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The hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Jamaica

Information on the signs and symptoms of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy was collected for over 10,000 pregnant women as part of the Jamaican Perinatal Study. The women in the study comprised all those living in Jamaica who delivered singletons weighing more than 1000g after 27 weeks gestation du...

Predicting eclampsia, perinatal mortality and low birthweight using antenatal measures of blood pressure, proteinuria and oedema

Data on over 10,000 pregnant women from the Jamaican Perinatal Survey have been used to determine the combinations of blood pressures, proteinuria or oedema that are best at predicting poor pregnancy outcome (eclampsia, perinatal mortality, low birthweight and fetal growth retardation). The combination t...

Maternal mortality in Jamaica: socioeconomic factors

Socioeconomic factors relating to all maternal deaths identified during the 12 months of the Jamaican Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality Survey were compared with a control population of over 10,000 women. The maternal mortality rate was 11.5 per 10,000 livebirths. Initial analyses showed (a) a negative t...

Tratamento cirúrgico da lesäo do óstio da coronária esquerda
Surgical management of the left coronary ostial stenosis

A lesäo do óstio da coronária esquerda pode ser tratada cirurgicamente de duas maneiras: revascularizaçäo dos principais ramos arteriais da coronária esquerda (DA, diagonais, circunflexa), ou ampliando a área estenosada, portantom realizando um ataque direto à lesäo. O presente trabalho apresent...

Factores de riesgo para endometriosis
Risk factors for endometriosis

CES med; 2 (2), 1988
Se realizo un estudio prospectivo de casos y controles en Profamilia de Medellin. Se exploraron factores de riesgo para endometriosis en 70 casos diagnosticaso por vision laparoscopica. Se compararon las diferentes variables entre los casos y los controles. Por cada caso se identificaron tres controles: ...

Factores de riesgo en la enfermedad coronaria

Iatreia; 1 (2), 1988
Mediante un estudio de casos y controles, se compararon 40 pacientes con infarto del miocardio comprobado clinica, electrocardiografica y enzimaticamente, con 16 controles equiparados por edad , sexo e institucion; se comprobo asociacion con el habito de fumar, la presion arterial elevada, el colesterol ...

Infecciones intra hospitalarias en el paciente postquirurgico: trabajo de investigacion ano rural de enfermeria

Con el fin de identificar las causas de las infecciones potoperatorias entre marzo y junio de 1988 se diseno y aplico un formulario a los pacientes sometidos a procedimientos quirurgicos limpios, obteniendose los siguentes datos: la poblacion de pacientes esta entre 10 y 45 o mas anos y el 79// (26) corr...