Late Breaking Abstract - Probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (pCLE) As A Tool In Lung Cancer Diagnosis In Ecuador
Conclusions: The pCLE is a useful tool that allows to identify in real time areas suggestive of malignancy, serving as a guide for biopsies in bronchoscopy, thus optimizing the histological diagnosis of patients with lung tumors.Patientsn=24Age, years 64.3 (8.3) Gender, male 19 Bronchoscopic findings -Extrinsic compresion -Mixed -Normal 16 6 2 Histopatological findings -Adenocarcinoma -Squamous carcinoma -Small Cell Lung Cancer -Endobronchial Melanoma 10 6 2 1 (Source: European Respiratory Journal)
Source: European Respiratory Journal - October 27, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: SANCHEZ, E., Chang, G., Matheus, E. Tags: Lung cancer Source Type: research
Sounds of recovery: AI helps monitor wildlife during forest restoration
Nature, Published online: 25 October 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03329-3System aids researchers measuring biodiversity levels in Ecuador, and how people can follow basic instructions while fast asleep. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - October 25, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Benjamin Thompson Shamini Bundell Source Type: research
Subregional efforts to improve childhood cancer care in the Andean countries
This report describes the work of the ministries of health and the Secretariat of the Andean Health Organization (Organismo Andino de Salud - Convenio Hipólito Unánue (ORAS-CONHU)), to develop the Andean Cancer Prevention and Control Policy, with consideration given to childhood cancers. The policy was based on analysis of the cancer situation in the six Andean countries - Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - between 2015 and 2020, and it was approved in 2022. An in-depth study is currently being carried out on the situation of childhood cancer in the A...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - October 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maria Del Carmen Calle Marisela Mallqui Luis Beingolea Forlly Chavez Patricia Gallardo Liliana V ásquez Hernan Sep úlveda Source Type: research
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) to determine cut-off points of clinical and biomolecular markers to discriminate mortality in severe COVID-19 living at high altitude
In 2020, Ecuador had one of the highest death rates because of COVID-19. The role of clinical and biomolecular markers in COVID disease prognosis, is still not well supported by available data. In order for th... (Source: BMC Pulmonary Medicine)
Source: BMC Pulmonary Medicine - October 18, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Jorge Luis V élez-Páez, Lucy Baldeón-Rojas, Cristina Cañadas Herrera, Mario Patricio Montalvo, Fernando Esteban Jara, Santiago Aguayo-Moscoso, Wendy Tercero-Martínez, Lenin Saltos, Glenda Jiménez-Alulima, Verónica Guerrero and Jorge Pérez-Galarza Tags: Research Source Type: research
Book review: In the shadow of Tungurahua: Disaster Politics in Highland Ecuador
Ksenia Chmutina, Jason von Meding, A.J. Faas Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp.458-460 (Source: Disaster Prevention and Management)
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - October 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ksenia Chmutina Jason von Meding A.J. Faas Source Type: research
Risk factors for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing < i > E < /i > . < i > coli < /i > carriage among children in a food animal-producing region of Ecuador: A repeated measures observational study
ConclusionsIn this study, we observed an increase in enteric colonization of antibiotic-resistant bacteria among children with exposures to domestic animals and their waste in the household environment and children living in areas with a higher density of commercial food animal production operations. (Source: PLoS Medicine)
Source: PLoS Medicine - October 13, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Heather K. Amato Source Type: research
Prospective cohort study of incidence and risk factors for catheter-associated urinary tract infections in 145 intensive care units of 9 Latin American countries: INICC findings
ConclusionThe following CAUTI RFs are unlikely to change: age, gender, hospitalization type, and facility ownership. Based on these findings, it is suggested to focus on reducing LOS, UC/DU ratio, and implementing evidence-based CAUTI prevention recommendations. (Source: World Journal of Urology)
Source: World Journal of Urology - October 12, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research
Human health risk assessment due to mercury use in gold mining areas in the Ecuadorian Andean region
This study provides valuable information for decision makers regarding the risk associated with Hg exposure in areas of mining activity in the Ecuadorian Andean region. In addition, it can contribute to the development of policies and strategies to control contamination in mining environments and protect human and environmental health in the region.PMID:37797899 | DOI:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140351 (Source: Chemosphere)
Source: Chemosphere - October 5, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Carlos Mestanza-Ram ón Samantha Jim énez-Oyola Alex Vinicio Gavilanes Montoya Danny Daniel Castillo Vizuete Giovanni D'Orio Juan Cede ño-Laje Dom énica Urdánigo Salvatore Straface Source Type: research
