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Association between the retinal vascular network, cardiovascular history and risk factors in the elderly
2017
IF 3.157; International audience; PurposeTo identify patterns summarizing the retinal vascular network in the elderly and to investigate the relationship of these vascular patterns with cardiovascular history.MethodsWe conducted a population-based study, the Montrachet study (Maculopathy Optic Nerve nuTRition neurovAsCular and HEarT diseases), in participants older than 75 years. History of cardiovascular disease and a score-based estimation of their 10-year risk of cardiovascular mortality (Heart SCORE) were collected. Retinal vascular network analysis was performed by means of Singapore “I” Vessel Assessment (SIVA) software. Principal component analysis was used to condense the informatio…
Computed Tomography in Brain Tumors
1981
Craniocerebral injury and brain tumor are the two most important indications for CT studies. There is unanimous agreement that computed tomography is unequalled in its diagnostic accuracy in demonstration of intracranial tumors. Our own experience is based on observations in 3,750 patients with brain tumors or cerebral metastases who were studied in the period from December 1974 to March 1980 (Table 1). Initial CT studies demonstrated the intracranial tumor or tumors in 3,589 cases (95.7%). Several CT examinations were necessary for diagnosis of a brain tumor in 112 patients (3.0%). Other diagnostic procedures or postmortem studies revealed a brain tumor which had not been demonstrated with…
Análisis de la mortalidad evitable en los hospitales de la Comunidad Valenciana
2001
Using a list of avoidable mortality (AM) causes as indicators of medical care (IMC) according to the Holland classification, a study on AM was conducted in the Valencia Community hospitals during 1994 and 1995. A total of 617 patients out of 106,540 discharges with IMC criteria died (mortality rate: 0.58%). The most common causes of AM included hypertension and cerebrovascular disease, with 46% of avoidable deaths; maternalperinatal disease, with 36%, and tuberculosis, 7%. According to the logistic regression analysis, men had a higher risk of AM than women, the age groups at highest risk were those over 50 years and less than 18 years, and the presence of a higher number of diagnoses was a…
Air Pollution Exposure During Pregnancy and Reproductive Outcomes
2011
Air pollution is largely recognized as a risk factor for several outcomes including increased mortality, increased hospital admissions and emergency visits for both respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, and impairment of respiratory function, including reduced lung function, exacerbation of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Brunekreef & Holgate, 2002). Some populations have shown to be more susceptible to these effects, and among them including those people in the tails of the age distribution, i.e. the elderly and infants (Laumbach, 2010). The study of fetal growth and birth outcomes has become an important emerging field of environmental epidemiology (Sram et al., 2005)…
Risk Weighing in Twin Pregnancy
2010
Multiple pregnancies are more often associated with complications than singleton pregnancies. In our retrospective study of 613 twin pregnancies the most important risk factors in twin pregnancies were premature labour before the 37th week of gestation and the premature rupture of the membrane. The increase of perinatal mortality and morbidity for twins might be primary the result of premature delivery.
Similar cardiovascular outcomes in patients with diabetes and established or high risk for coronary vascular disease treated with dulaglutide with an…
2020
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Diabetic Kidney Disease
2010
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Patients with diabetic nephropathy have a high burden of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Therefore, interventions that reduce the incidence and progression rate of DN will reduce morbidity and mortality rates as well as health care costs. Hyperglycemia and arterial hypertension are the two main risk factors for DN, but even in the presence of hyperglycemia and elevated blood pressure (BP) for long periods, DN develops only in susceptible patients. Family studies have confirmed the presence of hereditary factors in the development of DN. Besides these four key factors, others …
Utility of post mortem MRI in definition of thrombus in aneurismatic coronary arteries due to incomplete Kawasaki Disease in infants
2016
Abstract Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, self-limited vasculitis of unknown etiology that primarily affects the coronary artery (CA) and presents in childhood. The characteristic coronary arterial lesion is an aneurysm, which may lead to thrombosis, dilatation, stenosis, and occlusion. Such an aneurysm is typically calcified and generally develops five or more years after the onset of acute KD. It becomes more noticeable after ten years. KD is sometimes difficult to diagnose because of the limited clinical features, especially in infants younger than 6 months old, where the clinical presentations often do not fulfill the diagnostic criteria for KD. We report a case of Incomplete Kawasaki…
Acute kidney injury in heart failure: a population study
2020
Abstract Aims The objective of the present study is to assess the prognostic value of acute kidney injury (AKI) in the evolution of patients with heart failure (HF) using real‐world data. Methods and results Patients with a diagnosis of HF and with serial measurements of renal function collected throughout the study period were included. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was calculated with the CKD‐EPI (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration). AKI was defined when a sudden drop in creatinine with posterior recovery was recorded. According to the Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss, and End‐Stage Renal Disease (RIFLE) scale, AKI severity was graded in three categories: risk [1.5‐…
Clinical characteristics of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Spain: results from the SEMI-COVID-19 Network
2020
ABSTRACTBackgroundSpain has been one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.ObjectiveTo create a registry of patients with COVID-19 hospitalized in Spain in order to improve our knowledge of the clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic aspects of this disease.MethodsA multicentre retrospective cohort study, including consecutive patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 throughout Spain. Epidemiological and clinical data, additional tests at admission and at seven days, treatments administered, and progress at 30 days of hospitalization were collected from electronic medical records.ResultsUp to April 30th 2020, 6,424 patients from 109 hospitals were included. …