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Carlos Araya Fonseca

Carlos Araya Fonseca

Internal Medicine
Patient Demographics: Adult, Elderly

"The specialist in Internal Medicine, is one who applies scientific knowledge and clinical experience to reach the diagnosis, treatment, and care of the adult (even compassionate) in the spectrum that ranges from health to complex disease.
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Procedures (10)

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Annual medical assessment
Articular infiltration
Chest aspiration drainage (pneumothorax, hemothorax, pleural effusion, etc. )
Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) with interpretation
General medical check up
Lumbar puncture
Nebulisation
Preoperative medical evaluation
Stabilization and emergency transfer
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Medical conditions (51)

Abnormal blood lipid count (dyslipidemia)
Abnormal heartbeat
Acute kidney failure
Anemia
Asthma
Atherosclerosis
Atrial fibrillation
Bronchitis
Celiac's disease
CFS
Chest pain
Chronic kidney disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Cold
Dengue
Diabetes
Diabetic nephropathy
Diabetic neuropathy
Digestive tract disease
Dizzy
Fainting
Fever
Flu
Food poisoning
Headache
Heart failure
High blood pressure
High triglycerides
Hyperthyroidism
Hypokalemia
Hypothyroidism
Influenza (flu)
Insulin problem
Low blood pressure
Metabolic alterations
Metabolic syndrome
Metabolism problems
Migraine
Mild musculoskeletal injury
Nephritic syndrome
Nephrotic syndrome
Nodes in neck
Obesity and Overweight
Osteoporosis
Pneumonia
Poison intoxication
Polyneuropathy
Recurrent respiratory infection
Skin blistering syndrome
Syncope
Urinary tract infection (UTI)
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General Info

About me

Offer a warm and sincere treatment to patients in order to achieve the most objective care, so that the patient obtains the knowledge that helps him to prevent diseases, complications and thus optimize the treatment of them.

I studied to be a doctor because of the spirit of service. What I like the most about my work is to evaluate patients in order to receive the advice or therapy that best suits their needs.

Explanatory note: My profile and my name are being used to generate scams, I request caution without being contacted by someone posing as my person in order to generate a business

Languages

English, Español

Education

Degrees
  • Specialty in Internal Medicine. Universidad de Costa Rica. January 2005
  • Doctor and Surgery. Universidad de Costa Rica. January 1998

Professional

Licenses

  • Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica cod. MED5650Active

    Medic and Surgeon - Costa Rica

Affiliations
  • Fellow American College of Physicians
Positions
  • Instructor of Internal Medicine Residents at Calderon Guardia Hospital, Costa Rica. Since 2010
  • Professor of Internal Medicine Residence at Universidad de Costa Rica, since 2005
  • Professor of Postgraduate Internal Medicine at Universidad de Costa Rica - CENDEISSS
  • Participant: American Heart Association Congress, Chicago USA, 2010
  • Postgraduate Professor - Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica. 2010-2014
Publications
  • "Infecciones nosocomiales por bacterias productoras de B-lactamasa de espectro ampliado: prevalencia, factores de riesgo y análisis molecular". Araya C, Boza R, Arguedas L, Badilla G, García F. Acta Médica Costarricense 2007;49(2):90-96
  • "Experiencia con el uso de Carvedilol en el manejo ambulatorio de la insuficiencia cardíaca en un hospital del tercer nivel de seguridad social en Costa Rica". Quesada M, Araya C. Revista Costarricense de Cardiología, Junio 2011; 13(1):7-12