Contabilidad y responsabilidad social corporativa:

This article seeks to show if the accounting variables determine the probability that a Colombian company does Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The data was extracted from the thousand largest companies of the Superintendence of Companies and the estimates were made with the logit and probit models. The results show that operating income (sales) positively changes the probability that a company does CSR, while net profitability (profit) has a neutral effect. The general conclusion is that the estimates do not irrefutably demonstrate that accounting variables have an effect on the decision to engage in CSR.Este artículo busca mostrar si las variables las contables determinan la probabilidad de que una empresa colombiana haga Responsabilidad Social Corporativa (RSC). Los datos se extrajeron de las mil empresas más grandes de la Superintendencia de Sociedades y las estimaciones se hicieron con los modelos logit y probit. Los resultados muestran que el ingreso operacional (ventas) cambian de forma la positiva la probabilidad de que una empresa haga RSC, mientras que la rentabilidad neta (utilidad) tiene un efecto neutro. La conclusión general es que las estimaciones no demuestran de manera irrefutable que las variables contables tengan un efecto sobre la decisión de hacer RSC

Contabilidad y responsabilidad social corporativa:

This article seeks to show if the accounting variables determine the probability that a Colombian company does Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The data was extracted from the thousand largest companies of the Superintendence of Companies and the estimates were made with the logit and probit models. The results show that operating income (sales) positively changes the probability that a company does CSR, while net profitability (profit) has a neutral effect. The general conclusion is that the estimates do not irrefutably demonstrate that accounting variables have an effect on the decision to engage in CSR.Este artículo busca mostrar si las variables las contables determinan la probabilidad de que una empresa colombiana haga Responsabilidad Social Corporativa (RSC). Los datos se extrajeron de las mil empresas más grandes de la Superintendencia de Sociedades y las estimaciones se hicieron con los modelos logit y probit. Los resultados muestran que el ingreso operacional (ventas) cambian de forma la positiva la probabilidad de que una empresa haga RSC, mientras que la rentabilidad neta (utilidad) tiene un efecto neutro. La conclusión general es que las estimaciones no demuestran de manera irrefutable que las variables contables tengan un efecto sobre la decisión de hacer RSC

Guía de práctica clínica para el tratamiento quirúrgico de pacientes con urolitiasis en el Seguro Social del Perú (EsSalud)

Introduction. This article summarizes the clinical practice guide (CPG) for the surgical treatment of patients with urolithiasis in the Social Security of Peru (EsSalud). Objective. To provide clinical recommendations based on evidence for the surgical treatment of patients with urolithiasis in EsSalud. Method. A guideline group (GEG) constituted by urologists and methodologists was formed, who formulated the clinical questions that were answered within the present CPG. For each of these questions systematic searches of systematic reviews and primary studies (when considered pertinent) were carried out in PubMed during 2018. The evidence was selected to answer each one of the clinical questions posed, later the certainty was evaluated of the evidence using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology. Regular work meetings were scheduled, in which the GEG reviewed the evidence and made recommendations, points of good clinical practice, and flow charts; using the GRADE methodology. The CPG was approved with Resolution No. 66-IETSI-ESSALUD-2018. Results. Six clinical questions on the subject of surgical treatment in urolithiasis were addressed. Based on these questions, 5 recommendations were formulated (2 strong recommendations and 3 conditional recommendations), 21 points of good clinical practice, and 3 management flow charts. Conclusion. This article summarizes the methodology and conclusions based on evidence from the CPG for the surgical treatment of patients with urolithiasis in EsSalud.Introducción. El presente artículo resume la guía de práctica clínica (GPC) para el tratamiento quirúrgico de pacientes con urolitiasis en el Seguro Social del Perú (EsSalud). Objetivo. Proveer recomendaciones clínicas basadas en evidencias para la para el tratamiento quirúrgico de los pacientes con urolitiasis en EsSalud. Método. Se conformó un grupo elaborador de la guía (GEG) constituido por médicos urólogos y metodólogos, los cuales formularon las preguntas clínicas que fueron respondidas dentro de la presente GPC. Para cada una de estas preguntas se realizó búsquedas de revisiones sistemáticas y de estudios primarios (cuando se consideró pertinente) en PubMed durante el 2018. Se seleccionó la evidencia para responder cada una de las preguntas clínicas planteadas, posteriormente se evaluó la certeza de la evidencia usando la metodología Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE). Se programaron reuniones de trabajo periódicas en las cuales el GEG revisó la evidencia y formuló recomendaciones, puntos de buenas prácticas clínicas y flujogramas usando la metodología GRADE. La GPC fue aprobada con Resolución N° 66–IETSI-ESSALUD-2018. Resultados. Se abordó 6 preguntas clínicas sobre el tema de tratamiento quirúrgico en urolitiasis. En base a dichas preguntas se formularon 5 recomendaciones (2 recomendaciones fuertes y 3 recomendaciones condicionales), 21 puntos de buena práctica clínica, y 3 flujogramas de manejo. Conclusión. El presente artículo resume la metodología y las conclusiones basadas en evidencias de la GPC para el tratamiento quirúrgico de pacientes con urolitiasis en EsSalud

Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots

Tropical forests are the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth. While better understanding of these forests is critical for our collective future, until quite recently efforts to measure and monitor them have been largely disconnected. Networking is essential to discover the answers to questions that transcend borders and the horizons of funding agencies. Here we show how a global community is responding to the challenges of tropical ecosystem research with diverse teams measuring forests tree-by-tree in thousands of long-term plots. We review the major scientific discoveries of this work and show how this process is changing tropical forest science. Our core approach involves linking long-term grassroots initiatives with standardized protocols and data management to generate robust scaled-up results. By connecting tropical researchers and elevating their status, our Social Research Network model recognises the key role of the data originator in scientific discovery. Conceived in 1999 with RAINFOR (South America), our permanent plot networks have been adapted to Africa (AfriTRON) and Southeast Asia (T-FORCES) and widely emulated worldwide. Now these multiple initiatives are integrated via ForestPlots.net cyber-infrastructure, linking colleagues from 54 countries across 24 plot networks. Collectively these are transforming understanding of tropical forests and their biospheric role. Together we have discovered how, where and why forest carbon and biodiversity are responding to climate change, and how they feedback on it. This long-term pan-tropical collaboration has revealed a large long-term carbon sink and its trends, as well as making clear which drivers are most important, which forest processes are affected, where they are changing, what the lags are, and the likely future responses of tropical forests as the climate continues to change. By leveraging a remarkably old technology, plot networks are sparking a very modern revolution in tropical forest science. In the future, humanity can benefit greatly by nurturing the grassroots communities now collectively capable of generating unique, long-term understanding of Earth's most precious forests.Additional co-authors: Susan Laurance, William Laurance, Francoise Yoko Ishida, Andrew Marshall, Catherine Waite, Hannsjoerg Woell, Jean-Francois Bastin, Marijn Bauters, Hans Beeckman, Pfascal Boeckx, Jan Bogaert, Charles De Canniere, Thales de Haulleville, Jean-Louis Doucet, Olivier Hardy, Wannes Hubau, Elizabeth Kearsley, Hans Verbeeck, Jason Vleminckx, Steven W. Brewer, Alfredo Alarcón, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Eric Arets, Luzmila Arroyo, Ezequiel Chavez, Todd Fredericksen, René Guillén Villaroel, Gloria Gutierrez Sibauty, Timothy Killeen, Juan Carlos Licona, John Lleigue, Casimiro Mendoza, Samaria Murakami, Alexander Parada Gutierrez, Guido Pardo, Marielos Peña-Claros, Lourens Poorter, Marisol Toledo, Jeanneth Villalobos Cayo, Laura Jessica Viscarra, Vincent Vos, Jorge Ahumada, Everton Almeida, Jarcilene