Objective: To determine the main epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Parkinson's disease at the National Hospital "Ramiro Prialé Priale" in Huancayo. Methods: Observational, descriptive retrospective study of a serie of cases. 84 patients were studied between 2015 and 2017, treated in the outpatient clinic or hospitalization of Neurology and Internal Medicine, for which their medical records were reviewed, the sampling was non-probabilistic of the census type selected by the investigator's judgment. Results: The average age was 72.93 years, the male gender prevailed (58.3%), the degree of university education (50%) and the origin of Huancayo (77.4%). Decompensated arterial hypertension was the reason for hospitalization (19.1%), disease time ranged between 1-7 years (57.1%) and tremor at rest and bradykinesia was the most frequent motor symptom (23.8%) In non-motor symptoms,...

Objective: To determine the main epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Parkinson's disease at the National Hospital "Ramiro Prialé Priale" in Huancayo. Methods: Observational, descriptive retrospective study of a serie of cases. 84 patients were studied between 2015 and 2017, treated in the outpatient clinic or hospitalization of Neurology and Internal Medicine, for which their medical records were reviewed, the sampling was non-probabilistic of the census type selected by the investigator's judgment. Results: The average age was 72.93 years, the male gender prevailed (58.3%), the degree of university education (50%) and the origin of Huancayo (77.4%). Decompensated arterial hypertension was the reason for hospitalization (19.1%), disease time ranged between 1-7 years (57.1%) and tremor at rest and bradykinesia was the most frequent motor symptom (23.8%) In non-motor symptoms,...

Introduction. Dementia is a public health problem; the World Health Organization promotes its research for the implementation of health policies against this disease. Objectives. To determine the prevalence of dementia and describe the functionality of older adults in a geriatric clinic in Huancayo, Peru. Methods. Observational and cross-sectional study, in a random probabilistic sample of 382 patients. Results The average age was 82,6 years, 60,7% was female, the primary education level was 49,7%, the place of origin Huancayo was 29,6%. The prevalence of dementia was estimated in 9,9%, mild cognitive deterioration in 11%. In basic activities of daily life, 19,4% had partial dependence; and in instrumental activities of life, 23% severe dependence. Conclusions. The prevalence of dementia in the sample studied was 9,9%, of mild cognitive impairment 11%. Likewise, 19,4% showed partial depe...

Objetivos: Determinar la eficacia del Índice de Mannheim como predictor de mortalidad en pacientes con peritonitis secundaria. Material y métodos: Estudio observacional retrospectivo, tipo prueba diagnóstica. realizado con los datos de las historias clínicas. A través de un muestreo no probabilístico se analizó 294 pacientes: 40 fallecidos y 254 sobrevivientes postoperados de peritonitis secundaria del Servicio de Cirugía General del Hospital “Daniel Alcides Carrión” de Huancayo entre los años 2015 y 2017; se calculó dicho tamaño muestral con el uso del estadístico EPIDAT 4.1 para pruebas diagnósticas. Se determinó: Sensibilidad, especificidad, valor predictivo positivo, valor predictivo negativo, razón de verosimilitud positivo, razón de verosimilitud negativa, curva ROC y el área bajo la curva ROC (ABC). Resultados: El Índice de Mannheim con el punto de corte uti...