Clinical and perioperative outcomes of abdominal wall reconstruction and panniculectomy in a single surgical procedure: experience from a high-complexity center in bogotá, Colombia.

Purpose: Patients with obesity and a large pannus may benefit from the simultaneous performance of panniculectomy and ventral hernia repair. However, the literature reports conflicting results regarding an increased risk of surgical site events when both procedures are performed concurrently. This study aimed to describe the outcomes of patients undergoing simultaneous ventral hernia repair and panniculectomy.

Multimedia Approach to Living Donation Education for Transplant Professionals: Building a Professional Society Multimedia Work Group.

Purpose Of Review: Currently, there are number of initiatives underway across the world to remove barriers and increase education about living donation and living donor transplantation, including among professionals. Widespread use of the internet and social media (SoMe) started a new era of online information sharing. Extensive studies have highlighted the significant role of visual abstracts (VAs) and infographics in disseminating medical information including related to donation and transplantation.

Toward Inclusive Social Cognition Assessment: Validating a Unified Battery for Hearing and Deaf Children.

The Social Cognition Battery (SCB) was validated as an inclusive tool for assessing social cognition (SC) in hearing and deaf children, addressing cross-cultural gaps. Participants included 154 hearing (M age = 8.10, SD = 1.

LIPID PROFILE IN FITNESS-FOR-WORK ASSESSMENT ACCORDING TO JOB SECTOR IN A OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CLINIC IN PERU.

Objective: To describe the differences in lipid profiles and other factors associated with fitness-for work assessments in workers in Peru according to job sector.

Methodology: This was an analytical cross-sectional study with secondary data analysis in an Occupational Health Clinic. The quantitative measures of the lipid profile (total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein [HDL] cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein [LDL] cholesterol, very-low-density lipoprotein [VLDL] cholesterol and triglycerides) were analyzed descriptively and analytically compared between job sectors and other variables.

Normative data of the Spanish version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in older individuals from Peru.

Unlabelled: The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) has proven to be an effective tool for detecting early dementia in older adults. However, in the Latin American region, there are few available norms of the Spanish version. The Peruvian population faces major healthcare barriers to early screening, so it is important to validate this instrument within this population.