Objetivo: Determinar la asociación entre las prácticas y el resultado en el manejo inicial de la diarrea aguda en niños menores de 5 años por las madres peruanas, según la Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar (ENDES) 2013. Métodos: Análisis secundario de la ENDES 2013. Las prácticas de las madres se evaluaron mediante tres parámetros: 1. Tratamiento (¿da solución de rehidratación oral?, ¿da solución casera?, ¿da zinc?, ¿da antibióticos?, ¿da medicina natural? y ¿da antidiarreicos?), 2. Acudir primero al establecimiento de salud y 3. Alimentación (¿ofreció sólidos? y ¿ofreció líquidos?). El resultado del manejo inicial se evaluó mediante la presencia de diarrea en el niño al momento de la encuesta. Se evaluaron variables sociodemográficas de la madre.Resultados: Las madres quienes no ofrecieron líquidos tuvieron mayor porcentaje de casos de niños con di...

Introduction. The organizational climate within health institutions and patient satisfaction are used to evaluate and improve the quality of health services. Objective. Determine the organizational climate and the satisfaction of the external user regarding the medical care received in the hospitalization services of the Instituto Nacional Salud del Niño (INSN). Methods. In the year 2017 a survey was applied to qualify the organizational climate to the workers of the hospitalization services of the Department of Medicine of the INSN. The satisfaction of the external user was measured through the SERVQUAL survey applied to external users. Results. The qualification of the organizational climate was 76,3%, considered as improvable; and the overall satisfaction of the external user was 64,4%. The organizational climate in the dimensions of identity, organ...

Coca leaf has been traditionally used for medical purposes and contains high iron levels. Objective: To determine the effect of Erythroxylum coca spp. ethanol extract in iron-deficiency anemia induced by iron-deficient diet in male Holtzman rats. Design: Experimental. Setting: Institute of Pathology Laboratory, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Biologic material: Eighteen weaned male Holtzman rats 16 days old. Interventions: Rats were allocated to three groups of six rats each: a) iron-sufficient group (IS) received 25 g/d of balanced diet for 7 weeks; b) iron-deficient group (ID) received 25 g/d of iron-deficient diet for 7 weeks; and, c) irondeficient/ E. coca extract group (ID-CE) received 25 g/d of iron-deficient diet for 7 weeks, and in the fifth week 18 g/d of E. coca extract were added. Main outcome measures: Serum hemoglobin level, weight and height. Results: At the end o...