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Prevalence of stroke and related burden among older people living in Latin America, India and China.

Ferri, Cleusa P.; Schoenborn, Claudia; Kalra, Lalit; Acosta, Daisy; Guerra, Mariella; Huang, Yueqin; Jacob, K. S.; Llibre Rodríguez, Juan J.; Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Williams, Joseph D.; Liu, Zhaorui; Moriyama, Tais; Valhuerdi, Adolfo; Prince, Martin J. (Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2011)

Despite the growing importance of stroke in developing countries, little is known of stroke burden in survivors. The authors investigated the prevalence of selfreported stroke, stroke-related disability, dependence and ...

Learnings from real-life experience of using omalizumab for chronicurticaria in Latin America

Cherrez Ojeda, Iván; Maurer, Marcus; Bernstein, Jonathan A; Vanegas, Emanuel; Félix, Miguel; Ramón, Germán D.; Ensina, Luis Felipe; Larco Sousa, José Ignacio; Matos Benavides, Edgar Emilio; Cardona Villa, R.; Latour Staffeld, P.; Morfin-Maciel, Blanca María; Mori, José; Wilches C, Paul; Mata, Valeria L.; Cherrez, Annia (Elsevier, 2019-01-08)

Updated urticaria guidelines recommend that patients should be assessed for disease activity, severity, control, and quality of life at baseline and follow up. Regarding treatment, guidelines consider second generation ...

Latin America intensive care unit disaster preparedness: results from a web‑based attitudes and perceptions survey

Báez, Amado Alejandro; McIntyre, Kaitlin (International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow, 2019-11-11)

Disasters burden on hospital emergency intensive care units (ICUs). This burden is increased in Latin America (LATAM) where hospital resources, intrahospital disaster simulations, and perceived level of preparedness vary ...

Leg length, skull circumference, and the incidence of dementia in Latin America and China: a 10/66 population-based cohort study

Prince, Martin J.; Acosta, Daisy; Guerra, Mariella; Huang, Yueqin; Jiménez- Velázquez, Ivonne Z.; Llibre Rodriguez, Juan J.; Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Dewey, Michael E.; Guerchet, Maelenn M.; Liu, Zhaorui; Llibre Guerra, Jorge J.; Prina, A. Matthew (PLOS ONE, 2018-04-18)

Adult leg length is influenced by nutrition in the first few years of life. Adult head circumference is an indicator of brain growth. Cross-sectional studies indicate inverse associations with dementia risk, but there ...

Alcoholrelated liver disease clinical practice guidelines by the Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver ALEH.

Araba, Juan Pablo; Roblero, Juan Pablo; Altamirano, José; Bessonef, Fernando; Chaves Araújo, Roberta; Higuera de la Tijera, Fátima; Restrepoi, Juan Carlos; Torre, Aldo; Urzual, Alvaro; Simonetto, Douglas A.; Abraldes, Juan G.; Méndez Sánchez, Nahum; Contreras, Fernando; Lucey, Michael R.; Shahb, Vijay H.; Cortez Pinto, Helena; Bataller, Ramón (Elsevier España, 2019)

Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is a major cause of advanced chronic liver disease in Latin-America, although data on prevalence is limited. Public health policies aimed at reducing the alarming prevalence of alcohol ...