Publications by authors named "Luis Vasquez-Elera"
Introduction: This study aimed to identify factors associated with self-medication in patients with COVID-19.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using medical records of patients with COVID-19 who self-medicated before admission to a hospital in Piura, Peru. Prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals were estimated using generalized linear models with Poisson distribution family, log link function, and robust variance.
Introduction: COVID-19 affects the liver, causing alteration in liver biochemistry tests such as aspartate transferase (AST), alanine transferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), total bilirubin and albumin.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of alteration in liver functions tests and associated factors for severity among Peruvian COVID-19 patients.
Materials And Methods: A descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study was performed in 4 public hospitals in Peru.
Familial Adenomatous polyposis (FAP) it is based on an autosomal dominant mutation which results in loss of function of theAPC tumor suppressor gene. On the other hand, Gardner syndrome is a type of FAP and is characterized for multiple colonic adenomatous polyps and extracolonic abnormalities as desmoid tumors, osteomas, lipomas, dental abnormalities, dermoid cysts and duodenal adenomas. This report aims to present two patients with FAP: The first one is a patient who presented with osteomas and hematochezia, being diagnosed with Gardner Syndrome after the colonoscopy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To validate a rapid urease test (RUT) in Cayetano Heredia Hospital (HCH) in Lima, Peru.
Materials And Methods: This is a prospective observational study that included 181 patients over 18 years old with dyspeptic symptoms. All of them underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy at the Department of Gastroenterology at HCH.