Diagnostic Testing Accuracy for Infection among Adult Patients with Dyspepsia in Cuba's Primary Care Setting.

Evidence of the effectiveness of the tests used to diagnose () in primary healthcare is limited. This cross-sectional study aims to assess the accuracy of tests used for to diagnose infection in primary care patients and its relationship with gastroduodenal pathologies. Over 12 months, 173 primary care patients with dyspeptic symptoms were referred for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy to obtain gastric biopsies, and venous blood was extracted from them.

Immediate effects of lumbar fascia stretching on hamstring flexibility: A randomized clinical trial.

Background: The hamstring muscles have a great tendency to decrease their extensibility, a phenomenon that presents a distinct clinical entity called short hamstring syndrome (SHS), in addition to problems with adjacent structures.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the immediate effect of lumbar fascia stretching on the flexibility of the hamstring musculature.

Methods: A randomized controlled trial was carried out.

Sinus Node Dysfunction and Acute Transverse Myelitis As Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a 55-Year-Old Female: A Case Report.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease involving various organ systems. However, some of these lupus manifestations are underreported but life-threatening, so these unusual presentations need to be documented. This study aims to report a case of sinus node dysfunction (SND) and acute transverse myelitis (ATM) as the initial presentation of SLE.

Association of General and Abdominal Obesity With Hypertension, Dyslipidemia and Prediabetes in the PREDAPS Study.

Introduction And Objectives: Some anthropometric measurements show a greater capacity than others to identify the presence of cardiovascular risk factors. This study estimated the magnitude of the association of different anthropometric indicators of obesity with hypertension, dyslipidemia, and prediabetes (altered fasting plasma glucose and/or glycosylated hemoglobin).

Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of information collected from 2022 participants in the PREDAPS study (baseline phase).

Low prevalence of Vibrio cholerae O1 versus moderate prevalence of intestinal parasites in food-handlers working with health care personnel in Haiti.

Food-handlers with poor personal hygiene working in food-service establishments could be potential sources of infection due to pathogenic organisms. In May 2011, a cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of bacteria and intestinal parasites among food-handlers working with Cuban health personnel in Haiti. Stool specimens were collected from 56 food-handlers and samples were examined using standard procedures.