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[Frequency of genitourinary trauma in motorcycle traffic accidents: scoping review]. 摩托车交通事故中泌尿生殖系统损伤的发生率:范围综述。
Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 eCollection Date: 2024-08-01 DOI: 10.15446/rsap.V26n4.115133
Gabriela Castañeda-Millán, David A Hernández-Aparicio, David Castañeda-Millán, Javier H Eslava-Schmalbach
{"title":"[Frequency of genitourinary trauma in motorcycle traffic accidents: scoping review].","authors":"Gabriela Castañeda-Millán, David A Hernández-Aparicio, David Castañeda-Millán, Javier H Eslava-Schmalbach","doi":"10.15446/rsap.V26n4.115133","DOIUrl":"10.15446/rsap.V26n4.115133","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To describe the frequency of genitourinary trauma (GUT) caused by motorcycle traffic accidents.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>Scoping review conducted according to the methodology proposed by Arksey and O'Malley and the Prisma extension for scoping reviews. Searches were conducted in PubMed and Embase. All studies that described the frequency of GUT in adults (>18 years) as a result of motorcycle traffic accidents were included. Two independent reviewers were responsible for the selection based on titles and abstracts and subsequently evaluated the eligibility and quality of the studies using full-text articles.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The frequency of GUT was higher in men, ranging from 94.5% to 96.5%, compared to 3.4% to 5.5% in women. Drivers were more affected than passengers, with a proportion of 96.4%. The testicles were the primary organs affected, with reported trauma frequencies ranging from 0.4% to 41%, followed by the kidney (2.4% to 35%), scrotum (0% to 14%), penis (0% to 13%), bladder (0.4% to 4%), ureter (0% to 0.02%), urethra (0.2% to 2%), vagina (1%), and vulva (1%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The frequency of gut in patients involved in motorcycle accidents is high. It primarily affects young male motorcycle drivers; the most affected organs are the male external genitalia, kidneys, and bladder. However, in women, it is a significant cause of non-obstetric gut.</p>","PeriodicalId":520465,"journal":{"name":"Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia)","volume":"26 4","pages":"115133"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11665074/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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[Interprofessional education and collaborative practice: Strategies to transform a health system]. [跨专业教育和合作实践:转变卫生系统的战略]。
Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 eCollection Date: 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.15446/rsap.V26n3.114943
Arturo José Parada-Baños
{"title":"[Interprofessional education and collaborative practice: Strategies to transform a health system].","authors":"Arturo José Parada-Baños","doi":"10.15446/rsap.V26n3.114943","DOIUrl":"10.15446/rsap.V26n3.114943","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a world where health care is increasingly complex and fragmented, effective collabo-ration between different health professionals becomes essential. Interprofessional education and collaborative practice (EIPC) emerge as innovative approaches that have the potential to transform health systems and reevaluate education models for the training of human talent in health. This essay examines the need for EIPC in the training of health professionals and its impact on the improvement of health systems and explores the depth and scope of this pedagogical strategy, arguing that its implementation can significantly improve the quality and equity of health care, and the satisfaction of users and professionals. However, the implementation of EIPC faces significant challenges, including lack of institutional support, limited resources, and cultural and professional barriers. The article concludes that, despite these challenges, EIPC has the potential to positively transform health systems and health sciences education, promoting more collaborative and integrated care.</p>","PeriodicalId":520465,"journal":{"name":"Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia)","volume":"26 3","pages":"114943"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11665029/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Migrations in Latin America: the corridor to the American dream is a public health problem. 拉丁美洲的移民:通往美国梦的走廊是一个公共卫生问题。
Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 eCollection Date: 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.15446/rsap.V25n3.114016
Francisco Camargo-Assis, Yeimi Lopez-Mejia, Ameth Salim-Mattar, Salim-Mattar
{"title":"Migrations in Latin America: the corridor to the American dream is a public health problem.","authors":"Francisco Camargo-Assis, Yeimi Lopez-Mejia, Ameth Salim-Mattar, Salim-Mattar","doi":"10.15446/rsap.V25n3.114016","DOIUrl":"10.15446/rsap.V25n3.114016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Migrant movements have tripled, and it is evident throughout the Americas. On the way to North America, people come from South America, the Caribbean, mainly Haiti, Cuba, Asia, and Africa. People migrate for work, study, humanitarian situations, poverty, violence in their territories, lifestyle change, or family reunification.</p><p><strong>Objetive: </strong>The aim of this study is to assess the impact of most frequent infectious conditions of the population exposed to migratory movement through the Americas.