5 results match your criteria: "Hospital Baca Ortiz[Affiliation]"
15q Duplication Syndrome: Report on the First Patient from Ecuador with an Unusual Clinical Presentation.
Case Rep Med
May 2021
One Health Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Las Americas, Quito, Ecuador.
Background: The 15q11.1-13.1 duplication, also known as Dup15q syndrome, is a rare congenital disease affecting 1 in 30,000 to 1 in 60,000 children worldwide.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNew Records of Anopheles benarrochi B (Diptera: Culicidae) in Malaria Hotspots in the Amazon Regions of Ecuador and Peru.
J Med Entomol
May 2021
Department of Health, Wadsworth Center, New York State, Albany, NY.
The increase in malaria transmission in the Amazon region motivated vector control units of the Ministry of Health of Ecuador and Peru to investigate Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) species present in transmission hotspots. Mosquitoes were collected using prokopack aspirators and CDC light traps (Ecuador) and human landing catch in Peru. In Ecuador, 84 Anopheles were captured from Pastaza, Morona Santiago, and Orellana provinces and identified morphologically [An.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical, molecular, and epidemiological characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a comprehensive literature review.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
September 2020
Centro de Investigación Genética y Genómica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador; Red Latinoamericana de Implementación y Validación de Guías Clínicas Farmacogenómicas (RELIVAF-CYTED), Quito, Ecuador. Electronic address:
Coronaviruses are an extensive family of viruses that can cause disease in both animals and humans. The current classification of coronaviruses recognizes 39 species in 27 subgenera that belong to the family Coronaviridae. From those, at least 7 coronaviruses are known to cause respiratory infections in humans.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSafety and effectiveness of surgery for epilepsy in children. Experience of a tertiary hospital in Ecuador.
Neurologia (Engl Ed)
May 2021
Gerencia, Hospital Baca Ortiz, Quito, Ecuador.
Introduction: There is sufficient evidence on the usefulness of surgery as a therapeutic alternative for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy; however this treatment is underutilized, especially in developing countries.
Methods: We describe the outcomes of epilepsy surgery in 27 paediatric patients at Hospital Baca Ortiz in Quito, Ecuador. Our analysis considered the following variables: reduction in seizure frequency, surgery outcome according to the Engel classification, improvement in quality of life, and serious complications due to surgery.