Health economics

Electrophysiology lab efficiency using cryoballoon for pulmonary vein isolation in Latin America: A sub-analysis of the Cryo Global Registry Study

Armando Pérez-Silva, Rodrigo Isa-Param, Juan F Agudelo-Uribe, Alex Pacheco-Bouthillier, Reece Holbrook, Daniela Paredes-Fernández, Kyla Jones, Juan Tellez, Thomas R Holmes, Alicia Sale, Nicolás Martinenghi

Medwave 2024;24(8):e2918

( 2/09/2024)

Cost-effectiveness study of prophylaxis with emicizumab versus bypassing agents in patients with severe hemophilia A in Peru

Ricardo Bitrán, Camila Peña, Paula Arpón, Nancy Loayza, Katia Salas, Carmen del Villar, Gloria Chumpitaz, Virgilio Salinas

Medwave 2022;22(02):e002118

(15/03/2022)

Cost-utility analysis: Mechanical thrombectomy plus thrombolysis in ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion in the public sector in Chile

Rony Lenz-Alcayaga, Daniela Paredes-Fernández, Karla Hernández-Sánchez, Juan E. Valencia-Zapata

Medwave 2021;21(03):e8152

(13/04/2021)

Economic evaluation in health: Cost-utility of the incorporation of total knee replacement to the Chilean Explicit Health-Guarantees regime

Rony Lenz-Alcayaga, Daniela Paredes-Fernández, Diego Edwards-Silva, Pablo Gálvez-Ortega

Medwave 2020;20(11):e8086

(16/12/2020)

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Qualitative studies

Migration and access to sexual and reproductive health from the perspective of health agents in northern Chile

María Belén Reinoso-Cataldo, Mercedes Carrasco-Portiño, Cecilia Bustos-Ibarra, Valeria Stuardo-Ávila

Medwave 2025;25(2):e3009

(27/03/2025)

Physical exercise in Chilean breast cancer survivors: Qualitative study of barriers, facilitators and preferences

Francia Martínez, Constanza Segura Rios, María Paz Orellana, Francisco Acevedo, Benjamin Wallbaum, César Sánchez, Luis Vergara, Karol Ramirez-Parada, Tomás Merino Lara

Medwave 2024;24(9):e2963

( 9/10/2024)

The caregiving work experience of healthcare workers in Chile during the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on mental health: A qualitative study based on the international initiative HEROES

Jorge Ramírez, Victoria Lermanda, Antonia Aguirre, Sebastián Villarroel, María Soledad Burrone, Valentina Carrera, Felipe Castañeda, Rubén Alvarado, Paula Bedregal

Medwave 2024;24(7):e2952

(30/08/2024)

Mental telehealth in a public child and adolescent psychiatry unit during the pandemic: a qualitative implementation study

Francisca García, Melannie Klagges, Fanny Leyton, Ingrid Nogales, Carolina Mickman, Claudio Martínez, Alemka Tomicic

Medwave 2024;24(2):e2777

(21/03/2024)

Digital adaptation of group activities in an outpatient center of a children´s hospital: Adolescent participants’ experiences

Stefanella Costa-Cordella, Karin Borgeaud Carmona, Nicole Díaz Contreras, Ángela González Cano, Claudia Mazo Bontá, Aitana Grasso-Cladera

Medwave 2023;23(4):e2586

(26/05/2023)

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Protocols

Digital strategies and behavior change techniques for preventing sexually transmitted infections: Protocol for an overview of systematic reviews

Giuliano Duarte, Susana Sanduvete-Chaves, Daniel López-Arenas, Salvador Chacón-Moscoso

Medwave 2025;25(2):e3020

(10/03/2025)

Migración internacional, inseguridad alimentaria y salud mental: protocolo de una revisión de alcance

Alice Blukacz, Báltica Cabieses, Catalina Huerta, Amelia A. Lake, Jo Smith, Emma L. Giles, Faye Deane

Medwave 2024;24(4):e2802

(30/05/2024)

Protocol for a systematic mapping review of surgical and pharmacological interventions for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia

Dominga Ladevig, Valentina Veloso, Camila Ávila-Oliver

Medwave 2024;24(4):e2759

( 8/05/2024)

Strength-based Video-feedback to improve maternal sensitivity in mother-infant dyads with maternal depressive symptoms: Study protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility trial

Marcia Olhaberry, Fanny Leyton, Javier Morán-Kneer, María José León, Catalina Sieverson, Antonia Muzard, Carolina Honorato, Karin Ensink, Norka Malberg, Patrick Luyten, Stefanella Costa-Cordella

Medwave 2022;22(11):e2570

(15/12/2022)

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Systematic reviews

Methodological considerations in the study of perceived discrimination at work and its association with workers health and occupational outcomes: A scoping review

Gonzalo Bravo, Alejandra Fuentes-García, María Arriagada, Héctor Castellucci

Medwave 2024;24(4):e2910

(22/05/2024)

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)

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)

High-flow oxygen nasal cannula for treating acute bronchiolitis in infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Fernando Tortosa, Ariel Izcovich, Gabriela Carrasco, Gabriela Varone, Pedro Haluska, Verónica Sanguine

Medwave 2021;21(04):e8190

(13/05/2021)

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)

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Research papers

Sociodemographic and spatiotemporal distribution of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection in three cantons of Guayas, Ecuador: A cross-sectional study.

Ronald Cedeño Vega, Inti Kory Quevedo, Jaime Angamarca-Iguago, Jaen Carlos Cagua-Ordoñez, Juan Marcos Parise-Vasco, Daniel Simancas-Racines

Medwave 2025;25(03):e3042

(16/04/2025)

Retrospective study on disparities in time-to-treatment by health insurance system in Chilean breast cancer patients

Johanna Acevedo, Teresa Ip, Lea Maureira, Cesar Sanchez, Claudia Osorio, Claudia Carvajal, Rafael Araos, Hernan Letelier, Francisco Acevedo, Tomas Merino

Medwave 2025;25(3):e3033

(10/04/2025)

Spatial analysis of receptivity and vulnerability to arbovirosis transmission in Ecuador between 2015 and 2019: An ecological study

Jaen Cagua-Ordoñez, Inti Quevedo-Bastidas, Daniel Simancas-Racines, Evelyn Frias-Toral, Juan Marcos Parise-Vasco, Jaime Angamarca-Iguago

Medwave 2025;25(03):e3025

( 3/04/2025)

Distribution of malignant neoplasms of the oral cavity in Ecuador: an epidemiological study from 2015 to 2019

Karina Lalangui, Emmanuelle Quentin, Juan Marcos Parise-Vasco, Claudia Reytor-Gonzalez, Evelyn Frías-Toral, Daniel Simancas-Racines

Medwave 2025;25(03):e3024

( 1/04/2025)

Factors associated with health-related quality of life in hemodialysis patients in a Peruvian hospital: A cross-sectional study

Ariana Isabel Rojas Aliaga, Yoshua David Rojas Peña, Luis Jesus Arellan Bravo, Sarai Gloria Chavez Bustamante, Briam Cristiam Benito Condor

Medwave 2025;25(02):e2915

(25/03/2025)

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