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Incidencia, factores de riesgo y letalidad de la fractura de cadera en Chile: estudio transversal sobre registros nacionales de 2017

Medwave; 20 (5), 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 analytical. We obtained the registries of all patients from the Chilean Ministry of Health who...

Mortality due to oral and oropharyngeal cancer in Uruguay from 1997 to 2014

J. appl. oral sci; 28 (), 2020
Abstract Oral and oropharyngeal cancer is considered a public health problem in several countries due to its high incidence and mortality rate. Objective: This study aimed to analyze oral and oropharyngeal cancer mortality in Uruguay from 1997 to 2014 by age, sex and country region. Methodology: A time...

Increase in fall-related hospitalization, mortality, and lethality among older adults in Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the trends of fall-related hospitalization, mortality, and lethality among older adults in Brazil and regions. METHODS This is a descriptive study based on data from the Hospital Information System of the Brazilian Unified Health System. We included records of every older...

Caracterización de la enfermedad por coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) en niños y adolescentes en países de América Latina y El Caribe: estudio descriptivo

Medwave; 20 (8), 2020
INTRODUCCIÓN: La enfermedad por coronavirus 2019 ha sido reportada en la población pediátrica; sin embargo, existe limitada información en países de América Latina y El Caribe. OBJETIVOS: Describir la frecuencia de casos, defunciones, incidencia acumulada y letalidad atribuida a COVID-19 en niños ...

Exceso de mortalidad en Lima Metropolitana durante la pandemia de COVID-19: comparación a nivel distrital

Medwave; 20 (8), 2020
OBJECTIVE: To compare excess mortality by district quintiles according to the Human Development Index (HDI) in Metropolitan Lima, the capital of Peru, and analyze the socioeconomic factors associated with excess mortality within the context of COVID-19. METHODS: Retrospective cross-sectional analysis of ...

Profile of health professionals who completed a master's, doctoral, or post-doctoral degree in one Brazilian pediatric program

Clinics; 75 (), 2020
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the personal and professional characteristics, and the physical, psychiatric/psychological, and professional issues that exist among master's-, doctoral-, and post-doctoral-level health professionals. METHODS: A cross-sectional, online, self-reported survey of 45...

Illicit drug use among students of a university in Southern Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe drug consumption and the co-occurrence use of more than one illegal drug as well as associated factors in freshmen at a public university in Southern Brazil. METHODS Cross-sectional study with census of students entering undergraduate courses in 2017. A total of 1,788 u...

Socioeconomic factors and inequality in the distribution of physicians and nurses in Mexico

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the human resources for health and analyze the inequality in its distribution in Mexico. METHODS Cross-sectional study based on the National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE in Spanish) for the fourth quarter of 2018 in Mexico. Graduated physicians and nurses, and...

Neighborhood environmental factors associated with leisure walking in adolescents

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To verify the associations of leisure walking with perceived and objective measures of neighborhood environmental factors stratified by gender and socioeconomic status (SES) in Brazilian adolescents. METHODS Cross-sectional study with a random sample of 1,130 high school students (...

Padrão Sintomatológico em Pacientes do Câncer Colorretal de acordo com a Idade

Rev. bras. cancerol; 66 (1), 2020
Introdução: O câncer colorretal está entre os tipos de câncer mais comuns na população brasileira e mundial com altos índices de mortalidade. Alguns estudos mostram que há uma diferença de carga sintomatológica para esse tipo de câncer entre adultos jovens e idosos que, consequentemente, pod...