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    Complicaciones obstétricas en gestantes con edad igual o mayor a 35 años, usuarias del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso. Cuenca, periodo 2018.
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2020-03-11) Alvarez Cambi, Marco Antonio; Sarmiento Tapia, Nimrod Ludim
    Background: the decrease in maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality has become a main objective in the health system, however, it is known that pregnant women with ages close to the cessation of their fertility have a higher rate of maternal fetal complications, at just as the factors associated with their age lead to multiple adverse outcomes. Objectives: to determine obstetric complications in pregnant women aged 35 years or older, in the obstetrics area, users of Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital, 2018 period. Methodology: observational, analytical, cross-sectional study, 540 medical records were reviewed, information on the study variables was collected using a form prepared by the author. For the analysis, SPSS version 15 program was used. For qualitative variables, frequencies and percentages were applied and for the quantitative mean and standard deviation, the Chi-square statistic and prevalence ratio were used to establish association with 95% CI. Results: the average age was 38.05 years, 44.8% were married, 55% with primary education, 56% ended their pregnancy vaginally; the general prevalence of complications was 38.5%, a relationship was found age ≥ 40 years (RR: 1.4 CI 1, -1.7, p 0.0014) AHT (RR: 1.9 CI 1, 3-2.9, p 0.04). Conclusions: the general prevalence of complications was 38.5%. An association was found between age ≥ 40 years and AHT to present an obstetric complication. Keywords: High risk pregnancy. Pregnancy complications. Maternal age
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    Evaluación del estado nutricional en adolescentes de 15 a 18 años, que asisten al Colegio Julio María Matovelle, cantón Cuenca, 2010
    (2011) Albán Rivas, Andrés Eduardo; Alvarez Cambi, Marco Antonio; Baculima Neira, Pedro Santiago; Rojas Reyes, Rosendo Iván; García Alvear, Jorge Luis
    Background: The lifestyle changes, physical activity food trends and level results comes from the influence of sociocultural have been determinants of variations in the nutritional status of individuals worldwide. Objective: To evaluate nutritional status, physical activity levels and patterns of food intake in adolescents aged 15 to 18 years in schools in the canton Cuenca. Procedure and Methods: We performed a transversal and descriptive, randomly recruited 300 students of the Julio Maria Matovelle High School. The Inclusion criteria were adolescents aged between 15 to 18 years; were excluded adolescents with serious illness, pregnancy, or on a diet. The study included: anthropometric measurements, assessment of physical activity and dietary intake patterns through surveys of adolescents. Results: The study included 300 cases, of which 289 (96.33%) were men and 11 (3.67%) were women, the average age is 16.02 years. With regard to nutritional status, 47,33% had a normal nutritional status, 45% have some degree of risk, overweight or obese. In regard to physical activity makes a 53.33% low activity. Depending on the type of diet we found that 31.0% use a hyper-caloric diet unrelated to the age group. There are significant relationships between sex, high and weight. Conclusions: The investigation reveals that there is no statistically significant relationship between physical activity, diet and age with nutritional state.