COVID-19 Regional research

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SARS-CoV-2 humoral immune response in patients with cardiovascular risk factors: The COmmunity Cohort Study

Vivienne C. Bachelet, Ignacio Silva-Ayarza, María S. Navarrete

Medwave 2023;23(11):e2787

(20/12/2023)

Burnout levels and associated factors among Intensive Care Unit workers during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile: A cross-sectional study

Felipe Ponce-Fuentes, Jenny Collipal-Cayún, Jaime Sepúlveda-Cisternas, Ivan Cuyul-Vásquez, Antonio Roberto Zamuner, Jorge Fuentes-Contreras

Medwave 2023;23(8):e2720

(27/09/2023)

Concurrence of Guillain-Barré syndrome and primary biliary cholangitis not related to SARS-CoV-2: Case report

Darwin Segura-Chávez, Isabel Tagle-Lostaunau, Juan Sifuentes-Monge, Francisco Aquino-Peña

Medwave 2023;23(3):e2663

(27/04/2023)

Mental health care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in public healthcare centers of a Chilean municipality

Soledad Andrea San Martín, María Teresa Muñoz-Quezada

Medwave 2023;23(2):e2675

(22/03/2023)

Lipschütz acute vulvar ulcer related to COVID-19 vaccination: First case report in South America

Lucero Sangster-Carrasco, Romario Paz-Temoche, Julia Coronado-Arroyo, Marcio Concepción-Zavaleta, Pela Roseboom, Luis Concepción-Urteaga, Francisca Zavaleta-Gutiérrez

Medwave 2023;23(2):e2674

(10/03/2023)

Factors related to mortality in patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease on dialysis with COVID-19: An exploratory case series analysis

Yanissa Venegas Justiniano, César Loza Munarriz, Abdías Hurtado Aréstegui

Medwave 2022;22(11):e2562

(29/12/2022)

A non-systematic, descriptive literature review of observational research on anxiety during the first COVID-19 pandemic phase

Álvaro Cavieres, Marcelo Arancibia

Medwave 2022;22(11):e2637

(27/12/2022)

Individual memories and coping with the COVID-19 lockdown: Family members’ experiences

Shahin Salarvand, Masoumeh-Sadat Mousavi, Yadollah Pournia

Medwave 2022;22(9):e2591

(27/10/2022)

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of survivors of SARS-COV-2 infection: A descriptive study

Pablo A. Olavegogeascoechea, Andres Gallardo Martinez, Jose L. Scapellato, Andrea Federico

Medwave 2022;22(9):e2581

(25/10/2022)

Factors associated with complications from COVID-19 in hospital workers: A retrospective cohort study

Liliana Pacheco Campos, Carmen Dávila Aliaga, Marcos Espinola Sánchez

Medwave 2022;22(9):e2536

( 4/10/2022)

Analysis of SEIR-type models used at the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic reported in high-impact journals

Ledyz Cuesta-Herrera, Luis Pastenes, Fernando Córdova-Lepe, Ariel D. Arencibia, Hugo Torres-Mantilla, Juan Pablo Gutiérrez-Jara

Medwave 2022;22(8):e2552

(28/09/2022)

Systematization of initiatives in sexual and reproductive health about good practices criteria in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in primary health care in Chile

Jovita Ortiz Contreras, Jael María Quiroz Carreño, Rodrigo Neira Contreras, Marcela Díaz Navarrete, Patricia Elgueta, Janira Lucero, Pamela López, Juan Herrera Burott

Medwave 2022;22(06):e002555

(15/07/2022)

Association of biomarkers and severity of COVID-19: A cross-sectional study

Mady Canelú Ramos Rojas, Edwin Antonio Cuaresma Cuadros, Jose Johao Cayo Castillo, Diego Alexander Monasterio Benique

Medwave 2022;22(06):e002548

( 6/07/2022)

Epidemiological surveillance in COVID- 19 pandemic: EPIVIGILA system

Carla Taramasco, Carla Rimassa, Johana Acevedo Romo, Adolfo Césped Zavando, Rodrigo Fuentes Bravo

Medwave 2022;22(05):e2560

( 2/06/2022)

Reflections on death in the time of Covid-19

Donovan Casas Patiño

Medwave 2022;22(04):e002554

(19/05/2022)

Impact of COVID-19 outbreak in knee arthroplasty in Chile: a cross-sectional, national registry-based analysis

Maximiliano Barahona, Álvaro Martínez, Macarena Barahona, Marcela Ramírez, Cristian Barrientos, Carlos Infante

Medwave 2022;22(04):e002511

(12/05/2022)

Seroprevalence and estimation of the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection in older adults residing in Long-term Care Facilities in Chile

