rev. Méd. roSArio 87: 163-164, 2021
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TRYPANOCIDAL THERAPY AMONG CHILDREN INFECTED WITH CHRONIC INFECTION BY
TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI. SEROLOGICAL AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES OVER A
MEAN TWENTY-FIVE-YEARS FOLLOW-UP PERIOD
SuASnáBAr S, oliverA lv, AriAS e, BizAi Ml, BottASSo o, AriAS e, fABBro d.
is study compared the serological and electrocardiographic patients (OR = 0.18, 95% CI = 0.04-0.79; p = 0.023).
evolution among patients with chronic T. cruzi infection Electrocardiographic abnormalities attributable to Chagas
treated during childhood or left untreated. A retrospective cardiomyopathy were seen in 3 patients from the untreated
cohort study was conducted during a mean follow-up group (complete right bundle branch block + left anterior
period of 25 years in 82 patients: half of them underwent fascicular block, frequent ventricular+ extrasystole,
treatment (nifurtimox 8, benznidazole 33) before being and left anterior fascicular block). e remarkable
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5 years old, whereas the other half remained untreated. seronegativization seen in Benznidazole and Nifurtimox
During the follow-up, negative seroconversion occurred in recipients underlines the parasiticidal effect of both
2.7% of the treated children, while all the untreated ones compounds. Such demonstration along with the fact that
remained positive for conventional serology. At baseline, CCC-related alterations were only present in the untreated
patients from each group had electrocardiographic group, reinforces the view of trypanocidal treatment in
abnormalities. During the study period, 4/41 (9.75%) and chronically T. cruzi-infected children as decreasing the risk
/41 (21.95%) of treated and untreated patients displayed for cardiomyopathy development.
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an altered electrocardiogram, respectively. In multivariate
analyses, the probability of developing electrocardiographic
abnormalities was significantly reduced among treated
Acta Tropica 222: 106 050, 2021.
ABORTION-RELATED MORBIDITY IN SIX LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES:
FINDINGS OF THE WHO/HRP MULTI-COUNTRY SURVEY ON ABORTION (MCS-A).
MAriAnA roMero, rodolfo goMez ponce de león, luiz frAnciSco BAccAro, BereniSe cArroli,
hedieh MehrtASh, JiMenA rAndolino, eliSA MenJivAr, erikA eStévez SAint-hilAire, MAríA del
pilAr huAtuco, roSAlindA hernández Muñoz, gABrielA gArcíA cAMAcho, Soe Soe thwin, liA-
nA cAMpodonico, edgArdo áBAloS, dAniel giordAno, hugo gAMerro, cAron rAhn kiM, BelA
gAnAtrA, Metin gulMezoglu, ozge tuncAlp, guillerMo cArroli
Introduction
countries of the Americas region. Methods is is a cross-
Abortion-related complications are a significant cause of sectional study of 70 health facilities across six countries
morbidity and mortality among women in many Latin in the region. We collected data on women’s characteristics
American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. e objective of including socio-demographics, obstetric history, clinical
this study was to characterise abortion-related complication information, management procedures and using Audio
severity, describe the management of these complications and Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI) survey the
report women’s experiences with abortion care in selected experience of abortion care. Descriptive bivariate analysis
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