La Dra. Bertha Bouroncle Gonzales de Pereny, una gigante de la hematología moderna, falleció el día 16 de agosto de 2013 en la ciudad de Columbus, Ohio. Ella nació en la ciudad de Trujillo, en el año 1919, hija del Dr. Luis H. Bouroncle y de la Sra. Carmela Gonzales y fue la cuarta entre cinco hermanos.

Patients treated with inhibitors or blockers of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS), showed no increased risk to develop COVID-19, nor an increased risk to developed a more critical stage of the disease. Patients with COVID-19, at the time of hospitalization showed a high proportion of the presence of proteinuria and hematuria. Reports from Europe and the United States showed that patients with COVID-19, whom required intensive care unit care, had an incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) of 20% to 40%, and its onset showed a temporal relationship to the initiation of mechanical ventilation. Pathological findings showed that the principal cause of the renal injury was the development of acute tubular necrosis. The surge of patients with COVID-19 and AKI, demanded extraordinary efforts from health systems, to provide specialized medical personal and equipment for dialysis ther...

During a short human evolutive period, there has been a marked increase in the oral intake of sodium and a reduction in the intake of potassium. In current urbanized societies the elevated oral intake of sodium has been linked to an increase in the prevalence of arterial hypertension and of the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular mortality. Recent investigations have also demonstrated sodium harmful effect over vital organs, independent of its action over blood pressure. In parallel, an increase in the oral potassium intake has shown an antihypertensive effect as well as antiinflammatory, anti-fibrotic and anti-oxidant effects. New physiological findings, along with epidemiological studies about the role of potassium in control of blood pressure, have stimulated the formulation of health policies towards a nutrition with less sodium and more potassium.

The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on medical care and medical education in Peru.  In response, the Peruvian American Medical Society (PAMS), a charitable medical organization based in the USA, pursued its medical and educational missions in Peru by adopting virtual learning technology. We developed closer collaborative relationships with several medical schools and the Peruvian Association of Medical Schools (ASPEFAM) while offering a faculty panel of twenty-four members to provide lectures and multidisciplinary webinars in Spanish. We conducted 19 webinars including COVID -19 and non-COVID-19 related topics that over the last two years attracted 14,489 participants from 23 countries. They were the foundation for twenty publications in Peruvian medical journals. Our clinical investigations competition was positively received as was our pilot project on research mentorsh...