Browsing by Author "Jose Silva, Maria"

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    Effectiveness of Asthma Education with and Without a Self-Management Plan in Hospitalized Children
    (TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2009) Espinoza Palma, Tatiana; Zamorano, Alejandra; Arancibia, Francisca; Bustos, Maria Francisca; Jose Silva, Maria; Cardenas, Consuelo; De La Barra, Pedro; Puente, Victoria; Cerda, Jaime; Castro Rodriguez, Jose A.; Prado, Francisco
    Background. Formal education in primary care can reduce asthma exacerbations. However, there are few studies in hospitalized children, with none originating in Latin America. Methods. A prospective randomized study was designed to evaluate whether a full education with self-management plan (ESM) was more effective than an education without self-management plan (E) in reducing asthma hospitalization. Children (5 to 15 years of age) who were hospitalized for an asthma attack were divided in two groups. Children in the E group received general instructions based on a booklet. Those in the ESM group received the same booklet plus a self-management guide and a puzzle game that reinforces the lessons learned in the booklet. Patients were interviewed every 3 months, by telephone, for one year. Interviewers recording the number of hospitalizations, exacerbations, and emergency visits for asthma and oral steroid burst uses. Results. From 88 children who met the inclusion criteria, 77 (86%) completed one year of follow-up (41 from E and 36 from ESM group). Overall, after one year, the hospitalization decreased by 66% and the inhaled corticosteroids therapy increased from 36% to 79%. At the end of the study, there was no difference in exacerbations, emergency visits, oral steroid burst uses, or hospitalizations between the two groups. Conclusions. Asthma education with or without a self-management plan during asthma hospitalization were effective in reducing exacerbations, emergency visits, oral steroid burst uses, and future rehospitalizations. This evidence supports the importance of providing a complete asthma education plan in any patient who is admitted for asthma exacerbation.
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    Mode of delivery and antenatal steroids and their association with survival and severe intraventricular hemorrhage in very low birth weight infants
    (2016) Hubner, M. E.; Ramirez, R.; Burgos, J.; Dominguez, A.; Tapia, J. L.; Colantonio, Guillermo; Zapata, Jorge; Perez, Gaston; Ana Pedraza, Susana Garcia; Kurlat, Isabel; Di Siervi, Oscar; Escarate, Adriana; Mariani, Gonzalo; Maria Ceriani, Jose; Fernandez, Silvia; Fustinana, Carlos; Brener, Pablo; Edwards, Eleonora; Tavosnaska, Jorge; Roldan, Liliana; Sexer, Hector; Saa, Gladys; Sabatelli, Debora; Laura Gendra, Maria; Fernanda Buraschi, Maria; Molina, Paula; Daniel, Agost; Morganti, Federico; Fontana, Adriana; Chandias, Daniela; Rinaldi, Monica; Grandi, Carlos; Rojas, Elio; Solana, Claudio; Nieto, Ricardo; Meritano, Javier; Larguia, Miguel; Kasten, Laura; Cuneo, Lucrecia; Decaro, Marcelo; Cracco, Lionel; Bassi, Gustavo; Jacobi, Noemi; Brum, Andrea; Vain, Nestor; Aguilar, Adriana; Guerrero, Miriam; Szyld, Edgardo; Escandar, Alcira; Abdala, Daniel; Guida, Martin; Ferrin, Lucila; Roge, Horacio; Musante, Gabriel; Capelli, Maria C.; Pablo Berazategui, Juan; de Elizalde, Magdalena; Ignacio Fraga, Juan; Keller, Rodolfo; Ahumada, Luis; Ferreyra, Mirta; Ferreira, Vanda; Borges, Roberta; Do Vale, Marynea; Cavalcante, Silvia; Gusmao, Joama; Franco, Patricia; Jose Silva, Maria; Fabres, Jorge; Estay, Alberto; Gonzalez, Alvaro; Kattan, Javier; Quezada, Mariela; Urzua, Soledad; Campos, Lilia; Cifuentes, Lilian; Leon, Jorge; Aguilar, Roxana; Treuer, Sergio; Giaconi, Jimena; Bancalari, Aldo; Standen, Jane; Escobar, Marisol; Veas, Viviana; Sandino, Daniela; Gonzalez, Agustina; Avila, Claudia; Guzman, Carla; Toro, Claudia; Mena, Patricia; Milet, Beatriz; Pittaluga, Enrica; Pena, Veronica; Mendizabal, Rafael; Pizarro, Dagoberto; D'Apremont, Ivonne; Tapia, Jose L.; Marshall, Guillermo; Villarroel, Luis; Quezada, Mariela; Dominguez, Angelica; Lacarruba, Jose; Cespedes, Elizabeth; Mir, Ramon; Mendieta, Elvira; Genes, Larissa; Caballero, Carlos; Webb, Veronica; Rivera, Fabiola; Llontop, Margarita; Bellomo, Sicilia; Zegarra, Jaime; Chumbes, Oscar; Castaneda, Anne; Cabrera, Walter; Llanos, Raul; Mucha, Jorge; Garcia, Gustavo; Ceruti, Beatriz; Borbonet, Daniel; Gugliucci, Sandra; Lain, Ana; Martinez, Mariza; Bazan, Gabriela; Piffaretti, Susana; Cuna, Isabel; Bermudez, Patricia
    OBJECTIVE: To determine whether CS delivery and receipt of antenatal steroids (ANS) in vertex-presenting singletons with a gestational age (GA) between 24 and 30 weeks is associated with improved survival and improved severe intraventricular hemorrhage (sIVH)-free survival.