Overweight/obesity and physiological variables in workers exposed to rotating shift in a food production factory.

Introduction: Shift work has been hypothesized as a potential risk factor for overweight/obesity or other metabolic changes. We examined the relationship between work shift and body mass index, waist-hip ratio, lipid profile, and glucose concentration in workers from a food manufacturing factory in Colombia.

Objectives: To investigate the association between shift work and changes in physiological variables in food manufacturing industry workers in Medellín, Colombia.

Metronidazole for Prevention of Pelvic Cellulitis and Abscess after Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: A Triple-blinded, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial.

Study Objective: To determine whether a postoperative 5-day treatment schedule with vaginal metronidazole added to conventional antibiotic prophylaxis with 2 g cefazolin modifies the risk of pelvic cellulitis (PC) and pelvic abscess (PA) after total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH).

Design: A randomized, controlled, triple-blind, multicenter clinical trial.

Setting: Two centers dedicated to minimally invasive gynecologic surgery in Colombia.

Organizational identification and burnout syndrome in healthcare workers: The mediating effect of organizational justice.

Background: Healthcare workers typically perform their work under adverse conditions, increasing their susceptibility to developing burnout syndrome (BO). The paucity of research on the relationship between organizational identification (OI) and perceptions of organizational justice has created the need to address this topic more deeply.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the relationship between OI and BO, identifying whether perceptions of organizational justice act as mediating variables.

Altered B cell phenotype and CD27+ memory B cells are associated with clinical features and environmental exposure in Colombian systemic lupus erythematosus patients.

Background: B lymphocytes are dysregulated in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) including the expansion of extrafollicular B cells in patients with SLE of African American ancestry, which is associated with disease activity and nephritis. The population of Colombia has a mixture of European, Native American, and African ancestry. It is not known if Colombian patients have the same B cell distributions described previously and if they are associated with disease activity, clinical manifestations, and environmental exposures.

Efficacy of Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in the Reduction of Pain and Opioid Requirement in Laparoscopic and Robot-assisted Hysterectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Objective:  To summarize the available evidence of TAP Block in efficacy in laparoscopic or robotic hysterectomy.

Data Sources:  We searched databases and gray literature for randomized controlled trials in which transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block was compared with placebo or with no treatment in patients who underwent laparoscopic or robot-assisted hysterectomy.

Method Of Study Selection:  Two researchers independently evaluated the eligibility of the selected articles.

Factors involved in time reduction between seizure relapses in patients with epilepsy attending emergency rooms in Medellín, Colombia.

Background: Seizure relapses are the leading cause of admission to emergency rooms (ER) in people with epilepsy.

Objective: To analyze administrative and clinical factors associated with the duration between seizure relapses in people with epilepsy admitted to the Neurological Institute of Colombia (Medellin) between July 2018 and July 2019.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective follow-up study of 156 patients over 18 years old, diagnosed with epilepsy, and treated for over a year.

[Return to work after breast cancer: experience of an oncological referral centre in Medellín, Colombia].

Introduction: Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer have improved the prognosis for these patients. Consequently, a greater number of survivors are facing the process of returning to work. The objective of the present study was to analyze the frequency, median time and factors related to the return to work of patients with breast cancer, after diagnosis and completion of treatment at a cancer referral center in the city of Medellín, Colombia METHODS: a retrospective cohort study was carried out with registries of patients with breast cancer (n = 141) from a reference cancer center.

DNA methylation changes on immune cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

DNA methylation as a process that regulates gene expression is crucial in immune cells biology. Global and gene specific methylation changes have been described in autoimmunity, especially in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. These changes not only contribute to the understanding of the disease, but also some have been proposed as diagnostic or disease activity biomarkers.

Barbed Suture versus Conventional Suture for Vaginal Cuff Closure in Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

Study Objective: To determine the surgical time, suture time, presence of postoperative dyspareunia, and complications that occur after closing the vaginal cuff with a barbed suture compared with conventional suture.

Design: A randomized, controlled clinical trial (Canadian Task Force classification I).

Setting: Private gynecologic clinic in Medellin, Colombia.

Atypical hepatic haemangiomas.

Hepatic haemangioma is the most common benign liver lesion in the general population. It often exhibits a uniform pattern of characteristics, thus being called "typical." However, a certain number of hepatic haemangiomas have special or uncommon characteristics and are termed "atypical.

[Factors associated with survival a one year of operated patients with cancer ampullary or pancreas].

Objective: Determine the factors associated with survival a one year of patients operated with ampullary and pancreatic tumors.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective descriptive study of a cohort of patients with application of survival analysis based on secondary data. Absolute and relative frequencies for qualitative variables were estimated; and measures of central tendency and dispersion for quantitative variables.

Association between shift work and being overweight or obese among health care workers in a clinical setting in Medellin, Colombia.

Background: Shift work is common in health care settings and has been hypothesized as a risk factor for being overweight or obese. We examined the relation between shift work and being overweight or obese, adjusting for stress and lifestyle habits in Colombian health care workers.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the association between shift work and being overweight/obese in employees of a health care setting in Medellin, Colombia.