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Health Services Needs and Utilization of Persons Aging With SCI: A Cross-Country Comparison

Diana Pacheco Barzallo · Alessio Baricich · Maria Paz Grisales · Shahrokh Yousefzadeh-Chabok · y 27 más

To map health care service utilization among individuals with spinal cord injury/disease (SCI/D), focusing on reported health conditions and age groups.Cross-sectional, multinational, observational cohort study data from the first InSCI community survey 2017-2019 (N=12,591) and the second InSCI community survey 2022-20...

Factors associated with social frailty in older adults in Colombia

Carmen-Lucia Curcio · Sebastian Villada · Laura Chica · Claudia Liliana Valencia

Social frailty (SF) has gained increasing attention in recent years. While several studies have examined SF among older adults living in the community, most have been conducted in specific countries, primarily in Asia, with limited research in Latin America. The main objective of this study was to identify the relation...

Safety and effectiveness of outpatient parotidectomy: a systematic review of comparative studies on ambulatory parotidectomy

Alvaro Sanabria · David Figueroa-Bohorquez

This meta-analysis compares the safety and efficacy of outpatient or day case parotidectomy versus inpatient therapy. The objective of this study is to integrate current information on postoperative complications, readmission rates, and reoperation rates, as well as to assess the methodological quality of existing stud...

Acaricidal potential and mechanistic insights of Melinis minutiflora P. Beauv. grass extracts from different cutting ages

Erika M. Celis Celis · Gloria S. Avendaño-Mora · Adriana L. Gutiérrez Villamarín · Carlos E. Rondón Flórez · y 3 más

Cattle tick (Rhipicephalus microplus) is a major vector of hemoparasitic diseases and causes significant economic losses in livestock. Control efforts face challenges, including the scarcity of environmentally and human health-friendly methods. This study evaluated the acaricidal activity of ethanolic extracts from Mel...

Relationship Between Minor Developmental Physical Anomalies and Delirium Among Geriatric Inpatients

Jose G. Franco · Paula T. Trzepacz · María M. Villa · Marcela Alviz · y 4 más

The authors aimed to evaluate the relationships of minor physical anomalies (MPAs) of the head and limb with delirium among geriatric inpatients, in order to determine the potential of MPAs as markers of delirium's underlying neuropathogenesis.In total, 311 consecutively admitted general medical inpatients without deme...

A multi-task cross-attention strategy to segment and classify polyps

Franklin Sierra-Jerez · Lina Ruiz · Fabio Martínez

Abstract Polyps are the main biomarkers for diagnosing colorectal cancer. Their early detection and accurate characterization during colonoscopy procedures rely on expert observations. Nevertheless, such a task is prone to errors, particularly in morphological characterization. This work proposes a multi-task represent...

Educación y comunicación como estrategias frente a los impactos sanitarios por minería de caliza en Distracción, La Guajira

Salazar Medina, Ludys Loraine

Esta investigación tiene como objetivo identificar los impactos en la salud causados por la minería de caliza en el municipio de Distracción, La Guajira, con el propósito de fortalecer los procesos de educación y comunicación dirigidos a la población afectada directa e indirectamente por esta actividad extractiva. Se t...

Comment on “Arthroscopic management and recent advancements in the treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders”

Juan Pablo López · María Paula Orjuela · Luis Vicente González · Rafael Martin-Granizo

Reemergence of yellow fever in Venezuela, 2025/2026

Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales · Juan-Carlos Navarro · David A. Forero-Peña · Daniel Romero-Alvarez

Analysis of Prevalence and Mortality Among Neonates and Children With Intestinal Atresia: A Multinational Study, 1974–2015

Angie Carreño · Maria Paula Aguilera · Lina Ibañez · Karen Sarmiento · y 26 más

ABSTRACT Introduction Small intestinal atresia (SIA) consists of a congenital obstruction of the lumen of the duodenum, jejunum, or ileum with varying severity. The aim of the investigation was to analyze the prevalence and mortality of SIA, using data from the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance...