Publications by authors named "Alberto de la Cuadra-Grande"
A real-world evidence study of interhospital variability in the surgical treatment of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia: the REVALURO study.
Int Urol Nephrol
October 2024
Purpose: Lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH) is a growing condition in males associated with a high clinical, economic and humanistic burden. Several surgical techniques are available for the treatment of LUTS/BPH; thus, the aim of this study was to describe and explore the variability in the use of surgical procedures among Spanish hospitals.
Methods: The REVALURO was a retrospective, observational study conducted by collecting data from the clinical records of patients with LUTS/BPH aged ≥ 35 years, from 5 national reference hospitals, who were surgically treated between 2018 and 2022.
The prevalence of active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is higher in hospital emergency departments (EDs) than in the general population. Numerous patients who seek emergency care are unaware that they have detectable viremia, yet they fall outside established ED protocols for HCV screening. Often they belong to groups with difficult access to health care who use the ED as their point of entry to the system.
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- The study aimed to compare comorbidities and non-AIDS-related events between HIV-infected individuals and those with HIV/HCV coinfection in the context of modern therapies that don’t use interferon.
- A retrospective analysis of clinical records from Spanish patients revealed no significant differences in incidents of conditions like hypertension, diabetes, or cardiovascular disease between the two groups, suggesting that prior HCV exposure didn't impact health outcomes.
- Successful treatment of HCV with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) showed promising results for improving health and survival rates in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients, emphasizing the need for early detection and treatment.
Background: Several surgical treatments are available for managing lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH). Water vapor thermal therapy (WVTT) is a new minimally invasive therapy. This study estimates the budget impact of introducing WVTT for LUTS/BPH into the Spanish health care system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMedicine and technology are constantly evolving. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the development of digitalization in the health sector and specifically of telemedicine. Through a structured bibliographic review following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) methodology, in this study, the concepts related to telemedicine, its application and the legal regulatory context are defined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: Management of inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] is complex and IBD Comprehensive Care Units [ICCUs] facilitate the delivery of quality care to IBD patients. The objective of this study was to update the existing set of quality indicators [QIs] for ICCUs, based on a nationwide quality certification programme carried out in Spain, from a multi-stakeholder perspective and using multicriteria decision analysis [MCDA] methodology.
Methods: An MCDA comprising three different phases was conducted.