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Comorbilidades en personas con síndrome de Down, habitantes de La Paz - Bolivia, 2015
(Rev Med (La Paz), 2017)
RESUMEN. El Síndrome de Down (SD), es una condición genética debida a la trisomía 21, caracterizada por afección multisistémica con principal daño neurobiológico. Se presenta con una frecuencia de 1/700 recién nacidos vivos ...
Cardiopatías congénitas frecuentes encontradas en el Síndrome de Down-La Paz, Bolivia
(COLEGIO MEDICO DE BOLIVIA, 2016-02)
RESUMEN
Introducción y objetivos. Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo, longitudinal, observacional y descriptivo en el Instituto Boliviano de Biología de Altura donde se da a conocer la frecuencia y el tipo de cardiopatía ...
Acute and chronic altitude-induced cognitive dysfunction in children an adolescents
(J Pediatr., 2015-11-02)
Abstract.
OBJECTIVE:
To assess whether exposure to high altitude induces cognitive dysfunction in young healthy European children and adolescents during acute, short-term exposure to an altitude of 3450 m and in an ...
Cardiac and vascular disease prior to hatching in chick embryos incubated at high altitude
(Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 2010)
Abstract.
The partial contributions of reductions in fetal nutrition and oxygenation to slow fetal growth and a developmental origin of cardiovascular disease remain unclear. By combining high altitude with the chick ...
Factores de riesgo asociados a síndrome metabólico en población habitante de 3600 y 4100 M.S.N.M.
(Rev Med La Paz, 2015-06-07)
Resumen.
Objetivos: Conocer los factores de riesgo, la magnitud y dirección de asociación
con el síndrome metabólico en sujetos de diferentes grupos etáreos que habitan
grandes alturas como en la ciudad de La Paz y El ...
Hematocrit and hemoglobin levels at adulthood are determined by neonatal hypoxic exposure in rats living at high altitude
(High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 2010-08-08)
Introduction: In previous work performed at sea level we
reported that exposure to neonatal hypoxia impairs ventilatory and hematological responses to chronic hypoxia later in
life. These findings supported the hypothesis ...
Sleep-disordered breathing and oxidative stress in preclinical chronic mountain sickness (excessive erythrocytosis)
(Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 2013-01-22)
Abstract.
Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is considered to be a loss of ventilatory acclimatization to high
altitude (>2500 m) resulting in marked arterial hypoxemia and polycythemia. This case-control
study explores ...
The sleep of elite athletes at sea level and high altitude : a comparison of sea-level natives and high-altitude natives (ISA3600)
(Br J Sports Med, 2013-09-03)
Abstract.
Background: Altitude exposure causes acute sleep
disruption in non-athletes, but little is known about its
effects in elite athletes. The aim of this study was to
examine the effects of altitude on two groups ...
The impact of altitude on the sleep of young elite soccer players (ISA3600)
(Br J Sports Med, 2013-01-28)
Abstract.
Background: Altitude training is used by elite athletes
to improve sports performance, but it may also disrupt
sleep. The aim of this study was to examine the effects
of 2 weeks at high altitude on the sleep ...
Graduated effects of high-altitude hypoxia and highland ancestry on birth size
(Pediatric Research, 2013-10-02)
Background: We present a cohort of ca. 25,000 birth
records from Bolivia of men and women who are currently
adults. We used this cohort to test the hypothesis that high
altitude reduces birth weight and that highland ...