Browsing by Author "Morales Carrasco, Alex Patricio"

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    Características epidemiológicas de los neonatos nacidos en el Hospital General José María Velasco Ibarra, Ecuador
    (2019) Morales Carrasco, Alex Patricio; Espinoza Diaz, Cristobal Ignacio; Shiguango Shiguango, Nadia Neida; Pesantez Calle, Maria Fernanda; Avila Vinueza, Johanna Priscila; Cordova Cordova, Henrry Sebastian; Guaraca Pino, Angelica Carolina; Perez Granja, Ana Lucia; Mendez Cordero, Pedro David; Gutierrez Yepez, Maria Belen; Morales Torres, Jorge Leonardo
    © INRA and Springer-Verlag France 2015. Objective: To describe the epidemiological characteristics of newborns from the Hospital General José María Velasco Ibarra, Ecuador. Materials and methods: This was a descriptive and retrospective study in live births from the Hospital General José María Velasco Ibarra that were attended during the period from January to December 2018. The medical records found in the statistics department of the mentioned hospital were used, identifying the main perinatal complications. Results: Out of the 2108 newborns, 50.9% (n=1073) were female, 77.1% were born by vaginal delivery, more than 95% presented APGAR scores ≥7 at a minute and at 5 minutes, the 86.6% (n=1825) had a normal weight, only 9.9% (n=208) presented some perinatal complications, being hyperbilirubinemia (40.4%), respiratory distress syndrome (37.5%), and prematurity (6.7%) the most frequent ones. Conclusion: Perinatal complications only occurred in 9.9% of cases, with hyperbilirubinemia, respiratory distress syndrome, and prematurity being the most frequent clinical conditions; although it is a low percentage compared to other series, early identification and timely management of these pathologies are essential in this population group.
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    Prevalence of low HDL-C in older adults of Baños parish, Cuenca
    (2018) Morocho Zambrano, Alicia De los angeles
    Introduction: Low HDL-C is one of the most frequent metabolic alterations in Latin America populations, so the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of low HDL-C and its associated factors in elderly patients from Baños parish, Cuenca, Ecuador. Materials and methods: This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study in which 200 elderly residents from Baños parish participated, intentionally selected in 2 ambulatory primary care centers. To this end, a questionnaire was used to collect data, determining HDL-C levels, habits, sociodemographic and clinical factors, using a logistic regression model. Results: The prevalence of low HDL-C was 35.5% (n=71), being higher in men (62%) and older than 80 years (43.7%), being obesity measured by BMI (OR: 3.25, 95% CI: 1.49-7.12) and personal history of arterial hypertension (OR: 2.10, 95% CI: 1.07-4.15) the main associated factors. Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of low HDL-C in the older adult population from rural parish of Baños, having subjects with obesity and hypertension the highest risk of low HDL-C. © 2018 Revista Latinoamericana de Hipertension. All Rights Reserved.