Marylou Cardenas-Turanzas
Biographic Data
| ID | 6168940 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marylou Cardenas-Turanzas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marylou |
| FAMILY NAME | Cardenas-Turanzas |
| SIGNATURE | CARDENAS-TURANZAS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1834-3696 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Impact of Pediatric Opioid-Related Visits on U.S. Emergency Departments
With increases in substance use among children, there is a growing need for pediatric emergency physicians to recognize, refer, and initiate treatments
The Impact of Covid-19 on Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths in Texas
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States was facing an epidemic of opioid overdose deaths, clouding accurate inferences about the impact of the pandemic at the population level. We sought to determine the existence of increases in the trends of opioid-related overdose (ORO) deaths in the Greater Houston metropolitan area from January 2015 through December 2021, and to describe the social vulnerability present in the geographic location o…
Place of death in the population dying from diseases indicative of palliative care need
BACKGROUND: Studying where people die across countries can serve as an evidence base for health policy on end-of-life care. This study describes the place of death of people who died from diseases indicative of palliative care need in 14 countries, the association of place of death with cause of death, sociodemographic and healthcare availability characteristics in each country and the extent to which these characteristics explain country differe…
Dispareunia en mujeres después del parto
Dyspareunia was related to complications with episiotomy and its possible sequelae, such as infection, episiorrhaphy dehiscence, and constricted introitus. More attention should be given to the episiotomy site during the postpartum period and greater selectivity is needed when deciding which women require an episiotomy
Education Improves Perceived Control but Not Risk Identification in Adolescents Regarding Fentanyl
This study aligns with a surge in fentanyl-related overdose deaths in a high-intensity drug trafficking region. Recent fentanyl overdoses among school-age children prompted legislative changes in 2023, making this study valuable for understanding the epidemic within the geographical context. These results suggest that school-based education may play a role in strengthening adolescents' behavioral intentions to fentanyl exposure, though additional…
Place of death in the population dying from diseases indicative of palliative care need
BACKGROUND: Studying where people die across countries can serve as an evidence base for health policy on end-of-life care. This study describes the place of death of people who died from diseases indicative of palliative care need in 14 countries, the association of place of death with cause of death, sociodemographic and healthcare availability characteristics in each country and the extent to which these characteristics explain country differe…
Dispareunia en mujeres después del parto
Dyspareunia was related to complications with episiotomy and its possible sequelae, such as infection, episiorrhaphy dehiscence, and constricted introitus. More attention should be given to the episiotomy site during the postpartum period and greater selectivity is needed when deciding which women require an episiotomy
Place of death in the population dying from diseases indicative of palliative care need
BACKGROUND: Studying where people die across countries can serve as an evidence base for health policy on end-of-life care. This study describes the place of death of people who died from diseases indicative of palliative care need in 14 countries, the association of place of death with cause of death, sociodemographic and healthcare availability characteristics in each country and the extent to which these characteristics explain country differe…
The Impact of Pediatric Opioid-Related Visits on U.S. Emergency Departments
With increases in substance use among children, there is a growing need for pediatric emergency physicians to recognize, refer, and initiate treatments
The Impact of Covid-19 on Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths in Texas
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States was facing an epidemic of opioid overdose deaths, clouding accurate inferences about the impact of the pandemic at the population level. We sought to determine the existence of increases in the trends of opioid-related overdose (ORO) deaths in the Greater Houston metropolitan area from January 2015 through December 2021, and to describe the social vulnerability present in the geographic location o…
Education Improves Perceived Control but Not Risk Identification in Adolescents Regarding Fentanyl
This study aligns with a surge in fentanyl-related overdose deaths in a high-intensity drug trafficking region. Recent fentanyl overdoses among school-age children prompted legislative changes in 2023, making this study valuable for understanding the epidemic within the geographical context. These results suggest that school-based education may play a role in strengthening adolescents' behavioral intentions to fentanyl exposure, though additional…
Medicine (5 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Emergency and Acute Care Studies (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Fentanyl (2 works) · Health care (2 works)