Quality of Life and Psychological Changes in Bariatric Surgery: An Observational Study.

Introduction: Candidates for bariatric surgery may have psychiatric disorders that must be evaluated. The aim of this study was to describe the psychological state and quality of life (QoL) of patients with obesity awaiting bariatric surgery prior to surgical procedure and 1 year after surgery.

Methods: A longitudinal retrospective observational study was carried out in 71 patients awaiting bariatric surgery.

Clinical Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence-Based Decision Support System for the Diagnosis and American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System Classification of Thyroid Nodules.

This study aimed to evaluate the clinical impact of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based decision support system (DSS), Koios DS, on the analysis of ultrasound imaging and suspicious characteristics for thyroid nodule risk stratification. A retrospective ultrasound study was conducted on all thyroid nodules with histological findings from June 2021 to December 2022 in a thyroid nodule clinic. The diagnostic performance of ultrasound imaging was evaluated by six readers on the American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (ACR TI-RADS) before and after the use of the AI-based DSS and by AI itself.

Diagnosis of malnutrition and its relationship with prognosis in hospitalized patients with oncological pathology.

Background And Aims: Medical oncology inpatients are at a very high risk of malnutrition, and the presence of complications associated with malnutrition is significant in their evolution. It is necessary to have adequate tools in the diagnosis of malnutrition.

Objectives: This study is aimed to assess the nutritional status of cancer inpatients and compare the incidence of complications based on the nutritional diagnosis with different tools.

Predictive value and dynamic risk stratification of high sensitive basal or stimulated thyroglobulin assay in a long-term thyroid carcinoma cohort.

Purpose: To evaluate the predictive value of the rhTSH thyroglobulin stimulation test (rhTSH-Tg) compared to basal high-sensitive thyroglobulin (hs-Tg) under TSH suppressive therapy at 12 months after the completion of initial treatment to predict the long-term response and Dynamic Risk Stratification (DRS) at the last follow-up visit in a long-term DTC cohort.

Methods: Prospective study in 114 DTC patients (77.2% women, mean age 46.

Evolution of suppressing TSH therapy at diagnosis and in the long-term follow-up in a cohort of differentiated thyroid cancer.

Introduction: To evaluate the adequacy of TSH suppression therapy (TSHst) at the first disease assessment and the last follow-up visit.

Methods: Retrospective observational study of those patients under follow-up of DTC in a reference hospital.

Results: 216 patients (79.

Metabolic control and satisfaction in a diabetes education programme in flash glucose monitoring through telemedicine in type 1 diabetes.

Objective: To evaluate metabolic control and satisfaction with a telemedicine diabetes education programme for the initiation of flash glucose monitoring (FGM) in type 1 diabetes.

Material And Methods: Prospective study in 48 patients (52.1% women, 22.

[Hyponatremia among patients with total enteral tube feeding: prevalence and associated clinical factors].

Introduction: hyponatremia is the most frequent disturbance in hospitalized patients. This situation may influence the therapeutic approach in patients with total enteral tube feeding (TEN). Objective: to study the prevalence of hyponatremia and the clinical factors that are associated with increased risk in a population with TEN.

Impact of flash glucose monitoring on quality of life and glycaemic control parameters in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus⋆.

Introduction: Flash glucose monitoring (FGM) improves some glycaemic control variables and quality of life parameters.

Objective: Our aim was to evaluate the quality of life and glycaemic control parameters after initiating FGM in patients with type 1 diabetes (DM1) in clinical practice.

Material And Methods: A prospective observational study in DM1 patients that started using FGM between June 2019 and April 2020.

Muscular Ultrasonography in Morphofunctional Assessment of Patients with Oncological Pathology at Risk of Malnutrition.

Background: Muscular ultrasonography is a technique that allows assessing the amount and quality of muscle in a specific body region. The aim of the study was to compare the value of muscle ultrasonography in diagnosis of malnutrition with techniques such as anthropometry, handgrip strength and impedanciometry in patients with oncological pathology. Methods: Cross-sectional study in 43 patients with oncological pathology and high nutritional risk.

Incidence and dynamic risk stratification in differentiated thyroid cancer in a high-resolution clinic, 2002-2017.

Objective: We evaluated the incidence, progression and the dynamic risk stratification in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) under follow-up in a high-resolution clinic (HRC).

Methods: This was a retrospective observational study on incident cases in the tumor registry from 2002 to 2017 and their evolution under follow-up in HRC.

Results: A total of 444 patients (78.

