Artículos de Investigación: Recent submissions
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The global prevalence of human fascioliasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(GE Publications, 2023)Background: Fascioliasis is a parasitic zoonosis that can infect humans and be a source of significant morbidity. The World Health Organization lists human fascioliasis as a neglected tropical disease, but the worldwide ... -
Outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with primary systemic vasculitis or polymyalgia rheumatica from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry: a retrospective cohort study
(Elsevier, 2021)Background: Patients with primary systemic vasculitis or polymyalgia rheumatica might be at a high risk for poor COVID-19 outcomes due to the treatments used, the potential organ damage cause by primary systemic vasculitis, ... -
Environmental and societal factors associated with COVID-19-related death in people with rheumatic disease: an observational study
(Elsevier, 2022)Background: Differences in the distribution of individual-level clinical risk factors across regions do not fully explain the observed global disparities in COVID-19 outcomes. We aimed to investigate the associations between ... -
Second-hand smoke exposure in adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean: a pooled analysis
(Elsevier, 2023)Background: Second-hand smoke exposure is prevalent amongst adolescents, despite of being a preventable risk factor associated with unfavourable outcomes. The distribution of this risk factor varies by underlying determinants ... -
National and subnational trends of birthweight in Peru: Pooled analysis of 2,927,761 births between 2012 and 2019 from the national birth registry
(Elsevier, 2021)Background: National and subnational characterization of birthweight profiles lacks in low- and middle-income countries, yet these are needed for monitoring the progress of national and global nutritional targets. We aimed ... -
Sex and age differences in mortality trends of gastric cancer among Hispanic/Latino populations in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean
(Elsevier, 2022)Background: An up-to-date analysis of gastric cancer mortality among Hispanic/Latino populations is required for estimating disease burden and assessing the effectiveness of clinical and preventive strategies. Methods: We ... -
Burden of epilepsy in Latin America and The Caribbean: a trend analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990 – 2019.
(Elsevier, 2022)Background: The epilepsy prevalence in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) had remained high over the last 20 years. Data on the burden of epilepsy are needed for healthcare planning and resource allocation. However, no ... -
Risk-based antihypertensive treatment allocation in Peru: comparison of local and international guidelines analysing national health surveys between 2015-2020
(Elsevier, 2021)Background: While there is a growing interest in antihypertensive medication rates among people with hypertension in low- and middle-income countries, little has been described about antihypertensive medication rates among ... -
Flat trend of high caesarean section rates in Peru: A pooled analysis of 3,376,062 births from the national birth registry, 2012 to 2020: Caesarean section rates in Peru
(Elsevier, 2022)Background: National and subnational C-section rates are seldom available in low- and middle-income countries to guide policies and interventions. We aimed to describe the C-section rates at the national and subnational ... -
Catastrophic health expenditure during the COVID-19 pandemic in five countries: a time-series analysis
(Elsevier, 2023)Background: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted health systems in 2020, but it is unclear how financial hardship due to out-of-pocket (OOP) health-care costs was affected. We analysed catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) in ... -
Professional liability: assessment of court sentences for lawsuits against dentists in Peru
(NLM, 2021)Introduction: The number of reported dental malpractice cases has increased in recent years. The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of Peruvian court sentences related to dental procedures. Materials and ... -
Carbon footprint of lamb and wool production at farm gate and the regional scale in Southern Patagonia
(MDPI, 2020)Natural steppe grasslands are the principal food resource for sheep in the Patagonia region, reared for meat and wool. However, there is currently a concern about the relationship between ruminant livestock and climate ... -
Modeling soil nitrogen content in south Patagonia across a climate gradient, vegetation type, and grazing
(MDPI, 2019)Soil total nitrogen (N) stock in rangelands, shrublands, and forests support key ecological functions such as the capacity of the land to sustain plant and animal productivity and ecosystem services. The objective of this ... -
Modelling soil carbon content in South Patagonia and evaluating changes according to climate, vegetation, desertification and grazing
(MDPI, 2018)In Southern Patagonia, a long-term monitoring network has been established to assess bio-indicators as an early warning of environmental changes due to climate change and human activities. Soil organic carbon (SOC) content ... -
Solving a distribution network design problem by combining ant colony systems and Lagrangian relaxation
(National Institute for R and D in Informatics, 2015)Distribution network design (DND) attempts to integrate tactical issues such as inventory policies and/or vehicle routing decisions with strategic ones such as the problem of locating facilities and allocate customers to ... -
Safety Outcomes of Mechanical Thrombectomy Versus Combined Thrombectomy and Intravenous Thrombolysis in Tandem Lesions
(Wolters Kluwer Health, 2023)BACKGROUND: We aimed to describe the safety and efficacy of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) with or without intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) for patients with tandem lesions and whether using intraprocedural antiplatelet therapy ... -
Solving a distribution network design problem by means of evolutionary algorithms
(National Institute for R and D in Informatics, 2016)In this paper a simple and efficient evolutionary algorithm is implemented to solve a Distribution Network Design problem (DND). The DND problem that we address here integrates inventory policies with location/allocation ... -
Preclinical Evidence for the Use of Oral Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Bone Regenerative Therapy: A Systematic Review
(Oxford University Press, 2023)The development of extracellular vesicles (EVs) therapies has revolutionized personalized medicine, opening up new possibilities for treatment. EVs have emerged as a promising therapeutic tool within this field due to their ... -
Draft genome sequence of Janthinobacterium lividum strain MTR reveals its mechanism of capnophilic behavior
(BioMed Central, 2015)Janthinobacterium lividum is a Gram-negative bacterium able to produce violacein, a pigment with antimicrobial and antitumor properties. Janthinobacterium lividum colonizes the skin of some amphibians and confers protection ... -
Prevalence of home birth among 880,345 women in 67 low- and middle-income countries: A meta-analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys
(Elsevier, 2021)Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of home birth in low-middle income countries (LMIC) according to geographic area and sociodemographic characteristics between 2000 and 2019. Methods: ...












