Introduction Research in Peru presents several barriers that impede its development and that also affects the theses to graduate as physician. Our objective was to characterize the theses for obtaining a medical degree in Peru. Methods An observational and descriptive study evaluating the theses for obtaining a medical degree of 2019, evaluated in January 2022 from 22 universities that are full members of the Peruvian Association of Faculties of Medicine. Characteristics of the universities and theses were evaluated, including the evaluation of a institutional research ethics committee , the aligment with a national research priority, and publication status in a scientific journal. The absolute and relative frequencies of the study variables were described. Results A total of 1838 theses were evaluated. Most of the theses were written by a single student (66.16%). The most common study d...

Objetivos: Determinar la asociación entre las gestantes sintomáticas por la Covid-19 y los resultados materno-perinatales. Materiales y métodos: Estudio de tipo observacional, analítico y de cohorte retrospectivo de historias clínicas de emergencia en gestantes en labor de parto infectadas por la Covid-19 en el área de Gineco-Obstetricia del Hospital Santa Rosa de Lima en el año 2020. Se recogieron variables clínicas y gineco obstetras. Para el análisis descriptivo se empleó la prueba exacta de Fisher y Chi-cuadrado y para hallar la asociación entre las variables de interés se usó Regresión Poisson con un intervalo de confianza al 95%. Resultados: Se estudiaron 272 gestantes. Del total de gestantes, el 49,63 % tuvieron síntomas de la infección. El 35.7% de las gestantes y el 16,5% de los recién nacidos tuvieron al menos un desenlace adverso. Tener síntomas de Covid-19 a...