Evaluaciòn de la recurrencia de bocio post tiroidectomia utilizando la clinica, medicina nuclear y ecografìa: caracteristicas y factores de riesgo / Annual reports 1993 / Evaluation of the recurency of goiter post- thyordectomy using the clinic, nuclear medicine and ultrasound: characteristics and risks factors

Siendo el Paraguay un paìs con elevada prevalencia de bocio y la cirugìa de tiroides uno de los tratamientos realizados comùnmente en esta enfermedad, se estudiaron 24 pacientes operados de la glàndulas tiroides por la clìnica, centellografìa y ecografìa de tiroides. Se observò recurrencia de bocio en el 100 por ciento de los pacientes siendo 67 por ciento nodular y 33 por ciento difuso. El 79 por ciento de los operados no fueron medicados con hormonoterapia de reemplazo, razòn por la cual esta ausencia de homonoterapia se puede considerar como causa principal de la elevada recurrencia post- tiroidectomìa

Prevalencia de parasitosis intestinal en niños de Escobar, Paraguay / Annual Reports 1991 / Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis in children form escobar, Paraguay

An epidemiological survey was preformed in 81 children forn a rural town, Escobar, in order to determine the prevalence of the intestinal parasitosis by four different methods. Out of the 81 samples studied, 63 yielded positive parasitosis (77.8 percent). The most frecuent parasites fuond were Blastocistis hominis (60.3 percent), uncynaria (46 percent) and Giardia lamblia (34.9 percent). In 40 samples, more than one parasite were detected. In 22,13 and 5 cases were found 2,3 and more parasites, respectively

Prevalencia de la infcción con Trypanosoma cruzi en niños de una localidad rural de Paraguay / Annual Reports 1991 / Prevalence of Trypanosoma Cruzi infection in children from a rural town in Paraguay

The prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection was studied in a population of 158 children, which ages ranged from 4 months to thirteen years, from Guazú-Cuá department of Paraguarí, which is an isolated community within the endemic area for Chagas'disease. Twelve out of 158 ( 7.6 percent) children yielded positive results for the detection of anti-T. Cruzi antibodies by Elisa. Three cases (1.9 percent) were recorded in children under 5 years of age. These results reveal a high prevalence, according to the criteria establish by the WHO