Search Results - "Orduñez, Pedro"

Population-wide weight loss and regain in relation to diabetes burden and cardiovascular mortality in Cuba 1980-2010: repeated cross sectional surveys and ecological comparison of secular trends by Franco, Manuel, Bilal, Usama, Orduñez, Pedro, Benet, Mikhail, Morejón, Alain, Caballero, Benjamín, Kennelly, Joan F, Cooper, Richard S

“…Objective To evaluate the associations between population-wide loss and gain in weight with diabetes prevalence, incidence, and mortality, as well as…”
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Pesticides and the Epidemic of CKD in Central America by Orduñez, Pedro, MD, PhD, Silva, Luis Carlos, PhD

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Implementation of a community‐based hypertension control program in Matanzas, Cuba by Valdés González, Yamilé, Campbell, Norm R.C., Pons Barrera, Edelys, Calderón Martínez, Marcy, Pérez Carrera, Alina, Morales Rigau, José Manuel, Afonso de León, Jose Alberto, Pérez Jiménez, Vivian, Landrove Rodríguez, Orlando, DiPette, Donald J., Giraldo, Gloria, Orduñez, Pedro

“…Increased blood pressure is a leading risk factor for death worldwide, and improving the control of hypertension is a major health goal to reduce…”
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Cardiovascular disease mortality in the Americas: current trends and disparities by de Fatima Marinho de Souza, Maria, Gawryszewski, Vilma Pinheiro, Orduñez, Pedro, Sanhueza, Antonio, Espinal, Marcos A

“…To describe the current situation and trends in mortality due to cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the Americas and explore their association with economic…”
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Health in Cuba by Cooper, Richard S, Kennelly, Joan F, Orduñez-Garcia, Pedro

“…The poorer countries of the world continue to struggle with an enormous health burden from diseases that we have long had the capacity to eliminate. Similarly,…”
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Impact of Energy Intake, Physical Activity, and Population-wide Weight Loss on Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Mortality in Cuba, 1980–2005 by Franco, Manuel, Orduñez, Pedro, Caballero, Benjamín, Tapia Granados, José A., Lazo, Mariana, Bernal, José Luís, Guallar, Eliseo, Cooper, Richard S.

“…Cuba's economic crisis of 1989–2000 resulted in reduced energy intake, increased physical activity, and sustained population-wide weight loss. The authors…”
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Trends in premature avertable mortality from non-communicable diseases for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a population-based study by Martinez, Ramon, Lloyd-Sherlock, Peter, Soliz, Patricia, Ebrahim, Shah, Vega, Enrique, Ordunez, Pedro, McKee, Martin

“…The reduction by a third of premature non-communicable disease (NCD) mortality by 2030 is the ambitious target of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.4…”
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Obesity reduction and its possible consequences: what can we learn from Cuba's Special Period? by Franco, Manuel, Orduñez, Pedro, Caballero, Benjamín, Cooper, Richard S

“…In a recent issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology, 1 we described the relation between sustained population- wide weight loss and a decline in…”
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Cardiovascular Disease and Associated Risk Factors in Cuba: Prospects for Prevention and Control by Cooper, Richard S, Ordunez, Pedro, Iraola Ferrer, Marcos D, Munoz, Jose Luis Bernal, Espinosa-Brito, Alfredo

“…An adequate description of the trends in cardiovascular disease (CVD) is not available for most of the developing world. Cuba provides an important exception,…”
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Life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, and burden of disease in older people in the Americas, 1990-2019: a population-based study by Martinez, Ramon, Morsch, Patricia, Soliz, Patricia, Hommes, Carolina, Ordunez, Pedro, Vega, Enrique

“…To describe the life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, disease burden, and leading causes of mortality and disability in adults aged 65 years and older in…”
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Validation Status of Blood Pressure Measuring Devices Sold Globally by Picone, Dean S, Campbell, Norm R. C, Schutte, Aletta E, Olsen, Michael Hecht, Ordunez, Pedro, Whelton, Paul K, Sharman, James E

“…This study uses data from the publicly available Medaval database to determine the number of upper arm cuff and wrist cuff blood pressure measuring devices…”
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Rheumatic heart disease burden, trends, and inequalities in the Americas, 1990–2017: a population-based study by Ordunez, Pedro, Martinez, Ramon, Soliz, Patricia, Giraldo, Gloria, Mujica, Oscar J, Nordet, Porfirio

“…The World Health Assembly 2018 approved a resolution on rheumatic heart disease to strengthen programmes in countries where this condition remains a…”
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World Heart Federation Roadmap for Hypertension : a 2021 update by Jeemon, Panniyammakal, Séverin, Tania, Amodeo, Celso, Balabanova, Dina, Campbell, Norm R. C., Gaita, Dan, Kario, Kazuomi, Khan, Taskeen, Melifonwu, Rita, Moran, Andrew, Ogola, Elijah, Ordunez, Pedro, Perel, Pablo, Piñeiro, Daniel, Pinto, Fausto J., Schutte, Aletta E., Wyss, Fernando Stuardo, Yan, Lijing L., Poulter, Neil R., Prabhakaran, Dorairaj

“…Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License…”
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Disseminating cardiovascular disease risk assessment with a PAHO mobile app: a public eHealth intervention by Ordúñez, Pedro, Tajer, Carlos

“…Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the Region of the Americas, making cardiovascular risk assessment a critical component of the…”
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The HEARTS app: a clinical tool for cardiovascular risk and hypertension management in primary health care by Ordunez, Pedro, Tajer, Carlos, Gaziano, Thomas, Rodriguez, Yenny A, Rosende, Andres, Jaffe, Marc G

“…HEARTS in the Americas is the regional adaptation of the World Health Organization's Global Hearts Initiative, which will be the model for risk management for…”
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Fixed‐dose combination pharmacologic therapy to improve hypertension control worldwide: Clinical perspective and policy implications by DiPette, Donald J., Skeete, Jamario, Ridley, Emily, Campbell, Norm R. C., Lopez‐Jaramillo, Patricio, Kishore, Sandeep P., Jaffe, Marc G., Coca, Antonio, Townsend, Raymond R., Ordunez, Pedro

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HEARTS in the Americas appraisal checklist and clinical pathway for comprehensive hypertension management in primary care by Rosende, Andres, DiPette, Donald, Brettler, Jeffrey, Rodríguez, Gonzalo, Zuniga, Eric, Connell, Kenneth, Ordunez, Pedro

“…Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the Region of the Americas, and hypertension represents its main risk factor…”
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Addressing Failures in Achieving Hypertension Control in Low- and Middle-Income Settings through Simplified Treatment Algorithms by Cohn, Jennifer, Bygrave, Helen, Roberts, Teri, Khan, Taskeen, Ojji, Dike, Ordunez, Pedro

“…Hypertension is the most important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), which are the leading global cause of death. Hypertension is under-diagnosed…”
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Smoking tobacco, the major cause of death and disability in Cuba by Ordunez, Pedro, Campbell, Norm RC

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Mapping stages, barriers and facilitators to the implementation of HEARTS in the Americas initiative in 12 countries: A qualitative study by Giraldo, Gloria P., Joseph, Kristy T., Angell, Sonia Y., Campbell, Norm R. C., Connell, Kenneth, DiPette, Donald J., Escobar, Maria C., Valdés‐Gonzalez, Yamile, Jaffe, Marc G., Malcolm, Taraleen, Maldonado, Javier, Lopez‐Jaramillo, Patricio, Olsen, Michaels Hecht, Ordunez, Pedro

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Hearts Initiative offers technical packages to reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases through population‐wide…”
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