Sucking Patterns in Infants with Down Syndrome admitted to a Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [0.03%]
Lourdes García-Tormos,Inés García-García,Lourdes García-Fragoso
Lourdes García-Tormos
Objective: Infants with Down syndrome present multiple challenges that can affect growth and development, among them feeding, difficulties that arise in the early days after birth. We aimed to describe the sucking pattern...
Adherence to American Diabetes Association and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Guidelines for Diabetes Management in Puerto Rico's Medicaid Population [0.03%]
Efraín Rodríguez-Vigil
Efraín Rodríguez-Vigil
Objective: This retrospective analysis aimed to assess compliance with the diabetes mellitus (DM) treatment guidelines published by the American Diabetes Association and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Uni...
Stress, Burnout, Contributions, and Coping Mechanisms of Community Pharmacists in Puerto Rico during the COVID-19 Pandemic [0.03%]
Georgina Silva-Suarez,Yarelis Alvarado,Frances M Colón-Pratts et al.
Georgina Silva-Suarez et al.
Objective: To evaluate perceived stress and burnout among community pharmacists and to explore their coping mechanisms and perceived contributions. Method...
Can Empathy protect Against Burnout? Accounts of Work-Related Distress during Compound Disasters in Puerto Rico [0.03%]
Jessica M Mulligan,Waleska Sanabria-León,Mónica Simal et al.
Jessica M Mulligan et al.
Objective: To identify how healthcare workers experienced work related distress during compound disasters in Puerto Rico. Methods: Over...
Grip Strength and Anthropometric Characteristics among Hispanic Children and Adolescents with Obesity and Insulin Resistance [0.03%]
Enibeth Diaz-Cotto,Farah A Ramirez-Marrero,Carlos A Leyva-Jordán
Enibeth Diaz-Cotto
Objective: The objectives of this study were: 1) to describe and evaluate associations between grip strength, and anthropometric characteristics in pediatric patients with obesity and insulin resistance (IR), and 2) to co...
Enid J García-Rivera,María Del C Sánchez,Edgar I Miranda et al.
Enid J García-Rivera et al.
Objective: S. pneumoniae infections remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality despite vaccine availability. Limited information exists about current pneumococcal serotypes transmission in Puerto Rico. Our stud...
Observational Study
Puerto Rico health sciences journal. 2026 Mar;45(1):16-22. DOI: 2026
The Role of Mutual Aid Organizations in Promoting Food Sovereignty in Puerto Rican Rural Communities: A Qualitative Analysis [0.03%]
Brook Lyn Mercado,Sean Darling-Hammond
Brook Lyn Mercado
Previous research has shown that, during both climate and non-climate disasters-such as hurricanes, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other climate-related crises-and despite political control from the mainland United States, mutual aid organizati...
Dietary Quality and Microbiome Profiles among Rectal Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study [0.03%]
Velda J González-Mercado,Shen Jean Lim,Praveen Kumar Singh et al.
Velda J González-Mercado et al.
Objective: Examining whether gut microbial taxa abundances and predicted functional pathways correlate with dietary quality scores at the end of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) for rectal cancer (RC); identifying dif...
Hidden Within: Pulmonary Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent COPD Patient [0.03%]
隐匿的肺诺卡菌病：一名免疫功能正常的慢性阻塞性肺疾病患者
Joel Rodriguez-Ramos,William Rodriguez-Cintron
Joel Rodriguez-Ramos
This report presents the case of an 86-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) managed since 2018 with inhaled corticosteroids, long-acting muscarinic antagonists, long-acting beta-agonists, and roflumilast. He was ad...
Case Reports
Puerto Rico health sciences journal. 2025 Dec;44(4):245-247. DOI: 2025
Norma I Cruz,Eduardo A Santiago-Delpín
Norma I Cruz
Objective: The history of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Surgical Research Laboratory was reviewed from its founding in 1952, by Dr. Francisco Raffucci, to the present. ...