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Massive acute ischemic stroke after Bothrops spp. envenomation in southwestern Colombia: Case report and literature review
We present here the case of a 50-year-old male with no comorbidities referred from a rural area in southwest Colombia with a Bothrops spp. snakebite on the left hand. On admission, the patient presented with a deterioration of consciousness and required mechanical ventilation assistance. The MRI showed multiple ischemic areas in the bilateral frontaltemporal and occipital regions. Two months later, the patient had a favorable resolution, although central paresis in the III and VI cranial nerves and positive Babinski's sign persisted. As already mentioned, the pathophysiology of ischemic stroke due to snakebite is complex b...
Source: Biomedica : Revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - April 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Viviana Alexandra Mart ínez-Villota Paulo Francisco Mera-Mart ínez Jos é Darío Portillo-Miño Source Type: research
Life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, and burden of disease in older people in the Americas, 1990-2019: a population-based study
CONCLUSION: The increase in life expectancy and decrease of DALYs indicate the positive effect of improvements in social conditions and health policies. However, the smaller increase in healthy life expectancy suggests that, despite living longer, people spend a substantial amount of time in their old age with disability and illness. Preventable and controllable diseases account for most of the disease burden in older adults in the Americas. Society-wide and life-course approaches, and adequate health services are needed to respond to the health needs of older people in the Region.PMID:34621302 | PMC:PMC8489742 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2021.114
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - October 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ramon Martinez Patricia Morsch Patricia Soliz Carolina Hommes Pedro Ordunez Enrique Vega Source Type: research
