Objectives: To assess grades from the National Medical Exam (ENAM, according to its Spanish initials) that serve to last year medical students as a prerequisite to apply for places in Peruvian Medical Rural Service (SERUMS, according to its Spanish initials) between 2009 and 2019. Materials and Methods: This is an analytical retrospective study where a secondary analysis of registries for applying to the Peruvian Medical Rural Service (SERUMS) between years 2009 and 2019. Number of applicants to SERUMS places were determined, together with median values of ENAM results. Each of these pieces of information were presented according to different characteristics. Bivariate and multivariate models were used for obtaining prevalence rates. Results: More than thirty thousand students were assessed (30750), and 9087, 17607, and 4056 were from public, private, and foreign medical schools, respect...

Objectives: To assess grades from the National Medical Exam (ENAM, according to its Spanish initials) that serve to last year medical students as a prerequisite to apply for places in Peruvian Medical Rural Service (SERUMS, according to its Spanish initials) between 2009 and 2019. Materials and Methods: This is an analytical retrospective study where a secondary analysis of registries for applying to the Peruvian Medical Rural Service (SERUMS) between years 2009 and 2019. Number of applicants to SERUMS places were determined, together with median values of ENAM results. Each of these pieces of information were presented according to different characteristics. Bivariate and multivariate models were used for obtaining prevalence rates. Results: More than thirty thousand students were assessed (30750), and 9087, 17607, and 4056 were from public, private, and foreign medical schools, respect...

Introduction: Renal transplantation has been mainly studied in coastal cities or low-altitude areas, which is a significant limitation of the field. Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the survival rates, and characteristics associated with the type of donor, in patients with renal transplantation at a high-altitude Peruvian hospital. Patients and Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of 63 transplanted patients in Cusco, Peru. Depending on the type of donor (living or cadaveric), associations were found according to sociocultural characteristics of the donor and recipient, and according to physio-anthropometry and characteristics of the disease. It was used analytical statistics. Results: Fifty-one percent (32) of kidney transplants came from a cadaveric donor. Statistically significant differences were found according to the kinship of the donor (P<0.0...