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<journal-id>1684-1859</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Informática Médica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[RCIM]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1684-1859</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1684-18592022000200017</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Aplicaciones de la Teoría del caos en medicina]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Applications of Chaos Theory in Medicine]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Lestayo O&#8217;Farrill]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Zurina]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Cáceres]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Neurología y Neurocirugía  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Neurociencias de Cuba (CNEURO)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>14</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1684-18592022000200017&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1684-18592022000200017&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1684-18592022000200017&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La Teoría del Caos surgió relacionada con las ciencias naturales, pero en la actualidad su campo de aplicación es cada vez más amplio porque el pensamiento complejo ha ofrecido solución a numerosos sistemas en la naturaleza, la biología y otras muy diversas esferas de la vida, como la economía y la lingüística, entre otras. En este artículo se pretende ofrecer una panorámica sobre las principales aplicaciones del caos en medicina, dado que muchos procesos en medicina manifiestan aparente desorden, complejidad y caos. Se analizarán, en particular, las opiniones existentes entre los investigadores sobre la presencia y significado del caos en los procesos metabólicos, las enfermedades cardíacas y la actividad cerebral, ya que son las áreas médicas que expresan los comportamientos más complejos. También se expondrán los resultados de la aplicación de las matemáticas del caos en la epidemiología. Es importante apropiarse de este nuevo enfoque porque comprender el caos confiere al hombre, en cualquier campo que se desempeñe, una visión más clara de la realidad. El abordaje científico aplicando la teoría del caos, conlleva la creación de un equipo multidisciplinario, que enfrente la complejidad desde todas las aristas posibles y del que puedan surgir ideas que rebasen las fronteras del paradigma científico tradicional. Según los expertos sobre el tema, la Teoría del Caos seguirá teniendo un espacio importante en el futuro. Es un reto, una necesidad y un deber para los investigadores de las diferentes ramas y especialidades, estar preparados.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Chaos Theory arose in connection with the natural sciences, but today its field of application is increasingly broad because complex thinking has offered solutions to numerous systems in nature, biology and other very diverse spheres of life, such as economics and linguistics, among others. This article aims to offer an overview of the main applications of chaos in medicine, given that many processes in medicine show apparent disorder, complexity and chaos. In particular, the existing opinions among researchers about the presence and meaning of chaos in metabolic processes, heart disease and brain activity will be analyzed, since these are the medical areas that express the most complex behaviors. The results of the application of the mathematics of chaos in epidemiology will also be presented. It is important to appropriate this new approach because understanding chaos gives man, in whatever field he works, a clearer vision of reality. The scientific approach applying chaos theory entails the creation of a multidisciplinary team that faces complexity from all possible angles and from which ideas can arise that go beyond the borders of the traditional scientific paradigm. According to experts on the subject, Chaos Theory will continue having an important space in the future. It is a challenge, a necessity and a duty for researchers from different branches and specialties to be prepared.]]></p></abstract>
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