Objetivos: Determinar la asociación entre la infección del tracto urinario (ITU), infecciones de transmisión sexual (ITS, infección por Chlamydia trachomatis, virus de inmunodeficiencia humana [VIH], virus de hepatitis B [VHB], virus del papiloma humana [VPH] y citomegalovirus [CMV]) y uso de antibióticos con la preeclampsia. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio de casos (gestantes con preeclampsia) y controles (gestantes sin preeclampsia) retrospectivo en el Hospital Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrión, Lima-Perú, entre enero y diciembre de 2016. Mujeres con una edad mínima de 13 años fueron incluidas en el estudio. Para cada caso de preeclampsia se seleccionó 1 control emparejado por edad (±1 año), edad gestacional (±1 semana) y tiempo calendario. Un total de 203 casos y 203 controles fueron incluidos en el estudio. La asociación entre la ITU, ITS y uso de antibióticos, y la pre...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, an excess of all-cause mortality has been recorded in several countries, including Peru. Most excess deaths were likely attributable to COVID-19. In this study, we compared the excess all-cause mortality and COVID-19 mortality in 25 Peruvian regions to determine whether most of the excess deaths in 2020 were attributable to COVID-19. Excess deaths were calculated as the difference between the number of observed deaths from all causes during the COVID-19 pandemic (in 2020) and the number of expected deaths in 2020 based on a historical from recent years (2017–2019). Death data were retrieved from the Sistema Informatico Nacional de Defunciones (SINADEF) at the Ministry of Health of Peru from January 2017 to December 2020. Population counts were obtained from projections from Peru’s Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI). All-cause excess...

Background In this study, we estimated excess all-cause deaths and excess death rates during the COVID-19 pandemic in 25 Peruvian regions, stratified by sex and age group. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Twenty-five Peruvian regions with complete mortality data. Participants Annual all-cause official mortality data set from SINADEF (Sistema Informático Nacional de Defunciones) at the Ministry of Health of Peru for 2017– 2020, disaggregated by age and sex. Main outcome measures Excess deaths and excess death rates (observed deaths vs expected deaths) in 2020 by sex and age (0–29, 30–39, 40 49, 50–59, 60–69, 70–79 and ≥80 years) were estimated using P-score. The ORs for excess mortality were summarised with a randomeffects meta-analysis. Results In the period between January and December 2020, we estimated an excess of 68 608 (117%) deaths in men and 34 742 (69%) death...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza infections are important causes of respiratory illness associated with hospitalizations in children in Peru; however, comparisons of RSV and influenza hospitalization across all age groups are not available in Peru. Therefore, we conducted an observational, retrospective study between May 2015 and October 2021 using hospitalization from RSV and influenza infection data obtained from SUSALUD (open data) in Peru to compare the baseline characteristics of sex, age, region, and infection type. For the study, 2696 RSV-infected and 1563 influenza-infected hospitalized patients from different age groups were included. Most hospitalizations from RSV infection and the influenza virus occurred in children <5 years of age (86.1% vs. 32.2%, respectively). Compared with influenza infection, RSV infection was less likely to occur in individuals ≥5 year...

Background:There is a worrying lack of epidemiological data on the sex differential in COVID-19 infection and death rates between the regions of Peru. Methods: Using cases and death data from the national population-based surveillance system of Peru, we estimated incidence, mortality and fatality, stratified by sex, age and geographic distribution (per 100,000 habitants) from March 16 to November 27, 2020. At the same time, we calculated the risk of COVID-19 death. Results: During the study period, 961894 cases and 35913 deaths were reported in Peru. Men had a twofold higher risk of COVID-19 death within the overall population of Peru (odds ratio (OR), 2.11; confidence interval (CI) 95%; 2.06–2.16; p<0.00001), as well as 20 regions of Peru, compared to women (p<0.05). There were variations in incidence, mortality and fatality rates stratified by sex, age, and region. The incidence rate...