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    • Torres-Sánchez, Irene; Valenza, Marie Carmen; Carrasco, Fernando; Cabrera-Martos, Irene; Valenza-Demet, Gerald; Cano-Capellaci, Marcelo (2013)
      INTRODUCTION: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by the presence of chronic airflow obstruction and associated endocrinometabolic disorders, which usually worsen the clinic and prognostic of the ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Rojas, Pamela; Valencia, Alejandra; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Ruz, Manuel (Springer New York LLC, 2014)
      Background: A major long-term concern after gastric bypass (GBP) is the risk of osteoporosis; however, little is known about this complication in patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy (SG). Objective: To evaluate changes ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Ruz, Manuel; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Rebolledo, Annabella; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Vargas Rojas, Jorge Antonio; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares, Manuel (2009)
      Background: Gastric bypass surgery (GBP) is increasingly used as a treatment option in morbid obesity. Little is known about the effects of this surgery on bone mineral density (BMD) and the underlying mechanisms. To ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Watkins, Guillermo; Vargas Rojas, Jorge Antonio; Ruz, Manuel (2012)
      Objective: Ghrelin is a potent stimulator of appetite and synthesized in the stomach. Its role in weight loss after gastric bypass (GBP) is still controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Cano, Marcelo; Camousseigt, Jean; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Inostroza, Jorge; Torres, Rubén (2013)
      BACKGROUND: In chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, malnutrition is common with loss of muscle mass and decreased bone mineral density (BMD), increasing the risk of morbidity. OBJECTIVE: To compare body composition, bone ...
    • Mericq, Verónica; Iñíguez Vila, Germán; Bazaes, Rodrigo; Bouwman, Carolien; Avila, Alejandra; Salazar, Teresa; Carrasco, Fernando (Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2009)
      Small size at birth may result from fetal undernutrition which may occur at different times during gestation. Early postnatal catch-up growth and excess childhood weight gain are associated with an increased risk of adult ...
    • Sepúlveda, Carolina; Urquidi, Cinthya; Pittaluga, Enrica; Iñíguez Vila, Germán; Ávila, Alejandra; Carrasco, Fernando; Mericq, Verónica (2013)
      BACKGROUND: Rapid early ponderal growth is associated with adverse metabolic risks in young adults born at term. AIM: To determine whether there are differences in body composition, resting energy expenditure (REE) ...
    • Leiva, Tamara; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Carrasco, Fernando; Ruz O, Manuel (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2016)
      © 2016, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved.Background: Increasing meal frequency is commonly used in the clinical practice as part of the nutritional treatment of patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM2), ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Ruz, Manuel; Rebolledo, Anabella; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Mizón, Claudio; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Rojas, Jorge; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares, Manuel (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2008)
      Background: The effects of gastric bypass (GBP) on resting energy expenditure (REE) are not well known. Aim: To evaluate the changes in REE and its relationship with body composition in severe and morbid obese women before ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Carrasco, Gabriela; Rojas, Pamela; Papapietro, Karin; Salazar, Gabriela (Aran Ediciones, 2020)
      Introducción: en pacientes con obesidad severa y mórbida se ha observado que la evaluación por bioimpedanciometría (BIA) genera una subestimación de la masa grasa (MG) y del peso perdido como MG después de la cirugía ...
    • Cuevas, Ada M.; Lazo, Mariana; Zúñiga, Isabel; Carrasco, Fernando; Potter, Jim J.; Álvarez, Verónica; Berry, Marcos; Maluenda, Fernando; Ferrario, Mario; Clark, Jeanne M. (Mary Ann Liebert, 2017)
      BACKGROUND: The mechanism leading to the development of metabolic complications in obese individuals is not fully understood. Thus, the objective of this study was to examine differences in insulin resistance, inflammation, ...
    • Ingrid Schifferli,; Carrasco, Fernando; Inostroza, Jorge (2011)
      Background: Bioelectrical impedance (BIA) has a good correlation and agreement with reference techniques, such as dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), to assess body composition. Aim: To develop and assess the concordance ...
    • Ruz, Manuel; Carrasco, Fernando; Rojas, Pamela; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Valencia, Alejandra; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares, Manuel; Westcott, Jamie L.; Hambidge, K. Michael; Krebs, Nancy F. (2012)
      Background: The effect of bariatric surgery on iron absorption is only partially known. Objective: The objective was to study the effects of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) on heme- and ...
    • Sambra Vásquez, Verónica; Rojas Moncada, Pamela; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Valencia, Alejandra; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Carrasco, Fernando; Ortiz, Manuel Ruz (Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)
      © 2015 Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved.Introduction: the quality of fats could influence the metabolic control of patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM2). Objectives: to determine the relationship between ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Hernández, Wilfredo; Chupayo, Óscar; Álvarez, Celedonio M.; Oramas Royo, Sandra; Spodine Spiridonova, Evgenia; Tamariz-Ángeles, Carmen; Olivera Gonzales, Percy; Dávalos, Juan Z. (Hindawi, 2020)
      Four indole-3-carbaldehyde semicarbazone derivatives, 2-((5-bromo-1H-indol-3-yl)methylene)hydrazinecarboxamide (1), 2-((5-chloro-1H-indol-3-yl)methylene)hydrazinecarboxamide (2), 2-((5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)methylene)hyd ...
    • Ruz, Manuel; Carrasco, Fernando; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Rebolledo, Annabella; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares, Manuel; Sian, Lei; Westcott, Jamie L.; Hambidge, K. Michael; Krebs, Nancy F. (2009)
      Background: Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia are common in patients who undergo gastric bypass. The magnitude of change in iron absorption is not well known. Objective: The objective was to evaluate the effects ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando (2006)
    • Ruz, Manuel; Carrasco, Fernando; Rojas, Pamela; Basfi-fer, Karen; Hernández, Maria Catalina; Pérez, Alvaro (Humana Press Inc., 2019)
      © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.Zinc (Zn) plays crucial roles in mammalian metabolism. There is increasing interest about the potential beneficial effects of Zn on the prevention or ...
    • Charlin, Victor; Carrasco, Fernando; Sepúlveda, Cecilia; Ortiz Torres, María Angela; Kehr, Juan (2002)
      To evaluate the effects of nutritional supplements on nitrogen and energy balances, body composition and immune parameters, HIV-infected malnourished adult outpatients were prospectively studied. Forty-six patients (4 ...
    • Mizón, Claudio; Ruz, Manuel; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Carrasco, Fernando; Rebolledo Acevedo, Annabella; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza Escobar, Jorge; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Ordóñez Pizarro, Fernando (ELSEVIER, 2007)
      Objective: We report the case of a 42-y-old morbidly obese woman who presented persistent anemia as result of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Methods: The surgical procedure conducted in 1999 consisted of horizontal gastroplasty ...