Browsing by Subject "Latin America"

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    • Current situation of allergy education in Mexico and other parts of Latin America 
      González Díaz, Sandra Nora; Martin, Bryan; De Lira Quezada, Cindy Elizabeth; Villarreal González, Rosalaura Virginia; Guzmán Avilan, Rosa Ivett; Macías Weinmann, Alejandra; Ortega Martell, José Antonio; Macouzet Sánchez, Carlos; Sánchez Borges, Mario; Rosario Filho, Nelson Augusto; Yáñez, Anahí; Guzmán Meléndez, María Antonieta; Cardona, Ricardo; Monge Ortega, Olga Patricia; Cherrez Ojeda, Iván; Herrera Castro, Dayanara; Valentin Rostan, Marylin; Ansotegui, Ignacio J.; Elizondo Villarroel, Barbara (Elsevier, 2021)
      Allergic diseases are one of the most frequent chronic diseases in the world. It has been established that there is a worldwide epidemic of allergic diseases; therefore, the treatment of allergies should be acknowledged ...
    • Prevalence and impact of respiratory symptoms in a population of patients with COPD in Latin America: the ... 
      Miravitlles, Marc; Menezes, Ana; López Varela, María Victorina; Casas, Alejandro; Ugalde, Luis; Ramírez Venegas, Alejandra; Mendoza Inzunza, Laura; López, Ana; Wehrmeister, Fernando C.; Surmont, Filip; Montes de Oca, María (Elsevier, 2018)
      Background: To analyse the relationship between symptoms at different times during the 24-hour day and outcomes in COPD. Methods: Observational cross-sectional study in a patients from 7 Latin American countries. The ...
    • Psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents in a middle-income Latin American country 
      Caqueo Urizar, Alejandra; Flores, Jerome; Escobar, Carolang; Urzúa, Alfonso; Irarrázaval Domínguez, Matías (BMC, 2020)
      Background Child and adolescent mental health has scarcely been studied in developing countries, though it is an important aspect of health. Mental health problems in youth often continue into adulthood if not diagnosed ...
    • Recomendaciones sobre el manejo del cáncer de páncreas tipo adenocarcinoma en Latinoamérica. Reunión del ... 
      Caglevic, Christian; Gallardo, Jorge; Torre, Marcela de la; Mahave, Mauricio; Müller, Bettina; Solé, Sebastián; Moscoso, Yuri; De La Fuente, Hernán; Roa, Juan Carlos; Hoefler, Sebastián; Butte, Jean; González, Pablo; O´Connor, Juan Manuel; Torres, Javiera; Pérez Encalada, Verónica; Alarcón Cano, Daniel; Ubillos, Luis; Rolfo, Christian; Lingua, Alejo; Díaz Romero, Consuelo; Padilla Rosciano, Alejandro; Cuartero, Viviana; Calderillo Ruiz, Germán; Schwartsmann, Gilberto; Kon Jara, Xavier; Andrade G., Andrés; Mas López, Luis; Barajas Barajas, Olga; Carballido, Marcela; Lembach Jahnsen, Hanns; Morillas G., Lena; Roca, Enrique; Lobatón, José; Montenegro B., Paola; Yepes, Andrés; Marsiglia, Hugo (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2016)
      Pancreatic cancer is a malignancy of great impact in developed countries and is having an increasing impact in Latin America. Incidence and mortality rates are similar for this cancer. This is an important reason to offer ...
    • The Latin American experience with a next generation sequencing genetic panel for recessive limb-girdle ... 
      Bevilacqua, Jorge; Guecaimburu Ehuletche, María del Rosario; Perna, Abayuba; Dubrovsky, Alberto; Franca, Marcondes C.; Vargas, Steven; Hegde, Madhuri; Claeys, Kristl G.; Straub, Volker; Daba, Nadia; Faria, Roberta; Periquet, Magali; Sparks, Susan; Thibault, Nathan; Araujo, Roberto (BMC, 2020)
      Background Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a group of neuromuscular disorders of heterogeneous genetic etiology with more than 30 directly related genes. LGMD is characterized by progressive muscle weakness involving ...
    • The Latin American network for congenital malformation surveillance: ReLAMC 
      Orioli, Ieda María; Dolk, Helen; López Camelo, Jorge; Groisman, Boris; Benavides Lara, Adriana; Giménez, Lucas Gabriel; Mattos Correa, Daniel; Ascurra, Marta; Aquino Bonilha, Eliana de; Canessa Tapia, María Aurora; Araújo de França, Giovanny Vinícius; Hurtado Villa, Paula; Ibarra Ramírez, Marisol; Pardo, Rosa; Pastora, Dania María; Zarante, Ignacio; Schneider Soares, Flavia; Martínez de Carvalho, Flavia; Piola, Mariana (Wiley, 2020)
      The early detection of congenital anomaly epidemics occurs when comparing current with previous frequencies in the same population. The success of epidemiologic surveillance depends on numerous factors, including the ...
    • The multi-partner consortium to expand dementia research in Latin America (ReDLat): Driving multicentric ... 
      Ibáñez, Agustín; Yokoyama, Jennifer S.; Possin, Katherine L.; Matallana, Diana; Lopera, Francisco; Nitrini, Ricardo; Takada, Leonel T.; Custodio, Nilton; Sosa Ortiz, Ana Luisa; Ávila Funes, José Alberto; Behrens Pellegrino, María Isabel; Slachevsky Chonchol, Andrea María; Myers, Richard M.; Cochran, J. Nicholas; Brusco, Luis Ignacio; Bruno, Martín A.; Brucki, Sonia M. D.; Piña Escudero, Stefanie Danielle; Oliveira, Maira Okada de; Kehoe, Patricio Donnelly; García, Adolfo M.; Cardona, Juan Felipe; Santamaría García, Hernando; Moguilner, Sebastián; Durán Aniotz, Claudia; Tagliazucchi, Enzo; Maito, Marcelo; Longoria Ibarrola, Erika Mariana; Pintado Caipa, Maritza; Godoy, María Eugenia; Bakman, Vera; Javandel, Shireen; Kosik, Kenneth S.; Valcour, Víctor; Miller, Bruce L. (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Dementia is becoming increasingly prevalent in Latin America, contrasting with stable or declining rates in North America and Europe. This scenario places unprecedented clinical, social, and economic burden upon patients, ...
    • Validation of picture free and cued selective reminding test for Illiteracy in Lima, Peru 
      Montesinos, Rosa; Parodi, José F.; Díaz, Mónica M.; Herrera Pérez, Eder; Valeriano Lorenzo, Elizabeth; Soto Garcés, Ambar; Delgado Derio, Carolina; Slachevsky Chonchol, Andrea; Custodio, Nilton (Sage, 2022)
      Dementia in Latin America is a crucial public health problem. Identifying brief cognitive screening (BCS) tools for the primary care setting is crucial, particularly for illiterate individuals. We evaluated tool performance ...