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The present review focuses on the leading infectious diseases migrants acquired during the arduous journey through the tropical areas. Official migration web sides, journals, and scientific journals were used to get information.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Some infectious diseases have re-emerged in transit countries used by migrants, and the increase in migratory phenomena, triggered cases of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, arbovirosis, Malaria, and hepatitis, among others.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Migrants suffer infectious diseases as they pass the countries to the USA; besides, they suffer violence and even sexual assault. The receiving countries should establish public policies to regularize the access of migrants to health services, which include preventive programs and easily accessible vaccination plans. Some of the pathologies suffered by migrants are preventable, although there are groups of populations in extreme social conditions and with compromised nutritional status. The need to establish a primary medical care center to apply an innovative border and transnational protocols for infectious diseases for migrant populations is highlighted.</p>","PeriodicalId":520465,"journal":{"name":"Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia)","volume":"26 3","pages":"114016"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11665030/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Exploring cultural influences in perinatal and early childhood nutrition. 探讨文化对围产期和幼儿营养的影响。
Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 eCollection Date: 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.15446/rsap.V26n3.115569
Shanti Raman, Sharanya Napier-Raman, María Camila Pinzón-Segura
{"title":"Exploring cultural influences in perinatal and early childhood nutrition.","authors":"Shanti Raman, Sharanya Napier-Raman, María Camila Pinzón-Segura","doi":"10.15446/rsap.V26n3.115569","DOIUrl":"10.15446/rsap.V26n3.115569","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This review analyzes socio-cultural factors impacting maternal and infant nutrition in low-resource settings, covering the perinatal period including pregnancy, childbirth, and early infancy.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>It examines qualitative studies from 1990 to 2021, identified through databases such as Medline, Embase, and Scopus, using broad search terms including 'traditional beliefs,' 'practices' and 'perinatal'.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The synthesis highlights strong cultural support for breastfeeding across diverse cultures, although traditional taboos and beliefs often undermine exclusive breastfeeding. A deep cultural appreciation for the therapeutic benefits of foods is observed, with prevalent, albeit varied, notions of 'good' and 'bad' foods influencing dietary choices during the perinatal period. Intergenerational support plays a crucial role, though it often conflicts with biomedical advice, particularly in migrant populations. Crosscutting themes include the enduring role of women as 'good mother' in perinatal care, the impact of poverty on nutritional choices, and the evolving nature of cultural practices, the direction of which is not always predictable.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Cultural beliefs profoundly shape perinatal and infant nutrition. It advocates the need for public health strategies that are culturally sensitive and tailored to specific community needs to optimize health outcomes for mothers and infants. Future interventions should integrate cultural understanding into public health practices, promoting beneficial traditions while modifying detrimental ones.</p>","PeriodicalId":520465,"journal":{"name":"Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia)","volume":"26 3","pages":"115569"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11665028/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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[[Long covid: new tool to assess clinical manifestations and conditions]]. [[长covid:评估临床表现和病情的新工具]]。
Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 eCollection Date: 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.15446/rsap.V26n2.116477
Roxana De Las Salas
{"title":"[[Long covid: new tool to assess clinical manifestations and conditions]].","authors":"Roxana De Las Salas","doi":"10.15446/rsap.V26n2.116477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15446/rsap.V26n2.116477","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520465,"journal":{"name":"Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia)","volume":"26 2","pages":"116477"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11665070/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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[Cultural diseases of Taxco, México]. [塔斯科的文化疾病,墨西哥]。
Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 eCollection Date: 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.15446/rsap.V26n2.112074
Adrián Urióstegui-Flores
