 4.
• Summary: Structured (250 words).
• Length: 5000 words.
• Bibliographic References: up to 40 (60% or more from the last 5 years)
• Figures or Tables: up to 6.

This section will present review articles related to the teaching-learning process in all its stages (the pedagogical activity itself, the particular didactics in the different subjects, the teaching methods and means, the study techniques, the teaching styles and the instructive/educational aspects in the student-teacher relationship).

Studies about the material and spiritual life of social groups and human beings in society will also be taken into consideration, as well as results of studies in the field of individual and social psychology, sociology, anthropology, among others.

From a historical point of view, paradigms, personalities, institutions, diseases, instruments, specialties, etc., that have a link to human health will be addressed. They must reflect the result of an investigative process or the experiences of the author.

It is recommended to only include images and figures when necessary, in a rational way. They will be correctly cited in the text and will be presented in the Annexes section, after the conclusions and before the bibliographical references. Their title and necessary explanations will be placed in the caption of the figure or image, as well as the source. If you use images or figures from other bibliographies, you must request the corresponding permission from the owners (authors) and present said permission along with the complementary files of the submission.

Note: the general aspects of each section will be similar to those raised in the bibliographic reviews.

OPINION ARTICLE

• Title (total words): 15 words
• Authors: up to 3.
• Summary: Unstructured (250 words).
• Length: 2500 words.
• Bibliographic References: up to 15 (60% or more from the last 5 years)
• Figures or Tables: up to 4.

This type of article opens the opportunity for the authors to express and argue their opinions about a problem, fact or circumstance of scientific interest in the field of medical sciences and public health. It may cover aspects of healthcare, educational and research services, which extend to issues of promotion, prevention, diagnosis, therapy, prognosis and others of clinical-epidemiological and administrative interest. It may also contain topics of pedagogy and didactics in the field of medical science education, as well as aspects of the development of research in its different ontological, epistemological and methodological approaches, and the development and introduction of technologies and products.

They are short works, which must be written following the logical order of introduction, development and conclusions - without separating the sections -, and bibliographic references (this section is important to be made on the most up-to-date bibliography on the topic in question; 60% or more of the bibliography used must be from the last 5 years). The number of bibliographic citations used should be between 10 and 15.

The introduction must contain the contextualization of the problem, fact or characteristic that generates the opinion of the author or authors, the importance of the aspects on which the opinion is expressed, as well as the justification for the production of the article, closing this section with the objective of the work. The development will be written in a concise but appropriate manner, exposing the main theoretical and empirical argumentation on the aspects and issues that generate the opinion of the author or authors, in accordance with the ideas presented and argued by them. Finally, in the conclusions, the essential aspects that give rise to the objective are generalized. The author or authors must show power of analysis, synthesis and induce reflection and debate.

EDITORIAL

• Title (total words): 15 words
• Authors: up to 3.
• Summary: Not required.
• Length: 1500 words.
• Bibliographic References: up to 10 (60% or more from the last 5 years)
• Figures or Tables: up to 3.

With few exceptions, it will be written at the request of the Editorial Committee, on a current topic. This is a custom section. Only editors can submit to this section.

Scientific editorials: they represent a rigorous update or an interesting clarification on a certain topic.

Opinion editorials: they collect socio-scientific points of view or positions from the scientific community on a certain topic of common interest to researchers and health professionals.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• Title (total words): 15 words
• Authors: up to 2.
• Summary: Not required.
• Length: 1500 words.
• Bibliographic References: up to 10 (60% or more from the last 5 years)
• Figures or Tables: up to 2.

They constitute a brief comment, in agreement or disagreement, where the ideas, positions or disagreements of the authors are expressed (no more than 3) with aspects contained in works published in the journal and that may be related to concepts, methodologies, interpretations, results. or other aspects.

Letter writing rules:

The title must be informative and concessions not accepted in other original articles are allowed. They can be striking, in an interrogative, exclamatory way or through the use of wordplay. It must begin with an explicit and clear reference in relation to the fact that motivates it, whether it is the article that appeared in the magazine or another cause related to it; and from there an expositional scheme and in a progressive way.

The following paragraphs should present the argument for or against; or additional comments regarding the reason for the letter. If original data are to be presented, the main characteristics of the methodology must be explained in a very summary manner (more summarized than in the original article). The following paragraphs should include a discussion of the reasoning or data provided, and end with a final paragraph as conclusions. Its length will not exceed 1,500 words, not including bibliographic references (which will not exceed 10, with 75% updating).

LETTERS FROM THE DIRECTOR

• Title (total words): 15 words
• Authors: 1.
• Summary: Not required.
• Length: 1500 words.
• Bibliographic References: up to 10 (60% or more from the last 5 years)
• Figures or Tables: up to 2.

The Director responds to the letters addressed to him by the authors, referring to topics addressed by articles published in MedEst. In addition, it may refer to relevant and current topics that have not yet been published, to invite the scientific community to investigate. Topics for debate, scientifically based, are also proposed to be inserted into the magazine's communication system.

COMMON REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL TYPES OF ARTICLES

SUMMARY

Its extension and structure depends on the type of article. If structured, it will have: Introduction, Objective, Methodological Design, Development/Results and Conclusions; and will have a maximum length of 250 words. If it is unstructured, it will have a maximum length of 150 words. It is written in the past tense.

KEYWORDS

They must be related to the semantic content of the document. It is recommended to use a minimum of 3 key words or phrases, a maximum of 6. At least one of the key words or phrases must appear in the title. They must be obtained from the Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS). Link: https://decs.bvsalud.org/es/ 

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES

This journal complies with the regulations described in the Recommendations for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals (Vancouver Style), available at: https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/guibib/60727/mvancouver_a2014iSPA.pdf

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Style

http://recursosuvs.sld.cu/index.php?P=DownloadFile&Id=147

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7256/pdf/Bookshelf_NBK7256.pdf

The number of bibliographic citations to include, as well as their timeliness, will depend on the type of article. As a common rule, the use of the superscript is established after the punctuation mark.

THANKS

When it is considered necessary, the people, centers or entities that have collaborated or supported the completion of the work will be cited. If there are commercial implications, they should also appear in this section. A statement must also be included that each of the people mentioned in the “Acknowledgments” section authorizes being mentioned.

BOARDS

They collect information in a summarized way and present it efficiently. They also allow information to be displayed with the desired level of detail and precision. The comments made on the data offered will always be referred to in the text and must precede its presentation. They should not be presented in the form of images and will always be placed within the bulk of the manuscript, where appropriate due to the logical order of its writing.

All of them must be numbered consecutively, in the same order in which they are cited for the first time in the text that comments on them. Each table must be accompanied by a short title that will be placed above the body of the table. They must not contain colors and must conform to the orientation of the text, respecting the default right and left margins. Each column in the table should contain a short or abbreviated heading, in bold.

In the footer of the table, the font to be used will be Verdana 10 and the legend, asterisk, note and source will be included (in this order, without putting the word legend, and all its elements are separated by a comma or semicolon). In the case of primary data (surveys, medical records), these do not have sources. For table footnotes, the following symbols must be used, following the same order presented: *, †, ‡, §, ||, ¶, **, ††, ‡‡.

If data from other sources, published or not, are presented, appropriate permissions must be obtained and the sources in question publicly acknowledged. Decimal numbers must be separated by commas and not periods. The percentages are expressed as follows: 25.2%. The size of the tables must be 800 pixels as a maximum length; although it may be higher, depending on the information it offers.

FIGURES

The figures must be made and photographed with professional quality, or sent to digital reproductions of photographic quality, in JPEG or GIF format. Figures should be self-explanatory as much as possible, since many will be reproduced directly as slides for scientific presentations. However, titles and detailed explanations should be included in the legends, not in the body of the figures. You should check the maximum number of figures according to the type of article. As with tables, the dimensions of the figures must be less than 800 pixels.

X-RAYS, ULTRASOUNDS OR OTHER IMAGES

Produced by diagnostic imaging techniques, as well as photographs of pathological specimens or photomicrographs. Clear photographic reproductions should be used, generally sized 127 × 173 mm and up to 580 pixels. Letters, numbers, and symbols included in figures must be clear, uniform, and of sufficient size so that each character remains legible in the reduced version of the published article. Photomicrographs must contain scale markers. Symbols, arrows or letters included in photomicrographs must stand out clearly against the background.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF PEOPLE

The people included in the photograph must not be identifiable, or must be accompanied by the corresponding written authorization allowing the use of the photograph. Whenever possible, specific permission should be obtained for the publication of these materials.

FIGURE CAPTION

It will appear at the end, as a closing. This must be brief and will not exceed the extension line. The word figure will be written abbreviated (Fig.), in bold and centered at the bottom of the figure. The text of the figure will be in Verdana 10 font. If the figure has a legend, it must be placed at the bottom of the figure, aligned to the center and using Verdana 9 font. The figure font will be placed below the number and title of the figure. the figure, centered and with Verdana 9 font. Both the numbering and title and the source must be included in the image of the figure itself.

If a previously published figure is used, the original source must be identified and written permission from the copyright owner to reproduce the material must be submitted with the manuscript. Unless it is a document in the public domain, this authorization is required regardless of who the authors or publishing company are. All figures will be referred to in the text and will be numbered consecutively according to the Arabic system. If it is a single figure, no number is given.

When symbols, arrows, numbers or letters are used to identify parts of the figure, the meaning of all of them must be clearly identified and explained in the legend. The internal scale of the image must also be explained. The staining method used should be described in the photomicrographs.

UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

Units included in the International System of Units (SIU) (meters, kilograms or liters), or their decimal multiples, must be used for measurements of length, height, weight and volume. The temperature must be expressed in degrees Celsius. Blood pressure should be measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg). All clinical laboratory results will be reported in SIU or SIU-permitted units. If you wish to add traditional units, these will be written in parentheses. Example: blood glucose: 5.55 mmol/L (100 mg/100 mL).

ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

Only common abbreviations should be used; Using unusual abbreviations can be extremely confusing for readers. Authors should avoid using abbreviations in the title and abstract of the work. The first time an abbreviation appears in the text, it must be preceded by the full term to which it refers. If the abbreviation or acronym is in another language, it must be clarified in the display of the term that is the Spanish translation of said language. Common units of measurement are excepted.

SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF LIVING THINGS

When it is necessary to write the scientific name of a living being (bacteria, plant, insect, etc.). The writing of these names must be done according to a specific nomenclature or “taxonomic name”.

SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF DISEASES

They also have a standardized international name. This precise classification and nomenclature is useful for diagnostic and treatment studies, standardizing causes of illness or death, and other statistical uses. This nomenclature is known as the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, and is published and periodically updated by the World Health Organization (WHO).

DRUG NAMES

An International Nonproprietary Name is used that is compiled and updated by the WHO. It can be consulted in a database called MedNet, which includes the official generic names of all drugs.