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RWD76 Using Real World Data to Quantify Risk Factors for Ischemic Stroke in Colombia
SISPRO, the official Colombian Ministry of Health administrative database, which reports more than 500 million annual patient contacts, has been used to estimate prevalence of many diseases . We explored this database to establish different diagnoses that have been associated, during a five-year period, with ischemic stroke, and to quantify the magnitude of their statistical association.
Source: Value in Health - June 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: D. Rosselli, O. Feo-Lee, M. Agudelo-Arrieta, A. Taub-Krivoy, J. Torres-Garc ía Source Type: research

EE224 How Expensive Is a Stroke in the Caribbean Region of Colombia?
We aimed to describe the annual direct medical costs of stroke in the Caribbean region of Colombia, 2018-2021.
Source: Value in Health - June 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: F. Salcedo Mej ía, N.J. Alvis Zakzuk, N.R. Alvis Zakzuk, L. Moyano, J.C. Fernandez Mercado, M. Jerez Arias, J. Paz Wilchez, J. Zakzuk Sierra Source Type: research

MT15 Adherence to Positive Airway Pressure Therapy in a Cohort of Colombian Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
We describe adherence to the use of PAP devices in a cohort of patients with OSAS in Colombia, and their hospitalization rates and cardiovascular comorbidities.
Source: Value in Health - June 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: J.L. Ortiz, D. Rosselli Source Type: research

EE107 Cost-Effectiveness of Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Colombian Health System Perspective
Mechanical thrombectomy plus intravenous thrombolysis is the treatment of choice for patients with ischemic stroke due in large vessels of the anterior circulation. The number of patients with mechanical thrombectomy has increased. Our objective was to establish if it is cost-effective for the Colombian Health System.
Source: Value in Health - June 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: A. Giraldo Caicedo, Á.J. Ruiz, J.I. Holguín D, W. Escobar Rojas, D. Rosselli Source Type: research

In Latin America, Heat Warnings Can Prevent Deaths
Residents of Mexico City take shelter from the heat in a covered area, on a central street in the capital, in the month of March, when spring has not even arrived yet in the country. Heat waves will become more frequent and will last longer, due to the climate emergency. CREDIT: Emilio Godoy/IPSBy Emilio GodoyMEXICO CITY, Mar 14 2023 (IPS) On Mar. 9, more than half of Mexico reported maximum temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius, although spring has not even arrived yet in this Latin American country located in the northern hemisphere. In fact, the Megalopolis Environmental Commission, which brings together the federal gov...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Emilio Godoy Tags: Climate Change Development & Aid Editors' Choice Environment Headlines Health Latin America & the Caribbean Regional Categories Extreme Weather heat waves Mexico Source Type: news

EE477 Budgetary Impact Analysis of Alteplase - Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator (RTPA) - As a Thrombolytic Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Colombia
to evaluate the potential impact on costs and health outcomes of increasing the proportion of patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) who are thrombolyzed with alteplase in Colombia and of reducing the time to initiate treatment.
Source: Value in Health - June 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: P Lasalvia Source Type: research

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

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