Presencia africana en el Perú

El regreso de las epidemias. Salud y sociedad en el Perú del siglo XX

extent the approaches to illness and healing have become "disenchanted" during this period or not. The authors have drawn on a broad range of archival sources, medical literature and field studies (as far as the more recent history is concerned). The studies in this volume show that Max Weber's concept of the "disenchantment of the world" may be perfectly applicable to many phenomena, but lack ...

Costo De Enfermedades Mentales Prevalentes En Perú.

El Cerebelo En El Autismo

Autism is considered as a neurodevelopmental disorder which affects boys more than girls, in a proportion 4:1 respectively. Autism presents neuroanatomical abnormalities located in the frontal cortex, the amygdala and the cerebellum. Autistic cerebellar postmortem studies have revealed a reduced number of Purkinje cells as well as a reduced Purkinje cell size when compared with non-autistic sub...

La depresión en el anciano.

La prevalencia de la depresión varía en función del medio que estudiemos. La depresión mayor muestra una prevalencia menor del 3% en la comunidad2-5, del 10-16% en unidades de agudos6,7 y del 15-25% en residencias3,4,8. Las llamadas depresiones menores son aún más prevalentes: las presentan un 15-20% de los ancianos en la comunidad5,9, el 40% en hospitales2,10 y un 30-50% en instituciones2,7,9,...

Enfermedad cardiovascular en el anciano

The aging of the population worldwide will result in increasing numbers of elderly patients, among whom heart disease is the leading cause of death. Changes in cardiovascular physiology with normal aging and prevalent comorbidities result in differences in the effects of common cardiac problems as well as the response to their treatments. Patient-centered goals of care such as maintenance of in...