Predicting early complications in patients with spinal gunshot wounds: A multicenter study.

Introduction: There is a wide variation in the clinical presentation of spinal gunshot wounds ranging from isolated minor stable fractures to extremely severe injuries with catastrophic neurological damage.

Research Question: we aim to analyze the risk factors for early complications and impact of surgical treatment in patients with spinal gunshot wounds.

Material And Methods: This is a multicentre retrospective case-control study to compare patients with spinal gunshot wounds who had early complications with those who did not.

Spinal gunshot wounds: A retrospective, multicenter, cohort study.

Introduction And Objective: To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics and treatment of patients with spinal gunshot wounds across Latin America.

Material And Methods: Retrospective, multicenter cohort study of patients treated for gunshot wounds to the spine spanning 12 institutions across Latin America between January 2015 and January 2022. Demographic and clinical data were recorded, including the time of injury, initial assessment, characteristics of the vertebral gunshot injury, and treatment.

Spinal gunshot wounds: A retrospective, multicenter, cohort study.

Introduction And Objective: To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics and treatment of patients with spinal gunshot wounds across Latin America.

Material And Methods: Retrospective, multicenter cohort study of patients treated for gunshot wounds to the spine spanning 12 institutions across Latin America between January 2015 and January 2022. Demographic and clinical data were recorded, including the time of injury, initial assessment, characteristics of the vertebral gunshot injury, and treatment.

Detection of moisture ratio and carotenoid compounds in mamey () fruit during dehydration process using spectroscopic techniques.

This work presents the study of the moisture ratio and carotenoid compounds in dried mamey () using non-invasive spectroscopic techniques. The drying behavior of mamey at 64 °C by a homemade solar dryer is analyzed by fitting the experimental data to four different mathematical drying models. In addition, this result is compared with other drying techniques, namely by heat chamber with natural convection at temperatures of 50 °C and 60 °C.

Una Mano Amiga: Pilot Test of a Patient Navigator Program for Southwest New Mexico.

We conducted a pilot test of a patient navigation intervention (Una Mano Amiga) to address cancer health disparities in three rural counties in southwest New Mexico. We trained two bilingual lay health workers (promotoras) as patient navigators (PNs) to help adult cancer patients and their participating families in Grant, Luna, and Hidalgo counties "navigate" the health care system, including appropriate access to social and financial services. Our hypothesized outcome was a reduction in time from diagnosis to treatment initiation compared to the average time without PNs in each of the three counties (2000-2009).