Almeida, Edmar Almeida de Oliveira, Wesley Alves da Cruz, Atila Alves de Oliveira, Fabrício Alvim Carvalho, Flávio Amorim Obermuller, Ana Andrade, Fernanda Antunes Carvalho, Simone Aparecida Vieira, Ana Carla Aquino, Luiz Aragão, Ana Claudia Araújo, Marco Antonio Assis, Jose Ataliba Mantelli Aboin Gomes, Fabrício Baccaro, Plínio Barbosa de Camargo, Paulo Barni, Jorcely Barroso, Luis Carlos Bernacci, Kauane Bordin, Marcelo Brilhante de Medeiros, Igor Broggio, José Luís Camargo, Domingos Cardoso, Maria Antonia Carniello, Andre Luis Casarin Rochelle, Carolina Castilho, Antonio Alberto Jorge Farias Castro, Wendeson Castro, Sabina Cerruto Ribeiro, Flávia Costa, Rodrigo Costa de Oliveira, Italo Coutinho, John Cunha, Lola da Costa, Lucia da Costa Ferreira, Richarlly da Costa Silva, Marta da Graça Zacarias Simbine, Vitor de Andrade Kamimura, Haroldo Cavalcante de Lima, Lia de Oliveira Melo, Luciano de Queiroz, José Romualdo de Sousa Lima, Mário do Espírito Santo, Tomas Domingues, Nayane Cristina dos Santos Prestes, Steffan Eduardo Silva Carneiro, Fernando Elias, Gabriel Eliseu, Thaise Emilio, Camila Laís Farrapo, Letícia Fernandes, Gustavo Ferreira, Joice Ferreira, Leandro Ferreira, Socorro Ferreira, Marcelo Fragomeni Simon, Maria Aparecida Freitas, Queila S. García, Angelo Gilberto Manzatto, Paulo Graça, Frederico Guilherme, Eduardo Hase, Niro Higuchi, Mariana Iguatemy, Reinaldo Imbrozio Barbosa, Margarita Jaramillo, Carlos Joly, Joice Klipel, Iêda Leão do Amaral, Carolina Levis, Antonio S. Lima, Maurício Lima Dan, Aline Lopes, Herison Madeiros, William E. Magnusson, Rubens Manoel dos Santos, Beatriz Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon Junior, Roberta Marotti Martelletti Grillo, Luiz Martinelli, Simone Matias Reis, Salomão Medeiros, Milton Meira-Junior, Thiago Metzker, Paulo Morandi, Natanael Moreira do Nascimento, Magna Moura, Sandra Cristina Müller, Laszlo Nagy, Henrique Nascimento, Marcelo Nascimento, Adriano Nogueira Lima, Raimunda Oliveira de Araújo, Jhonathan Oliveira Silva, Marcelo Pansonato, Gabriel Pavan Sabino, Karla Maria Pedra de Abreu, Pablo José Francisco Pena Rodrigues, Maria Piedade, Domingos Rodrigues, José Roberto Rodrigues Pinto, Carlos Quesada, Eliana Ramos, Rafael Ramos, Priscyla Rodrigues, Thaiane Rodrigues de Sousa, Rafael Salomão, Flávia Santana, Marcos Scaranello, Rodrigo Scarton Bergamin, Juliana Schietti, Jochen Schöngart, Gustavo Schwartz, Natalino Silva, Marcos Silveira, Cristiana Simão Seixas, Marta Simbine, Ana Claudia Souza, Priscila Souza, Rodolfo Souza, Tereza Sposito, Edson Stefani Junior, Julio Daniel do Vale, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Dora Villela, Marcos Vital, Haron Xaud, Katia Zanini, Charles Eugene Zartman, Nur Khalish Hafizhah Ideris, Faizah binti Hj Metali, Kamariah Abu Salim, Muhd Shahruney Saparudin, Rafizah Mat Serudin, Rahayu Sukmaria Sukri, Serge Begne, George Chuyong, Marie Noel Djuikouo, Christelle Gonmadje, Murielle Simo-Droissart, Bonaventure Sonké, Hermann Taedoumg, Lise Zemagho, Sean Thomas, Fidèle Baya, Gustavo Saiz, Javier Silva Espejo, Dexiang Chen, Alan Hamilton, Yide