Paola Rubilar, Macarena Hirmas, Isabel Matute, Jorge Browne, Cedric Little, Gonzalo Ruz, Ximena Aguilera, Carlos Ávila, Pablo Vial, Tania Gutknecht Mackenzie

Medwave 2022;22(03):e002553

( 7/04/2022)

Perception of risk to COVID-19 and mental health indicators in workers of a Peruvian hospital: An analytical cross-sectional study

Dante M. Quiñones-Laveriano, Hillary Guillen-Vidarte, Claudia Benavides-Luyo, Jhony A. De La Cruz-Vargas

Medwave 2022;22(02):e002513

(24/03/2022)

Description of frequent and persistent symptoms of COVID-19 among older adults who attend senior centers

Pavel J. Contreras, Zoila Romero-Albino, María Sofía Cuba-Fuentes

Medwave 2022;22(01):e002510

(28/01/2022)

Clinical and epidemiological characterization in the follow-up of newborns with COVID-19: a descriptive study

Carmen Dávila-Aliaga, Elsa Torres-Marcos, Rafael Paucar-Zegarra, Rosmary Hinojosa-Pérez, Ylia Espinoza-Vivas, Elina Mendoza-Ibáñez, Diego Marín, Marcos Espínola-Sánchez, Jonathan De la Cruz-Dávila, Pedro Arango-Ochante

Medwave 2021;21(11):e002141

(15/12/2021)

Impact of COVID-19 induced lockdown on physical activity and sedentary behavior among university students: A systematic review

Paola Andrea Rivera, Bojan Luc Nys, Fabián Fiestas

Medwave 2021;21(08):e8456

( 3/09/2021)

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of mothers with COVID-19 and their neonates: vertical transmission

Amalia Guadalupe Vega-Fernández, Betty María Zevallos-Vargas, Fiorella del Pilar Flores-Figueroa, Juan Carlos Holguín-Plasencia, Luis Martín Galois Centeno-Fuentes, Silvia Antonia Ayquipa-Gil, Ramón Alberto Lescano-Alva, Karla Patricia Arrasco-Castro, Hubert Alberto Alvarado-Herrera, William Robert Zafra-Alegre, Edgar Jaime Idrogo-Cayotopa, Cristian Pierre Reyes-Carranza, Leyla Kathy Ramírez-Gamarra, Jakelina Glenda Peña-Estrella, Angelica María Pardo-Carrasco, Susana Andrea Suárez-Rebaza

Medwave 2021;21(07):e8454

(30/08/2021)

Clinical characteristics and sociodemographic factors associated with COVID-19 infection in pregnant women in a maternal and children's public hospital

Yda Rodriguez Huaman, Pavel J Contreras, Michelle Lozada-Urbano

Medwave 2021;21(07):e8442

(23/08/2021)

Pulmonary rehabilitation for COVID-19: A living systematic review protocol

Stefanie Arce Pardo, Shuheng Lai, Luis Ortiz-Muñoz, Rocío Bravo-Jeria, Francisca Verdugo-Paiva, Gabriel Rada

Medwave 2021;21(06):e8223

( 7/07/2021)

Factors associated with mortality in patients hospitalized with COVID-19: A prospective cohort in a Peruvian national referral hospital

Miguel A Vences, Juan J Pareja-Ramos, Paula Otero, Liz E Veramendi-Espinoza, Melissa Vega-Villafana, Julissa Mogollón-Lavi, Eduardo Morales-Romero, Josseline Olivera-Vera, Carol Meza, Lucía J Salas-Lazo, Andy Triveño, Renzo Marín-Dávalos, Ricardo Carpio Rodriguez, Jessica H Zafra-Tanaka

Medwave 2021;21(06):e8231

( 5/07/2021)

Characteristics of the coronavirus disease 2019: A review of emerging literature

Rocío Fuentes-Aspe, Sayén Huaiquilaf-Jorquera, María-José Oliveros, Álvaro Soto

Medwave 2021;21(05):e8206

(15/06/2021)

What we know and don’t know on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19

Ignacio Silva-Ayarza, Vivienne C Bachelet

Medwave 2021;21(04):e8198

(26/05/2021)

A qualitative study on the elderly and accessibility to health services during the COVID-19 lockdown in Buenos Aires, Argentina - Part 2

Candela Agustina Loza, German Baez, Rodrigo Valverdi, Pedro Pisula, Julieta Salas Apaza, Vilda Discacciati, Mariano Granero, Ximena Salomé Pizzorno Santoro, Juan Víctor Ariel Franco

Medwave 2021;21(04):e8192

(25/05/2021)

A qualitative study on the elderly and mental health during the COVID-19 lockdown in Buenos Aires, Argentina - Part 1

Pedro Pisula, Julieta Aldana Salas Apaza, Germán Nicolás Baez, Candela Agustina Loza, Rodrigo Valverdi, Vilda Discacciati, Mariano Granero, Ximena Salomé Pizzorno Santoro, Juan Víctor Ariel Franco

