• Development of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in older and young adult trauma patients 

      Báez, Amado Alejandro (International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science, 2019)
      We sought out to determine the correlation between the injury severity score (ISS) and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) between severely injured young adults (18–54 years) and elderly (>55 years) patients. Materials ...
    • Dietary fish and meat intake and dementia in Latin America, China, and India: A 10/66 Dementia Research Group 

      Albanese, Emiliano; Dangour, Alan D.; Uauy, Ricardo; Acosta, Daisy; Guerra, Mariella; Gallardo Guerra, Sara S.; Huang, Yueqin; Jacob, K. S.; Llibre Rodríguez, Juan J.; Hernández Noriega, Lisseth; Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Williams, Joseph D.; Ferri, Cleusa P.; Prince, Martin J. (American Journal o f Clinical Nutrition, 2009)
      Evidence of an association between fish and meat consumption and risk of dementia is inconsistent and nonexistent in populations in developing countries. Objective: The objective was to investigate associations between ...
    • Digital competences for teachers in virtual environments COVID-19 

      Montoya-Cantoral, Elisa; Niño-Cueva, Moisés Ronal; Niño-Cueva, Danés Carlos; Mamani-Calcina, Jorge; Villalba-Condori, Klinge Orlando (Montoya-Cantoral, E., Niño-Cueva, M. R., Niño-Cueva, D. C., Mamani-Calcina, J., & Villalba-Condori, K. O. (2023). Digital Competences for Teachers in Virtual Environments COVID-19. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 3353, 53-58.https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85150160592&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f&src=s&nlo=&nlr=&nls=&sid=747420a378d3f2fee024ef9fb2132a6f&sot=aff&sdt=cl&cluster=scopubyr%2c%222023%22%2ct&sl=60&s=AF-ID%28%22Universidad+Nacional+Pedro+Henr%c3%adquez+Ure%c3%b1a%22+60073018%29&relpos=16&citeCnt=0&searchTerm=, 2023)
      This study aims to establish the relationship between instrumental digital competencies and virtual education in times of covid-19. Its approach is quantitative, descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional. The population ...
    • Direct healthcare costs of moderate and severe work-related injuries: estimates from the National Trauma Center of Qatar 

      Consunji, Rafael J.; Mekkodathil, Ahammed; El-Menyar, Ayman; Mehmood, Amber; Sathian, Brijesh; Hyder, Adnan A.; Hirani, Nazia; Abeid, Aisha; Al-Thani, Hassan; Peralta, Ruben (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022-01-30)
      Work-related injuries (WRIs) are recognized as a leading cause of admission to the national trauma center of Qatar. A retrospective analysis of trauma registry data and electronic medical records was conducted on a cohort ...
    • Direct healthcare costs of moderate and severe work-related injuries: estimates from the National Trauma Center of Qatar 

      J. Consunji, Rafael; Mekkodathil, Ahammed; El-Menyar, Ayman; Mehmood, Amber; Sathian, Brijesh; Hyder, Adnan A.; Hirani, Nazia; Abeid, Aisha; Al-Thani, Hassan; Peralta, Ruben (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022-01-30)
      Work-related injuries (WRIs) are recognized as a leading cause of admission to the national trauma center of Qatar. A retrospective analysis of trauma registry data and electronic medical records was conducted on a cohort ...
    • Diversidad y composición florística del bosque seco y semideciduo de la Reserva Forestal Guanito, provincia San Juan, República Dominicana 

      Lebrón-Liriano, Berleni V.; Guerrero Arias, Ángela (Acta Botánica Mexicana 130: e2093., 2023-01-19)
      Se presenta la flora del bosque seco de Cerros del Tabacal y del bosque semideciduo de Loma del Agua de la Reserva Forestal Guanito en la Cordillera Central de República Dominicana. Existen muy pocos registros de las ...
    • Dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease in Latin America: genetic heterogeneity and clinical phenotypes. 

      Llibre-Guerra, J.J.,; Li, Y; Allegri, R.F.,; Mendez, P.C; Surace, E.I; Llibre-Rodriguez, J.J.; Sosa, A.L; Aláez-Verson, C.; Longori, E.-M.; Tellez, A.; Carrillo-Sánchez, K.; Flores-Lagunes, L.L.; Sánchez, V.; Takada, L.T.; Nitrini, R.; Ferreira-Frota, N.A.; Benevides-Lima, J.; Lopera, F.; Ramírez, L.; Jiménez-Velázquez, I.; Schenk, C.; Acosta, D.; Behrens, M.I.; Doering, M.,; Ziegemeier, E.; Morris, J.C; McDade, E.; Bateman, R.J. (2020-12)
    • Dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease in Latin America: genetic heterogeneity and clinical phenotypes. 

      Llibre-Guerra, J.J.; Li, Allegri Y.; Mendez, R.F.; Surace, P.C.; Llibre-Rodriguez, E.I.; Sosa, J.J.; Aláez-Verson, A.L.; Longoria, C.; Tellez, E.-M.; Carrillo-Sánchez, A.; Flores-Lagunes, K.,; Sánchez, L.L.; Takada, V.,; Nitrini, L.T.; Ferreira-Frota, R.; Benevides-Lima, N.A.; Lopera, J. F.; Ramírez, L.; Jiménez-Velázquez, I; Schenk, C; Acosta, D; Behrens, M.I; Doering, M.; Ziegemeier, E.; Morris, J.C.; McDade, E.; Bateman, R.J (Article in Press, 2020-12)
    • Drug-induced liver injury: A management position paper from the Latin American Association for Study of the liver 

      Bessone, Fernando; Hernandez, Nelia; Tagle, Martin; Arrese, Marco; Parana, Raymundo; Méndez-Sánchez, Nahum; Ridruejo, Ezequiel; Mendizabal, Manuel; Dagher, Lucy; Contreras, Fernando; Fassio, Eduardo; Pessoa, Mario; Brahm, Javier; Silva, Marcelo (Annals of Hepatology, 2021)
      Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) caused by xenobiotics (drugs, herbals and dietary supplements) is an uncommon cause of liver disease presenting with a wide range of phenotypes and disease severity, acute ...
    • Dust from the Sahara to the American Continent: health impacts 

      Urrutia-Pereira, Marilyn; Varanda Rizzo, Luciana; Latour Staffeld, Patrícia; Chong-Neto, Herberto Jose; Viegie, Giovanni; Solég, Dirceu (Allergol Immunopathol (Madr)., 2021)
      The Saharan Air Layer is a mass of hot, dry air laden with dust that forms over the Sahara and moves towards the Atlantic Ocean. This air mass contains soil dust particles emitted by the action of winds on the African ...
    • Early high ratio platelet transfusion in trauma resuscitation and its outcomes 

      Peralta, Ruben; Vijay, Adarsh; El-Menyar, Ayman; Consunji, Rafael; Afifi, Ibrahim; Mahmood, Ismail; Asim, Mohammed; Latifi, Rifat; Al-Thani, Hassan (International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science, 2016)
      The optimal ratio of platelets (PLTs) to packed red blood cell (PRBC) in trauma patients requiring massive transfusion protocol (MTP) is still controversial. This report aims to describe the effect of attaining a high ...
    • Education for the future in Latin American university educational models 

      Benites, Lilliam Enriqueta Hidalgo; Villalba-Condori, Klinge Orlando; Hidalgo, Gema Palmira Gálvez; Rondon, David; Mamani-Calcina, Jorge (Elsevier B.V, 2023)
      The theoretical review article carries out an analysis of the challenges that Latin America faces in the post-pandemic stage in relation to university education, looking to the future, and does so from the reflection of ...
    • The effect of massive transfusion protocol implementation on the survival of trauma patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Consunji, Rafael; Elseed, Alaa; El-Menyar, Ayman; Sathian, Brijesh; Rizoli, Sandro; Al-Thani, Hassan; Peralta, Ruben (Blood Transfus, 2020-03-15)
      Massive transfusion protocol (MTP) has been widely adopted for the care of bleeding trauma patients but its actual effectiveness is unclear. An earlier meta-analysis on the implementation of MTP for injured patients from ...
    • Effects of education and culture on the validity of the Geriatric Mental State and its AGECAT algorithm. 

