Artículos: Recent submissions

  • Red blood cell distribution width to predict mortality in heart transplant recipients: a systematic review 
    Acuña-Chávez, L.M.; Cruzalegui-Bazán, C.; Quispe-Vicuña, C.; Saldarriaga, C.; Contreras, J.; Chávez-Peche, J.A.; Alvarez-Vargas, M.; Segura Saldaña, Pedro Antonio (Page Press Publications, 2023)
    Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been shown to have prognostic value in a number of different clinical settings, such as cardiovascular disease, including heart failure. However, its prognostic value in heart ...
  • ‘Q-Storming’ to identify challenges and opportunities for integrating health and climate adaptation measures in Africa 
    Rother, H.-A.; Dove, C.M.; Cornforth, R.; Petty, C.; Euripidou, R.; Irlam, J.; Gikungu, D.; Chivese, T.; Kutane, W.; Jourou, A.; van Bavel, B.; Zavaleta Cortijo, Claudia Carol; Wright, C.Y. (Elsevier, 2023)
    Introduction: Climate factors influence the state of human health and wellbeing. Climate-related threats are particularly being experienced by vulnerable populations in Africa. A Question (Q)-Storming session was convened ...
  • Sensitivity and specificity of three diabetes diagnostic criteria in people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and otherwise healthy people: Analysis of NHANES III. 
    Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M.; Guzman Vilca, Wilmer Cristobal; Alvizuri-Gómez, Claudia; Tamim, Hani; Alqahtani, Saleh A.; García-Larsen, Vanessa (Elsevier, 2023)
    AIMS: Establishing whether fasting plasma glucose (FPG), postprandial glucose (PPG), and HbA1c have the same diagnostic accuracy in NAFLD versus otherwise healthy people could inform T2DM screening recommendations for ...
  • Development and Laboratory Evaluation of a Simple, Field-Applicable Coproantigen Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Diagnosis of Taeniasis in Northern Peru. 
    Castillo Berrios, Yesenia; Wardle, Melissa T.; Gamboa Morán, Ricardo; Elizalde Pizarro, Mayra Yajayra; Vilchez Barreto, Percy Mcquen; Rodriguez, Silvia; Gilman, Robert H.; Gonzalez, Armando E.; O'Neal, Seth E.; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo (American Society for Microbiology, 2023)
    Coproantigen detection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (coAg ELISA) is a vital tool for detecting and treating cases of Taenia solium taeniasis. However, the assay's procedures require costly materials and sophisticated ...
  • Effect of preterm birth on growth and blood pressure in adulthood in the Pelotas 1993 cohort. 
    Lapidaire, Winok; Proaño, Alvaro; Blumenberg, Cauane; Loret de Mola, Christian; Delgado, Carlos A.; Del Castillo Fernandez, Darwin; Wehrmeister, Fernando C.; Gonçalves, Helen; Gilman, Robert H.; Oberhelman, Richard A.; Lewandowski, Adam J.; Wells, Jonathan C. K.; Miranda, J. Jaime (Oxford University Press, 2023)
    BACKGROUND: Preterm birth has been associated with increased risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease later in adulthood, attributed to cardiovascular and metabolic alterations in early life. However, there is ...
  • Hemoglobin Levels in Peruvian Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease at Different Altitudes. 
    Hurtado Aréstegui, Abdías Nicanor; Rosales Mendoza, Karina Janet; Venegas Justiniano, Joanna Yanissa; Gonzales-Polar, José; Barreto-Jara, Rina; Palacios-Guillén, Alaciel Melissa (Mary Ann Liebert, 2023)
    Background: Decreased hemoglobin is a manifestation of chronic kidney disease (CKD), and people who reside at high altitude adapt to hypoxia by increasing their hemoglobin. The study's objective was to determine the ...
  • Evaluating the relationship between community water and sanitation access and the global burden of antibiotic resistance: an ecological study. 
