Publications by authors named "Angel Arias Arias"
This systematic review evaluated the safety and efficacy of reduced port laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and compared its potential advantages over the conventional laparoscopic approach. Eighteen eligible articles were analyzed, including thirteen cohort studies and five randomized trials (n = 2945). There were no differences in total postoperative complications [OR of 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Sex education is essential for an accurate approach of sexuality in adolescents, being more effective when it is carried out at early ages. This study aimed to estimate the sexual health knowledge and the information in this regard perceived by adolescents, as well as where it came from.
Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was performed in students from two public high schools in Castilla-La Mancha who were surveyed about sexual knowledge.
[Telerehabilitación: evolución de la capacidad funcional, calidad de vida y salud mental en pacientes con covid-19 tras un programa de rehabilitación respiratoria.].
Rev Esp Salud Publica
November 2023
Objective: The healthcare approach to rehabilitation has undergone important changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of the study was to assess the role of a home respiratory telerehabilitation program based on exercises and education in patients admitted to COVID-19.
Methods: An observational cohort study of COVID-19 patients admitted to General Hospital La Mancha Centro from March to June 2020 was carried out, who were assessed and treated by the rehabilitation, physiotherapy and occupational therapy service.
Article Synopsis
- Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic allergic disease affecting the esophagus, and researchers used proteomics and RNA sequencing to study changes in the esophageal tissue of EoE patients compared to healthy controls.
- Out of 1667 identified proteins, 363 were differentially accumulated in EoE, while RNA sequencing revealed 1993 differentially expressed genes, highlighting a significant correlation between RNA and protein levels, especially for certain mRNA-protein pairs.
- The study provided new insights into the pathogenesis of EoE, revealing alterations in immune responses and epithelial processes, and emphasized the importance of combining proteomic and transcriptomic data for a better
Objective: The study of the evolution of certain biomarkers in patients with persistent detection of SARS-CoV-2 could determine the profile of the pathology that these patients may suffer. The objective of this study was to describe the evolution of different laboratory markers in patients with persistent detection of SARS-CoV-2, and determining these parameters were into reference values.
Methods: Patients were divided into two groups: the control group (G0) included patients with a positive direct test for SARS-CoV-2 followed by 2 negative, while the problem group (G1) included patients with at least 3 consecutive positive tests.
Objectives: To determine weight, height and body mass index (BMI) of schoolchildren from the La Mancha-Centro health area and compare them with those determined by the Spanish Cross-sectional Growth Study 2010 (SCGS-2010).
Methods: Cross-sectional study of 954 schoolchildren aged 6-12 years. Mean, standard deviation, and percentile distributions of weight, height, and BMI by gender and age were obtained.
Introduction: Treating systemic inflammation caused by SARS-COV 2 (COVID-19) has become a challenge for the clinician. Corticosteroids have been the turning point in the treatment of this disease. Preliminary data from Recovery clinical trial raises hope by showing that treatment with dexamethasone at doses of 6 mg/day shows a reduction on morbidity in patients requiring added oxygen therapy.
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- The study aimed to investigate the connection between the initial PCR cycle threshold (CT) values of COVID-19 patients and the persistence of the virus in their nasopharyngeal tract.
- It involved a retrospective analysis of patients with positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR results, comparing two groups: those who tested negative after two positive results (control group) and those who remained positive for at least three tests (problem group).
- Results showed that patients in the control group had higher mean CT values (30.8) compared to the problem group (21.5), indicating that lower CT values are linked to prolonged virus positivity, irrespective of symptoms or radiological findings.
Objective: The European Medicines Agency's marketing authorisation criteria for drugs are reflected in the European Public Assessment Reports. The objective is to describe the expectations and preferences of our oncohematological outpatients with respect to their oral treatments, and to evaluate the concordance with the results of European Public Assessment Reports.
Method: A survey of onco-hematological patients' expectations and preferences about overall survival and quality of life was developed, with three items: expectations on treatment, preferences of benefit and willingness to receive novel treatments with non-definitive results.
Introduction: Treating systemic inflammation caused by SARS-COV 2 (COVID-19) has become a challenge for the clinician. Corticosteroids have been the turning point in the treatment of this disease. Preliminary data from Recovery clinical trial raises hope by showing that treatment with dexamethasone at doses of 6mg/day shows a reduction on morbidity in patients requiring added oxygen therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objective: The COVID-19 coronavirus disease outbreak is evolving around the world. Objective: To evaluate the associations between influenza vaccination and other factors and the risk of mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Materials And Methods: Retrospective observational study.
