• Factors associated with higher rate of Complete Pathologic Response after Long-Course Neoadjuvant Treatment for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Patients – Results from a retrospective cohort study focused on Inflammatory Indexes 

  Cerdán Santacruz, Carlos; Codina Corrons, Laia; Merichal Resina, Mireia; Milla Collado, Lucía; Trujillano Cabello, Javier; Tarragona Foradada, Jordi; Mestres Petit, Núria; Sierra Grañón, Enrique; Olsina Kissler, Jorge Juan (Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 2021)

  BACKGROUND: Pathologic complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) has a prognostic value in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). This study aimed to evaluate the ability to predict pCR using ...

• Weak Association between Skin Autofluorescence Levels and Prediabetes with an ILERVAS Cross-Sectional Study 

  Sánchez Peña, Enric; Kerkeni, M.; Hernández García, Marta; Gavaldá, Ricard; Rius, Ferran; Sauret, Ariadna; Torres, Gerard; Bermúdez López, Marcelino; Fernández i Giráldez, Elvira; Castro-Boqué, Eva; Purroy Garcia, Francisco; Mauricio Puente, Dídac; Farràs-Sallés, Cristina; Buti, Miquel; Godoy i García, Pere; Pamplona Gras, Reinald; Lecube Torelló, Albert (MDPI, 2022)

  A large body of evidence demonstrates a relationship between hyperglycemia and increased concentrations of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs). However, there is little information about subcutaneous AGE accumulation ...

• Tobacco Smoking and Second-Hand Smoke Exposure Impact on Tuberculosis in Children 

  Altet, Neus; Latorre, Irene; Jiménez-Fuentes, María Ángeles; Soriano Arandes, Antoni; Villar-Hernández, Raquel; Milà, Celia; Rodríguez Fernández, Pablo; Muriel Moreno, Beatriz; Comella-Del-Barrio, Patricia; Godoy i García, Pere; Millet, Joan Pau; de Souza-Galvão, Maria Luiza; Jiménez-Ruiz, Carlos A.; Domínguez, Jose (MDPI, 2022)

  Little is known about whether second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure affects tuberculosis (TB). Here, we investigate the association of cigarette smoke exposure with active TB and latent TB infection (LTBI) in children, analyzing ...

• Prealbumin as Tumor Marker in Head and Neck Cancer in Adults 

  Cerdá Esteve, Mariaina; Ruiz, Agustín; Trujillano Cabello, Javier; Gudelis, Mindaugas; Bonet, M.; Sanz S., Miguel; Bellera, M.P.; Sarroca, E. (Heighten Science Publications Inc, 2021)

  Introduction: Nowadays clinicians don't have a useful tumoral marker to perform the follow up of patients affected of head and neck cancers (H&NC). Objectives: To analyse the operative characteristics of prealbumin (PRB) ...

• Apophysitis Among Male Youth Soccer Players at an Elite Soccer Academy Over 7 Seasons 

  Gudelis, Mindaugas; Til Perez, Lluis; Trujillano Cabello, Javier; Medina Leal, Daniel; Monaco, Mauricio; Sugimoto, Dai (SAGE Publications; American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM), 2022)

  Background: Apophyseal injuries are common in children and adolescent athletes. These injuries a believed to be caused by repetitive overloading, which can create inflammatory and degenerative conditions in growing bone ...

• Neumatosis portal en paciente con colitis por Salmonella severa 

  Ortega Alcaide, Jaume; Pérez Farré, Sílvia; Sierra, José Enrique; Olsina Kissler, Jorge Juan (Arán Ediciones, 2021)

  Paciente de 65 años con antecedentes de ictus isquémico con oftalmoparesia residual, positivo en cribado de sangre oculta en heces pendiente de colonoscopia, que acude a Urgencias por tres días de dolor, distensión abdominal ...

• Two vs. three weeks of treatment with amoxicillin-clavulanate for stabilized community-acquired complicated parapneumonic effusions. A preliminary non-inferiority, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial 

  Porcel Pérez, José Manuel; Ferreiro, Lucía; Rumi, Laura; Espino Paisán, Esther; Civit, Carmen; Pardina Solano, Marina Asunción; Schoenenberger, Joan Antoni; Valdés, Luis; Bielsa Martín, Silvia (De Gruyter, 2020)

  Background: The optimal duration of antibiotic treatment for complicated parapneumonic effusions (CPPEs) has not been properly defined. Our aim was to compare the efficacy of amoxicillin-clavulanate for 2 vs. 3 weeks in ...

• The regression time of ocular surface squamous neoplasia using topical interferon alfa-2b does not depend on the initial tumor size 

  Vilaltella Ortiz, Magí; Huerva, Valentín (Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2021)

  Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine if the initial tumor size correlates with the time to regression after topical interferon alfa-2b (1 million IU/mL) therapy in the treatment of ocular surface squamous ...

• Registro de fibrilación auricular en servicios de urgencias del Institut Català de la Salut (URGFAICS): análisis en función del tipo de fibrilación auricular y de la reconsulta a urgencias relacionada a los 30 días 

  Jacob, Javier; Cabello, Irene; Yuguero Torres, Oriol; Guzmán, Jorge Alexis; Arranz Betegón, María; Abadías, María José; Francés Artigas, Paloma; Santos, Julia; Esquerrà, Anna; Mòdol, Josep María (Sociedad Española de Medicina de Urgencias y Emergencias (SEMES), 2019)

  Objetivos. Estudiar las características de los pacientes que consultan por un episodio de fibrilación auricular (FA) en los servicios de urgencias hospitalarios (SUH), en función de si la FA es de novo o conocida previamente, ...

• Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Atrial Fibrillation Associated with Ischaemic Heart Disease 

  Pérez Mur, Jesús; Gutiérrez, Eric; Valls, Joan; Fornés, Sònia; Yuguero Torres, Oriol (Science Repository OÜ, 2020)

  Objective: To describe cardiovascular risk factors in Atrial Fibrillation (AF) in relation with ischaemic diseases in an emergency service. Methodology: Cross-sectional study of patients with AF attended in the (ES) of ...

• Vertical displacement of pleura: a new method for bronchospasm evaluation? 

  Martins, Sara Raquel; Nogue Bou, Ramon Maria (SpringerOpen, 2020)

  Background: Lung ultrasonography has been increasingly recognized has a valuable diagnostic tool. In adult patients with asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and wheezing, LUS usually presents as an A/nude profile ...

• The role of point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of necrotizing soft tissue infections 

  Magalhães, Luís; Pereira Martins, Sara Raquel; Nogue Bou, Ramon Maria (SpringerOpen, 2020)

  Background: Necrotizing soft tissue infections are associated with high morbidity and mortality, even when the correct treatment is initiated. The diagnosis of these conditions is hard and the most sensitive methods are ...

• Design and Validation of an Instrument To Measure a Minor's Maturity When Faced with Health Decisions 

  Miquel Fernàndez, Eva; Esquerda i Aresté, Montse; Real, Jordi; Espejo, Mariola; Pifarré Paredero, Josep (Springer, 2019)

  Decision-making capacity in children and adolescents in healthcare requires thorough assessment: the minor's maturity, understanding of the decision, risk of the situation and contextual factors needs to be explored. The ...

• Norovirus outbreaks in long-term care facilities in Catalonia from 2017 to 2018 

  Parrón, Ignacio; Barrabeig i Fabregat, Irene; Alsedà Graells, Miquel; Rius, Cristina; Cornejo Sánchez, Thais; Jané, Mireia; Pérez, Cristina; Guix, Susana; Domínguez, Ángela (Nature Research, 2021)

  Norovirus is the leading cause of outbreaks of acute viral gastroenteritis. We carried out this study to investigate outbreaks in long-term care facilities reported in 2017 and 2018 in Catalonia (Spain). The characteristics ...

• A retrospective HEART risk score comparation of acute non-traumatic chest pain patients in an emergency department in Spain 

  San Román Arispe, Iris Nathalie; Marsal Mora, Josep Ramon; Yuguero Torres, Oriol; Ortega Bravo, Marta (PubMed Central, 2021)

  Non traumatic chest pain is the second most common cause of attention at the Emergency Departments (ED). The objective is to compare the effectiveness of HEART risk score and the risk of having a Major Adverse Cardiovascular ...

• Development of a new score for early mortality prediction in trauma ICU patients: RETRASCORE 

  Servià Goixart, Lluís; Llompart-Pou, Juan Antonio; Chico-Fernández, Mario; Montserrat, Neus; Badia Castello, Mariona; Barea-Mendoza, Jesús Abelardo; Ballesteros Sanz, María Ángeles; Trujillano Cabello, Javier (BioMed Central, 2021)

  Background : Severity scores are commonly used for outcome adjustment and benchmarking of trauma care provided. No specific models performed only with critically ill patients are available. Our objective was to develop a ...

• Preliminary Results of a Screening Programme for Chlamydia in an Asymptomatic Young Population in Spain 

  Yuguero Torres, Oriol; Fernández Armenteros, José Manuel; Vilela, Álvaro; Aramburu, Jesus; Laín, Raquel; Godoy i García, Pere (Frontiers Media, 2021)

  Introduction: Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection has increased in recent years, reaching 127 million cases in 2016. Possible complications, especially among women, require intervention for early detection of the ...

• Impact on polytrauma patient prehospital care during the first wave of the COVID‑19 pandemic: a cross‑sectional study 

  Solà, Silvia; Yuguero Torres, Oriol; Roig, Guillermo; Prieto Arruñada, José Antonio; Español, Jaume; Morales Álvarez, Jorge; Muñoz, Manuel; Verge, Juan José; Jiménez Fàbrega, Xavier (Springer, 2021)

  Background The extraordinary situation caused by the onset of COVID-19 has meant that at prehospital level, the number of treatments, profle and time taken to respond for treating time-dependent pathologies has been greatly ...

• The Risk of Hospitalization in COVID-19 Patients Can Be Predicted by Lung Ultrasound in Primary Care 

  Martínez Redondo, Javier; Comas Rodríguez, Carles; Pujol Salud, Jesús; Crespo Pons, Montserrat; García-Serrano, Cristina; Ortega Bravo, Marta; Palacín Peruga, Jose María (MDPI, 2021)

• Clinical Usefulness of Anthropometric Indices to Predict the Presence of Prediabetes. Data from the ILERVAS Cohort 

  Sánchez, Marta; Sánchez Peña, Enric; Bermúdez López, Marcelino; Torres, Gerard; Farràs-Sallés, Cristina; Pamplona Gras, Reinald; Castro-Boqué, Eva; Valdivielso Revilla, José Manuel; Purroy Garcia, Francisco; Martínez Alonso, Montserrat; Godoy i García, Pere; Mauricio Puente, Dídac; Fernández i Giráldez, Elvira; Hernández García, Marta; Rius, Ferran; Lecube Torelló, Albert (MDPI, 2021-03-23)

  Prediabetes is closely related to excess body weight and adipose distribution. For this reason, we aimed to assess and compare the diagnostic usefulness of ten anthropometric adiposity indices to predict prediabetes. ...

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