      Prince, Martin J.; Acosta, Daisy; Chiu, Helen; Copeland, John; Dewey, Michael E.; Scazufca, Marcia; Varghese, Mathew (British Journal of Psychiatry, 2004)
      The Geriatric Mental State (GMS) is the most widely used psychiatric research assessment for older persons. Evidence for validity comes from the developed world. Aims: To assess the validity of GMS/AGECATorganicity and ...
    • Elucidating the neuropathologic mechanisms of SARS-cov-2 infection. 

      Pacheco Herrero, Mar; Soto Rojas, Luis O.; Harrington, Charles R.; Flores Martínez, Yazmín M.; Villegas Rojas, Marcos M.; León Aguilar, Alfredo M.; Martínez Gómez, Paola A.; Campa Córdoba, B. Berenice; Apátiga Pérez, Ricardo; Corniel Taveras, Carolin N.; Domínguez García, Jesabelle de J.; Blanco Alvarez, Víctor Manuel; Luna Muñoz, José (Frontiers in Neurology, 2021-04-12)
      The current pandemic caused by the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a public health emergency. To date, March 1, 2021, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused about 114 ...
    • Empathic diagnosis among medical students in the Dominican Republic: declination and gender 

      Silva-Vetri, M.G; Valdéz, B.S.; Santana, M.R.C; Calzadilla-Núñez, A; Díaz-Narváez, V.P. (Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 2021)
      Introduction: Empathic decline is characterized by a decrease in the levels of empathy. Objective: To diagnose empathic behavior in students of the Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University School of Medicine, Santo Domingo, ...
    • Empathy in Professors and Students of a School of Dentistry in the Caribbean 

      Díaz-Narváez, Víctor Patricio; Silva-Vetri, María Guadalupe; Calzadilla-Núñez, Aracelis; Lopez García, Ana Leonides; Portilla Lopez, Ana de la; Reyes-Reyes, Alejandro (Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada, 2022-07-29)
      To estimate and compare the levels of empathy between undergraduate dentistry students and professors at a university in the Dominican Republic. Material and Methods: Cross-sectional and descriptive study. The studied ...
    • Endoscopic sutured gastroplasty: procedure evolution from first-in-man cases through current technique 

      Kumar, Nitin; Abu Dayyeh, Barham K; Lopez-Nava Breviere, Gontrand; Galvao Neto, Manoel P; Sahdala, Nicole P; Shaikh, Sohail N.; Hawes, Robert H.; Gostout, Christopher J.; Goenka, Mahesh K.; Orillac, Jorge R.; Alvarado, Alonso; Jirapinyo, Pichamol; Zundel, Natan; Thompson, Christopher C. (PublMed, 2018)
      Endoscopic sutured gastroplasty (ESG) has evolved over time. With the advent of full-thickness endoscopic suturing, an efficient technique for ESG was developed and refined. This prospective first-in-man trial started in ...
    • Endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal leaks 

      Zundel, Natan; Galvão Neto, Manoel; Quadros, Luiz Gustavo de; Pena Sadhala, Nicole; Oliveira Azor, Fernanda (Springer, Cham, 2023-03)
      Gastrointestinal leaks are severe complications after bariatric surgery, mainly related to postoperative anastomotic defects with substantial morbidity and mortality. Surgical interventions can be complicated with high ...
    • Engaging students in secondary science learning through the scientific and engineering practices and use of digital tools 

      Lavonen, Jari; Vera-Vasquez, , Cesar Gonzalo; Inkinen, Janna; Juuti, Kalle; Salmela-Aro, Katarina; Villalba-Condori, Klinge (Elsevier B.V.,, 2023)
      Policy documents have suggested that school science should represent real scientific and engineering practices and use of digital tools, in order to raise students’ low levels of interest and engagement in science learning. ...