{"title":"[Cultural diseases of Taxco, México].","authors":"Adrián Urióstegui-Flores","doi":"10.15446/rsap.V26n2.112074","DOIUrl":"10.15446/rsap.V26n2.112074","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Record A) the cultural illnesses of Taxco de Alarcón, as well as B) the causes and treatments of said illnesses.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The research is qualitative, non-probabilistic. Documentary research, key informants, focus groups and in-depth interviews were used. The work was carried out in the city of Taxco de Alarcón, located in the estado de Guerrero, in México.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>36 cultural diseases were recorded.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>As confirmed, the population interviewed continues to deal with various cultural diseases on a daily basis, which are part of a valid and current traditional medical worldview.</p>","PeriodicalId":520465,"journal":{"name":"Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia)","volume":"26 2","pages":"112074"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11665069/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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[What do doctors suggest to improve coordination between levels? Results in six Latin American countries]. [医生建议如何改善各层次之间的协调?结果在六个拉丁美洲国家]。
Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 eCollection Date: 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.15446/rsap.V26n1.106956
Aida Oliver-Anglés, Ingrid Vargas-Lorenzo, Julieta López-Vázquez, Isabella Chagas-Samico, Daniela Campaz-Landazábal, Amparo S Mogollón-Pérez, Pamela Eguiguren-Bravo, Delia I Amarilla, Fernando Bertolotto, María Luisa Vázquez
{"title":"[What do doctors suggest to improve coordination between levels? Results in six Latin American countries].","authors":"Aida Oliver-Anglés, Ingrid Vargas-Lorenzo, Julieta López-Vázquez, Isabella Chagas-Samico, Daniela Campaz-Landazábal, Amparo S Mogollón-Pérez, Pamela Eguiguren-Bravo, Delia I Amarilla, Fernando Bertolotto, María Luisa Vázquez","doi":"10.15446/rsap.V26n1.106956","DOIUrl":"10.15446/rsap.V26n1.106956","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To analyze the strategies for improving clinical coordination proposed by primary care (PC) and secondary care (SC) doctors from the public healthcare networks in six Latin American countries, and the changes between 2015 and 2017.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Two cross-sectional studies based on surveys (2015 and 2017) were developed with the application of the COORDENA questionnaire to a total of 4 311 primary and secondary care doctors from two public healthcare networks in each country. A descriptive analysis of the proposed suggestions was carried out stratified by country and year.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In all countries, the introduction or improvement of strategies and mechanisms that ease interaction and mutual knowledge between professionals from different care levels is noted, especially joint cross-level meetings, direct communication mechanisms and strategies to strengthen the use of the referral and back-referral form. Less frequently, other organisational strategies are suggested aimed at strengthening the primary care model, access to secondary care and the coordination of the network's management.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results allow to generate recommendations for the improvement of clinical coordination in different health systems drawn from the suggestions made by doctors, a perspective that is seldom considered in the design and implementation of interventions in healthcare services. The need to promote strategies based on mutual adjustment in the development of public health policies is highlighted.</p>","PeriodicalId":520465,"journal":{"name":"Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia)","volume":"26 1","pages":"106956"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11665071/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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[Social determinants of health: alternative explanatory proposal to the biomedical approach to suicidal behavior]. [健康的社会决定因素:对自杀行为的生物医学方法的替代解释建议]。
Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 eCollection Date: 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.15446/rsap.V26n1.116420
Ladini Sunanda Hernández-Bello, Fernando Pio De La Hoz Restrepo, Zuleima Cogollo-Milanés
{"title":"[Social determinants of health: alternative explanatory proposal to the biomedical approach to suicidal behavior].","authors":"Ladini Sunanda Hernández-Bello, Fernando Pio De La Hoz Restrepo, Zuleima Cogollo-Milanés","doi":"10.15446/rsap.V26n1.116420","DOIUrl":"10.15446/rsap.V26n1.116420","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Suicidal behavior represents a serious public health problem. Suicidal deaths are estimated at 800,000 people each year. This is why its study has gained relevance to the extent that it is necessary to understand the phenomenon, its causes and theoretical positions that guide decision-making and the design of prevention strategies. However, the hegemonized explanation justifies the occurrence of the phenomenon from the interaction of multiple risk factors, on which various explanatory models with a biomedical-centric approach are based, which postulate suicidal behavior as a consequence of individual psychopathology. This essay develops a critique of the hegemonic biomedical theoretical position and highlights the benefits of studying the phenomenon from a social perspective, specifically from the World Health Organization's model of social determinants of health, without undermining the theoretical and empirical contributions of the biomedical approach, but highlighting its weaknesses and emphasizing the strengths of the social approach, which, without leaving aside individual factors, offers a more comprehensive view in understanding suicidal behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":520465,"journal":{"name":"Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia)","volume":"26 1","pages":"116420"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11665072/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Pregestational body mass index and weight gain during pregnancy associated with epidemiological variables and socio-demographic. 妊娠期体重指数和体重增加与流行病学变量和社会人口学相关。
Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 eCollection Date: 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.15446/rsap.V26n1.111293
Jenniffer A Castellanos-Garzón, Liliana Salazar-Monsalve, Antonio J Tascon, María C Pustovrh-Ramos
{"title":"Pregestational body mass index and weight gain during pregnancy associated with epidemiological variables and socio-demographic.","authors":"Jenniffer A Castellanos-Garzón, Liliana Salazar-Monsalve, Antonio J Tascon, María C Pustovrh-Ramos","doi":"10.15446/rsap.V26n1.111293","DOIUrl":"10.15446/rsap.V26n1.111293","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To correlate the pregestational Body Mass Index and weight gain during pregnancy with various epidemiological variables.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>A cross-sectional study was carried out in a third level hospital in Cali, Colombia. Socioeconomic and anthropometric data, obstetric history and general medical history was collected from 300 pregnant women aged between 18 and 37. BMI was calculated at the beginning and end of pregnancy. Statistical analysis of multiple linear regression was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>An increased BMI at the beginning and end of gestation positively correlated with age (Coefficient = 0.156; p=0.013, Coefficient = 0.153; p=0.011), diagnosis of gestational diabetes (Coefficient = 2.264, p=0.018, Coefficient = 0.153; p=0.011) and concern about weight gain during pregnancy (Coefficient = 1.226; p=0.038, Coefficient = 1.568; p=0.004). A low BMI correlated negatively with Intrauterine Growth Restriction (Coefficient = -3.208; p=0.005). Furthermore, a higher final BMI positively correlated with a diagnosis of hypertensive disorder (Coefficient = 2.733; p<0.001) and negatively with socioeconomic status (Coefficient = 2.239; p=0.045).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Excessive weight gain before and during pregnancy is a predictive factor in the appearance of gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders, differentially affecting women from low socioeconomic backgrounds. While pregnancy is a critical period in a woman's life which may motivate positive lifestyle changes, excessive weight gain is still not perceived as a health problem.</p>","PeriodicalId":520465,"journal":{"name":"Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia)","volume":"26 1","pages":"111293"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11665073/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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[Characterization of infectious conjunctivitis in a fourth-level care center, Bogota, Colombia]. [哥伦比亚波哥大一家四级护理中心感染性结膜炎的特征分析]。
Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 eCollection Date: 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.15446/rsap.V25n6.110422
Tatiana Urrea-Victoria, Mariana Daza-Betancourt, Hannia Paola Barrios-Bermúdez, María Fernanda Jaimes-Escobar
{"title":"[Characterization of infectious conjunctivitis in a fourth-level care center, Bogota, Colombia].","authors":"Tatiana Urrea-Victoria, Mariana Daza-Betancourt, Hannia Paola Barrios-Bermúdez, María Fernanda Jaimes-Escobar","doi":"10.15446/rsap.V25n6.110422","DOIUrl":"10.15446/rsap.V25n6.110422","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of this study is to describe the characteristics of the populations that consulted to the emergency service due to conjunctivitis from March 1 of 2019 to March 1 of 2021 and evaluate the frequency of presentation of contagious ocular pathologies like is the case of bacterial conjunctivitis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in a historical cohort in the Department of Surgery, Ophthalmology Unit of the Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá D.C. from March 2019 to March 1, 2021. The study included patients with a diagnosis of bacterial conjunctivitis and patients with a diagnosis of superinfected viral conjunctivitis, and excluded all patients with a positive result for COVID-19 and patients with symptoms suggestive of SARS-infectionCoV-2. Of the patients, 629 met the selection criteria.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Between March 2019 and April 2020, 534 consultations were registered in the emergency department of the ophthalmology unit, and from April 24, 2020 (when resolution 666 on biosecurity measures started) until March 2021, 95 consultations were registered. The majority of the patients presented with viral conjunctivitis, followed by superinfected viral conjunctivitis, and bacterial conjunctivitis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We hypothesize that biosecurity measures such as isolation, frequent hand washing, and the use of face masks could explain the marked reduction in cases of infectious conjunctivitis in the community.</p>","PeriodicalId":520465,"journal":{"name":"Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia)","volume":"25 6","pages":"110422"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11665032/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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