Abstract：
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The epidemiology of hepatitis A, E, B and C was analyzed in 1,393 children living in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. They were distributed in two groups according to the social condition. MATERIALS AND METHOD:1,393 children were selected from two different schools: one attended by children belonging to a high social class of the town (group A), and the other school attended by children belonging to the poorest social class (group B). Blood samples were drawn by a team of physicians from Rome University La Sapienza. Serum antibodies against hepatitis A, B, C and E virus, and the hepatitis B surface antigen were evaluated by immunometric methods. The significance was evaluated using the *2 test. RESULTS:Antibodies against hepatitis A virus were detected in 82% of examined children, with a significant difference between the two groups (56.3% vs 94.8%). The incidence of anti-HBc antibodies increased with age, so the infection is acquired prevalently in adolescence with a significant difference between both groups (1.1% vs 3.8%). The same phenomenon was observed with anti-HCV antibodies (4.7% positivity only in group B). Serum antibodies against hepatitis E virus were observed in 1.7% cases. CONCLUSIONS:In Bolivia, as in other developing countries, viral hepatitis represents a serious burden for public health. Spreading of viral hepatitis can be controlled upon improving hygienic conditions and customs. Moreover, a vaccination plan against hepatitis A and B virus is necessary for the population living in endemic areas.
journal_name
Med Clin (Barc)journal_title
Medicina clinicaauthors
Gandolfo GM,Ferri GM,Conti L,Antenucci A,Marrone R,Frasca AM,Vitelli Gdoi
10.1016/s0025-7753(03)73826-3keywords:
subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-05-24 00:00:00pages
725-7issue
19eissn
0025-7753issn
1578-8989pii
S0025-7753(03)73826-3journal_volume
120pub_type
杂志文章相关文献
MEDICINA CLINICA文献大全abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to analyze the outcome of the latest groups of pneumologists trained in hospitals in Catalonia, Spain, and to compare these results with international estimate rates on the need for pneumologists. METHODS:Information was collected by a self-administered closed response questionnair...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-05-04 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by high cardiovascular (CV) mortality, which seems related to systemic inflammation. Our aim was to quantify carotid atherosclerosis in RA and its relationship with the disease. PATIENTS AND METHOD:73 RA patients and the same number of sex and age mat...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1157/13116171
更新日期：2008-02-23 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Medulloblastoma is the more frequent malignant cerebral tumor in childhood. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This is an observational study of a retrospective cohort in which there were included all the patients diagnosed of medulloblastoma in the last 19 years (1989-2007) in Hospital de Cruces of Baracal...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.medcli.2009.06.011
更新日期：2009-10-03 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to plan the objectives of the rehabilitation treatment after a stroke, it is necessary to know the functional prognosis of the patient. The main prognostic factors of disability in the hemiplegic patient, by means of an analysis of his neurological deficits (aphasia, disorientation, urinary incontin...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0025-7753(00)71602-2
更新日期：2000-10-21 00:00:00
abstract：:The handling of patients with cerebral ischemia is reviewed, taking into consideration recent concepts regarding etiopathogenesis along with new diagnostic and therapeutic methods. A particularly important new diagnostic method is computerized axial tomography. The subject is divided into four sections in order to pre...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1979-05-25 00:00:00
abstract：:We assessed whether theophylline or budesonide (an inhaled corticosteroid) is the most adequate drug to be added to the treatment of patients insufficiently controlled with beta agonists (procaterol). Two comparable groups of nonatopic asthmatic adults (n = 24), aged between 16 and 66 years (42 +/- 17), were investiga...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1990-11-24 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The aim of this cross-sectional study was to compare the prevalence of target organ damage (TOD) and established cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a cohort of nondiabetic hypertensive patients with 3 or more cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) against a group of hypertensives with type 2 diabetes....
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.medcli.2012.05.032
更新日期：2013-10-05 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Our goal was to investigate the epidemiological characteristics and etiology of an outbreak of food-borne disease caused by Norwalk-like viruses, genogroup II. PATIENTS AND METHOD:We performed a historical cohort study on the consumption of 21 food items and clinical symptoms. We assessed RNA Norwalk-like v...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0025-7753(02)73298-3
更新日期：2002-06-08 00:00:00
abstract：:Since Perrinaud in 2006 first described three patients with hemorrhagic bullae in relation to the use of heparins, numerous cases have been published. Currently, this entity has been established as a clearly defined pathology. We review all reported cases, diagnostic features and features that differentiate it from ot...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.medcli.2015.10.017
更新日期：2016-05-06 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE:Hippotherapy is being used as a promising method in the physical treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). MATERIAL AND METHOD:Comparative open clinical pre-post study into hippotherapy intervention during a 6-month period in patients with MS (n=6). Not randomised and with control group (n=4). T...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.medcli.2018.02.015
更新日期：2019-01-18 00:00:00
abstract：:Three cases of encrusted cystitis caused by Corynebacterium group D2 are described. The vesical damage previous to the establishment of this bacteria is noteworthy and the very rapid increase in urease activity explains the pathogenesis of the situation. Thus allowing for its identification and is relevant to treatmen...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-03-21 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Given the importance of knowing the corporal composition according to the model of the four components (fat, mineral, fat free and aqueous) the same was calculated in 220 women and 130 men, considered as normal, between the ages of 15 and 49. METHODS:The corporal components were determined with double energ...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-03-28 00:00:00
abstract：UNLABELLED:Most experts, specially from Anglo-Saxon countries, recommend a low fat diet in order to prevent cardiovascular diseases. However, mortality rate by ischemic cardiopathy is low in Mediterranean countries, probably because of the consumption of a Mediterranean diet, with a high level of monounsaturated fats p...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0025-7753(00)71561-2
更新日期：2000-09-30 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of risk behaviors related to drug use and to identify factors associated with of accepting and passing on used syringes among intravenous drug users (IDU) recruited in Barcelona city and other surrounding areas in 2004. SUBJECTS AND METHOD:A cross-sectional study of ...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1157/13093723
更新日期：2006-10-14 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Advanced atrioventricular block (AB) during acute myocardial infarction (AMI), characterizes a high-risk subgroup of patients. Our aim was to determine the prognostic significance of AB and its possible peculiarities in relation to infarction localization and/or the thrombolytic therapy. PATIENTS AND METHOD...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0025-7753(00)71282-6
更新日期：2000-03-11 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present study was to follow for a year all the osteoporotic proximal femoral fractures that happened in the island of Gran Canaria during 1990 and to analyze: a) mortality; b) the degree of functional capacity; c) their destination after being attended from the fracture. METHODS:Personal inte...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1993-10-23 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The empiric treatment of extrahospitalary urinary infections must keep in mind the patterns of susceptibility of the potentially causative bacteria. The consumption of antibiotics is one of the most important causes of change in the susceptibility of the bacteria. The recent introduction of fluorquinolones a...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1993-06-12 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:a description of infective left endocarditis at the turn of the millennium. METHOD:A multicentre prospective study into the left endocarditis using data collected from the Andalusian cohort for the study of cardiovascular infections during 1984-2014. RESULTS:Of the 1,604 endocarditis cases collected, 382...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/j.medcli.2018.04.018
更新日期：2019-07-19 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The treatment of biliary tract infections requires antibiotics and an appropriate surgical procedure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of piperacillin/tazobactam versus ceftriaxone plus ornidazole in the treatment of biliary tract infections. PATIENTS AND METHOD:Th...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：2003-12-06 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:To assess the cessation and relapse rates of smoking, and analyze the associated variables in a 12-month follow-up study at a smoking cessation unit. SUBJECTS AND METHOD:Patients from the Area de Salud 19 of the Conselleria de Sanitat of the Generalitat Valenciana, coming to a smoking cessatio...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1157/13087715
更新日期：2006-04-29 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:We aimed to evaluate the prognostic impact of the degree and time-point of arterial recanalization during the first 24h after tPA administration in patients with acute middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusions. PATIENTS AND METHOD:We prospectively studied consecutive ischemic stroke patients tre...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.medcli.2008.06.029
更新日期：2009-05-02 00:00:00
abstract：:The authors report a case of hepatorenal polycystic disease discovered in the course of a routine physical examination. The patient was asymptomatic and the progression of the disease was extremely low. The existence of the disorder, however, was confirmed in the autopsy. Although hepatorenal polycystic disease is a r...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1980-02-10 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The REACH Registry is the largest worldwide designed to obtain information on cardiovascular risk factor control and preventive treatment in a population who have, or are at risk of having, symptoms of atherothrombosis. The objective of this study is to show the results of cardiovascular events...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.medcli.2008.11.033
更新日期：2009-04-18 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The proportion of elderly patients hospitalized in acute care wards has progressively increased. Patients with a decreased functional status are prone to have malnutrition which negatively affects their prognosis and increases mortality. However, it is unclear whether functional and nutritional...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0025-7753(04)74521-2
更新日期：2004-09-25 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether or not performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a complex decision that requires taking account of several factors. The aim of this study was to analyse the preferences of elderly people with regard to CPR. SUBJECTS AND METHOD:Survey administered to 181 elderly subjects from nursing homes a...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0025-7753(02)72296-3
更新日期：2002-02-02 00:00:00
abstract：:We analyzed the tissue oxygen extraction in 25 patients with acute respiratory failure. Fourteen met the clinical criteria for the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The 11 remaining patients had acute respiratory failure with causes different from ARDS. In all cases the changes in the oxygen extraction ratio...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-01-26 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Fetal microchimerism (FM) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). The aim of the study was to investigate the presence of FM in PBC patients. PATIENTS AND METHOD:FM was studied in 28 women, 14 with PBC and 14 healthy controls.DNA was extracted from peripheral blood cells,...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0025-7753(02)73575-6
更新日期：2002-12-07 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The capacity of stable asthma patients to recognize the presence of air flow obstruction, treatment improvement and daily variations was studied. METHODS:Placebo and 500 micrograms of inhaled terbutaline for two consecutive days were administered to 39 patients. The subjective impressions were compared with...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1995-11-11 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Patients identified as risk drinkers usually fill a questionnaire in order to assess their alcohol dependence. In our setting, the Münchner Alkoholismus Test (MALT) has been recommended, but there are not enough data about its validity and accuracy, particularly in women. The aim of this study ...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1157/13079611
更新日期：2005-10-08 00:00:00
abstract：:The clinical records of 304 patients with acute respiratory insufficiency were studied in retrospect. All of them had been treated in an Intensive Care Unit during its first year and a half of operation. One hundred and thirty-one patients suffered from chronic obstructive lung disease and acute episodes of chronic re...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1979-01-25 00:00:00
