Departamento de Medicina Interna, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia; Grupo de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. jacortesl@unal.edu.co.
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Research Group in Pharmacology and Toxicology (INFARTO), Centro de Información y Estudio de Medicamentos y Tóxicos (CIEMTO), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Carrera 51D #62-29, Medellín, Colombia. jefferson.buendia@gmail.com.
From Instituto Nacional de Salud (O.P., M.B., N.T., A.V.P., E.L.C., L.P., A.R., M.G., M.M., P.C., M.M.D., C.H., M.L.O.M.) and Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social (M.M.M., C.C.) - both in Bogota, Colombia; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (C.A.N., D.V., S.L.F., V.T.T., A.E.-B., J.R., C.Y.R., A.M.P., R.H., D.J.J., M.A.H.).
From Instituto Nacional de Salud (O.P., M.B., N.T., A.V.P., E.L.C., L.P., A.R., M.G., M.M., P.C., M.M.D., C.H., M.L.O.M.) and Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social (M.M.M., C.C.) - both in Bogota, Colombia; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (C.A.N., D.V., S.L.F., V.T.T., A.E.-B., J.R., C.Y.R., A.M.P., R.H., D.J.J., M.A.H.).
From Instituto Nacional de Salud (O.P., M.B., N.T., A.V.P., E.L.C., L.P., A.R., M.G., M.M., P.C., M.M.D., C.H., M.L.O.M.) and Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social (M.M.M., C.C.) - both in Bogota, Colombia; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (C.A.N., D.V., S.L.F., V.T.T., A.E.-B., J.R., C.Y.R., A.M.P., R.H., D.J.J., M.A.H.).
From Instituto Nacional de Salud (O.P., M.B., N.T., A.V.P., E.L.C., L.P., A.R., M.G., M.M., P.C., M.M.D., C.H., M.L.O.M.) and Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social (M.M.M., C.C.) - both in Bogota, Colombia; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (C.A.N., D.V., S.L.F., V.T.T., A.E.-B., J.R., C.Y.R., A.M.P., R.H., D.J.J., M.A.H.).
From Instituto Nacional de Salud (O.P., M.B., N.T., A.V.P., E.L.C., L.P., A.R., M.G., M.M., P.C., M.M.D., C.H., M.L.O.M.) and Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social (M.M.M., C.C.) - both in Bogota, Colombia; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (C.A.N., D.V., S.L.F., V.T.T., A.E.-B., J.R., C.Y.R., A.M.P., R.H., D.J.J., M.A.H.).
The selection of food depends on various factors such as cultural, social, economic and biological. This paper determines the factors associated with dietary patterns in Colombia. It is an observation...
To assess the burden of disease of chronic pain in Colombia....
We estimated disability adjusted life years (DALYs) attributable to chronic pain using Global Burden of Disease (GBD) method. We identified diagnostic codes related to chronic pain considering lumbar ...
We estimated a total of 5,545,019 patients with chronic pain. We calculated 491,626 DALYs or 976 DALYs/100,000 inhabitants attributable to chronic pain. Low back pain, osteoarthritis, and cancer-relat...
This study estimates that chronic pain contributes a significant quantity of DALYs, especially related to low back pain, osteoarthritis, and cancer-related pain. Chronic pain should be considered in t...
The conventional top-down scope of relying only on centralised sewerage has proven insufficient to reach the entire global population with safely managed sanitation and meet Sustainable Development Go...
Death following surgical procedures is a global health problem, accounting for 4.2 million deaths annually within the first 30 postoperative days. The fourth indicator of...
An observational, analytical, multicentre prospective cohort study will be conducted throughout Colombia. Patients over 18 years of age who have undergone a surgical procedure, excluding radiological/...
NCT05147623....
In the mid-fifties, Colombia adopted and implemented the Malaria Eradication Campaign (MEC), which has not been evaluated yet in the country....
To evaluate the results achieved during the attack and consolidation phases of the MEC regarding malaria transmission in Colombia between 1959 and 1979....
We conducted a descriptive and retrospective study based on the malariometric and operational results of the MEC in Colombia from 1959 to 1979 compiled from the archives of the Ministry of Public Heal...
In the short-term eradication period (1959-1969), a reduction of 94% (4,172) in transmission was achieved during the first year of the attack phase (1959) while in the last year (1962), there was an 8...
The campaign did not achieve the goal of interrupting malaria transmission in the national territory but there was marked control in areas of medium and low intensity....
In 1995, Colombia signed the first legally binding international treaty that criminalizes all forms of violence against women. Subsequently, the government took several steps to improve laws and polic...
There is scarce information about ischemic stroke in young patients in Colombia. To get insights about this phenomenon, this study describes the etiologies and risk factors of ischemic stroke in young...
A retrospective observational cross-sectional study was carried out reviewing the medical records of patients between 18 to 49 years old admitted for the first time for ischemic stroke, from January 2...
Two hundred thirty-seven cases were found. The most frequent risk factors were arterial hypertension (31.7%), smoking (29.5%) and alcohol intake (23.2%). There was a greater number of traditional card...
The high frequency of traditional risk factors in young patients highlights the need to optimize primary and secondary prevention plans. This study provides new insights about the relevance of illicit...
Native potatoes are Andean tubers of great historical, social, food, genetic and nutritional importance, and they contribute significantly to food security by supplementing the household diet and also...
The study collected data through semi-structured interviews and dialogues (130) in the municipality of Chiscas, department of Boyacá, central-eastern Colombia. The questionnaire was focused on native ...
Documentation of ethnobotanical knowledge included aspects such as seed care and availability, cultural management of the crop, patterns of use and consumption, as well as ways of preparing the tubers...
The results of this research provide valuable information on the ethnobotany of native potatoes in Colombia. The genotypes used by the community of the municipality of Chiscas were recognized for thei...
The COVID-19 survivors are at high risk of meeting the criteria for depression. However, few studies have explored its prevalence and associated factors. The study aimed to know the frequency and vari...
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common genetic cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) that requires dialysis. Knowing geographical clusters can be critical for early di...
We did a cross-sectional study with data from the National Registry of Chronic Kidney Disease (NRCKD) managed by the High-Cost Diseases Fund (Cuenta de Alto Costo [CAC] in Spanish) between July 1, 201...
3,339 patients with ADPKD were included, period prevalence was 9.81 per 100,000 population; there were 4.35 cases of RRT per 100,000 population, mean age of 52.58 years (± 13.21), and 52.78% women. Se...
ADPKD prevalence is lower compared to Europe and US; some states with higher prevalence could be objective to genetic prevalence study....
