La evaluación del estado nutricional en los niños menores de 6 meses depende principalmente del tipo de lactancia empleado. Objetivo: Relacionar el estado nutricional y el tipo de lactancia empleado en niños de 0 a 6 meses de edad. Metodología: Estudio correlacional transversal, en el Centro de Salud N.º 1-Ibarra durante el mes de marzo del 2022, se seleccionó bajo criterios específicos a157 lactantes, entre 0 a 6 meses. Se recolectó datos correspondientes a la madre y al niño mediante una encuesta dirigida, el estado nutricional se evaluó mediante las curvas de crecimiento y la toma del peso y longitud. Los datos se recolectaron en SPSS versión 26 y a través de la prueba exacta de Fisher se estableció la relación de las variables. Resultados: el empleo de lactancia materna exclusiva presentó relación con la normalidad (85%) y obesidad (0.9%). La lactancia mixta se relacionó con obesidad (9,5%), riesgo de sobrepeso (19 %) y normalidad (57,1%). Contrastando, la lactancia artificial presentó relación con la desnutrición crónica (50%). Conclusiones: Existe relación entre la evaluación nutricional de normalidad y lactancia materna exclusiva, seguido por el riesgo de sobrepeso y besidad atribuidos al uso de lactancia mixta, finalizando con la desnutrición crónica y lactancia artificial. La lactancia materna exclusiva es la más empleada. El inicio de las actividades laborales o estudiantiles y patologías mamarias son los principales motivos que impiden el empleo de lactancia materna exclusiva.

Introduction. Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most frequent parasitic disease in the central nervous system of humans. Objective. to establish the correlation between clinical and tomographic variables in patients with neurocysticercosis in the neurology consultation of Hospital San Vicente de Paul and Hospital IESS Ibarra, during the year 2020. Patients and methods. descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional research. Population and sample: 93 patients. The information was collected in the neurology consultation. Clinical and imaging criteria were used for diagnosis. Odds Ratio (OR; 95% CI) was calculated. For multivariate analysis, binary logistic regression models were used. Statistical significance was considered when the value of p <0.05. Results. Symptoms: headache (77.4%), epilepsy (41.9%). Tomographic findings: size < 1 cm (67.7%), single lesion (54.8%), supratentorial (93.5%). There were several clinical / tomographic correlations in the bivariate analysis, the presence of epilepsy was associated with lesions of size >1 cm (OR: 9.65; 95% CI: 3.48-26.7), the vesicular + ventricular colloidal stage + nodular (OR: 3.90; 95% CI: 1.64-9.28) and parenchymal topography (OR: 5.03; 95% CI: 2.03-12.4) (p < 0.05). In the multivariate analysis, epilepsy was not associated with tomographic aspects such as the size, stage and topography of the cysticerci (p < 0.05). Headache and reduced muscle strength were associated with parenchymal topography and stage of lesions respectively (p < 0.05). Conclusions. Despite having a wide clinical spectrum, the presence of epilepsy, headache, and reduced muscle strength seem to be the most representative manifestations, so their inclusion in the development of prognostic scores should be evaluated, which allow evaluating the approach diagnostic and evolutionary in subsequent research.

Introduction: the mental health of health personnel is a growing concern, with high work pressure and emotional demands, alterations in this area affect both their well-being and the quality of care they offer. Objective: to evaluate the level of stress, Burnout Syndrome, anxiety and depression in health personnel of the Cariamanga Hospital. Method: a non-experimental, quantitative, descriptive and correlational, cross-sectional research was developed. 64 subjects who work at the Basic Hospital of Cariamanga participated, for their evaluation the following were used: Wolfgang Stress Inventory, Maslach Burnout Inventory and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Results: Among the study subjects, 37.6% suffer from high to severe stress, half suffer from anxiety, with 31.3% of cases experiencing moderate to severe anxiety, and 42.2% show moderate to severe depression. The total number of respondents show emotional exhaustion and depersonalization due to Burnout, with high levels in 50% and 39.1% respectively. The low level of personal achievement predominates (87.5%) and all present a risk of global Burnout, 51.6% moderate and 32.8% high. Among women, moderate Burnout Syndrome predominate and physicians show high levels of anxiety and depression. Conclusions: The study reveals a high frequency of mental health problems such as stress, anxiety, depression and burnout syndrome among the health workers evaluated. These results indicate the need to implement intervention strategies aimed at optimizing emotional well-being in this group

Introduction. Optical clearing has enabled three-dimensional visualization of brain tissue, but available methods differ in their ability to preserve morphology, achieve maximum effective imaging depth, and maintain fluorescent signal quality while minimizing unwanted background fluorescence. Objective. To evaluate the optical and morphological performance of tissue-clearing protocols applied to immunostained brain structures through a systematic review with descriptive quantitative synthesis of studies published between 2014 and 2024. Method. Experimental studies using human or rodent brain tissue combining optical clearing and immunostaining were identified through searches in Scopus and Web of Science following the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. Data were synthesized using descriptive statistics, group comparisons, non-parametric correlations, and exploratory regression analyses. Bibliometric network analyses were conducted using the software VOSviewer. Results. Twelve experimental studies met the inclusion criteria. Organic solvent–based methods (iDISCO+, uDISCO) showed higher descriptive values of maximum effective imaging depth and lower levels of unwanted background fluorescence compared to hydrogel-based and hydrophilic approaches. Maximum effective imaging depth was significantly associated with reduced unwanted background fluorescence (ρ = –0.596; p = 0.041), while its association with fluorescent signal quality showed a non-significant positive trend (ρ = 0.570; p = 0.053). Conclusion. Organic solvent–based clearing methods exhibited more favorable descriptive optical profiles, particularly with respect to imaging depth and background suppression. However, in the absence of statistically significant between-group differences, these findings should be interpreted as suggestive patterns rather than definitive evidence of superiority.

Objetivo Relacionar el nivel de riesgo cardiovascular, el grado de actividad física y la calidad del sueño en servidores públicos de la Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ecuador. Métodos Estudio observacional, de campo, relacional de corte transversal, en el que se empleó el instrumento Globorisk para estimar el nivel de riesgo cardiovascular, el Cuestionario Internacional de Actividad Física (IPAQ) para el grado de actividad física y el Índice de Pittsburg (PSQI) para la calidad del sueño. Resultados Se incluyeron 82 servidores públicos de la Facultad Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad Técnica del Norte. La investigación evidenció una relación estadísticamente significativa calculada a través de la Prueba chi cuadrado, con un valor p=0,001, entre el nivel de riesgo cardiovascular (RCV) y el grado de actividad física. La misma prueba fue aplicada para establecer la relación entre el RCV y la calidad del sueño, y arrojó un valor p = 0,041, lo que representa una asociación estadísticamente significativa entre ambas variables. Conclusiones Existe una relación estadísticamente significativa entre el nivel de riesgo cardiovascular y el grado de actividad física, así como entre el riesgo cardiovascular y la calidad del sueño, en servidores públicos de la Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ecuador.