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Cureus
February 2025
Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Gustavo Nelson Collado, Caja del Seguro Social, Chitré, PAN.
Introduction There are no previous studies that assess the time between stroke symptom onset and hospital arrival in Panama. With this study, we aim to describe the epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic characteristics of the patients to determine whether our data on stroke care and outcomes align with those from other Latin American countries and nations with more advanced healthcare systems. Methods This prospective study included 214 stroke patients admitted to three healthcare centers in Panama between January and December 2023.
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March 2025
National Academy of Sciences, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
BMJ Public Health
June 2024
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Introduction: Latin America is burdened by high levels of violence. Although boys and men often experience more violence and fatalities, girls and women face a greater risk of being killed by family members or intimate partners due to their gender, a phenomenon known as femicide. Our study estimates femicide rates in Latin America across age groups, examining city-level variations and temporal trends.
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February 2025
Neurology Department Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery Havana Cuba Neurology Department, Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Havana, Cuba.
In May 2024, the Pan American Health Organization issued alerts of increased numbers of cases of Oropouche fever in non-Amazonian regions in Latin America. Following this, an association between Oropouche fever and Guillain-Barré syndrome was reported in three patients in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Neurological manifestations have rarely been described in relation to Oropouche virus infection.
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