The use of tobacco and nicotine products is one of the major preventable health risk factors, resulting in over 8 million deaths per year worldwide (1). Quitting tobacco or nicotine products is important in the prevention and treatment of many chronic diseases, because it improves the quality of life of ...
La nefritis lúpica (NL) es un tipo de glomerulonefritis que se desarrolla como consecuencia del
lupus eritematoso sistémico (LES), una enfermedad autoinmune sistémica de presentación
clínica variable (1, 2). La NL se clasifica histológicamente en seis clases(I-VI) (3), las cuales poseen
diferentes ...
This WHO and HRP guideline is designed to help countries make faster progress, more equitably, on the screening and treatment of cervical cancer. This document includes guidance on an important additional option for cervical screening, the use of mRNA (messenger RNA) HPV testing. This gives countries a...
According to WHO data, 71 million people worldwide were infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 2015, corresponding to a prevalence of 1%. 399,000 people die annually from complications of liver cirrhosis, including hepatocellular carcinoma.
This KDP answers the following clinical questions:
Diagnos...
In 2019, the Executive Guideline Steering Group (GSG) for the World Health Organization (WHO) maternal and perinatal health recommendations prioritized updating the then current WHO recommendations on antiplatelet agents for the prevention of pre-eclampsia. This decision was based on new evidence on the ...
El tratamiento oportuno de personas con COVID-19 busca minimizar el número de
complicaciones y muertes por esta enfermedad. Por ello, el Seguro Social de Salud del Perú
(EsSalud) priorizó la realización de la presente guía de práctica clínica (GPC) con la finalidad de
establecer recomendaciones ba...
La desnutrición es un estado de nutrición caracterizada por una deficiencia de energía, proteínas
y otros nutrientes que provoca efectos adversos en el cuerpo humano, impactando en la
funcionabilidad y en el resultado clínico (1, 2). Las principales causas de la desnutrición están
orientadas a una...
As part of the dynamic development of medicine, emergency services are becoming a separate unit with specific requirements for material, technical and personnel equipment, and it is necessary to perceive them as such and clearly adjust the conditions for their operation within inpatient facilities. For t...
Diabetic foot syndrome is defined as tissue involvement of the foot distal to the ankle in patients with diabetes caused by diabetes and its complications, i.e., diabetic neuropathy and varying degrees of ischemia. Diabetic foot syndrome can manifest itself typically as leg ulceration or partial gangrene...
El tratamiento oportuno de personas con glaucoma primario de ángulo abierto busca minimizar
el número de complicaciones por esta enfermedad. Por ello, el Seguro Social de Salud del Perú
(EsSalud) priorizó la realización de la presente guía de práctica clínica (GPC) con la finalidad de
establecer ...
