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Dengue With Signs Of Alarm And Leptospirosis In A Pediatric Patient With Covid-19, Mayron Nakandakari Gomez, Hamilton Marín-Macedo, Raúl Seminario-Vilca
Dengue With Signs Of Alarm And Leptospirosis In A Pediatric Patient With Covid-19, Mayron Nakandakari Gomez, Hamilton Marín-Macedo, Raúl Seminario-Vilca
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Dengue and Leptospirosis are endemic metaxenic diseases that affect tropical and subtropical areas, mostly in underdeveloped countries. In addition to this, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing a great deal of damage to both the population and the health level. This is the case of a 13-year-old patient who had fever, gingival and intermenstrual bleeding, abdominal pain and shortness of breath. She had SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG positive rapid test, and positive serology NS1 for Dengue and IgM for Leptospira. In addition, non-contrast pulmonary tomography showed areas of consolidated and frosted glass at the base level, as well as cysturitis. Diagnoses …
Perception Of Knowledge And Attitudes Towards Covid-19 In A Group Of Citizens In The Urban Area Of Huánuco, Mely Ruiz Aquino, Anibal Diaz Lazo, Milward Ubillús, Alejandrina Aguí Ortiz
Perception Of Knowledge And Attitudes Towards Covid-19 In A Group Of Citizens In The Urban Area Of Huánuco, Mely Ruiz Aquino, Anibal Diaz Lazo, Milward Ubillús, Alejandrina Aguí Ortiz
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Objective. To identify relationship between knowledge and type of attitudes towards COVID-19 in the citizens of the urban area of Huánuco. Methods. Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach. It was carried out in the city of Huánuco, 2020. Sample comprised 168 citizens. A previously validated knowledge questionnaire and an attitudes scale towards COVID-19 were applied. Pearson's χ² test and Spearman's correlation coefficient (rho) were applied. Results. When analyzing the type of knowledge regarding COVID-19, 62.5% (105) of the sample was located in the category “unknown”. Analyzing the type of attitudes perceived by citizens towards COVID-19, 36.9% (62) …
Iga (Henoch Schönlein Purpura) Vasculitis In A Pediatric Patient With Covid-19 And Strongyloidiasis, Mayron Nakandakari Gomez, Hamilton Marín Macedo, Raúl Seminario Vilca
Iga (Henoch Schönlein Purpura) Vasculitis In A Pediatric Patient With Covid-19 And Strongyloidiasis, Mayron Nakandakari Gomez, Hamilton Marín Macedo, Raúl Seminario Vilca
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Vasculitis is a rare disease in children, with IgA Vasculitis being its most common presentation. One condition that has been associated with the development of vasculitis is the invasion of the vascular endothelium by Strongyloides stercoralis in cases of hyperinfestation. Another condition that is not yet under-researched is the likely association of IgA vasculitis-like processes with SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 infection itself. It is presented the case of a four-year-old patient who healed with palpable purplish lesions to lower limb predominance, acute abdominal pain, and episodes of high digestive hemorrhage. Initially listed as a possible severe dengue and leptospirosis, but clinically …
Application Of The Integrated Autoregressive Method Of Moving Averages For The Analysis Of Series Of Cases Of Covid-19 In Peru, Daniel Cordova Sotomayor, Flor Santa Maria Carlos
Application Of The Integrated Autoregressive Method Of Moving Averages For The Analysis Of Series Of Cases Of Covid-19 In Peru, Daniel Cordova Sotomayor, Flor Santa Maria Carlos
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Objective: To estimate an Integrated Autoregressive Moving Average model (ARIMA) for the analysis of series of COVID-19 cases, in Peru. Methods: The present study was based on a univariate time series analysis; The data used refer to the number of new accumulated cases of COVID-19 from March 6 to June 11, 2020. For the analysis of the fit of the model, the autocorrelation coefficients (ACF), the unit root test of Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF), the Normalized Bayesian Information Criterion (Normalized BIC), the absolute mean percentage error (MAPE) and the Box-Ljung test. Results: The prognosis for COVID-19 cases, between June 12 and …
La Anosmia Como Síntoma Temprano En Pacientes Con Covid-19, Alex Stiven Huamán Navarro, Juliana Aparcana Machado
La Anosmia Como Síntoma Temprano En Pacientes Con Covid-19, Alex Stiven Huamán Navarro, Juliana Aparcana Machado
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Desde el conocimiento de la aparición de un brote a mediados del mes de diciembre del 2019 por elnuevo coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) en la ciudad de Wuhan, China, se vienen desarrollando estudiosepidemiológicos y clínicos para definir bien la sintomatología de la enfermedad por el coronavirus 2019(COVID-19), sin embargo, dentro de algunos reportes nada despreciables, se viene informando que unode los síntomas iniciales de la enfermedad también podrían ser las alteraciones del olfato y del gusto (30y 60% en las series coreana y alemana, respectivamente).