Browsing by Author "Barrera, Gladys"

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    • Association Between Functional Measures and Mortality in Older Persons 
      Bites, Ana Celia; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera, Gladys; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Leiva Balich, Laura; Maza Cave, María Pía de la (Elsevier, 2012-06-15)
      Background: Functional limitations may be a mortality risk among older people. The aim of this work is to determine if body composition and strength are risk factors related to mortality in older Chilean people. Methods: ...
    • Central obesity and not age increases skeletal muscle lipids, without influencing lean body mass and strength 
      Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Jara, Natalia; Leiva, Laura; Barrera, Gladys; Silva, Claudio; Pañella, Loreto; Henríquez, Sandra; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (Grupo Aula Médica, 2015)
      Background/Aims: To measure skeletal muscle lipid infiltration, its association with insulin resistance (IR) lean mass and function, in Chilean men differing in age and body composition. Our hypothesis was that muscle ...
    • Disfagia en adulto mayor: revisión de la evidencia en el manejo de la disfagia en población geriátrica 
      Olivares, Claudia (Universidad de Chile, 2016)
      Objetivos: Realizar una revisión bibliográfica narrativa que permita establecer procedimientos fonoaudiológicos adecuados para evaluar e intervenir los trastornos de la deglución en adultos mayores. Establecer recomendaciones ...
    • Efecto del probiótico Saccharomyces boulardii en la prevención de la diarrea asociada con antibióticos en ... 
      Bravo, María Verónica; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Leiva Balich, Laura; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Barrera, Gladys; Maza, Javier de la; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-08)
      Background: Antibiotic-associated diarrhea is one of the most common adverse effects of antimicrobials. Any antimicrobial can potentially produce diarrhea but beta-lactamics have a higher risk. Among these, amoxicillin is ...
    • Endothelial function in healthy younger and older hyperhomocysteinemic subjects 
      Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Mendoza, Laura; Petermann, Margarita; Glasinovic, Andrea; Paulinelli, Paola; Barrera, Gladys; Rosenberg, Irwin; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (2002)
      Objetives: To compare endothelium-dependent vasomotor response in healthy younger and older subjects without classic cardiovascular risk factors, with high and normal fasting homocysteine (tHcy) levels. Design: We compared ...