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We conclude that for movement activists 'poverty' is rarely a central concern. Instead, they represent their actions as challenging injustice, inequality and/or development models with which they disagree, and reject the simplifying and sectoral orientation of poverty reduction interventions. In tod...
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PMID: 20737741
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The prevalence of stunting, wasting and underweight in infants aged < 6 months was higher with WHO than NCHS standards. However, the prevalence of underweight in infants aged 6-12 months was much lower with WHO standards. The duration of exclusive breastfeeding was not associated with malnutrition i...
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PMID: 20428352
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The mean age was 69.9 years (SD: 7.6) and 59.8% were women. The frequency of frailty was 7.7% and the frequencies of comorbidity and dependency were 12.6% and 6.5%, respectively. The mean gait speed was 0.9 m/s (SD: 0.2) and the gait speed cut-off point indicating frailty was 0.7 m/s. CONCLUSION: Ga...
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PMID: 20044176
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The geographical distribution and intra-domiciliary capture of sylvatic triatomines in three districts of the province of La Convención, Cusco, Peru are presented. In the district of Vilcabamba, eight adults of Rhodnius pictipes and five adults of Panstrongylus geniculatus were found. In the distri...
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PMID: 20602026
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Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru (30)3 2010
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Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru (30)3 2010
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Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru (30)3 2010
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There was male predominance (58.82%).The most affected age group was 71-80 years old (26.47%). The average age was 64.7 years old. The most frequent clinical presentation was abdominal pain (47.06%) followed by melena (44.12%). Diagnosis was made by endoscopic method in 58.82%. The main histological...
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PMID: 20924427
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Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru (30)1 2010
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The moderate sedation was the most common method of sedation used for colonoscopies in the Japanese Peruvian Polyclinic. Deep sedation was associated with higher rates of cecal intubation and adenoma detection, but also in more immediate complications. KEY WORDS: sedation, colonoscopy, colonoscopy q...
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PMID: 20445723
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Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru (30)1 2010
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In patients with nonulcer dyspepsia, erradication of HP infection is associated with decrease in symptoms intensity and increase on degree of satisfaction six month after treatment....
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PMID: 20445721
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Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru (30)1 2010
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The overall prevalence of HP was 38.54%. It was 44.04% in those not exposed to the evaluated variables. Independent sensitivities were HpTest:84.46%, Histology:89.86%.Sensitivities for antral and body biopsies were 64.86% and 79.73%, respectively. Exposure to proton pump inhibitors diminished the se...
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PMID: 20445722
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Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru (30)1 2010
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We don't know its clinical and developmental profile. This is a descriptive, retrospective, transversal and observational patients diagnosed with CD in the last 20 years in the Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins'. For the small size of the population, we use...
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PMID: 20445720
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Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru (30)2 2010
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Determine the effectiveness of surgical treatment and / or adjuvant to improve the quality of life in patients with colon cancer compared to rectal cancer.
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PMID: 20644606
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Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru (30)2 2010
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To find and describe perceptions, beliefs, knowledge and attitudes adopted by healthy people regarding liver disease, who attend at three medical institutions. To estimate how the academic and socioeconomic level operate as determinant factors.
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PMID: 20644604
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Well-trained people are urgently needed to tackle global health challenges through information and communication technologies. In this report, AMAUTA, a joint international collaborative training program between the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and the University of Washington, which has bee...
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PMID: 20595317
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This study aimed to determine the psychosocial factors associated with delayed test-seeking among tuberculosis patients. The duration of symptoms before seeking medical care was assessed by interview for 108 newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the city of Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazo...
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PMID: 19996443
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Gender inequities in health prevail in most countries despite ongoing attempts to eliminate them. Assessment of gender-sensitive health policies can be used to identify country specific progress as well as gaps and issues that need to be addressed to meet health equity goals. This study selected and...
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PMID: 20029433
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Emerging Infectious Diseases (15)11 2009
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In 2008, dengue virus serotype 4 (DENV-4) emerged in northeastern Peru, causing a large outbreak and displacing DENV-3, which had predominated for the previous 6 years. Phylogenetic analysis of 2008 and 2009 isolates support their inclusion into DENV-4 genotype II, forming a lineage distinct from st...
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PMID: 19891873
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Blastocystis hominis was the most frequent parasite in HIV positive and negative patients. Being hospitalized and HIV infection were risk factors for coccidian infection, but age > or = 40 years was a protective factor....
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PMID: 19915754
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The prevalence of major depression among pregnant women was very high. Special attention should be given to women with unplanned pregnancies and those experiencing complications during pregnancy, so that an early diagnosis can be made and appropriate treatment offered....
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PMID: 20107678
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Peru has a large indigenous population (40% of the total), made of 72 distinct groups. These peoples are at a great disadvantage compared to the mestizos and other groups that are more closely connected with the dominant culture. The political and economic inequality and inequities are particularly...
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PMID: 20107687
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Ecological Applications (19)7 2009
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We developed a simple model of epidemic progress to evaluate the effects on disease risk of season length, environmental disease conduciveness, and host functional divergence for mixtures of a susceptible host and a host with some resistance. Differences in disease levels for the susceptible vs. res...
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PMID: 19831076
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Avian Diseases (53)3 2009
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These results suggest that some of the Peruvian B isolates appear to be similar to the previously described variant B isolates from Argentina. Therefore, inactivated vaccines used in Peru should include the three recognized serogroups (A, B, and C), with the addition of at least one of these variant...
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PMID: 19848090
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To determine the burden of norovirus infections in children stools from a longitudinal community cohort were evaluated using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Norovirus was detected in 21.3% of diarrheal and 8.0% of nondiarrheal stools (P < 0.01). Norovirus diarrhea was highly associa...
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PMID: 19636281
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