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Using magnetic resonance imaging to measure head muscles: An innovative method to opportunistically determine muscle mass and detect sarcopenia

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, Volume 15, Issue 1, Page 189-197, February 2024.
Abstract Background Sarcopenia is associated with multiple adverse outcomes. Traditional methods to determine low muscle mass for the diagnosis of sarcopenia are mainly based on dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry (DXA), whole‐body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and bioelectrical impedance analysis.
Miguel German Borda, Gustavo Duque, Mario Ulises Pérez‐Zepeda, Jonathan Patricio Baldera, Eric Westman, Anna Zettergren, Jessica Samuelsson, Silke Kern, Lina Rydén, Ingmar Skoog, Dag Aarsland   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conocimientos, aptitudes y prácticas acerca de la infección por el virus del Zika en los residentes de la Bahía de las Calderas, Provincia Peravia, República Dominicana, en el período febrero-abril 2016

Ciencia y Salud, 2019
Introducción: la infección del virus del Zika, si bien no es una enfermedad mortal, según la OMS se encuentra en la actualidad declarada como una emergencia sanitaria global.
Emilton López, Dania Torres, Anny V. Corominas Díaz, Laura Guzmán Pérez, Luisa J. López Martínez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Active Tectonics, Quaternary Stress Regime Evolution and Seismotectonic Faults in Southern Central Hispaniola: Implications for the Quantitative Seismic Hazard Assessment

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Volume 25, Issue 2, February 2024.
Abstract Present‐day convergence between Caribbean and North American plates is accommodated by subduction zones, major active thrusts and strike‐slip faults, which are probably the source of the historical large earthquakes on Hispaniola. However, little is known of their geometric and kinematic characteristics, slip rates and seismic activity over ...
J. Escuder‐Viruete, F. J. Fernández, F. Pérez Valera, F. McDermott   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modifiable factors and determinants associated with poor lipid control in individuals with high cardiovascular risk

Ciencia y Salud
Introduction: Science continues to provide evidence in managing cardiovascular disease in high-risk patients. This study aimed to identify modifiable factors and social determinants of health associated with poor lipid control.
Jenny L. Cepeda-Marte, Ricardo E. Hernández-Landa, Carlos Ruiz-Matuk, Marc B. Bello-Figueroa, Kristy Polanco, Daniela Salado, Valery Carrion, Jazmin Pantaleon Vásquez, Pedro Vargas Bocio, Roberto Garcia, Elizabeth Sánchez Almánzar   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of sample pooling for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in a resource-limited setting, Dominican Republic. [PDF]

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed), 2023
Ramírez MT, Del Rosario C, Contreras E, Cabrera J, Degaudenzi AV, Ramírez RP.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

[Use of Multiple Methods to Measure Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment in La Romana, Dominican RepublicMedição da adesão a antirretrovirais com múltiplos métodos em La Romana, República Dominicana]. [PDF]

Rev Panam Salud Publica, 2022
Báez P, Tiburcio A, Alba N, Mateo F, Grullon E, Cordero S, Fernández A, Reinoso J, Cruz D, Gómez K, Vargas N, Saint-Hilaire C, Abreu O, Acosta G, Halpern M, Stonbraker S.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Dos nuevos lugares de anidación para el flamenco del Caribe, Phoenicopterus ruber (Phoenicopteriformes: Phoenicopteridae), en el noroeste de República Dominicana

Novitates Caribaea
Se reportan dos nuevos sitios de anidación del flamenco caribeño (Phoenicopterus ruber) dentro del Parque Nacional Manglares de Estero Balsa en el noroeste de República Dominicana.
Eladio Fernández, María Paulino, Luis Ramón Paulino   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health care access and migration experiences among Venezuelan female sex workers living in the Dominican Republic. [PDF]

Rev Panam Salud Publica, 2023
Paulino-Ramírez R, Kantor EF, Faccini M, Rodríguez-Lauzurique RM, Canario De La Torre M, Henríquez-Cross A, Castro A.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

[Maternal and child health inequalities among migrants: the case of Haiti and the Dominican RepublicDesigualdades na saúde materno-infantil entre migrantes: o caso do Haiti e da República Dominicana]. [PDF]

Rev Panam Salud Publica, 2021
Bouilly R, Gatica-Domínguez G, Mesenburg M, Cáceres Ureña FI, Leventhal DGP, Barros AJD, Victora CG, Wehrmeister FC.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in an adult population from eight communities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. [PDF]

Acta Odontol Latinoam, 2021
Collins JR, Brache M, Ogando G, Veras K, Rivera H.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source