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Hepatitis C virus infection in Argentina: Burden of chronic disease.
(Baishideng Publishing Group, 2016-05-28)AIM: To estimate the progression of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic and measure the burden of HCV-related morbidity and mortality. METHODS: Age- and gender-defined cohorts were used to follow the viremic population ... -
Hepatitis C Virus Infection: What Are We Currently Doing in Latin America About WHO's Proposals for 2030?
(American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 2021-09)Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a serious health problem worldwide. It has been estimated that it affects 1% of the global population, and most of these indi-viduals are unaware until the development ... -
Hepatocellular carcinoma in Latin America: Diagnosis and treatment challenges
(Baishideng Publishing Group, 2018-10-07)Abstract Latin America, a region with a population greater than 600000000 individuals, is well known due to its wide geographic, socio-cultural and economic heterogeneity. Access to health care remains as the main barrier ... -
Hepatotoxicity Induced by Coxibs: How Concerned Should We Be?
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-08-26)Introduction: The selective inhibitors of COX-2, coxibs, are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that have much better gastrointestinal safety profile as compared with non-selective NSAIDs. In this review, we ... -
High-Velocity Jet in the Right Atrium: What Is the Diagnosis?
(International Anesthesia Research Society, 2016-03-01)A 66-year-old man with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency department with palpitations and was found to have paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. Auscultation of the chest revealed ... -
Hodgkin lymphoma burden in Central and South America.
(Elsevier, 2016-09)RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVE: Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is largely curable owing to improvements in treatment since the 1960s; nevertheless, high mortality rates have been reported in Central and South America. We describe the ... -
Home-Based Care for Patients with Lysosomal Storage Disease: Experiences in Argentina
(Latin American Society Inborn Errors and Neonatal Screening, 2019-07-01)ABSTRACT Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) is a long term treatment for patients who suffer from lysosomal storage disease. A transversal descriptive study was conducted to evaluate advantages and disadvantages of a ... -
Hyponatremia and bone disease
(Springer Verlag, 2016-09-24)Hip fractures represent a serious health risk in the elderly, causing substantial morbidity and mortality. There is now a considerable volume of literature suggesting that chronic hyponatremia increases the adjusted odds ... -
Hyponatremia and fractures: should hyponatremia be further studied as a potential biochemical risk factor to be included in FRAX algorithms?
(Springer, 2017-01-10)The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX®) was developed by the WHO Collaborating Centre for metabolic bone diseases to evaluate fracture risk of patients. It is based on patient models that integrate the risk associated ... -
Hypotonic and isotonic intravenous maintenance fluids in hospitalized controlled trial.
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-05-09)Abstract Objective: To compare the changes in serum sodium and acid/base status in patients receiving hypotonic and isotonic solutions. Design: A randomised, controlled and double-blind clinical trial. Setting: ... -
Ibero-American Society of Interventionism (SIDI) and the Spanish Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (SERVEI) Standard of Practice (SOP) for the Management of Inferior Vena Cava Filters in the Treatment of Acute Venous Thromboembolism
(MDPI, 2021-12)Abstract Objectives: to present an interventional radiology standard of practice on the use of inferior vena cava filters (IVCFs) in patients with or at risk to develop venous thromboembolism (VTE) from the Iberoamerican ... -
Identification of optimal therapeutic window for steroid use in severe alcohol-associated hepatitis: A worldwide study
(Elsevier, 2021-11)Abstract Background & aims: Corticosteroids are the only effective therapy for severe alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH), defined by a model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score >20. However, there are patients who may ... -
Identifying patients at higher risk of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplantation in a multicenter cohort study from Argentina.
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2016-04-28)BACKGROUND AND AIM: The Up-to-7 criteria on the basis of the explanted liver features categorize patients at higher risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence after liver transplantation (LT). The aim of this study ... -
Ilex paraguariensis extracts and its polyphenols prevent oxidative damage and senescence of human retinal pigment epithelium cells
(Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved, 2020-04-01)Abstract Aged-related macular degeneration (AMD), a prevalent chronic disease leading to blindness, is associated with oxidative damage of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Ilex paraguariensis (yerba mate, YM), widely ... -
Immunology of Bee Venom
(Humana Press, 2017-03-01)Introduction Previous studies show contradictory results related to the vascular effects of coffee; they suggest that caffeine increases arterial stiffness and negatively impacts vascular health, the aim of this study is ... -
Impact of Public Health Policies on Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease in Latin America: An Ecological Multinational Study
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins [Commercial Publisher], 2021-11)Abstract Background and aims: Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is the leading cause of liver-related mortality in Latin America, yet the impact of public health policies (PHP) on liver disease is unknown. We aimed ... -
Impacto de una intervención educativa para mejorar la adherencia a las recomendaciones sobre sueño seguro del lactante.
(Sociedad Argentina de Pediatria, 2016-04-25)Introducción. Las campañas públicas en países desarrollados con recomendaciones para el sueño seguro del lactante lograron aumentar la adherencia a la posición supina para dormir a más del 70% y generaron, simultáneamente, ... -
IMT504 blocks allodynia in rats with spared nerve injury by promoting the migration of mesenchymal stem cells and by favoring an anti-inflammatory milieu at the injure nerve
(International Association for the Study of Pain, 2021-09)IMT504, a noncoding, non-CpG oligodeoxynucleotide, modulates pain-like behavior in rats undergoing peripheral nerve injury, through mechanisms that remain poorly characterized. Here, we chose the spared nerve injury model ... -
Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes related with neurological events after liver transplantation in adult and pediatric recipients.
(Wiley, 2018-02-07)Controversy exists whether NE after LT are more frequently observed in children or adults. We aimed to compare the incidence and outcomes for NE after LT in pediatric and adult recipients. A single-center cohort study, ... -
Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes related with neurological events after liver transplantation in adult and pediatric recipients.
(John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2018-02-07)Abstract Controversy exists whether NE after LT are more frequently observed in children or adults. We aimed to compare the incidence and outcomes for NE after LT in pediatric and adult recipients. A single-center cohort ...