    Fuhrmeister, Erica R.; Harvey, Abigail P.; Nadimpalli, Maya L.; Gallandat, Karin; Ambelu, Argaw; Arnold, Benjamin F.; Brown, Joe; Cumming, Oliver; Earl, Ashlee M.; Kang, Gagandeep; Kariuki, Samuel; Levy, Karen; Pinto Jimenez, Chris E.; Swarthout, Jenna M.; Trueba, Gabriel; Tsukayama Cisneros, Pablo; Worby, Colin J.; Pickering, Amy J. (Elsevier, 2023)
    BACKGROUND: Antibiotic resistance is a leading cause of death, with the highest burden occurring in low-resource settings. There is little evidence on the potential for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) access to ...
  • Pneumococcal serotypes and antibiotic resistance in healthy carriage children after introduction of PCV13 in Lima, Peru. 
    Gonzales Jaimes, Brayan Enrique; Mercado Zarate, Erik Hernan; Castillo Tokumori, Franco; Montero Quiñe, Andrea Estefania; Luna Muschi, Alessandra Joanna; Marcelo Ragas, Madhelli Natividad; Campos, Francisco; Chaparro Dammert, Luis Eduardo; Del Águila, Olguita; Castillo Díaz, María Esther; Saenz, Andrés; Reyes, Isabel; Hernandez, Roger; Ochoa Woodell, Theresa Jean (Elsevier, 2023)
    OBJECTIVE: To determinate the frequency of Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal carriers, serotypes and antimicrobial resistance in healthy children in Lima, Peru, post-PCV13 introduction and to compare the results ...
  • Knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with frequent influenza vaccination among healthcare personnel in Peru, 2016─2018. 
    Sumner, Kelsey M.; Duca, Lindsey M.; Arriola, Carmen Sofia; Neyra, Joan; Soto, Giselle; Romero, Candice; Tinoco, Yeny; Nogareda, Francisco; Matos, Eduardo; Chavez, Victor; Castillo Díaz, María Esther; Bravo, Eduar; Castro, Juan; Thompson, Mark; Azziz-Baumgartner, Eduardo (Elsevier, 2023)
    INTRODUCTION: Despite a government-subsidized vaccination program, healthcare personnel (HCP) influenza vaccination uptake remains low in Peru. Using three years of cross-sectional surveys and an additional five years of ...
  • Biomarkers in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: A short review. 
    Batista, Sávio; Bocanegra Becerra, Jhon Ernesto; Claassen, Bernardo; Rubião, Felipe; Rabelo, Nicollas Nunes; Figueiredo, Eberval Gadelha; Oberman, Dan Zimelewicz (Elsevier, 2023)
    Poor outcomes of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) can be the result of the initial catastrophic event or the many acute or delayed neurological complications. Recent evidence suggests that some molecules play a ...
  • Association between seroprevalence of measles virus in monkeys and degree of human-monkey contact in Bangladesh 
    Ortiz Cam, Lizzie; Jones-Engel, L.; Mendoza, P.; Castillo Neyra, Ricardo (Elsevier, 2023)
    Measles infections can cause significant morbidity and mortality in human and monkey populations. The endemicity of measles in human populations and viral circulation within populations of free-living monkeys may have ...
  • Physical activity level and factors associated with perceived stress among Peruvian university professors during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
    Cruz-Ausejo, Liliana; Osada, J.; Rueda Torres, Lenin Vladimir; Ingunza Lastra, Nataly Briggete; Carrasco-Muñoz, Miguel Alfredo; Vera-Ponce, Victor Juan (Elsevier, 2023)
    INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic led to the transition to remote work, triggering variations in stress and physical activity (PA), associated with context-specific instability. OBJECTIVE: To identify the association ...
  • Daphnanes diterpenes from the latex of Hura crepitans L. and their PKCζ-dependent anti-proliferative activity on colorectal cancer cells. 
    Crossay, Elise; Jullian, Valérie; Trinel, Manon; Sagnat, David; Hamel, Dimitri; Groppi, Emie; Rolland, Corinne; Stigliani, Jean-Luc; Mejia, Kember; Cabanillas Amado, Billy Joel; Alric, Laurent; Buscail, Etienne; El Kalamouni, Chaker; Mavingui, Patrick; Deraison, Céline; Racaud-Sultan, Claire; Fabre, Nicolas (Elsevier, 2023)
    Hura crepitans L. (Euphorbiaceae) is a thorn-covered tree widespread in South America, Africa and Asia which produces an irritating milky latex containing numerous secondary metabolites, notably daphnane-type diterpenes ...
