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Biography

Dr. David Eduardo Saucedo Martínez is a distinguished psychiatrist and psychogeriatrician based in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. He earned his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) and completed his specialty in psychiatry at the Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente under the auspices of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Further enhancing his expertise, Dr. Saucedo Martínez pursued a subspecialty in psychogeriatrics and obtained a Master's degree in Medical Sciences from the same institution. Additionally, he holds a Master's degree in psychotherapy for couples, families, groups, and institutions from the Sociedad Analítica de Grupo in Monterrey. He is currently a doctoral candidate in Bioethics at the Instituto de Investigaciones en Bioética. Professionally, Dr. Saucedo Martínez serves as the Director of the Psychiatry Specialty Program at the Escuela Nacional de Medicina of the Tecnológico de Monterrey. He is also an adjunct professor in the Geriatrics Service at the University Hospital "Dr. José Eleuterio González" of UANL.

Publications

• Research Article
  Physical Performance in Elderly Outpatients with Subclinical Hypothyroidism Compared with Euthyroid Counterparts
  Author(s):  Abraham A. Vázquez-García, Lilia Cárdenas- Ibarra, Jesús Z. Villarreal-Pérez, Sandra Meza, Daniel Gamez, Jorge Platt, Guillermo Guajardo-Álvarez, David Saucedo and Francisco Torres-Pérez Abraham A. Vázquez-García, Lilia Cárdenas- Ibarra, Jesús Z. Villarreal-Pérez, Sandra Meza, Daniel Gamez, Jorge Platt, Guillermo Guajardo-Álvarez, David Saucedo and Francisco Torres-Pérez
  
  Background: There continues to be controversy on the clinical relevance of elderly mild subclinical hypothyroidism (SH), defined as a TSH elevation (4.0-9.99 μIU/L) with normal free thyroxin levels. Objective: To compare physical performance (PP) in elderly individuals with a TSH level above normal range versus normal counterparts. Design: Case-control study of ambulatory patients enrolled between January 2009 and December 2010. Setting: Outpatient geriatric service. Participants: Elderly individuals 65-84 years old (y/o) with SH and without conditions known to affect physical mobility. Measurements: The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) was performed. The statistical analysis used the Mantel-Haenszel odds ratio (M-H-OR) method and Student’s t test with an alpha of 0.05. Resu.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-7948.1000212

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