Browsing by Subject "Epidemiology"

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    • Acute pancreatitis in Chile: a multicenter study on epidemiology, etiology and clinical outcome. Retrospective ... 
      Berger Fleiszig, Zoltán; Mancilla Asencio, Carla; Tobar Almonacid, Eduardo; Morales, María Paz; Baró, Michel; Carrasco, Mauricio; Cordero, Julián; Cruz, Rodrigo; Cruz, RIcardo; Lara, Christián; Ledesma, Sergio; Ramírez, Gustavo; Sierralta, Armando; Godoy, Luis; Valdés, Eliana (Elsevier, 2020)
      Background: Epidemiology of acute pancreatitis (AP) is variable in different geographical regions. Objectives: To compare etiology and severity of AP to published data from South America and the rest of world, study impact ...
    • Cardiomyopathy associated with anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: What do we know? 
      Parra Lucares, Alfredo Andrés; Toro Cabrera, Luis Alejandro; Weitz Muñoz, Sebastián Ignacio; Ramos Gómez, Angelo Cristóbal (MDPI, 2021)
      The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has mobilized many efforts worldwide to curb its impact on morbidity and mortality. Vaccination of the general population has resulted in the administration of more than 6,700,000,000 doses by the ...
    • Incidencia, factores de riesgo y letalidad de la fractura de cadera en Chile: estudio transversal sobre ... 
      Barahona Vásquez, Maximiliano; Martínez, Álvaro; Brañes Fierro, Julián; Rodríguez Aphesteguy, Daniel; Barrientos Mendoza, Cristian (Medwave Estudios Limitada, 2020)
      Purpose To describe the incidence of hip fracture in Chile during 2017, identify risk factors for in-hospital mortality, and estimate annual case fatality rate. Method The study design was cross-sectional and ...
    • Is banning texturized implants to prevent breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma a rational ... 
      Danilla, Stefan V.; Jara, Rocío P.; Miranda, Felipe; Bencina, Francisco; Aguirre, Marcela; Troncoso, Ekaterina; Erazo, Cristian A.; Andrades, Patricio R.; Sepúlveda, Sergio L.; Albornoz, Claudia R. (Oxford University Press, 2020)
      Background: Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) is an emergent disease that threatens patients with texturized breast implants. Major concerns about the safety of these implants are leading ...
    • Mortality after hip or knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis in Chile: A survival analysis 
      Barahona Vásquez, Maximiliano Andrés; Barrientos Mendoza, Cristian Nelson; Martínez, Álvaro; Branes, Julián; Prieto, Juan Pablo; Hinzpeter Cohen, Jaime (Medwave Estudios, 2020)
      Background The purpose of this study is to determine if patients with osteoarthritis that undergo hip or knee arthroplasty jeopardize their life expectancy in Chile. Methods A survival analysis study was designed ...
    • Prevalence of microcephaly: the Latin American network of congenital malformations 2010–2017 
      Morris, Joan; Orioli, Leda M; Benavides Lara, Adriana; Barboza Arguello, María de la Paz; Canessa Tapia, María Aurora De Lourdes; Araújo de França, Giovanny Vinícius; Groisman, Boris; Holguín, Jorge; Hurtado Villa, Paula Margarita; Ibarra Ramírez, Marisol; Mellado, Cecilia; Pardo Vargas, Rosa Andrea; Pastora Bucardo, Dania María; Rodríguez, Catherin; Zarante, Ignacio; Limb, Elizabeth; Dolk, Helen (BMJ, 2021)
      Objective The Latin American Network of Congenital Malformations: ReLAMC was established in 2017 to provide accurate congenital anomaly surveillance. This study used data from ReLAMC registries to quantify the prevalence ...
    • Survival analysis after hip fracture: higher mortality than the general population and delayed surgery ... 
      Barahona Vásquez, Maximiliano Andrés; Barrientos Mendoza, Cristian Nelson; Cavada, Gabriel; Brañes Fierro, Julián; Martínez Herold, Álvaro; Catalán González, Jaime (SAGE, 2020)
      Purpose: To estimate survival curves in patients with hip fracture according to gender, age, type of fracture, and waiting time for surgery and to compare them with the life expectancy of the general population. The study ...