Disease burden from tobacco consumption in Peru and the projected effect of strengthening control measures: a modeling study.

Background: Motivation for the study. Despite progress in tobacco control, the economic and disease burden in Peru remains high. Strengthening smoke-free regulations, implementing plain packaging, banning tobacco promotion and sponsorship, and increasing taxes could reduce it.

Diagnostic utility of artificial intelligence software through non-mydriatic digital retinography in the screening of diabetic retinopathy: an overview of reviews.

Objective: To evaluate the capability of artificial intelligence (AI) in screening for diabetic retinopathy (DR) utilizing digital retinography captured by non-mydriatic (NM) ≥45° cameras, focusing on diagnosis accuracy, effectiveness, and clinical safety.

Methods: We performed an overview of systematic reviews (SRs) up to May 2023 in Medline, Embase, CINAHL, and Web of Science. We used AMSTAR-2 tool to assess the reliability of each SR.

Correction Rates and Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Adults With Severe Hyponatremia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Importance: Hyponatremia treatment guidelines recommend limiting the correction of severe hyponatremia during the first 24 hours to prevent osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS). Recent evidence suggests that slower rates of correction are associated with increased mortality.

Objective: To evaluate the association of sodium correction rates with mortality among hospitalized adults with severe hyponatremia.

Characteristics and quality of systematic reviews led by Peruvian authors: A scoping review.

Background: Systematic reviews (SRs) worldwide suffer from methodological deficiencies, potentially biasing intervention decisions, and Peruvian SRs are no exception. Evaluating SRs led by Peruvian researchers is a crucial step to enhance quality and transparency in decision-making and to identify topics where SRs are either scarce or prioritized for research.

Objective: To describe the characteristics and assess the methodological quality of SRs with Peruvian first authors.

Medication use in pediatric patients with covid-19 hospitalized in a referral hospital in Lima, Peru, 2020 - 2022.

Motivation for the study. Therapeutic guidelines for COVID-19 in children changed constantly during the pandemic. In Peru, the variation of the treatment during the different waves of the pandemic has not been studied.

Diagnostic accuracy of urine dipstick testing for albumin-to-creatinine ratio and albuminuria: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The accuracy of urine dipsticks to detect increased albuminuria is uncertain. We aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of urine dipsticks for detecting albuminuria.

Methods: A systematic review of studies that assessed the diagnostic accuracy of urine dipstick testing for detecting albuminuria has been conducted (using as reference standard the albuminuria in a 24-hour sample or the albumin-to-creatinine ratio) in Scopus, PubMed, and Google Scholar.

Determinants of adolescent pregnancy in indigenous communities from the Peruvian central jungle: a case-control study.

Background: Adolescent pregnancy carries a high risk of severe health issues for both the mother and the newborn. Worldwide, 21 million adolescents give birth every year, with high percentages in Latin America. Most of the risk factors are met in indigenous communities, which is an underrepresented and poorly studied population.

FINDRISC in Latin America: a systematic review of diagnosis and prognosis models.

This review aimed to assess whether the FINDRISC, a risk score for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), has been externally validated in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). We conducted a systematic review following the CHARMS (CHecklist for critical Appraisal and data extraction for systematic Reviews of prediction Modelling Studies) framework. Reports were included if they validated or re-estimated the FINDRISC in population-based samples, health facilities or administrative data.