Publications by authors named "S Gandara"
Article Synopsis
- Mongolia has a high rate of viral hepatitis infections (B, C, D), prompting a community program aimed at increasing awareness and screening among Mongolians living in Spain.
- The program included educational activities, epidemiological questionnaires, and rapid hepatitis testing, with 79% attendance from invited participants, predominantly women with an average age of 42.
- Results revealed several positive hepatitis cases; the educational component significantly boosted participants' knowledge levels, and the initiative successfully linked 22 individuals to care, half of whom were previously unaware of their infection status.
Background: - Previous evidence trying to assess the risk of celiac disease among dyspeptic patients has been inconclusive, showing in some cases notorious discrepancies.
Objective: - To determine the prevalence of celiac disease in patients with dyspepsia compared to healthy controls without dyspepsia.
Methods: - Adult patients under evaluation for dyspepsia were invited to participate.
Introduction: XSome authors have assessed the link between obesity and colon adenoma risk. Moreover, it has been reported that obesity could increase the risk of proximal adenoma development. Accordingly, obese patients may have a distinctive pattern of adenoma recurrence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To identify and treat a unique form of anemia in patients with long-term IDDM.
Research Design And Methods: Patients with IDDM, unexplained symptomatic anemia, and serum creatinine levels of < 177 mumol/l (2.0 mg/dl) were treated with epoetin alfa (Procrit, Ortho Biotech, Raritan, NJ), 50 U/kg three times weekly, subcutaneously, to reach a target hematocrit of 38-40%.
[Analysis of patients with acute pancreatitis (AP), (1984-1994) decade. Comparison with a past series].
Acta Gastroenterol Latinoam
June 1997
Between 1984-1994 records of 190 patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) were reviewed. Diagnosis was confirmed by surgery in 141, by necropsy 1 (75%), and for the remaining patients, by CT and clinical evaluation. Female 122 were female (64%), male 68 (36%), mean age 41 years (range 7-82 years).
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