Objective: To determine the risk and prognostic factors for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).
Patients And Methods: Prospective, case-control study with 61 cases and 64 controls, aged ≥2 years with diarrhoea, carried out in Castilla-La Mancha Health Care Area for 14 months. The diagnosis was made by immunochromatography technics (glutamate dehydrogenase and toxin A/B), confirming discordant cases by isothermal amplification.
Background And Objective: COVID-19 is a disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and has caused a global pandemic that we are currently suffering from.
Objective: to identify factors associated with the death of patients aged 65 years or older hospitalized for COVID-19.
Materials And Methods: Retrospective cohort study.
Background And Objective: The COVID-19 coronavirus disease outbreak is evolving around the world. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between influenza vaccination and the risk of mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, as well as other risk factors.
Materials And Methods: Retrospective observational study.
Background: The Ramsay scale is the most widely used scale during pediatric procedures although it has not been formally validated.
Objective: To validate the Ramsay scale during invasive procedures under sedation in pediatrics.
Methods: A prospective analytic study was conducted in two hospitals.
To evaluate the association between prolonged second stage of labor and the risk of adverse neonatal outcomes with a systematic review and meta-analysis. PubMed, Scopus and EMBASE were searched using the search strategy "Labor Stage, Second" AND (length OR duration OR prolonged OR abnormal OR excessive). Observational studies that examine the relationship between prolonged second stage of labor and neonatal outcomes were selected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Umbilical cord milking (UCM) consists of performing several milkings of the cord from the placenta to the newborn. The objective was to evaluate the effects of UCM on newborns ≥34 weeks' gestation.
Methods: Searches were conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, the Cochrane Database of Clinical Trials, and the clinicaltrails.
Introduction: The procedural sedation scale of the Niño Jesús Hospital (Madrid) (SSPNJH) has not been validated.
Patients And Methods: A prospective analytical study was conducted in 2 hospitals on patients ≥ 6 months undergoing invasive procedures using sedation-analgesia with propofol or midazolam and fentanyl. All were monitored using the bispectral index (BIS).
Aim: To assess the impact of implementing the "Risk Assessment and Prevention of Pressure Injuries (PI)" guideline on adherence to its recommendations, the prevalence of PI and the sustainability of results, and to analyse the implementation strategies, sustainability and barriers detected.
Methods: A retrospective observational study (June 2015 to December 2018). Two periods were studied (P1: Preparation and P2: Sustainability).
Umbilical cord milking (UCM) could be an alternative in cases where delayed umbilical cord clamping cannot be performed, therefore our objective was to evaluate the effects of UCM in newborns <37 weeks' gestation. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, the Cochrane Database of Clinical Trials, the clinicaltrails.gov database for randomized UCM clinical trials with no language restrictions, which we then compared with other strategies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackgrounds And Objectives: The use of physical restraints (PR) is common in the care of the elderly. However, their efficacy and safety are not supported by scientific evidence. The aim of this study was to determine the role of PR in preventing falls.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Despite the frequency with which anaemia is present in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), its relationship with gastrointestinal lesions has not been studied.
Method: A cross-sectional, analytical, observational study involving one year of recruitment was carried out to determine the prevalence of endoscopic gastrointestinal lesions and associated risk factors in asymptomatic patients with chronic kidney disease stages 1-5 and anaemia who had a positive qualitative immunochemical faecal occult blood test.
Results: A total of 9,658 patients with CKD were analysed, of which 286 (2.
Background: Oxytocin is the most widely used drug in the induction of labor, but it could have potential adverse effects that derive from uterine hyperstimulation.
Aim: To determine the benefits and drawbacks of oxytocin continuation versus oxytocin discontinuation after the active phase of induced labor.
Methods: We systematically searched Pubmed, EMBASE, Scopus, ClinicalTrials.
Background: postpartum haemorrhage is one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite the use of uterotonics agents as preventive measure, it remains a challenge to identify those women who are at increased risk of postpartum bleeding.
Objective: to develop and to validate a predictive model to assess the risk of excessive bleeding in women with vaginal birth.
Trend and seasonality of community-acquired Escherichia coli antimicrobial resistance and its dynamic relationship with antimicrobial use assessed by ARIMA models.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
October 2018
Introduction: We studied the trend and seasonality of community-acquired Escherichia coli resistance and quantified its correlation with the previous use of certain antibiotics.
Methods: A time series study of resistant community-acquired E. coli isolates and their association with antibiotic use was conducted in a Primary Health Care Area from 2008 to 2012.