Introduction. Helminth parasites cause nutritional, physical, and cognitive decline. The WHO has expressed the need to map the prevalence of parasites in Latin America and the Caribbean. In Peru there are no studies that have measured the prevalence of this pathology. Objectives. To determine the frequency of general parasitosis and by type of helminth in 2017 and the trend of the last 8 previous ones, years nationally and by department. Methods. Analysis of secondary database (Health Information System: HIS) from 2010 to 2017, which contains the record of care in health facilities of the Ministry of Health. For the analysis of trends, segmented regression models were used. Results. At the national level, general parasites and helminth parasites were 4,9% and 3,3%, respectively, in 2017; both presented a downward trend, decreasing each year by 8,8%...

El número creciente de proyectos de investigación aumentó el tiempo de evaluación por Comités de ética, por lo tanto, los protocolos con riesgo ético menor al mínimo son exonerados de revisión. Objetivo: Evaluar ética y metodológicamente los proyectos de investigación en humanos exonerados de revisión por el Comité de Ética de la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia durante el periodo 2006-2009. Material y métodos: 173 protocolos fueron evaluados por 3 revisores independientemente. Resultados: En la evaluación ética: 3.5% de los protocolos usaron muestras biológicas, en 3.5% participó población vulnerable, 59.0% y 85.8% de los que requerían consentimiento y asentimiento informado lo tenían. En la evaluación metodológica: 17% de los protocolos fueron metodológicamente adecuados, así como 38% de protocolos de Salud Pública, 36% de Ciencias, 25% de Enfermería, 2...

Introduction. The incidence of acute diarrheal diseases (ADD) has remained relatively constant in the last three decades, whereas mortality has decreased mainly due to oral rehydration therapy and to improvements in living conditions. However, fatality is higher in poorer countries, which it is still considered a public health problem. Objective. To analyze the ADD mortality trend in children under 5 years old in Peru and its regions, in the period 1986-2015. Methods. An observational, analytical study of trends in ADD mortality in children under 5 years old in the period 1986-2015, based on secondary data, was conducted at national and regional level through segmented regression analysis of Log-Linear models using the Joinpoint program of the National Cancer Institute of the United States. Results. Peru had a reduction in the specific ADD mortality rate (1986-1990: 243.3 and 2011-2015: ...

Objectives. To determine level of knowledge and practices on the measures of prevention of infections associated with health care (HAI) and factors associated with in incoming resident physicians 2018 of a university of Lima, Peru. Methods. A validated questionnaire was applied to 171 resident physicians in a cross-sectional study. Variables studied were age, sex, time as a professional, previous training, origin, type of university of origin, among others. Results. It was observed that 52% are female, 49% had 2 or less years as a medical professional, 49% came from a university in the interior of the country, only 34% occupied a captive vacancy and 71.9% had previous training on HAI prevention measures. 83% of the incoming resident physicians studied showed a low level of knowledge about HAI prevention measures while 68.4% of the incoming resident physicians studied showed inappropriate...

Según el Centro Nacional de Epidemiología Control y Prevención de Enfermedades del Ministerio de Salud del Perú, el último reporte (al 3 de julio del 2019), notifica 653 de SGB, de los cuales 232 son casos confirmados y 421 sospechosos.

Objetivo: Determinar la frecuencia de demodicidosis y sus características clínicas en pacientes con rosácea. Materiales y métodos: Estudio de casos y controles en 42 pacientes con rosácea y 42 controles para describir la presencia y densidad de D. folliculorum. El estudio se realizó en el Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia entre marzo y setiembre del 2004, utilizándose la técnica de Tello. Resultados: Demodex folliculorum fue encontrado en los 42 pacientes con rosácea (100%) y en 13 (31,0%) del grupo control, (p= 0,000). La exposición a gatos, la crianza de roedores y cerdos, la seborrea y el uso de corticoides tópicos fueron mas frecuentes en los pacientes con rosácea. Conclusiones: La presencia de Demodex folliculorum fue más frecuente en los pacientes con rosácea.