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Empatía en estudiantes de medicina de una universidad privada de Lima, Perú: estudio descriptivo
(Medwave Estudios Limitada, 2020)
Introduction: Medical empathy is a characteristic that allows us to understand the subjective experiences and the perspective of the patient. Empathy can improve the clinical outcomes of our clinical actions. However, it ...
A pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of active case finding for household contacts within a routine tuberculosis program, San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima, Peru
(Elsevier, 2020)
Background: Active case finding (ACF) in household contacts of tuberculosis (TB) patients is now recommended for National TB Programs (NTP) in low- and middle-income countries. However, evidence supporting these recommendations ...
Meningitis neonatal: estudio multicéntrico en Lima, Perú
(Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2020)
Objective: To determine the incidence and the clinical, bacteriological and cerebrospinal fluid characteristics of neonatal meningitis in Lima hospitals. Materials and methods: An observational, multicenter study was ...
Aspectos culturales en el manejo de enfermedades de bovinos en un distrito amazónico del Perú
(Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2021)
The aim of this study was to identify cultural aspects in the management of diseases that affect the health of cattle among cattle farmers and sellers of veterinary products in the Aguaytía district, Ucayali, Peru. Interviews ...
Forty years after Alma-Ata: primary health-care preparedness for chronic diseases in Mozambique, Nepal and Peru
(Taylor and Francis, 2021)
Background: Four decades after the Alma-Ata Declaration, strengthening primary health care (PHC) remains a priority for health systems, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Given the prominence of chronic ...
Concentrations of urinary 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine and 8-isoprostane in women exposed to woodsmoke in a cookstove intervention study in San Marcos, Peru
(Elsevier, 2013)
Nearly half of the world's population is exposed to household air pollution (HAP) due to long hours spent in close proximity to unvented cooking fires. The effect of woodsmoke exposure on oxidative stress was examined by ...
Assessing malaria transmission in a low endemicity area of north-western Peru
(BioMed Central, 2013)
Background: Where malaria endemicity is low, control programmes need increasingly sensitive tools for monitoring malaria transmission intensity (MTI) and to better define health priorities. A cross-sectional survey was ...
Resistance of sperm motility to serum testosterone in men with excessive erythrocytosis at high altitude
(Thieme Gruppe, 2012)
Excessive erythrocytosis (EE) [hemoglobin (Hb) >21g/dl] observed in natives at high altitude (HA) seems to be due to elevated serum testosterone levels compared with men without EE at HA. The aim of the study was to determine ...
Does Childhood Diarrhea Influence Cognition Beyond the Diarrhea-Stunting Pathway?
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Background: Diarrhea is a leading cause of morbidity among children under 5 years of age in low- and middle-income countries yet the additional effects and sequelae, such as cognitive impairment associated with diarrhea, ...
Fecal Contamination of Drinking Water Was Associated with Diarrheal Pathogen Carriage among Children Younger than 5 Years in Three Peruvian Rural Communities
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020)
Drinking water contamination is a frequent problem in developing countries and could be associated with bacterial pathogen carriage in feces. We evaluated the association between the risk of drinking water and bacterial ...