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Clinical standards for the assessment, management and rehabilitation of post-TB lung disease
(International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2021)
BACKGROUND: Increasing evidence suggests that post-TB lung disease (PTLD) causes significant morbidity and mortality. The aim of these clinical standards is to provide guidance on the assessment and management of PTLD and ...
Therapeutic Guidelines for Latin American Lupus Patients: Methodology
(Wolters Kluwer Health, 2018)
Modern medicine is in a continuous state of flux given the relentless development of new evidence; thus, it is quite difficult for clinicians to remain abreast of all advances as they happen. Trustworthy clinical practica ...
Clinical, radiological and functional characteristics of pulmonary diseases among htlv-1 infected patients without prior active tuberculosis infection
(MDPI, 2021)
The lifelong infection with the human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) has been associated with a variety of clinical manifestations; one of the less-explored is HTLV-1-associated pulmonary disease. Imaging of lung ...
Addressing geographical variation in the progression of non-communicable diseases in Peru: The CRONICAS cohort study protocol
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2012)
Background: The rise in non-communicable diseases in developing countries has gained increased attention. Given that around 80% of deaths related to noncommunicable diseases occur in low- and middleincome countries, there ...
Histopathological lung changes in children due to biomass fuel
(American Thoracic Society, 2012)
To the Editor: Three billion people use biomass fuel worldwide, and up to 2 million deaths are attributed to its exposure each year (1). In Peru, over 9 million people use biomass fuel, and in developing countries, biomass ...
The health and social implications of household air pollution and respiratory diseases
(Springer, 2019)
Approximately three billion individuals are exposed to household air pollution (HAP) from the burning of biomass fuels worldwide. Household air pollution is responsible for 2.9 million annual deaths and causes significant ...
Automatic classification of pediatric pneumonia based on lung ultrasound pattern recognition
(Public Library of Science, 2018)
Pneumonia is one of the major causes of child mortality, yet with a timely diagnosis, it is usually curable with antibiotic therapy. In many developing regions, diagnosing pneumonia remains a challenge, due to shortages ...
A divergence between underlying and final causes of death in selected conditions: An analysis of death registries in Peru
(PeerJ, 2018)
Background: The underlying cause of death is used to study country and global mortality trends and profiles. The final cause of death could also inform the ultimately cause of death in individuals with underlying conditions. ...
Environmental exposures and systemic hypertension are risk factors for decline in lung function
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Chronic lung disease is a leading contributor to the global disease burden; however, beyond tobacco smoke, we do not fully understand what risk factors contribute to lung function decline in low-income and ...