  • Resultado funcional en pacientes con infarto cerebral y COVID-19 en Lima, Perú 
    Lopes, Fernando; Oliveira, Larissa R.; Beux, Yago; Kessler, Amanda; Cardenas Alayza, Susana; Majluf Chiok, Maria Patricia; Páez-Rosas, Diego; Chaves, Jaime; Crespo, Enrique; Brownell, Robert L. Jr; Baylis, Alastair M. M.; Sepúlveda, Maritza; Franco-Trecu, Valentina; Loch, Carolina; Robertson, Bruce C.; Peart, Claire R.; Wolf, Jochen B. W.; Bonatto, Sandro L. (Ediciones Doyma, S.L., 2023)
    Introduction: COVID-19 seems to induce ischemic stroke by several potential mechanisms including promoting hypercoagulability, and worse functional outcomes have been reported in patients with stroke and the infection with ...
  • Genomic evidence for homoploid hybrid speciation in a marine mammal apex predator 
    Lopes, Fernando; Oliveira, Larissa R.; Beux, Yago; Kessler, Amanda; Cardenas Alayza, Susana; Majluf, Patricia; Páez-Rosas, Diego; Chaves, Jaime; Crespo, Enrique; Brownell, Robert L. Jr; Baylis, Alastair M. M.; Sepúlveda, Maritza; Franco-Trecu, Valentina; Loch, Carolina; Robertson, Bruce C.; Peart, Claire R.; Wolf, Jochen B. W.; Bonatto, Sandro L. (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2023)
    Hybridization is widespread and constitutes an important source of genetic variability and evolution. In animals, its role in generating novel and independent lineages (hybrid speciation) has been strongly debated, with ...
  • Preservation Rhinoplasty: A New Approach to Mestizo Noses 
    Anco, N; Caballero, G; Adrianzen Nuñez, Gerardo Augusto (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2023)
    Background:Preservation rhinoplasty is a widely used technique; however, its use on mestizo noses is poorly documented. Our objective was to assess the level of satisfaction of our mestizo patients 1 year after their ...
  • Importance of multiplanar reformation angiographic images for the detection of carotid web: A case series. 
    Zelada-Ríos, Laura; Barrientos-Imán, Danny; Simbrón Ribbeck, Lourdes; Argomedo, Carlos Abanto; Ramírez-Quiñones, Jorge; Rosa, Pilar Calle La; Chávez, Ana Valencia; Otiniano Sifuentes, Ricardo Daniel (Medknow Publications, 2023)
    Carotid web (CW) is considered a variant of intimal fibromuscular dysplasia. CW represents between 9.4% and 37% of ischemic strokes that were initially misclassified as "cryptogenic." However, in Latin America, there is ...
  • Herd immunity in older adults from a middle-income country: A time-series trend analysis of community-acquired pneumonia mortality 2003-2017 
    Sanchez, Carlos A.; Rivera-Lozada, Oriana; Lozada-Urbano, Michelle; Best Bandenay, Pablo Yvan (Wiley, 2023)
    Background and AimsCommunity-acquired pneumonia is responsible for substantial mortality, and pneumococcus is commonly accepted as a major cause of pneumonia, regardless of laboratory confirmation. Child immunization ...
  • Surgical Management of Metastatic Pathologic Subtrochanteric Fractures: Treatment Modalities and Associated Outcomes 
    Inchaustegui Rivasplata, María Lucía; Ruiz Arellanos, Kim Indira; Gonzales, Marcos Roberto; Pretell-Mazzini, Juan (Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2023)
    Background:Subtrochanteric pathological fractures (PFs) occur in approximately one-Third of femur bone metastases. We seek to analyze surgical treatment strategies for subtrochanteric metastatic PFs and their revision ...
  • Survey of Lichenized Fungi DNA Barcodes on King George Island (Antarctica): An Aid to Species Discovery. 
    La Torre, Renato Daniel; Ramos, Daniel; Mejía, Mayra Doris; Neyra Valdez, Lidio Edgar; Loarte, Edwin; Orjeda, Gisella (MDPI, 2023)
    DNA barcoding is a powerful method for the identification of lichenized fungi groups for which the diversity is already well-represented in nucleotide databases, and an accurate, robust taxonomy has been established. ...

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