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The association between common physical impairments and dementia in low and middle income countries, and, among people with dementia, their association with cognitive function and disability. A 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based study
(International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2011-03)
Chronic physical comorbidity is common in dementia. However, there is an absence of evidence to support good practice guidelines for attention to these problems. We aimed to study the extent of this comorbidity and its ...
AMPERE: exploiting Galileo for electrical asset mapping in emerging countries
(IEEE, 2021)
The AMPERE project aims at engineering and starting to commercialize a dedicated solution, to be used for electrical power network information gathering. AMPERE will support decision making actors (e.g., institutions and ...
Potential risk of medication discrepancies and reconciliation errors at admission and discharge from an inpatient medical service
(Ann Pharmacother ., 2010)
Medication discrepancies, defined as unexplained variations among drug regimens at care transitions, are common. Some are unintended and cause reconciliation errors that are potentially detrimental for patients. To determine ...
Prehospital care of biologic agent-induced injuries
(Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, 2023-01-01)
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major healthcare problem and a major burden to society. The identification of a TBI can be challenging in the prehospital setting, particularly in elderly patients with unobserved falls. ...
Commentary: A classification system for antimicrobial activity based on MIC-values: fake or reality?
(J Ethnopharmacol, 2012-01-31)
In the literature circulates a classification system for antimicrobial activity, which has no basis whatsoever. In this commentary the non-existence of this classification system will be clearly indicated based on MIC values.
Dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease in Latin America: genetic heterogeneity and clinical phenotypes.
(Article in Press, 2020-12)
Applications of non-destructive techniques in the study of a caribbean historic timber house
(IOP Publishing, 2020)
Early high ratio platelet transfusion in trauma resuscitation and its outcomes
(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 ...
Prevalence of HTLV infection in the Dominican Republic: association with neurological disease
(PulbMed, 1992-02)
The presence of the human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV) in Dominican blood donors and patients with tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) was first detected in 1987. To define further the seroprevalence in the country, nearly ...
Medicinal plants in the Dominican Republic and their possible role in public health care
(International Society for Horticultural Science, 2016)
In the Dominican Republic, one can distinguish two medical systems: the formal medical system and the informal medical system. The formal medical system is based on the western conventional medical system. The informal ...