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The general aim is to identify the explanatory potential of Alcohol use intentions in drinking behaviors in a sample of adolescents in Ecuador. The method consists of a descriptive, explanatory and cross-sectional study using SEM techniques. The participants were 384 adolescents (57% male and 43% female), aged among 14 and 18 years (M= 16.51; SD= 2.64), who are students attending between the 1st and 3rd year of high school in a public educational institution in Ambato, Ecuador. Like principal results, the presence of Alcohol use intention is moderate; the practice of alcohol use is low and mostly does not represent a risk, although 3.9% of the participants could report significant problems with consumption. Intentionality and drinking covary positively with low and moderate intensity. Drinking intentionality explained 15.3% the variance of drinking. We conclude that the Alcohol use intentions are a predictor of adolescent drinking behaviors.
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Resumen El síndrome de la encefalopatía posterior reversible conocido como (PRES) es un trastorno neurológico caracterizado por cefalea, alteraciones visuales, deterioro del estado de consciencia, crisis convulsivas y déficits neurológicos variados que tienen como causa, el incremento severo de la presión arterial. Los trastornos hipertensivos del embarazo, principalmente la preeclampsia y eclampsia, siguen siendo una de las causas principales de la morbilidad y mortalidad durante el embarazo, causando complicaciones neurológicas que van desde las crisis convulsivas únicas hasta el desarrollo de estatus convulsivos y del advenimiento de eventos cerebrovasculares potencialmente mortales. Describimos la presentación del síndrome de encefalopatía posterior reversible en una adolescente embarazada quien desarrolló un trastorno hipertensivo del embarazo.
Abstract Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a rare neurological disorder characterized by headaches, visual disturbances, altered level of consciousness, seizures, and a variety of neurological deficits that are caused by a severe increase in blood pressure. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, mainly preeclampsia and eclampsia, continue to be one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality during pregnancy worldwide, causing neurological complications ranging from singular seizures to the development of status epilepticus and the advent of potentially fatal cerebrovascular events. We describe the presentation of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a pregnant adolescent who developed a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy.