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Iván Méndez Mesen

Iván Méndez Mesen

Internal Medicine
Patient Demographics: Adult, Elderly

"My way of thinking is that one does not study diseases but patients with all their problems, from a social, psychological, nutritional and of course the medical point of view with their comprehensive care and emphasized in education and health promotion."

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Procedures (17)

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Paracentesis
Preoperative medical evaluation
Airway management and rapid induction sequence
Annual medical assessment
Articular infiltration
Chest aspiration drainage (pneumothorax, hemothorax, pleural effusion, etc. )
Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) with interpretation
General medical check up
House visit
Lumbar puncture
Medical opinion
Medical revison to obtain permit (drivers license, etc.)
Nebulisation
Online Medicine
Pulmonary Function Evaluation
Stabilization and emergency transfer
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Medical conditions (65)

Chronic kidney disease
Diabetes
Digestive tract disease
Heart failure
Hypokalemia
Abnormal blood lipid count (dyslipidemia)
Abnormal heartbeat
Acute kidney failure
Alzheimer's disease
Anemia
Aneurysm
Anxiety
Arterial hypertension
Asthma
Asthma
Atherosclerosis
Atrial fibrillation
Bronchitis
Celiac's disease
CFS
Chest pain
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Cold
Dengue
Depression
Diabetic nephropathy
Diabetic neuropathy
Diffuse infiltrative lung disease
Dizzy
Epilepsy
Fainting
Fatty liver
Fever
Flu
Food poisoning
Gastrointestinal infections
Headache
High blood pressure
High triglycerides
Hypercoagulable states
Hyperthyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Influenza (flu)
Insulin problem
Low blood pressure
Metabolic alterations
Metabolic syndrome
Metabolism problems
Migraine
Mild musculoskeletal injury
mumps
Nephritic syndrome
Nephrotic syndrome
Nodes in neck
Obesity and Overweight
Osteoporosis
Pneumonia
Poison intoxication
Polyneuropathy
Recurrent respiratory infection
Skin blistering syndrome
Syncope
Underweight
Urinary tract infection (UTI)
Wounds due to electricution
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General Info

About me

Simple, humble, passionate in what I do and I prefer to be as human as possible.

Languages

English, Español

Education

Degrees
  • Specialist. Universidad de Costa Rica. February 2014 - February 2018
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. Escuela de ciencias medicas UACA. January 2004 - December 2009
Courses

  • Theoretical-practical course of ultrasound-guided PIC catheter placement

    October 2023 - November 2023

Trainings

  • Technician Degree

    Advanced Cardiac Support

  • Diploma Degree

    Pocus (Point of care ultrasound)

  • Diploma Degree

    Good Clinical Practices in Research with Human Beings - Pfizer Institute, 2019

  • Diploma Degree

  • Diploma Degree

  • Diploma Degree

  • Diploma Degree

  • Diploma Degree

Professional

Licenses

  • Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica cod. MED10224Active

    Medic and Surgeon - Costa Rica

Affiliations
  • American College of Physicians (ACP) 03218636
  • Member: Costa Rican Association of Internal Medicine 10224
  • Association of Internal Medicine 10224
Awards
  • 2018 First National Thesis
Publications
  • Tesis de medicina interna