A Brief Note On The American Health Care System Of Guatemala

Guatemala is the key trade partner of the United States, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama are other major trading partners. Between 2008 – 2009 total exports have decreased from $17,848 billion, to $6,768 billion. While imports are estimated to have declined from 13.42 billion dollars in 2008 to 10.91 billion dollars in 2009. Even though Guatemala tries to expand its manufacturing activities to reduce economic dependence on agriculture. The agricultural sector is a major contestant of Guatemala’s import, export

More than 70% of rural residents are classified as living in extreme poverty, compared to 36% of urban inhabitants. 83% of Guatemalans have access to sanitation. About 54%

The climate is much different in Guatemala. While they have a dry season and it will not rain from October till at least a couple months after February, we have a lot of our rain during these months. In my city we all have electricity and our houses are all wired with a surplus of sockets and individual switches; while in Cesar’s village the countryside is just recently receiving electricity, and their homes only have two sockets and one switch that turns them on and off at the same time. Our Easter celebrations are similar, we both decorate eggs and dress up; but while they dance and set off firecrackers; we have scavenger hunts, go to church, and have a fancy dinner. We both have similar goals to improve our city and to succeed in school.

Methods: This study was a retrospective study that used patient information from 34 maintenance treatment facilities of the CRC Health Group Inc. in the United States from July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013. 8,442 patients

With a quantitative approach, a descriptive, prospective, cross-sectional method was used to collect data. Utilizing medical records from 51 patients hospitalized between February and April of 2013, data such as age, Braden Scale scores, comorbidities and length of stay were collected. Clinical data obtained was then organized in an Excel table and input into the statistical software, Epi Info, to be arranged for statistical analysis (Oliveira de Carvalho et al.,

U.S. vs Guatemala You might believe that the United States is the best country there is, because it is the only country you got to know. But what about all of the other countries that you don’t ever think about? One of the countries that probably never crosses your mind is Guatemala. After doing so much research on this beautiful country, I have found that there are a lot of differences between the United States and Guatemala.

Though the whole country is only about the size of the U.S. state of Tennessee, it is still the third largest country in all of Central America, and also has the highest population density. With an average yearly temperature range of 80-40F and an average yearly rainfall of 30-150 in., both depending on altitude and location, Guatemala’s tropical climate and weather patterns are more examples of the country’s natural beauty. Though many are beautiful, some of Mother Nature’s elements can also be dangerous and destructive. Such as the hurricanes that can sweep through Guatemala’s coast, destroying the local agriculture industry. Much like the U.S., Guatemala has a democratic form of government in which a president is elected for a term of four years.

Guatemala's official name is República de Guatemala. It is home to roughly 15.48 million people with its capital being Guatemala City. The official language is predominately Spanish, and its currency is the quetzal with an exchange rate is 7.75Q per US dollar. Guatemala is 108,890 square kilometers (Guatemala Nations). Making it the third largest country in Central America (Guatemala Weather).

Guatemala, a country situated in Central America that shares borders with Mexico, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean, is rich in culture and tradition that dates back thousands of years and is the most populous amongst its Central American counterparts. A country called the “Land of Eternal Spring” and “Land of Forests,” Guatemala is located along the banks of the mountainous Central American geographic and the vast, beautiful Pacific and Caribbean bodies of water. As a result, Guatemala exhibits an abundance of one of the world’s most diverse and vast geographies. Prior to the arrival of European influence in the Americas, much of Guatemala was dominated by the Mayan civilization, which flourished in its

is one of the leading causes of death among hospitalized patients (Alberti et al., 2003). It

Guatemala is filled with a vast amount of people who all originate from different parts of the world. It “consists of two main ethnic groups- the Indians, who account for 44% percent of the population, and the Ladinos,” (Shields 33). Ladinos are people of mixed Spanish and Amerindian heritage who are also known

At the same time, the GDP per capita in this country is roughly one-half that of the average for Latin America and the Caribbean. The data of the World Bank shows that the distribution of income remains highly unequal with the richest 20% of the population accounting for more than 51% of Guatemala's overall consumption. More than 50% of the population is below the national poverty line, and 13% of the population lives in extreme

patients averaged 6.6 days total length of stay. ICU care was needed for only 30.4% of

he patient recruitment was done appropriately. Patients could not be enrolled in the study if they had fever for linger than 12 hours in the ICU was appropriate to be able to measure the outcome of early administration of acetaminophen. Recruitment of only patients admitted into the ICU and not transferred in the ICU would have eliminated the chance of the results being skewed due to previous hospital exposure. Usually hospital acquired diseases are harder to eradicate than community acquired diseases

The annual incidence of ARDS is 13-23 people per 100,000 in the general population and it is higher in the mechanically ventilated population in intensive care units which represents 16.1% percent in ventilated. Pneumonia and sepsis are considered as leading trigger of ARDS as pneumonia represent in up to 60% of patients and may be either causes or complications of ARDS and according to literature approximately 30% of patients with severe sepsis may develop ARDS or ALI. Other triggers include aspiration, circulatory shock, mechanical ventilation, smoke inhalation, trauma especially pulmonary contusion major surgery, massive blood transfusions, drug reaction or overdose, fat emboli and reperfusion pulmonary edema after lung transplantation or pulmonary embolectomy. Alcohol excess appears to increase the risk of ARDS. Until the 1990s, majority of studies reported a 40-70% mortality rate for ARDS. However, 2 reports in the 1990s, one from a large county hospital in Seattle and one from the United Kingdom, suggested much lower mortality rates, in the range of 30-40%. Possible explanations for the improved survival rates may be better understanding and treatment of sepsis, recent changes in the mechanical ventilation, and better overall supportive care of critically ill patients. (Koh et al, 2012)