Publications by authors named "A Gea"
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- - This study explores binge drinking among Spanish university graduates, highlighting how motivations for binge drinking can stem from the desire for pleasure and social connections, but also links it to serious health risks.
- - Using data from a long-term cohort of 2,837 individuals, the research found that while binge drinkers reported better social relationships, they faced significantly higher risks for obesity and cardiovascular issues, as well as engaging in less healthy behaviors.
- - The findings indicate that binge drinking has a complicated relationship with overall well-being, suggesting that future research could lead to better prevention strategies that consider cultural factors.
Although dual implant constructs have recently been explored with promising results in very distal periprosthetic femur fractures (PPKF), the gold standard treatment of Rorabeck and Taylor type III PPKF remains a distal femur replacement or a highly constrained rotating hinge implant. However, this surgery is very aggressive and expensive for functionally low-demanding elderly patients. A new surgical technique using locking plates with polymethyl methacrylate cement augmentation is described to retain the femoral component avoiding its replacement.
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- The study investigates the prevalence of cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction (CAD) in hospitalized patients with bacterial infections, noting that previous research indicated issues mainly in viral infections.
- Fifty participants were enrolled, with cardiovascular function assessed at the start and after 6 weeks to determine changes in autonomic responses.
- Results showed that patients with bacterial infections had significantly lower heart rate variability (HRV) compared to healthy participants, indicating a higher prevalence of CAD in the infection group throughout the study period.
Tobacco and alcohol co-use are two major lifestyle modifiable risk factors. Understanding the determinants of both behaviors helps to develop interventions to prevent these exposures. However, previous studies have focused on predictors of individual tobacco or alcohol use.
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