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Cognitive stimulation and occupational therapy for delirium prevention
(Associacao de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira - AMIB, 2017)
Delirium is a relevant condition in critically ill patients with long-term impacts on mortality, cognitive and functional status and quality of life. Despite the progress in its diagnosis, prevention and management during ...
How Peru introduced a plan for comprehensive HIV prevention and care for transwomen
(Wiley, 2016)
INTRODUCTION: As a group, transwomen in Peru have the highest prevalence of HIV (>20%) in the country, but they have little access to HIV prevention, testing and care services. Until recently, Peru's national HIV programme ...
Prevención y adherencia: Dos claves para el enfrentamiento de las enfermedades crónicas
(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2004)
Prediction and prevention of tuberculosis in contacts - Authors' reply
(Elsevier, 2017)
We thank Sandra Arend and Jonathan Uzorka for their interest in our study. They argue that because our risk score predicts tuberculosis independently of the contact tuberculin skin test (TST) results and index case smear ...
Global prevention and control of NCDs: Limitations of the standard approach
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)
The five-target '25 x 25' strategy for tackling the emerging global epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) focuses on four diseases (CVD, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory disease), four risk factors (tobacco, ...
Effects of a liquefied petroleum gas stove intervention on pollutant exposure and adult cardiopulmonary outcomes (CHAP): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Biomass fuel smoke is a leading risk factor for the burden of disease worldwide. International campaigns are promoting the widespread adoption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in resource-limited settings. ...
Elimination of Taenia solium Transmission in Northern Peru
(Massachusetts Medical Society, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Taeniasis and cysticercosis are major causes of seizures and epilepsy. Infection by the causative parasite Taenia solium requires transmission between humans and pigs. The disease is considered to be eradicable, ...