Li, Tushou Luo, Shukui Niu, Han Xu, Zhang Zhou, Esteban Álvarez-Dávila, Juan Carlos Andrés Escobar, Henry Arellano-Peña, Jaime Cabezas Duarte, Jhon Calderón, Lina Maria Corrales Bravo, Borish Cuadrado, Hermes Cuadros, Alvaro Duque, Luisa Fernanda Duque, Sandra Milena Espinosa, Rebeca Franke-Ante, Hernando García, Alejandro Gómez, Roy González-M., Álvaro Idárraga-Piedrahíta, Eliana Jimenez, Rubén Jurado, Wilmar López Oviedo, René López-Camacho, Omar Aurelio Melo Cruz, Irina Mendoza Polo, Edwin Paky, Karen Pérez, Angel Pijachi, Camila Pizano, Adriana Prieto, Laura Ramos, Zorayda Restrepo Correa, James Richardson, Elkin Rodríguez, Gina M. Rodriguez M., Agustín Rudas, Pablo Stevenson, Markéta Chudomelová, Martin Dancak, Radim Hédl, Stanislav Lhota, Martin Svatek, Jacques Mukinzi, Corneille Ewango, Terese Hart, Emmanuel Kasongo Yakusu, Janvier Lisingo, Jean-Remy Makana, Faustin Mbayu, Benjamin Toirambe, John Tshibamba Mukendi, Lars Kvist, Gustav Nebel, Selene Báez, Carlos Céron, Daniel M. Griffith, Juan Ernesto Guevara Andino, David Neill, Walter Palacios, Maria Cristina Peñuela-Mora, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres, Gorky Villa, Sheleme Demissie, Tadesse Gole, Techane Gonfa, Kalle Ruokolainen, Michel Baisie, Fabrice Bénédet, Wemo Betian, Vincent Bezard, Damien Bonal, Jerôme Chave, Vincent Droissart, Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury, Annette Hladik, Nicolas Labrière, Pétrus Naisso, Maxime Réjou-Méchain, Plinio Sist, Lilian Blanc, Benoit Burban, Géraldine Derroire, Aurélie Dourdain, Clement Stahl, Natacha Nssi Bengone, Eric Chezeaux, Fidèle Evouna Ondo, Vincent Medjibe, Vianet Mihindou, Lee White, Heike Culmsee, Cristabel Durán Rangel, Viviana Horna, Florian Wittmann, Stephen Adu-Bredu, Kofi Affum-Baffoe, Ernest Foli, Michael Balinga, Anand Roopsind, James Singh, Raquel Thomas, Roderick Zagt, Indu K. Murthy, Kuswata Kartawinata, Edi Mirmanto, Hari Priyadi, Ismayadi Samsoedin, Terry Sunderland, Ishak Yassir, Francesco Rovero, Barbara Vinceti, Bruno Hérault, Shin-Ichiro Aiba, Kanehiro Kitayama, Armandu Daniels, Darlington Tuagben, John T. Woods, Muhammad Fitriadi, Alexander Karolus, Kho Lip Khoon, Noreen Majalap, Colin Maycock, Reuben Nilus, Sylvester Tan, Almeida Sitoe, Indiana Coronado G., Lucas Ojo, Rafael de Assis, Axel Dalberg Poulsen, Douglas Sheil, Karen Arévalo Pezo, Hans Buttgenbach Verde, Victor Chama Moscoso, Jimmy Cesar Cordova Oroche, Fernando Cornejo Valverde, Massiel Corrales Medina, Nallaret Davila Cardozo, Jano de Rutte Corzo, Jhon del Aguila Pasquel, Gerardo Flores Llampazo, Luis Freitas, Darcy Galiano Cabrera, Roosevelt García Villacorta, Karina Garcia Cabrera, Diego García Soria, Leticia Gatica Saboya, Julio Miguel Grandez Rios, Gabriel Hidalgo Pizango, Eurídice Honorio Coronado, Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Walter Huaraca Huasco, Yuri Tomas Huillca Aedo, Jose Luis Marcelo Peña, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza, Vanesa Moreano Rodriguez, Percy Núñez Vargas, Sonia Cesarina Palacios Ramos, Nadir Pallqui Camacho, Antonio Peña Cruz, Freddy Ramirez