Publications by authors named "Ernesto Krug-Llamas"
Background: The Pierde Peso, Gana Vida (Lose Weight, Gain Life) strategy is granted to patients with overweight or obesity, it started in 2022 with the purpose of ordering, integrating and making efficient actions in the care of overweight and obesity, however, its effectiveness is unknown.
Objective: To analyze the changes in the following parameters: body weight, waist circumference, glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides in patients who received the strategy in the 35 IMSS state offices during the two semesters of 2022.
Material And Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted including 76,760 patients incorporated into the strategy in the two semesters of 2022.
Aim: To evaluate the progress of the Mexican Institute of Social Security Recovery Policy (IMSS-RP) in addressing the decline in essential health services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: We analyzed eleven indicators of essential health services from 35 IMSS state delegations. The assessment included ambulatory and hospital care indicators such as breast and cervical cancer screening, family medicine, dental and specialty visits, diabetes and hypertension visits and health outcomes, deliveries, and elective surgeries.
Twenty years after its launch, the most ambitious preventive program implemented at the institutional level in Mexico called PREVENIMSS focuses on new challenges and moves towards relaunching. This paper reviews the foundations and design of PREVENIMSS and its evolution throughout these two decades. The PREVENIMS coverage assessment through national surveys set a relevant precedent in evaluating programs at the Mexican Institute of Social Security.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn diabetes, obtaining optimal control is key to reducing chronic complications. Unfortunately, not all patients achieve the recommended goals. Therefore, the challenges to develop and evaluate comprehensive care models are enormous.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Evaluation of Chiapas’ HIV/AIDS information system of epidemiological surveillance].
Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc
January 2019
Background: The functionality and performance of a health information system should be evaluated from the perspective of those who develop its processes. Considering the above, this study evaluated the performance of the HIV/AIDS Epidemiological Surveillance System (SIVE VIH/SIDA, according to its initials in Spanish) in Chiapas, Mexico.
Methods: Qualitative study on the performance, structure and dynamics of SIVE VIH/SIDA, based on interviews with the personnel participating in this surveillance system, using the Updated Guidelines for the Evaluation of Public Health Surveillance Systems.
Background: Acute otitis media is the most common bacterial disease in children under five years; therefore, is one of the most common causes of pediatric consultation. Our objective was to determine the feasibility to consider this disease as a sentinel factor of medical attention.
Methods: All the new cases of acute otitis media registered between 2008 and 2011 were collected and analyzed.