A drop of love? Rainfall shocks and spousal abuse: Evidence from rural Peru.

We investigate whether exposure to rainfall shocks affects the experience of physical intimate partner violence (P-IPV) among women in rural areas of the Peruvian Andes. Using data from the Demographic and Health Surveys over 2005-2014, we track changes in the probability that a woman experiences recent instances of P-IPV after being exposed to a rainfall shock during the last cropping season. Our results indicate that the probability that a woman experiences P-IPV increases by 8.

Spinal cord compression by multiple cysticercosis.

Background: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic infection involving the central nervous system in endemic areas. Notably, spinal involvement occurs in only 0.7%-3% of patients.

Fecal Changes Following Introduction of Milk in Infants With Outgrowing Non-IgE Cow's Milk Protein Allergy Are Influenced by Previous Consumption of the Probiotic LGG.

Cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA) is the most common allergy in the first year of life. Non-IgE mediated CMPA is characterized by digestive symptoms and tolerance development before the age of three. Gut microbiota composition in early life has been associated with food allergy.

Encouraging use of prenatal care through conditional cash transfers: Evidence from JUNTOS in Peru.

We use a difference-in-differences strategy to estimate the effects of JUNTOS, a conditional cash transfer program targeted to poor rural households in Peru, on use of prenatal care. Using data from the Peruvian Demographic and Health Surveys over the period 2000-2011, we find that JUNTOS increased prenatal care utilization among program-eligible women. Even more, we find positive effects of JUNTOS on the probability of receiving prenatal care delivered by a skilled professional, including specific medical checkups during the prenatal visits, and a negative effect on the probability of experiencing obstetric emergencies during labor and childbirth.

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Microbiota and Derived Parameters in Fecal Samples of Infants with Non-IgE Cow's Milk Protein Allergy under a Restricted Diet.

Cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA) is the most common food allergy in infancy. Non-IgE mediated (NIM) forms are little studied and the responsible mechanisms of tolerance acquisition remain obscure. Our aim was to study the intestinal microbiota and related parameters in the fecal samples of infants with NIM-CMPA, to establish potential links between type of formula substitutes, microbiota, and desensitization.

Electrodissection tonsillectomy with laryngeal mask.

The Colorado® microdissection needle has been used for 30 years as an alternative to cold dissection. Alexander was the first to publish the results of laryngeal mask in otorhinolaryngology and maxillofacial surgery. Later on it was introduced as a standard anaesthetic technique in our speciality.

Hypotonic versus isotonic maintenance fluids in critically ill children: a multicenter prospective randomized study.

Aim: Study the influence of hypotonic (HT) and isotonic (IT) maintenance fluids in the incidence of dysnatraemias in critically ill children.

Methods: Prospective, randomized study conducted in three paediatric intensive care units (PICU). One hundred and twenty-five children requiring maintenance fluid therapy were included: 62 received HT fluids (50-70 mmol/L tonicity) and 63 IT fluids (156 mmol/L tonicity).

Intervention to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections in a pediatric intensive care unit.

Objective: Identification of catheter-related bloodstream infection (CR-BSI) risk factors and determination of whether intervention related to identified risk factors would reduce CR-BSI rates.

Design: Prospective, observational, interventional and interrupted time-series study.

Setting: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in a university hospital.

Mechanical complications during central venous cannulations in pediatric patients.

Objective: Identification of early mechanical complications (EMC) of central venous catheterizations (CVC) in pediatric patients and determination of EMC risk factors.

Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting: Pediatric intensive-care unit in a university hospital.

Predictive factors of non invasive ventilation failure in critically ill children: a prospective epidemiological study.

Objective: Identification of predictive factors for non-invasive ventilation (NIV) failure and determination of NIV characteristics.

Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting: Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in a University Hospital.

The degree of abstraction in solving addition and subtraction problems.

In this study, the incidence of the degree of abstraction in solving addition and subtraction problems with the unknown in the first term and in the result is analyzed. Ninety-six students from first grade to fourth grade in Primary Education (24 students per grade) solved arithmetic problems with objects, drawings, algorithms, and verbal problems. The participants were interviewed individually and all sessions were video-taped.

Health care utilization among older Mexicans: health and socioeconomic inequalities.

Objective: To examine the determinants of the utilization of health care services among the population of older adults in Mexico. Three types of health care services are analyzed: preventive care, visits to the doctor, and hospitalizations.

Material And Methods: Data was used from the 2001 Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS/ENASEM) and estimates were made using multivariate probit regression methods.

C-reactive protein is elevated in the offspring of parents with essential hypertension.

Background: Hypertension is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Studies in adults have shown that high sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) levels are associated with increased risk of CVD and essential hypertension (EHT). Genetic background is widely accepted as a risk factor for CVD.

Health Care Use Among Elderly Mexicans in the United States and Mexico: The Role of Health Insurance.

The authors sought to contribute to public policy on U.S. immigrants by comparing patterns of health care use among the Mexican-origin population aged 70 and older in the United States and Mexico.

Maternal pregnancy vomiting and offspring salt taste sensitivity and blood pressure.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between salt taste perception and blood pressure (BP) in normotensive adolescents as modified by maternal fluid losses during the first trimester of gestation. Seventy-two healthy adolescents (42 boys) aged between 9.0-21.

[Somu's formula in the diagnosis of hypertension in Spanish children and adolescents].

Background And Objective: Several formulae for the diagnosis of hypertension in children and adolescents have recently been published. We analyzed the usefulness of the formulae as a tool for the diagnosis of hypertension.

Material And Method: Concordance analysis between formula's predicted values for 95 percentile values in Spanish reference charts (RICARDIN study) for each age and sex and its diagnostic efficiency in the diagnosis of hypertension.

Blood pressure relates to sodium taste sensitivity and discrimination in adolescents.

To investigate salt perception and discrimination and their possible association with blood pressure (BP), 72 healthy adolescents (42 boys) aged 9-21 years (mean 16.1 years) were studied. BP was measured with a standardized technique.