Arevalo, José Reyna Huaymacari, Carlos Reynel Rodriguez, Marcos Antonio Ríos Paredes, Lily Rodriguez Bayona, Rocio del Pilar Rojas Gonzales, Maria Elena Rojas Peña, Norma Salinas Revilla, Yahn Carlos Soto Shareva, Raul Tupayachi Trujillo, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez, Jim Vega Arenas, Christian Amani, Suspense Averti Ifo, Yannick Bocko, Patrick Boundja, Romeo Ekoungoulou, Mireille Hockemba, Donatien Nzala, Alusine Fofanah, David Taylor, Guillermo Bañares-de Dios, Luis Cayuela, Íñigo Granzow-de la Cerda, Manuel Macía, Juliana Stropp, Maureen Playfair, Verginia Wortel, Toby Gardner, Robert Muscarella, Hari Priyadi, Ervan Rutishauser, Kuo-Jung Chao, Pantaleo Munishi, Olaf Bánki, Frans Bongers, Rene Boot, Gabriella Fredriksson, Jan Reitsma, Hans ter Steege, Tinde van Andel, Peter van de Meer, Peter van der Hout, Mark van Nieuwstadt, Bert van Ulft, Elmar Veenendaal, Ronald Vernimmen, Pieter Zuidema, Joeri Zwerts, Perpetra Akite, Robert Bitariho, Colin Chapman, Eilu Gerald, Miguel Leal, Patrick Mucunguzi, Miguel Alexiades, Timothy R. Baker, Karina Banda, Lindsay Banin, Jos Barlow, Amy Bennett, Erika Berenguer, Nicholas Berry, Neil M. Bird, George A. Blackburn, Francis Brearley, Roel Brienen, David Burslem, Lidiany Carvalho, Percival Cho, Fernanda Coelho, Murray Collins, David Coomes, Aida Cuni-Sanchez, Greta Dargie, Kyle Dexter, Mat Disney, Freddie Draper, Muying Duan, Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert, Robert Ewers, Belen Fadrique, Sophie Fauset, Ted R. Feldpausch, Filipe França, David Galbraith, Martin Gilpin, Emanuel Gloor, John Grace, Keith Hamer, David Harris, Tommaso Jucker, Michelle Kalamandeen, Bente Klitgaard, Aurora Levesley, Simon L. Lewis, Jeremy Lindsell, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Jon Lovett, Yadvinder Malhi, Toby Marthews, Emma McIntosh, Karina Melgaço, William Milliken, Edward Mitchard, Peter Moonlight, Sam Moore, Alexandra Morel, Julie Peacock, Kelvin Peh, Colin Pendry, R. Toby Pennington, Luciana de Oliveira Pereira, Carlos Peres, Oliver L. Phillips, Georgia Pickavance, Thomas Pugh, Lan Qie, Terhi Riutta, Katherine Roucoux, Casey Ryan, Tiina Sarkinen, Camila Silva Valeria, Dominick Spracklen, Suzanne Stas, Martin Sullivan, Michael Swaine, Joey Talbot, James Taplin, Geertje van der Heijden, Laura Vedovato, Simon Willcock, Mathew Williams, Luciana Alves, Patricia Alvarez Loayza, Gabriel Arellano, Cheryl Asa, Peter Ashton, Gregory Asner, Terry Brncic, Foster Brown, Robyn Burnham, Connie Clark, James Comiskey, Gabriel Damasco, Stuart Davies, Tony Di Fiore, Terry Erwin, William Farfan-Rios, Jefferson Hall, David Kenfack, Thomas Lovejoy, Roberta Martin, Olga Martha Montiel, John Pipoly, Nigel Pitman, John Poulsen, Richard Primack, Miles Silman, Marc Steininger, Varun Swamy, John Terborgh, Duncan Thomas, Peter Umunay, Maria Uriarte, Emilio Vilanova Torre, Ophelia Wang, Kenneth Young, Gerardo A. Aymard C., Lionel Hernández, Rafael Herrera Fernández, Hirma Ramírez-Angulo, Pedro Salcedo, Elio Sanoja, Julio Serrano, Armando Torres-Lezama, Tinh Cong Le, Trai Trong Le, Hieu Dang Tra

