Publications by authors named "Sandra A Fernandez Macedo"

Dysmenorrhea is a condition that manifests itself in women before, during, and after menstruation, and it is accompanied by very intense pelvic pain. Moreover, women experience moderate to intense menstrual cramps year after year, decreasing their quality of life. The purpose of the study was to establish semiological differences associated with primary dysmenorrhea.

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Preeclampsia is one of the main causes of maternal mortality in the Department of Puno, this complication is a hypertensive disease of pregnancy, it is a public health problem worldwide, for this reason it is necessary to make a timely and preventive diagnosis. An alternative, for the confirmation of this disease, is the rapid detection of proteinuria, using sulfosalicylic acid, which, due to its predictive value, can be used in establishments that do not have personnel or laboratories to carry out clinical examinations.•It is an easy-to-use reagent that uses the urine of the pregnant woman.

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