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Role of cytokines in altitude-associated preeclampsia
(Pregnancy Hypertens, 2012-01)Abstract. Background: Preeclampsia (PE) is more common at high than low altitude and contributes to the altitude-related decline in birth weight. Since inflammatory markers are implicated in PE, we asked if such markers ... -
Role of genetic and environmental factors in the increased blood pressures of Bolivian blacks
(American Journal of Human Biology, 1999)Abstract. The tendency toward hypertension or higher blood pressure is more common in blacks than whites. The factors that account for these differences are attributed to both environmental and genetic factors. To clarify ... -
Rural campaign to diagnose and treat mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Bolivia
(Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1995)Abstract. Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) is endemic in the tropical Amazonian lowlands of Bolivia, an area that regularly receives influxes of migratory populations. In these new agricultural development areas, a ... -
RV contractility and exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension in chronic mountain sickness : a stress echocardiographic and tissue doppler imaging study
(ELSEVIER, 2013-12)Objectives. The aim of this study was to evaluate right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular function and pulmonary circulation in chronic mountain sickness (CMS) patients with rest and stress echocardiography compared ... -
Salivary progesterone levels and rate of ovulation are significantly lower in poorer than in better-of urban-dwelling Bolivian women
(Human Reproduction, 2002)Agriculturalists in less-developed countries (LDC) have lower progesterone levels than urban industrialized populations. However, it is unknown if urban LDC populations are also relatively lower. We tested whether urban ... -
Salud humana
(MacGraw-Hill, 2020)Resumen ejecutivo. La salud humana debe ser un área prioritaria en el contexto de la lucha contra el cambio climático. Ante el cambio climático siguen existiendo incertidumbres asociadas a los impactos en la salud. A ... -
Salud pulmonar y contaminación ambiental en comerciantes de las ciudades de La Paz y El Alto
(BIOFARBO, 2010-06-20)RESUMEN. El estudio fue realizado en los comerciantes de la vía pública, considerados vulnerables a adquirir enfermedades ambientales crónicas pulmonares por estar gran tiempo del día expuestos a tóxicos eliminados ... -
Seasonal and circadian variation in salivary testosterone in rural Bolivian men
(American Journal of Human Biology, 2009-02-19)Abstract. Testosterone (T) plays a key role in the increase and maintenance of muscle mass and bone density in adult men. Life history theory predicts that environmental stress may prompt a reallocation of such investments ... -
Seasonal modulation of reproductive effort during early pregnancy in humans
(American Journal of Human Biology, 2009-03-03)Abstract. Life history theory predicts that early pregnancy presents a relatively low cost, uncontested opportunity for a woman to terminate investment in a current reproductive opportunity if a conceptus is of poor quality ... -
Seguimiento antropométrico del niño desnutrido en el CRIN
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Sensilidad ventilatoria al oxígeno en la altura
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Serodiagnóstico de la Trypanosomiasis americana en una población infantil : análisis epidemiológico
(BIOFARBO, 1997)La enfermedad de Chagas, ha sido reconocida como un problema mayor de Salud Pública estos últimos años. En Bolivia, la población infantil presenta un alto riesgo de infección por Trypanosoma cruzi en zonas endémicas. En ... -
Sistema adrenérgico en los residentes de grandes alturas
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Sixty percent (60%) mean hematocrit in an andean human population permanently exposed to extreme life conditions
(High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 2010-08-08)Introduction: Located over 5435 m, La Rinconada in the district of Puno, Peru is the highest urban centre in the world. This altitude, at which the barometric pressure (BP ¼ 400 mmHg), and the partial oxygen pressure (PpO2 ... -
Síndrome de broncoaspiración
(Cuadernos, 1998)Resumen. Objetivo. Describir el Síndrome de Broncoaspiración, su evolución y tratamiento en base a la ventilación Mecánica. Lugar. Hospital Obrero. Caja Nacional de Salud. Unidad de terapia Intensiva. Pacientes. Un ... -
Síndromes clínicos en la infección aguda y crónica de la COVID-19 en población nativa y residente de altura durante la primera y segunda ola
(Horiz Med (Lima), 2023)RESUMEN Objetivo: Clasificar los síntomas de la infección aguda y crónica de la COVID-19 en síndromes clínicos, en un grupo poblacional que vive en altura, durante la primera y segunda ola. Materiales y métodos: Estudio ... -
Sleep apneas in high altitude residents (3,800 m)
(Int. J. Sports Med., 1992)Abstract. The question is: to what extent periodic breathing usually observed in translocated subjects at high altitude affects normal and polycythemic residents of high altitude? Standard sleep parameters, chest wall ... -
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 ... -
Sleep-disordered breathing and vascular function in patients with chronic mountain sickness and healthy high-altitude dwellers
(CHEST, 2016-11-05)BACKGROUND: Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is often associated with vascular dysfunction, but the underlying mechanism is unknown. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) frequently occurs at high altitude. At low altitude, ...