Which Antibiotic for Urinary Tract Infections in Pregnancy? A Literature Review of International Guidelines

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is considered to be a major problem in pregnant women. It is also one of the most prevalent infections during pregnancy, being diagnosed in as many as 50–60% of all gestations. Therefore, UTI treatment during pregnancy is extremely important and management guidelines have been published worldwide to assist physicians in selecting the right antibiotic for each patient, taking into account the maternal and fetal safety profile. A review of the literature was carried out and all international guidelines giving recommendations about antibiotic treatments for pregnancy-related UTI were selected. The search came back with 13 guidelines from 4 different continents (8 from Europe, 3 from South America, 1 from North America and 1 from Oceania). Our review demonstrated concordance between guidelines with regard to several aspects in the antibiotic treatment of UTI during pregnancy and in the follow-up after treatment. Nonetheless, there are some areas of discordance, as in the case of antenatal screening for bacteriuria and the use of fluoroquinolones in lower or upper UTI. Given the current evidence that we have from international guidelines, they all agree on several key points about antibiotic use

Contabilidad y responsabilidad social corporativa:

Fil: Ruiz Acosta, Liliana Elizabeth. Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Colombia.Fil: Corrales Liévano, Juan David. Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Colombia.Fil: Camargo Mayorga, David Andrés. Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Colombia.This article seeks to show if the accounting variables determine the probability that a Colombian company does Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The data was extracted from the thousand largest companies of the Superintendence of Companies and the estimates were made with the logit and probit models. The results show that operating income (sales) positively changes the probability that a company does CSR, while net profitability (profit) has a neutral effect. The general conclusion is that the estimates do not irrefutably demonstrate that accounting variables have an effect on the decision to engage in CSR.Este artículo busca mostrar si las variables las contables determinan la probabilidad de que una empresa colombiana haga Responsabilidad Social Corporativa (RSC). Los datos se extrajeron de las mil empresas más grandes de la Superintendencia de Sociedades y las estimaciones se hicieron con los modelos logit y probit. Los resultados muestran que el ingreso operacional (ventas) cambian de forma la positiva la probabilidad de que una empresa haga RSC, mientras que la rentabilidad neta (utilidad) tiene un efecto neutro. La conclusión general es que las estimaciones no demuestran de manera irrefutable que las variables contables tengan un efecto sobre la decisión de hacer RSC

Guía de práctica clínica para el tratamiento quirúrgico de pacientes con urolitiasis en el Seguro Social del Perú (EsSalud)

ntroduction. This article summarizes the clinical practice guide (CPG) for the surgical treatment of patients with urolithiasis in the Social Security of Peru (EsSalud). Objective. To provide clinical recommendations based on evidence for the surgical treatment of patients with urolithiasis in EsSalud. Method. A guideline group (GEG) constituted by urologists and methodologists was formed, who formulated the clinical questions that were answered within the present CPG. For each of these questions systematic searches of systematic reviews and primary studies (when considered pertinent) were carried out in PubMed during 2018. The evidence was selected to answer each one of the clinical questions posed, later the certainty was evaluated of the evidence using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology. Regular work meetings were scheduled, in which the GEG reviewed the evidence and made recommendations, points of good clinical practice, and flow charts; using the GRADE methodology. The CPG was approved with Resolution No. 66-IETSI-ESSALUD-2018. Results. Six clinical questions on the subject of surgical treatment in urolithiasis were addressed. Based on these questions, 5 recommendations were formulated (2 strong recommendations and 3 conditional recommendations), 21 points of good clinical practice, and 3 management flow charts. Conclusion. This article summarizes the methodology and conclusions based on evidence from the CPG for the surgical treatment of patients with urolithiasis in EsSalud.Introducción. El presente artículo resume la guía de práctica clínica (GPC) para el tratamiento quirúrgico de pacientes con urolitiasis en el Seguro Social del Perú (EsSalud). Objetivo. Proveer recomendaciones clínicas basadas en evidencias para la para el tratamiento quirúrgico de los pacientes con urolitiasis en EsSalud. Método. Se conformó un grupo elaborador de la guía (GEG) constituido por médicos urólogos y metodólogos, los cuales formularon las preguntas clínicas que fueron respondidas dentro de la presente GPC. Para cada una de estas preguntas se realizó búsquedas de revisiones sistemáticas y de estudios primarios (cuando se consideró pertinente) en PubMed durante el 2018. Se seleccionó la evidencia para responder cada una de las preguntas clínicas planteadas, posteriormente se evaluó la certeza de la evidencia usando la metodología Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE). Se programaron reuniones de trabajo periódicas en las cuales el GEG revisó la evidencia y formuló recomendaciones, puntos de buenas prácticas clínicas y flujogramas usando la metodología GRADE. La GPC fue aprobada con Resolución N° 66–IETSI-ESSALUD-2018. Resultados. Se abordó 6 preguntas clínicas sobre el tema de tratamiento quirúrgico en urolitiasis. En base a dichas preguntas se formularon 5 recomendaciones (2 recomendaciones fuertes y 3 recomendaciones condicionales), 21 puntos de buena práctica clínica, y 3 flujogramas de manejo. Conclusión. El presente artículo resume la metodología y las conclusiones basadas en evidencias de la GPC para el tratamiento quirúrgico de pacientes con urolitiasis en EsSalud

A vascular endothelial growth factor receptor gene variant is associated with susceptibility to acute respiratory distress syndrome

Abstract Background The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is one of the main causes of mortality in adults admitted to intensive care units. Previous studies have demonstrated the existence of genetic variants involved in the susceptibility and outcomes of this syndrome. We aimed to identify novel genes implicated in sepsis-induced ARDS susceptibility. Methods We first performed a prioritization of candidate genes by integrating our own genomic data from a transcriptomic study in an animal model of ARDS and from the only published genome-wide association study of ARDS study in humans. Then, we selected single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from prioritized genes to conduct a case-control discovery association study in patients with sepsis-induced ARDS (n = 225) and population-based controls (n = 899). Finally, we validated our findings in an independent sample of 661 sepsis-induced ARDS cases and 234 at-risk controls. Results Three candidate genes were prioritized: dynein cytoplasmic-2 heavy chain-1, fms-related tyrosine kinase 1 (FLT1), and integrin alpha-1. Of those, a SNP from FLT1 gene (rs9513106) was associated with ARDS in the discovery study, with an odds ratio (OR) for the C allele of 0.76, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.58–0.98 (p = 0.037). This result was replicated in an independent study (OR = 0.78, 95% CI = 0.62–0.98, p = 0.039), showing consistent direction of effects in a meta-analysis (OR = 0.77, 95% CI = 0.65–0.92, p = 0.003). Conclusions We identified FLT1 as a novel ARDS susceptibility gene and demonstrated that integration of genomic data can be a valid procedure to identify novel susceptibility genes. These results contribute to previous firm associations and functional evidences implicating FLT1 gene in other complex traits that are mechanistically linked, through the key role of endothelium, to the pathophysiology of ARDS

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Table S2. Pathway enrichment analysis performed in each experimental septic group. Description of data: summary results of the pathway enrichment analysis. (DOC 51 kb

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Table S3. Protein interaction network analysis (data obtained from Acosta-Herrera et al. PLoS One 2015, 10:e0132296). Summary results of the protein-protein interaction network analysis as part of the lung transcriptomic study previously published. (DOC 40 kb