Publications by authors named "Eduardo Alvarado-Vasquez"

Intraoperative electron radiation therapy (IOERT) involves irradiation of an unresected tumour or a post-resection tumour bed. The dose distribution is calculated from a preoperative computed tomography (CT) study acquired using a CT simulator. However, differences between the actual IOERT field and that calculated from the preoperative study arise as a result of patient position, surgical access, tumour resection and the IOERT set-up.

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Training in Biomedical Informatics is essential to meet the challenges of a globalized world. However, the development of postgraduate training and research programs in this area are scarce in Latin America. Through QUIPU: Andean Center for Training and research in Iformatics for Global Health, has developed the first Certificate and Master’s Program on Biomedical Informatics in the Andean Region.

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Objectives: The objective of this study is to evaluate the information quality about pregnancy symptoms in Spanish available in the internet.

Materials And Methods: This is an analytic, cross-sectional study. In order to evaluate the selected websites, we used a methodology previously validated by Curró et al.

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