Objetivo: Determinar las causas, criterios diagnósticos, tratamiento y mortalidad del choque cardiogénico (ChC) como complicación del síndrome coronario agudo (SCA) en el Instituto Nacional del Corazón, en Lima – Perú. Material y métodos: Se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo tipo serie de casos de fuentes secundarias en pacientes con diagnóstico de ChC por SCA del Instituto Nacional del Corazón desde febrero 2004 hasta 31 diciembre 2005. Para seleccionar los pacientes, se utilizaron las palabras clave: choque cardiogénico, balón intraaórtico (BIA) e infarto de miocardio agudo (IMA) más muerte. Los datos obtenidos de las historias clínicas seleccionadas, fueron procesados en el programa SPSS. Resultados: Se encontraron 24 pacientes. Veinte tuvieron ecocardiografía y 70,0%, presentaron disfunción ventricular izquierda (DVI) como causa de ChC, las demás fuero...

Introducction: the intestinal parasitoses are public health problems in Perú. Strongyloidiasis is the intestinal infection produced by the nematode Strongyloides stercoralis; it is endemic in Perú, with proven high prevalences in jungle and andean communities; its presence has been barely studied in coastal communities.Objetives: to determine the prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis among the human enteroparasites in a coastal community in Perú.Materials and methods: a fecal sample was obtained from all willing participants in a health campaign that took place at the public school “Virgen de la Candelaria” at the community of “La Candelaria”, Chancay district, Huaral province. The samples were processed using 5 coprologic methods: direct examination, spontaneous tube sedimentation, rapid sedimentation technique modified by Lumbreras, Kato test, and Baermann techn...

Introducction: the intestinal parasitoses are public health problems in Perú. Strongyloidiasis is the intestinal infection produced by the nematode Strongyloides stercoralis; it is endemic in Perú, with proven high prevalences in jungle and andean communities; its presence has been barely studied in coastal communities.Objetives: to determine the prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis among the human enteroparasites in a coastal community in Perú.Materials and methods: a fecal sample was obtained from all willing participants in a health campaign that took place at the public school “Virgen de la Candelaria” at the community of “La Candelaria”, Chancay district, Huaral province. The samples were processed using 5 coprologic methods: direct examination, spontaneous tube sedimentation, rapid sedimentation technique modified by Lumbreras, Kato test, and Baermann techn...