Medwave 2021;21(04):e8186

(24/05/2021)

Pre-existing conditions in Latin America and factors associated with adverse outcomes of COVID-19: A review

Teresa Balboa-Castillo, Omar Andrade-Mayorga, Gabriel Nasri Marzuca-Nassr, Gladys Morales Illanes, Manuel Ortiz, Ingrid Schiferlli, Nicolas Aguilar-Farias, Álvaro Soto, Jorge Sapunar

Medwave 2021;21(04):e8180

( 4/05/2021)

The impact of COVID-19 preventive lockdowns on the prevalence of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Sofia Waissbluth, Francisco García-Huidobro, Macarena Araya-Céspedes

Medwave 2021;21(03):e8174

(27/04/2021)

Severe diabetic ketoacidosis precipitated by COVID-19 in pediatric patients: Two case reports

Jesús Ángel Domínguez Rojas, Mariela Violeta Tello Pezo, Jaime Tasayco Muñoz, Álvaro Coronado Muñoz

Medwave 2021;21(03):e8176

(24/04/2021)

Description and analysis of primary care-based COVID-19 interventions in Colombia

Erwin Hernando Hernández Rincón, Juan Pablo Pimentel González, Manuel Felipe Aramendiz Narváez, Raúl Andrés Araujo Tabares, Julián Mateo Roa González

Medwave 2021;21(03):e8147

( 7/04/2021)

Pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome associated with COVID-19: A report of 10 cases in a Peruvian hospital

Consuelo Luna-Muñoz, Giuliana Reyes-Florian, Martin Seminario-Aliaga, Angie Stapleton-Herbozo, Lucy E. Correa-López, Dante M. Quiñones-Laveriano

Medwave 2021;21(2):e8142

(31/03/2021)

Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers for COVID-19: A living systematic review of randomized clinical trials

Nicolás Meza, Javier Pérez-Bracchiglione, Ignacio Pérez, Cristhian Carvajal, Luis Ortiz-Muñoz, Pablo Olguín, Gabriel Rada, Eva Madrid

Medwave 2021;21(02):e8105

( 3/03/2021)

COVID-19 in Chile: The usefulness of simple epidemic models in practice

Mauricio Canals, Cristóbal Cuadrado, Andrea Canals

Medwave 2021;21(1):e8119

(13/02/2021)

Feeling prepared to face COVID-19 pandemic among Venezuelans in Chile: findings from an opinion poll

Báltica Cabieses, Florencia Darrigrandi, Alice Blukacz, Alexandra Obach, Claudia Silva

Medwave 2021;21(1):e8103

( 9/02/2021)

Epidemiological behavior of COVID-19 in the early phase of the pandemic in Cuba

Edwar Parra Linares, Carlos Antonio Lanio Posada

Medwave 2021;21(01):e8111

( 9/02/2021)

Cross-sectional study of the clinical characteristics and outcomes of children hospitalized with COVID-19 in Lima, Peru

Jesús Domínguez Rojas, Matilde Estupiñan Vigil, Raquel Garcés-Ghilardi, Giancarlo Alvarado-Gamarra, Olguita del Águila, Adanida Flor Lope Tenorio, Carmen Cecilia Ayón Dejo, Kenny Chonlon Murillo, Sebastián Boluarte Baca, Angie Stapleton Herbozo, Ricardo Seminario Aliaga, Giuliana Reyes Florian, Diana Dávila Riega, Sarah Fernández Suárez, Álvaro Coronado Muñoz

Medwave 2021;21(01):e8107

(21/01/2021)

How the COVID-19 pandemic affects specialty training: An analysis of a nationwide survey among otolaryngology residents in Chile

Matías L Álvarez, Sofia Waissbluth, Claudia González, Carla Napolitano, Mariela Torrente, Paul H Délano, Ricardo Alarcón, Francisca Fernández, Roger Bitrán

Medwave 2021;21(01):e8097

( 9/01/2021)

Perinatal outcomes and serological results in neonates of pregnant women seropositive to SARS-CoV-2: A cross-sectional descriptive study

Carmen Dávila-Aliaga, Marcos Espínola-Sánchez, Elina Mendoza-Ibáñez, Enrique Guevara-Ríos, Elsa Torres-Marcos, Rosmary Hinojosa-Pérez, Ylia Espinoza-Vivas, Ricardo Álvarez-Carrasco, Carlos Velásquez-Vásquez, Luis Meza-Santibáñez, Oswaldo Gonzales-Carrillo, Pedro Arango-Ochante, Augusto Racchumí-Vela, Claudia Saldaña-Díaz

Medwave 2020;20(11):e8084

(21/12/2020)

