Latin America

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Alternative calculations of individual patient time in therapeutic range while taking warfarin: results from the ROCKET AF trial. 
  • Association of marijuana smoking with oropharyngeal and oral tongue cancers: pooled analysis from the INHANCE consortium. 
  • British tobacco company denies "orchestrating smuggling". 
  • Cardiovascular research publications from Latin America between 1999 and 2008. A bibliometric study. 
  • Child survival, height for age and household characteristics in Brazil. 
  • Clinical practice patterns on the use of magnesium sulphate for treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia: a multi-country survey. 
  • Consequences of return migrant status for employment in Puerto Rico. 
  • Cultural considerations for intimate partner violence and HIV risk in Hispanics. 
  • Demographic consequences of migration trends in Puerto Rico: 1950-1980. 
  • Examining potential gaps in supportive medication use for US and foreign-born Hispanic women with breast cancer. 
  • Gender Differences in Radiation Dose From Nuclear Cardiology Studies Across the World: Findings From the INCAPS Registry. 
  • Geographic variability in outcomes within an international trial of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Results from PURSUIT. 
  • Global operating theatre distribution and pulse oximetry supply: an estimation from reported data. 
  • Global variation in quality of care among patients hospitalized with acute heart failure in an international trial: findings from the acute study clinical effectiveness of nesiritide in decompensated heart failure trial (ASCEND-HF). 
  • Health and wages: evidence on men and women in urban Brazil. 
  • Human papillomavirus detection in cervical neoplasia attributed to 12 high-risk human papillomavirus genotypes by region. 
  • IAEA survey of paediatric computed tomography practice in 40 countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa: procedures and protocols. 
  • IAEA survey of pediatric CT practice in 40 countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa: Part 1, frequency and appropriateness. 
  • INternational ORthopaedic MUlticentre Study (INORMUS) in Fracture Care: Protocol for a Large Prospective Observational Study. 
  • International Variation in Outcomes Among People with Cardiovascular Disease or Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Impaired Glucose Tolerance: Insights from the NAVIGATOR Trial. 
  • International variation in use of oral anticoagulation among heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation. 
  • Involuntary smoking and head and neck cancer risk: pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium. 
  • Latin America and the challenge of globalizing the history of sexuality. 
  • Marijuana smoking and the risk of head and neck cancer: pooled analysis in the INHANCE consortium. 
  • Migration and household/family structure: Puerto Ricans in the United States. 
  • Moving Beyond GDP: Cost Effectiveness of Cochlear Implantation and Deaf Education in Latin America. 
  • Nesiritide in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure: does timing matter? Implication for future acute heart failure trials. 
  • Non-major bleeding with apixaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation. 
  • Opportunities for improvement on current nuclear cardiology practices and radiation exposure in Latin America: Findings from the 65-country IAEA Nuclear Cardiology Protocols cross-sectional Study (INCAPS). 
  • Potential Opportunities and Challenges for Research Collaboration with Latin America in Agriculture and Food Science. 
  • Predictors of clinical outcomes in acute decompensated heart failure: Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure outcome models. 
  • Prevalence and causes of vision loss in Latin America and the Caribbean: 1990-2010. 
  • Prices, infrastructure, household characteristics and child height. 
  • Radiology Education in Latin America. 
  • Regional, age and sex differences in baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in the Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes with Sitagliptin (TECOS). 
  • Religiosity and self-rated health among Latin American and Caribbean elders. 
  • Representativeness of RELAX-AHF clinical trial population in acute heart failure. 
  • Stroke-related knowledge among uninsured Latino immigrants in Durham County, North Carolina. 
  • Tuberculosis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in children initiating Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV infection: A systematic literature review. 
  • Variation in patient management and outcomes for acute coronary syndromes in Latin America and North America: results from the Platelet IIb/IIIa in Unstable Angina: Receptor Suppression Using Integrilin Therapy (PURSUIT) trial. 
  • Who, and what, causes health inequities? Reflections on emerging debates from an exploratory Latin American/North American workshop. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Bocci, Paolo, Lecturing Fellow of Thompson Writing Program, Thompson Writing Program
  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Richard Sean Stack, M.D. / Guidant Foundation Professor of Cardiology, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology
  • Remmer, Karen L., Professor of Political Science, Political Science
  • Shapiro - Garza, Elizabeth, Associate Professor of the Practice of Environmental Policy and Management in the Division of Environmental Science and Policy, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  • Sigal, Peter, Professor in the Department of History, History
  • Swenson, Jennifer J., Associate Professor of the Practice of Geospatial Analysis, Environmental Sciences and Policy
  • Wibbels, Erik, Robert O. Keohane Professor, Political Science