• Validation of Picture Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test for Illiteracy in Lima, Peru 

  Montesinos, R; Parodi, JF; Diaz, MM; Herrera-Perez, E; Valeriano-Lorenzo, E; Soto, A; Delgado, C; Slachevsky, A; Custodio, N (SAGE Publications, 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 ...
• Letter to the Editor: The Establishment of a New Chapter in the Neurosurgical Care of Patients with Limited Resources in Peru 

  Bocanegra-Becerra, Jhon E.; Castillo-Huerta, Nicole M.; Vilca-Salas, Martha I. (Elsevier, 2022)

  Historically, Peru has been recognized as an emblematic place in the early development of Neurosurgery. Pre-Inca inhabitants pioneered by performing advanced techniques at the time (e.g., trephinations, cranioplasties, and ...
• Evaluating three biomarkers as prognostic factors of in-hospital mortality and severity in heart failure: A prospective cohort 

  Segura-Saldana, Pedro A.; Chambergo-Michilot, Diego; Alarcon-Santos, Javier E.; Aguilar, Cristian; Alvarez-Vargas, Mayita L.; Padilla-Reyes, Marcos; Leon-Vivar, Rodrigo; Pariona-Javier, Marcos (Elsevier, 2022)

  Objective: To identify the relationship between red blood cell distribution width (RDW, %), interleukin-6 (IL-6) (pg/ml), high sensitivity-c-reactive protein (hs-CRP) (mg/l), in-hospital mortality and disease severity among ...
• Effectiveness of a home-environmental intervention package and an early child development intervention on child health and development in high-altitude rural communities in the Peruvian Andes: a cluster-randomised controlled trial 

  Nuno, N; Mausezahl, D; Hattendorf, J; Verastegui, H; Ortiz, M; Hartinger, SM (Springer Nature, 2022)

  Background: Unsafe drinking water, poor sanitation and hygiene, exposure to household air pollution and low cognitive and socio-emotional stimulation are risk factors affecting children in low- and middle-income countries. ...
• Severe flares are associated with a poorer health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with SLE: data from the Almenara Lupus Cohort 

  Ugarte-Gil, MF; Gamboa-Cardenas, RV; Reategui-Sokolova, C; Pimentel-Quiroz, VR; Medina, M; Elera-Fitzcarrald, C; Zevallos, F; Pastor-Asurza, CA; Zazzetti, F; Karyekar, CS; Alarcon, GS; Perich-Campos, RA (BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)

  Background: Flares in patients with SLE, regardless of their severity, have been associated with damage accrual. However, their impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has not been fully evaluated. In fact, disease ...

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