Impact of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) on the Evolution of Disease in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

Dysphagia is a highly prevalent symptom in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), and the implantation of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a very frequent event. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of PEG implantation on survival and complications in ALS. An interhospital registry of patients with ALS of six hospitals in the Castilla-León region (Spain) was created between January 2015 and December 2017.

[Influence of prior ischemic events on the nutritional status of patients hospitalized for stroke].

Background and aims: a poor nutritional status may worsen the prognosis of stroke. We assessed which factors were associated with a worse nutritional status in patients with stroke at the time of hospitalization. Methods: a cross-sectional study in patients with stroke needing enteral nutritional support, from January 2014 to September 2016.

Incidence and dynamic risk stratification in differentiated thyroid cancer in a high-resolution clinic, 2002-2017.

Objective: We evaluated the incidence, progression and the dynamic risk stratification in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) under follow-up in a high-resolution clinic (HRC).

Methods: This was a retrospective observational study on incident cases in the tumor registry from 2002 to 2017 and their evolution under follow-up in HRC.

Results: A total of 444 patients (78.

Effect of lockdown for COVID-19 on self-reported body weight gain in a sample of obese patients.

Objective: the COVID-19 pandemic, by restricting population mobility, may exacerbate the risk factors for weight gain associated with physical inactivity and increased consumption of calorie-dense foods. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the risk factors related to self-reported body weight gain among obese subjects. Methods: the study involved a population of 284 adult obese subjects.

Influence of nutritional status on hospital length of stay in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Introduction: In the hospitalized patient, Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) may result in a worse nutritional status due to its pathophysiology and dietary treatment.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to know if a hospitalized diabetic patient has a worse nutritional status, and to establish the influence of DM2 on the hospital length of stay in patients with malnutrition.

Material And Methods: This was a transveral study from January 2014 to October 2016; 1017 patients were included who were assessed by the Endocrinology and Nutrition Department.

ACYL-CoA synthetase long-chain 5 polymorphism is associated with weight loss and metabolic changes in response to a partial meal-replacement hypocaloric diet.

Aims:to analyze the effects of the rs2419621 genetic variant of the ACSL5 gene on weight change and metabolic parameters after a partial meal-replacement hypocaloric diet. Methods: this was a non-randomized, single-treatment study with a formula-diet in 44 obese subjects with body mass index (BMI) greater than 35 kg/m2. Patients received nutritional education and a modified diet with two intakes of a normocaloric hyperproteic formula during 3 months.

Malnutrition at diagnosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als) and its influence on survival: Using glim criteria.

Background: Malnutrition is a prognostic factor in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Sometimes, this condition is underdiagnosed, and it might influence on disease progression.

Aims: To evaluate a) nutritional status at the beginning of specialized nutritional treatment and b) the influence of initial nutritional status on disease evolution and survival in a group of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

[Metabolic control, cardiovascular profile, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet in a familial hypercholesterolemia cohort in a Public Health Program].

Introduction and objective: familial heterozygous hypercholesterolemia (HFH) is the most common monogenic lipid metabolism disorder that associates premature cardiovascular disease. Our aim was to describe the degree of metabolic control, cardiovascular profile, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet in a cohort of HFH patients. Subjects and methods: a retrospective cohort study of the index cases and their relatives genetically diagnosed with HFH by the Endocrinology and Nutrition Service in the HCUV from 2009 to 2017.

Influence of Hyperglycemia Associated with Enteral Nutrition on Mortality in Patients with Stroke.

Unlabelled: Objectives To evaluate in patients admitted for stroke: (1) The frequency of hyperglycaemia associated with enteral nutrition (EN). (2) The risk of morbidity and mortality associated with the development of this type of hyperglycaemia.

Methods: A longitudinal observational study was conducted in 115 non-diabetic patients admitted for stroke with EN.

Effect of weight loss on bone metabolism in postmenopausal obese women with osteoarthritis.

Background: The choice of hypocaloric diets in obesity can affect bone health.

Aims: The aim of this study is to assess the effect of a hypocaloric diet in postmenopausal obese women and to determine the influence of weight reduction on bone metabolism.

Methods: This was a non-randomised, single-treatment study in 96 postmenopausal women with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 35kg/m and osteoarthritis.

[Clinical and economic implications of disease-related malnutrition in a surgical service].

Introduction: disease-related malnutrition (DRM) is currently a major challenge in our hospitals, both because of its high prevalence and because of the clinical and economic impact. Our study aims to assess the feasibility and importance of establishing a nutritional screening strategy in our Health Care System.

Patients And Methods: this is a prospective study carried out in a Surgery Ward.