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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1996-3696</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista del Instituto de Medicina Tropical]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Inst. Med. Trop.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1996-3696</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Medicina Tropical]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1996-36962020000200045</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/imt/2020.15.2.45</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Factores de riesgo asociados a Accidente Cerebro-Vascular Isquémico en pacientes atendidos en un hospital público en el Paraguay]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Risk factors associated with Ischemic Brain Accident in patients cared in a public hospital in Paraguay]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gamarra-Insfrán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Luis]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Soares-Sanches Dias]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Renato]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernandes -Sanches]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cristina José]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Internacional Tres Fronteras  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Pedro Juan Caballero ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>15</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>45</fpage>
<lpage>52</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1996-36962020000200045&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1996-36962020000200045&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1996-36962020000200045&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción:  Según datos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, el accidente cerebrovascular es la segunda causa de muerte en los países con ingresos medios, representando el 12,8% de mortalidad por todas las causas.  Objetivo:  Identificar los principales factores de riesgo asociados a accidente cerebrovascular isquémico en pacientes tratados en un hospital público del Paraguay. La población estudiada estuvo constituida por 43 pacientes de 30 a 80 años de edad atendidos en un hospital de Pedro Juan Caballero, Amambay - Paraguay, durante el periodo de enero a diciembre del 2019.  Metodología:  Se realizó un estudio observacional descriptivo de corte transversal sobre una población de 43 pacientes de 30 a 80 años de edad atendidos en el Hospital de Pedro Juan Caballero, Amambay - Paraguay, durante el periodo de enero a diciembre del 2019. Las variables medidas fueron la edad, el sexo, la Hipertensión Arterial, la Diabetes Mellitus, la Dislipidemia y el Tabaquismo.  Resultados:  La edad de mayor prevalencia para eventos de ACV Isquémico es a partir de los 50 años en ambos sexos y los factores de riesgo de mayor prevalencia asociados al accidente cerebro vascular isquémico en pacientes internados en el hospital fueron la hipertensión arterial, seguido de la dislipidemia.  Conclusión:  La epidemiología del ACV isquémico se caracteriza por tener una etiología multifactorial en el que intervienen factores de riesgo de diferente peso que se potencian entre sí, como se puede ver en este estudio con estos factores de riesgo asociados]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction: According to data from the World Health Organization, stroke is the second leading cause of death in middle-income countries, accounting for 12.8% of death for all causes.  Objective:  To identify the main risk factors associated with accidente cerebrovascular and serum inpatients treated in a public hospital in Paraguay. The population studied consisted of 43 patients aged 30 to 80 in a hospital of Pedro Juan Caballero, Amambay - Paraguay, during the period from January to December2019.  Methodology:  This is a descriptive observational cross-sectional study on a population of 43 patients aged 30 to 80 years treated at a hospital in Pedro Juan Caballero, Amambay - Paraguay, during the period January to December2019. The measured variables were age, sex, Arterial Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Dyslipidemia and Smoking.  Results:  The age of highest prevalence for events of Ischemic ACV is from the age of 50 years in both sexes and the higher prevalence risk factors associated with ischemic vascular brain accident in hospital patient hospital were high blood pressure, followed by dyslipidemia.  Conclusion:  The epidemiology of ischemic ACV is characterized by a multifactorial etiology involving risk factors of different weight that enhance each other, as can be seen in this study the presence of two or more associated risk factors]]></p></abstract>
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