La obesidad en adolescentes actualmente constituye un serio problema de salud pública que ocasiona diversas enfermedades como la diabetes mellitus tipo 2, hipertensión arterial, entre otras. Por ello, el objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar el grado de asociación entre las características familiares, el uso de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC) y la actividad fisica con el estado nutricional de los adolescentes de la Institución Educativa Particular "Nuevo Mundo" de la ciudad de Cajamarca, Perú- 2015. El tipo de estudio fue el descriptivo y correlacional. Metodológicamente, se aplicó una encuesta a 72 estudiantes obteniéndose los datos de edad, sexo, peso, talla con los cuales se calculó el Indice de Masa Corporal (IMC). Como estándar para el IMC se utilizaron las tablas de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS, 2007), además se obtuvieron...

Introduction: Fewer COVID-19 cases and less lethality have been observed at high altitude compared to cases reported at sea level. There are currently no publications reporting clinical behavior of pregnant women with COVID-19 at high altitude. Methods: This is a retrospective study with review of medical records between March 6, 2020 and June 15, 2020. The first thirteen cases of pregnant women with COVID-19 who were attended at Simón Bolívar COVID-19 Hospital, located at 2750 meters above sea level, are described. The cases came from altitudes between 2 035 and 3 502 meters above sea level (masl). Statistical analysis used SPSS, version 19.0. Results: Thirteen cases of pregnant women with COVID-19 confirmed by IgM for SARS-CoV-2 were attended at 2 750 masl (9 022.31 feet) in the Peruvian Andes. Delivery by cesarean section occurred in eight cases (61.5%) and five (38.5%) delivered va...

Introduction: Acute renal injury characteristics in women with preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome have not been thoroughly described; hence, the interest to determine it in our hospital population. Design: Retrospective descriptive study. Setting: Hospital Regional de Cajamarca, Peru. Participants: Women with HELLP syndrome. Methods: Women with HELLP syndrome with and without acute renal injury were compared. T-student test and U Mann-Whitney test for independent samples were used to compare medians. Main outcome measures: Development of acute renal injury. Results: There were 71 women (2%) with HELLP syndrome in 3 411 deliveries; 54 (76%) did not present acute renal injury and 17 (24%) did (0.5% of all deliveries). The stage was severe (2 and 3) in 94% of women with HELLP syndrome and acute renal injury, and these patients showed lower platelets and hemoglobin, and higher bilirrubin and he...