Vol. 23 No. 2 (2024): Revista Médica Científica CAMbios | Medical-Scientific Journal CAMbios HECAM

Cartas al Editor

Luis Gustavo Jarrín Yerovi

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Letter to the Editor

Currently, the scientific community faces challenges in data collection to investigations, where concepts such as anonymization, pseudonymization and pseudoanonymization They are fundamental. These processes seek to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the...

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Original Studies: Observational Studies

Lissette Margarita Tipán Asimbaya

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Factors associated with breastfeeding in Ecuadorian women, secondary analysis of the ENSANUT-2018 survey

INTRODUCTION: According to the WHO and UNICEF, Breastfeeding is considered the first right that every human being acquires at the moment of birth. This food is recommended exclusively during the first 6 months of life and can be maintained until the 2 years old. Objective: To know the prevalence...

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Carol Jenny Trujillo Noboa, Germán Patricio Trujillo Salazar, Janeth Salazar Arias

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Kidney graft survival in patients with renal transplant with active rejection

ABSTRACT Rejection is defined as an increase in serum creatinine level after exclusion of other causes of injectable dysfunction, associated with specific pathological changes in the injectable and may occur at any time after transplantation. OBJECTIVE: Determine the survival time of the...

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Alexis David Jacho Loachamin, Angélica Karolina Guamán Gavilema, Denny Mabel Carrera Silva, Patricia Fernanda Zambonino Cayo

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Sensitivity and Specificity of the Neutrophil Lymphocyte Index in Early Neonatal Sepsis. Carlos Andrade Marin Hospital. 2017 - 2021.

INTRODUCTION: Early neonatal sepsis is a public health challenge in Ecuador, with high morbidity and mortality rates. Early diagnosis is crucial, but current methods have limitations. The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, emerges as a promising biomarker for the detection and management of early...

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Hannya Helena Huertas Ramos, Luis Enrique Podestá Gavilano, Percy Oscar Huertas Niquén, Pedro Jesús Mendoza Arana, Juan Carlos Gonzales Cuentas, Irvin Miguel García Donayre

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Attitude of Health Staff towards the administration of the vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019

INTRODUCTION: Administration of the vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019-nCoV and its possible effects on its acceptance in health workers. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the attitude of health personnel at the Goyeneche III Hospital Arequipa Peru in relation to the vaccine against coronavirus...

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Andrés Orquera Carranco, Siboney Loayza Salazar, Leonardo Mendieta Carrión, David Garrido Salazar, Jhony Carranza Jara, Paola Velasco Maldonado, Alejandra Ramírez Lozada

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Survival analysis of acute promyelocytic leukemia in a third-level hospital in Ecuador.

INTRODUCTION. There is an important number of reports in Latin America, but there is a lack of data on acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) in Ecuador., this is the main reason to carry out this study in the country, a disease that in recent decades has shown a significant improvement in survival....

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Original Studies: Review Studies

Mónica Lizeth Cruz Acosta, Karla Johana Garay García

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Manejo de hiperglicemia inducida por corticoides en pacientes hospitalizados y ambulatorios

Corticosteroid-induced hyperglycemia is an abnormal increase in blood glucose due to the use of glucocorticoids (GCs). Its incidence varies depending on the dose, the method of administration, and individual factors such as age, BMI, and family history of diabetes. According to the ADA, 10 to...

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Case Report

Esteban Andrés Andrade Sandoval, Leticia Guadalupe Sánchez Rivera, Carlos Esteban Ochoa Vinueza, Fernando Andrés Neira Quezada, Fabricio Xavier Galarraga Vaca, Geovanna Nataly Jiménez Mejía

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Acute abdomen secondary to peritoneal and intestinal tuberculosis. Clinical case report.

INTRODUCTION. In Ecuador, 6,094 new cases of tuberculosis were diagnosed in 2018. Most of these occurred in the coastal region. Extrapulmonary presentations cover a minority of cases and abdominal tuberculosis (intestinal and peritoneal) only represents 2.5%, however, this prevalence is...

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Jesus Elias Dawaher Dawaher, Gabriela Estefania Medina Salinas, Evelyn Elizabeth Castro Reyes

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Disseminated cryptococcosis in HIV/AIDS: a call for clinical suspicion

Cryptococcosis is a fungal disease with global distribution. The cause is generally the reactivation of a latent infection in immunosuppressed patients, months or years after the initial exposure. Cryptococcemia is the clearest manifestation of disseminated disease and is associated with a high...

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