Jaen Carlos Cagua MD

Esposo, padre y médico.

[Jaen Carlos Cagua MD @jaens87]

Collaborative research by CIDES (@IndoamericaEc) & @uecotec published in Frontiers in Nutrition.
Read the Open Access paper via its official DOI:🔗 https://t.co/q0ZmgKW4Ed
#FoodSecurity #Nutrition #Agriculture #Ecuador #PublicHealth

[Jaen Carlos Cagua MD @jaens87]

Does producing more food mean farmers rely less on markets? 🌾🛒
New cross-sectional study in Los Ríos, Ecuador, examines production diversity, exact farm-to-diet coupling (FDCI), and market dependence among smallholders.
Key findings below 🧵👇

[Jaen Carlos Cagua MD @jaens87]

Critical public health & policy takeaway:
FDCI was NOT associated with broader food insecurity or buffer resilience.
Diversifying farm production alone does not guarantee food security; market access and cash flow remain complementary, essential pathways.

[Jaen Carlos Cagua MD @jaens87]

New study by CIDES (@IndoamericaEc) out in Frontiers in Epidemiology.
Read the full Open Access paper via its official DOI:🔗 https://t.co/hjeczlyVP2
#Dengue #Epidemiology #ClimateChange #PublicHealth #InfectiousDiseases

[Jaen Carlos Cagua MD @jaens87]

Is dengue reaching Andean heights? 🦟🏔️
Analyzing 14 years of hospital discharges in Ecuador (2011–2024) paired with NASA satellite data shows that local warming is accelerating the altitudinal rise of dengue burden.
Key findings below 🧵👇

[Jaen Carlos Cagua MD @jaens87]

Public health takeaways:
In-hospital case fatality was 0.62% in the low Andes vs 0.33% on the coast (p=0.20), urging clinical vigilance in naive populations.
Caveat: Records reflect residential canton and severe hospital burden, not all community transmission.

[Jaen Carlos Cagua MD @jaens87]

@Nutrients_MDPI 📖 Full paper:
​🔗 https://t.co/rj9WVh0hBZ
​#Nutrition #PublicHealth #CardiometabolicHealth #DietaryDiversity #YoungAdults #Ecuador

[Jaen Carlos Cagua MD @jaens87]

🥗 Does "eating a varied diet" automatically protect young adults from early cardiometabolic risk?
​We examined dietary diversity, patterns, & body composition in 349 Ecuadorian university students.
​🧵 Summary of our study in @Nutrients_MDPI:

[Jaen Carlos Cagua MD @jaens87]

@Nutrients_MDPI 🎯 Takeaway:
Generic "eat a varied diet" advice is insufficient. Public health messaging must focus on food quality, degree of processing, & nutrient density to address early metabolic risk.

[Jaen Carlos Cagua MD @jaens87]

📖 Full paper:
​🔗 https://t.co/kLTONnghEy
​#CriticalCare #Nutrition #ICU #IndirectCalorimetry #Metabolism #IntensiveCare

[Jaen Carlos Cagua MD @jaens87]

🧪 How does resting energy expenditure (#REE) evolve in critically ill, ventilated adults?
​We evaluated phase-dependent REE & metabolic phenotypes using indirect calorimetry in a multicenter ICU study.
​🧵 Summary of our paper in @JClinMed:

[Jaen Carlos Cagua MD @jaens87]

🎯 Takeaway:
Static equations fail in ICU patients. Indirect calorimetry allows phase-adaptive caloric prescriptions, aligning nutrition with dynamic gas exchange & metabolic phenotypes.