Publications by authors named "Beatriz Blazquez"
Tachypnea in response to hypoxemia decreases with age in older patients.
Geriatr Gerontol Int
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to investigate whether older patients (≥65 years) have a diminished tachypneic response to hypoxia, meaning they may not breathe faster in response to low oxygen levels as much as younger patients do.
- Researchers analyzed data from 7126 patients in Spanish emergency departments, measuring peripheral arterial oxygen saturation (SatO2) and respiratory rate (RR) upon arrival, finding significant correlations across all age groups studied.
- Results indicated that as patient age increased, the respiratory rate response to decreasing oxygen levels slowed down, with younger individuals showing a faster increase in breathing rate in response to hypoxia compared to older individuals, particularly those aged ≥90 years.
The blood vessel lumen is an extremely rare location for a benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor like schwannoma. Less than 10 cases have been previously reported. In this report, we present a case of a 68-year-old woman who had a soft tissue nodule at the posterior calf of her left leg during a physical examination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a case of a large malignant solitary fibrous kidney tumor. A complete surgical resection of the primary tumor and peritoneal disease was carried out, and a histological examination confirmed the initial diagnosis. We describe and discuss the characteristics of this rare kidney neoplasm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChromosomal abnormalities are detected in 40-60% of patients with de novo myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). This study used the FISH technique in 773 patients with de novo MDS without evidence of monosomy 7 (-7) or 7q deletion (7q-) by conventional G-banding cytogenetics (CC) to analyze their prognostic impact by FISH alone. FISH detected -7/7q- in 5.
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