Identifica cuáles son los factores sociodemográficos asociados a los errores de refracción en niños de 3 a 11 años en el Perú según la Encuesta Demográfica y Salud Familiar (ENDES) del año 2019. Se realizó un estudio transversal a partir de los resultados de la ENDES del año 2019 efectuada por el Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Los datos fueron analizados en el software Stata 14.0, para el análisis multivariado se empleó la regresión de Poisson y se expresó en Razón de Prevalencia, además se realizó ajuste de variables confusoras. En la ENDES 2019, se encuestaron a 27 734 niños de 3 a 11 años, de estos, el 21.45% refirió haber tenido al menos una evaluación oftalmológica de agudeza visual. El 30.8% de estos niños, padecía de algún error de refracción. La ametropía más frecuente fue la miopía (68.9%), seguida del astigmatismo (28.3%) y la h...

Objetivo: describir la disponibilidad de los cirujanos cardiovasculares pediátricos e identificar los factores que influyen en la situación de la certificación de esta subespecialidad en el Perú.Materiales y métodos: estudio transversal y descriptivo. Se realizó un muestreo por bola de nieve discriminatorio exponencial partiendo de los cirujanos cardiovasculares pediátricos que trabajan en el Instituto Nacional Cardiovascular hacia abril, 2019. Se solicitó su participación y posteriormente se aplicaron encuestas virtuales. Los datos recolectados de las preguntas cerradas se procesaron con estadísticos descriptivos y los de las preguntas abiertas, en base a su sistematización, orden y relación, obteniéndose así las conclusiones. Resultados: se encuestó a 20 cirujanos. De ellos, 5 refirieron haber estudiado la subespecialidad, teniendo como principales motivaciones una rotac...

Objective: to describe availability of pediatric cardiovascular surgeons and to identify factors influencing accreditation for this specialty in Peru. Materials and methods: this is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. A discriminating exponential snowball sampling procedure was performed in pediatric cardiovascular surgeons working in the Peruvian National Cardiovascular Institute. This was carried out in April 2019. Their participation was requested and virtual surveys were carried out. Data collected from closed questions were processed using descriptive statistics. Data from open questions were processed on the basis of their systematization, order, and relationship, so conclusions could be drawn. Results: twenty surgeons were surveyed. Of them, 5 reported having had training for their subspecialty, and they declared their main motivation was having undergone a training period du...

Objective: to describe availability of pediatric cardiovascular surgeons and to identify factors influencing accreditation for this specialty in Peru. Materials and methods: this is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. A discriminating exponential snowball sampling procedure was performed in pediatric cardiovascular surgeons working in the Peruvian National Cardiovascular Institute. This was carried out in April 2019. Their participation was requested and virtual surveys were carried out. Data collected from closed questions were processed using descriptive statistics. Data from open questions were processed on the basis of their systematization, order, and relationship, so conclusions could be drawn. Results: twenty surgeons were surveyed. Of them, 5 reported having had training for their subspecialty, and they declared their main motivation was having undergone a training period du...

Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease. After more than seven decades of the first palliative surgery, TOF prognosis has changed dramatically. With a higher survival into adulthood, the clinical cardiologist faces challenges in the management of this population, from severe pulmonary regurgitation to heart failure and ventricular arrhythmias. In this review, we will describe the most relevant aspects of the care of adults with this disease.

Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease. After more than seven decades of the first palliative surgery, TOF prognosis has changed dramatically. With a higher survival into adulthood, the clinical cardiologist faces challenges in the management of this population, from severe pulmonary regurgitation to heart failure and ventricular arrhythmias. In this review, we will describe the most relevant aspects of the care of adults with this disease.