Publications by authors named "Ana Serrado-Iglesias"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects the prognosis of elderly patients facing acute heart failure (HF), especially in terms of mortality and clinical symptoms.
- Conducted in 74 Spanish hospitals, the EPICTER study gathers data on patients with HF, comparing those with and without COPD based on various clinical parameters using a cross-sectional approach.
- Results show that patients with COPD tend to experience more severe symptoms like dyspnea and anxiety, and are more likely to present with acute pulmonary edema compared to those without COPD.
Article Synopsis
- Heart failure (HF) is common in older adults and often worsened by other health issues; this study analyzed data from a national registry of HF patients aged 50 and over.
- Out of 5424 patients, a significant 61% died within a year, with mortality rates increasing as the PROFUND index score (a measure of health risk) rose; those with scores above 11 had the highest risk.
- The findings suggest that the PROFUND index is effective in predicting one-year mortality for HF patients, particularly beneficial for identifying those at intermediate to high risk.
Aims: The osmolarity of human serum is restricted to a tightly regulated range, and any deviation has clinical implications. Our aim in this study was to establish whether differences in serum osmolarity in heart failure (HF) patients are related with a worse outcome.
Methods: We evaluated the prognostic value of serum osmolarity in patients with HF from the Spanish National Registry on Heart Failure (RICA), a multicenter, prospective registry that enrolls patients admitted for decompensated HF and follows them for 1year.