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Effect of altitude on mortality of end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis in Peru
(Oxford University Press, 2020)
Background: In Latin America, the prevalence of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) has risen tremendously during the last decade. Previous studies have suggested that receiving dialysis at high altitude confers mortality ...
Incidence of COVID-19 infection and prevalence of diabetes, obesity and hypertension according to altitude in Peruvian population
(Elsevier, 2020)
To investigate the cumulative incidence and mortality of COVID-19 and the prevalence of comorbidities such as diabetes, obesity and hypertension in regions with different altitude levels ranging from sea level to high ...
Iron metabolism in high-altitude residents
(American Physiological Society, 2020)
Residents at high altitude cope with decreasing inspiratory oxygen partial pressure by stimulating erythropoiesis. The increase in hemoglobin levels requires high amounts of additional iron supplied from the diet. Here, ...
Geographical distribution of Eupatorieae (Asteraceae) in South-eastern and South Brazilian Mountain Ranges
(Kluwer Academic PublDordrechtHolanda, 2004)
Long-Term Intermittent Work at High Altitude: Right Heart Functional and Morphological Status and Associated Cardiometabolic Factors
(Frontiers Media, 2018)
Background: Living at high altitude or with chronic hypoxia implies functional and morphological changes in the right ventricle and pulmonary vasculature with a 10% prevalence of high-altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH). ...
A comunidade de Braconidae (Hymenoptera; Ichneumonoidea) em um gradiente altitudinal no Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, RJ: taxonomia, distribuição e diversidade
(Universidade Federal de São CarlosUFSCarPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais - PPGERNCâmpus São Carlos, 2016-06-15)
In Brazil, there are few studies on mountain ecosystems that aims the biodiversity
conservation, even with hymenoptera parasitoids, especially the family Braconidae, a group
ecologically important, because they represent ...
Asociación entre altitud geográfica e incidencia de rabia silvestre en ganado bovino en la región de Apurímac (2004-2015)
(Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2021)
Latin American cattle farming is affected by the wild rabies virus whose vector is Desmodus rotundus. In 2014, Apurímac, Peru registered the highest number of cases (n=75) The objective of the study was to determine the ...
Body size and host range co-determine the altitudinal distribution of Neotropical tephritid flies
(Blackwell PublishingOxfordInglaterra, 2007)
Breathing Patterns and Oxygenation Saturation During Sleep in Children Habitually Living at High Altitude in the Andes: A Systematic Review.
(2021)
Background Human respiratory physiology changes significantly in high altitude settings and these changes are particularly marked during sleep. It is estimated that 170 million people live above 2,500 m in environments ...
Galling Insects of the Brazilian Páramos: Species Richness and Composition Along High-Altitude Grasslands
(2017-12-01)
In this work, we investigated the factors that determine the distribution of galling insects in high-altitude grasslands, locally called campos de altitude' of Mantiqueira Range and tested whether 1) richness of galling ...