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National Autonomous University of Nicaragua
Education•Managua, Nicaragua•
About: National Autonomous University of Nicaragua is a education organization based out in Managua, Nicaragua. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Public health. The organization has 775 authors who have published 715 publications receiving 9791 citations.
Topics: Population, Public health, Kidney disease, Rotavirus, Health care
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TL;DR: The authors' meta-analysis showed positive associations for males (versus females) and family history of CKD, water intake, lowland altitude and CKDu, and no significant associations with pesticide exposure, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs intake, heat stress and alcohol consumption.
Abstract: Background:
The aim of this systematic review is to examine the epidemiological knowledge and gaps in understanding of the potential causes of chronic kidney disease of undetermined cause (CKDu) in Meso-America. //
Methods:
A systematic literature search of epidemiological studies of CKDu was conducted in PubMed, Embase and Web of Science from January 2000 to January 2017. Study quality was assessed by adapting the tool from Higgins et al. for observational studies. Where applicable, the summary prevalence odds ratio (POR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated using a random effects model. //
Results:
Twenty-five epidemiological studies were included in the analysis of risk factors for CKDu. The quality assessment of each occupational and community study was medium. The PORs for CKDu were males versus females 2.42 (95% CI 1.76–3.08), family history of CKD (versus none) 1.84 (95% CI 1.37–2.30), high water intake (versus low) 1.61 (95% CI 1.01–2.21) and low altitude (versus highland) 2.09 (95% CI 1.00–3.17). There were no significant associations between CKDu and pesticide exposure (versus no) 1.17 (95% CI 0.87–1.46), alcohol consumption (versus no) 1.34 (95% CI 0.84–1.84), non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (versus no) 0.99 (95% CI 0.60–1.39) and heat stress (versus no) 1.52 (95% CI −0.91 – 3.95). //
Conclusion:
Our meta-analysis showed positive associations for males (versus females) and family history of CKD, water intake, lowland altitude and CKDu. There were no significant associations with pesticide exposure, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs intake, heat stress and alcohol consumption.
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TL;DR: This study confirms the renal morphology of MeN: chronicglomerular and tubulointerstitial damage with glomerulosclerosis and chronic glomerular ischemia and follow-up data show that eGFRs, on average, deteriorated.
72 citations
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TL;DR: High levels of antibiotic resistance were found in E. coli isolates in hospital sewage water and in eight of 87 well-water samples and among the resistant isolates from the wells, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, nalidixic acid, trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole was the most common multi-resistance profile.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show how a global community is responding to the challenges of tropical ecosystem research with diverse teams measuring forests tree-by-tree in thousands of long-term plots.
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TL;DR: Within the first 2 years of a PCV-13 immunization program in Nicaragua, lower rates of hospitalizations and ambulatory visits for pneumonia among children of all ages and a lower infant mortality rate are observed.
Abstract: Background:In 2010, Nicaragua became the first developing nation to add 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-13) to its national immunization schedule, using a “3+0” dosing schedule. We assessed changes in incidence rates of health facility visits for childhood pneumonia and infant mortalit
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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José A. G. Agúndez | 49 | 270 | 8893 |
Adrián LLerena | 43 | 226 | 6276 |
Julio Benítez | 40 | 108 | 4357 |
Noemí Castro | 30 | 98 | 2183 |
Carolina González | 21 | 63 | 1395 |
Filemon Bucardo | 21 | 54 | 1507 |
Rodolfo Peña | 21 | 39 | 2792 |
Juan Jovel | 20 | 58 | 2235 |
Eliette Valladares | 19 | 35 | 3048 |
Margarita Paniagua | 17 | 24 | 935 |
Carlos M. Vilas | 16 | 124 | 982 |
Aurora Aragón | 16 | 33 | 1073 |
Michael H. Carstens | 16 | 37 | 1128 |
Sonia Panadero | 14 | 41 | 422 |
Ricardo L. Dominguez | 14 | 39 | 1024 |