Objetivos: Identificar las variables asociadas con la hipernatremia en pacientes adultos hospitalizados en el servicio de Medicina de un hospital general de Lima, Perú. Material y métodos: Estudio modelo de casos y controles de pacientes hospitalizados en el servicio de Medicina del Hospital Cayetano Heredia en el año 2013. Se calculó un tamaño de muestra de 65 casos y 65 controles para obtener un OR de 3 con una potencia del 80% y una confianza del 95%, apareados por época de hospitalización y Score Glasgow. Resultados: El análisis final de regresión logística binaria mostró que la hipernatremia estuvo asociada a la fiebre (p=0,013), la taquipnea (p=0,030), el nivel de conciencia (p=0,032), el uso de diuréticos (p=0,017), la presencia de diarrea (p=0,045) y el uso de soluciones hipertónicas (p=0,000). La falla aguda renal y la sepsis mostraron asociación en el anál...

Objective: To describe the effect on survival and quality of life of patients with End-stage renal disease (ESRD) in various renal replacement therapies (RRT) admitted to a public financing program in Peru (SIS). Materials and Methods: A retrospective cohort longitudinal study of ESRD patients on hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD) and renal transplantation (RT) between 2008 to 2012, in a SIS program. Results: There were 175 patients starting RRT. Overall survival was 95.1%, 91.3% and 87.9% for first, second and third year respectively. Cox multivariate analysis showed that the only variables that influenced survival were sex (men > women) and age ( ≥ 60 years, lower survival < 60). The quality of life at the end of the study (Karnofsky < 60 and / or deceased vs. Karnofsky ≥ 60 and alive), was only related to age (50 years) and type of RRT. Conclusions: The survival ...

Objective: To describe the effect on survival and quality of life of patients with End-stage renal disease (ESRD) in various renal replacement therapies (RRT) admitted to a public financing program in Peru (SIS). Materials and Methods: A retrospective cohort longitudinal study of ESRD patients on hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD) and renal transplantation (RT) between 2008 to 2012, in a SIS program. Results: There were 175 patients starting RRT. Overall survival was 95.1%, 91.3% and 87.9% for first, second and third year respectively. Cox multivariate analysis showed that the only variables that influenced survival were sex (men > women) and age ( ≥ 60 years, lower survival < 60). The quality of life at the end of the study (Karnofsky < 60 and / or deceased vs. Karnofsky ≥ 60 and alive), was only related to age (50 years) and type of RRT. Conclusions: The survival ...

Estudio para determinar el predominio y etapas de la enfermedad renal crónica en establecimientos de atención primaria peruanos.

Background: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a worldwide public health problem. There are few studies in Latin America, especially in primary care settings. Our objective was to determine the prevalence, stages, and associated factors of CKD in primary care setting. Methods: We did a retrospective secondary analysis of a database from the Diabetes and Hypertension Primary Care Center of the Peruvian Social Security System (EsSalud) in Lima, Peru. We defined CKD as the presence of eGFR <60 mL/min and/or albuminuria >30 mg/day in 24 h, according to Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO). Factors associated with CKD were evaluated with Poisson Regression models; these factors included age, gender, type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), hypertension (HTN), body mass index (BMI), and uric acid. Associations were described as crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) and their 95% confidenc...