Cell-based therapies for COVID-19: A living, systematic review

Gabriel Rada, Javiera Corbalán, Patricio Rojas

Medwave 2020;20(11):e8078

(17/12/2020)

Macrolides for the treatment of COVID-19: a living, systematic review

Catalina Verdejo, Laura Vergara-Merino, Nicolás Meza, Javier Pérez-Bracchiglione, Natalia Carvajal-Juliá, Eva Madrid, Gabriel Rada, María Ximena Rojas Reyes

Medwave 2020;20(11):e8073

(15/12/2020)

Remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19: a living systematic review

Francisca Verdugo-Paiva, María Paz Acuña, Iván Solá, Gabriel Rada

Medwave 2020;20(11):e8080

(10/12/2020)

Current medical education: medical content on Instagram® in COVID-19’s time in Peru

Ramón Rolando Cámara-Reyes, Danilo Obregón-Gavilán

Medwave 2020;20(10):e8070

(27/11/2020)

Three questions on COVID-19: testing, infectiousness, and school opening

Vivienne C. Bachelet

Medwave 2020;20(10):e8068

(19/11/2020)

Prognosis of patients with COVID-19 admitted to a tertiary center in Chile: A cohort study

Miguel Araujo, Paola Ossandón, Ana María Abarca, Ana María Menjiba, Ana María Muñoz

Medwave 2020;20(10):e8066

(17/11/2020)

Sexual transmission of SARS-CoV-2 virus and its role in the spread of COVID-19: A living systematic review protocol

Giuliano Duarte, Luis Ortiz-Muñoz, María Belén Morales, María Paz Acuña, Gabriel Rada, COVID-19 L·OVE Working Group

Medwave 2020;20(10):e8062

(14/11/2020)

Prediction of end of lockdown post-peak of cases in first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile

David San Martín-Roldán, Francisca Rojo-Lazo, Aracelis Calzadilla-Núñez, Pablo San Martín-Roldán, Patricia Díaz-Calzadilla, Víctor P Díaz-Narváez

Medwave 2020;20(10):e8057

(10/11/2020)

HIV and SARS-CoV-2: points to consider to face this new pandemic

Alfonso Agustín Prieto Pozo, Francisco Luis Daniel Salvador Sagüez

Medwave 2020;20(09):e8049

(28/10/2020)

Identification and analysis of ongoing registered clinical intervention trials on COVID-19

Luis Armando Solano-Sandí, Mónica Cambronero-Valverde, Guadalupe Herrera-Watson

Medwave 2020;20(09):e8051

(26/10/2020)

Predictive modeling to estimate the demand for intensive care hospital beds nationwide in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Víctor Hugo Peña, Alejandra Espinosa

Medwave 2020;20(09):e8039

( 6/10/2020)

Origin, structural characteristics, prevention measures, diagnosis and potential drugs to prevent and COVID-19

Norma Francenia Santos-Sánchez, Raúl Salas-Coronado

Medwave 2020;20(8):e8037

(26/09/2020)

Excess mortality in Metropolitan Lima during the COVID-19 pandemic: A district level comparison

Akram Hernández-Vásquez, Jesús Eduardo Gamboa-Unsihuay, Rodrigo Vargas-Fernández, Diego Azañedo

Medwave 2020;20(08):e8032

(25/09/2020)

Characterization of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children and adolescents in Latin American and the Caribbean countries: A descriptive study

Noé Atamari-Anahui, Nelson Deyvis Cruz-Nina, Mirian Condori-Huaraka, Héctor Nuñez-Paucar, Evelina Andrea Rondón-Abuhadba, Marco Edmundo Ordoñez-Linares, César Johan Pereira-Victoriod

Medwave 2020;20(08):e8025

(16/09/2020)

Reducing the impact of COVID-19 on radiation oncology units of developing countries: A rapid review and expert consensus

Nadia Montero-Oleas, Raúl Puente-Vallejo, Bárbara León-Micheli, Andrés Imbaquingo-Cabrera, Mónica Silva, Elizabeth Gamarra, Byron Álvarez-Rodas, Nelson Segovia, Pablo Aldaz-Roldan, Cristina Nuñez-Silva, Karina Zurita-Vivero, Alex Carrión, José Molina-Jaramillo, Andrés Rodríguez-Balarezo, Yuri Betancourt, Luis De Los Reyes

Medwave 2020;20(08):e8012

( 7/09/2020)

Cardiovascular implications of SARS-CoV-2 infection: A literature review

Mario B García-Saavedra, Renzo R Rosales-Gutiérrez, Esmeralda Valverde, Maryuri Chumbes-Aguirre, Ricardo Alvarado, Robert Polo, Rubén Azañero, Carlos Chávez

Medwave 2020;20(07):e8008

(29/08/2020)