"It's okay because I'm just driving": an exploration of self-reported mobile phone use among Mexican drivers.

Introduction: Technological advancements have the potential to enhance people's quality of life, but their misuse can have a detrimental impact on safety. A notable example is the escalating issue of distracted driving resulting from the use of mobile phones behind the wheel, leading to severe crashes and injuries. Despite these concerns, both drivers' usage patterns and their risk-related associations remain scarcely documented in Mexico.

Hydrogen Peroxide as an Adjuvant Therapy for COVID-19: A Case Series of Patients and Caregivers in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area.

Knowledge of the antiseptic effects of hydrogen peroxide (HO) dates back to the late 19th century, and its mechanisms of action has been amply described. Globally, many physicians have reported using HO successfully, in different modalities, against COVID-19. Given its anti-infective and oxygenating properties, hydrogen peroxide may offer prophylactic and therapeutic applications for responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Access to Essential Surgical Care in Chiapas, Mexico: A System-Wide Geospatial Analysis.

Background: Long travel times to reach essential surgical care in Chiapas, Mexico's poorest state, can delay lifesaving procedures and contribute to adverse outcomes. Geographical access to surgical facilities is 1 of the 6 indicators of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery and has been measured extensively worldwide. Our objective is to determine the population with 2-h geographical access to facilities capable of performing the Bellwether procedures (laparotomy, cesarean delivery, and open fracture repair).

Implementing an Integrated Large-Scale Clinical Information System for ISSSTE's Hospital Network in Mexico.

Unlabelled: The Institute for Security and Social Services for State Workers (ISSSTE) is a large public provider of health care services that serve around 13.2 million Mexican government workers and their families. To attain process efficiencies, cost reductions, and improvement of the quality of diagnostic and imaging services, ISSSTE was set out in 2019 to create a digital filmless medical image and report management system.

Projected impact of COVID-19 mitigation strategies on hospital services in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area.

Evidence-based models may assist Mexican government officials and health authorities in determining the safest plans to respond to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the most-affected region of the country, the Mexico City Metropolitan Area. This study aims to present the potential impacts of COVID-19 in this region and to model possible benefits of mitigation efforts. The COVID-19 Hospital Impact Model for Epidemics was used to estimate the probable evolution of COVID-19 in three scenarios: (i) no social distancing, (ii) social distancing in place at 50% effectiveness, and (iii) social distancing in place at 60% effectiveness.

[Massive canine and feline vaccination in Mexico: poor governance and market failure].

Objective: To analyze decision-making concerning stewardship and procurement mechanisms in the context of the Program for Prevention and Control of Human Rabies and the National Canine and Feline Vaccination Week in Mexico.

Materials And Methods: The information was obtained through requests to the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data.

Results: From 2009 to 2017, 158.

Trends of caesarean delivery from 2008 to 2017, Mexico.

Caesarean delivery rates in Mexico are among the highest in the world. Given heightened public and professional awareness of this problem and the updated 2014 national guidelines to reduce the frequency of caesarean delivery, we analysed trends in caesarean delivery by type of facility in Mexico from 2008 to 2017. We obtained birth-certificate data from the Mexican General Directorate for Health Information and grouped the total number of vaginal and caesarean deliveries into five categories of facility: health-ministry hospitals; private hospitals; government employment-based insurance hospitals; military hospitals; and other facilities.

Trends in traffic fatalities in Mexico: examining progress on the decade of action for road safety 2011-2020.

Objectives: We explore demographic, temporal and geographic patterns of 256,588 road traffic fatalities from 1998 to 2013 in Mexico, in context of UN´s decade of action for road safety 2010-2020 (DARS).

Methods: Combined traffic mortality data and population counts were analyzed using mixed-effects logistic regression, distinguishing sex-age groups, vulnerable and protected road users, and municipal size.

Results: Rapid growth from 1998 to 2008 in traffic mortality rates has been reversed since 2009.

[The use of seatbelts and child seats in drivers and passengers of motor vehicles in four metropolitan areas in Mexico].

Objectives: To estimate the rate of seatbelt and child seat use in drivers and passengers of motor vehicles in four metropolitan areas in Mexico (Guadalajara, León, Monterrey and Mexico City). To evaluate the impact of the Mexican Initiative for Road Safety (IMESEVI) in this respect.

Material And Methods: Data were collected at the start of IMESEVI (June 2008) and one year after the program's implementation (October 2009) in the four participating metropolitan areas.

[Helmet use by motorcyclists in four metropolitan areas of Mexico].

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of helmet use among motorcyclists in four metropolitan areas of Mexico (Guadalajara, León, Monterrey, and Mexico City).

Material And Methods: In October 2009, helmet use was observed in 26,046 drivers and 3,971 passengers of motorcycles at several zones of busy traffic. The data were analyzed by means of a hierarchical logistic regression model.

[If you drink, don't drive: drunk drivers in Guadalajara and León, Mexico].

Objectives: To estimate the percentage of drivers of motor vehicles under the influence of alcohol circulating during Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night in the metropolitan areas of Guadalajara (municipalities Zapopan and Guadalajara) and León, Mexico, together with their blood alcohol content. To evaluate the impact of the Mexican Initiative for Road Safety (IMESEVI, Phase I) in this respect.

Material And Methods: Drivers who were stopped at sobriety checkpoints during the three above-mentioned nights were given an alcohol test together with a brief questionnaire that asked for sociodemographic and other background variables.