Publications by authors named "Bolibar I"
Aim: The aim was to assess the effectiveness of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) in preventing CAP in adults.
Methods: This was a population-based cohort study, followed up over 5 years (2015-2019), that included 47,768 persons aged ≥18 years assigned to three primary care centres. Data were retrospectively obtained from electronic medical records and databases.
Objective: This review will identify and describe the content and assess the quality of available decision aids aimed at adults with advanced chronic kidney disease with medical indication to start dialysis who need to choose one of the two dialysis modalities.
Introduction: The lack of evidence regarding the superiority of the different options for dialysis, hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis, indicated in advanced chronic kidney disease, makes the shared decision-making process especially important.
Inclusion Criteria: We will include decision aids from published studies and non-published material aimed at adults with advanced chronic kidney disease.
Background: Indications for the revascularization treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) generate much discussion, and practice varies significantly among hospitals. This study looked at patients with PAD admitted to all hospitals of the Catalan Health Service and analyzed patterns of revascularization techniques with subsequent amputation procedures.
Methods: We used the clinical-administrative registry of admissions of all patients in the hospitals of Catalonia, north-east Spain, between 2009 and 2014.
Objective: To assess the monetary savings resulting from a pharmacist intervention on the appropriateness of prescribed drugs in community-dwelling polymedicated (≥8 drugs) elderly people (≥70 years).
Method: An evaluation of pharmaceutical expenditure reduction was performed within a randomised, multicentre clinical trial. The study intervention consisted of a pharmacist evaluation of all drugs prescribed to each patient using the "Good Palliative-Geriatric Practice" algorithm and the "Screening Tool of Older Persons Prescriptions/Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment" criteria (STOPP/START).
We performed a systematic review of the literature to establish conclusive evidence of risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Observational studies (cross-sectional, case-control, and cohort studies) the primary outcome of which was to assess risk factors for CAP in both hospitalized and ambulatory adult patients with radiologically confirmed pneumonia were selected. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale specific for cohort and case-control designs was used for quality assessment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the effectiveness of two management programs on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Design: A study with a quasi-experimental design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of two interventions (I1, I2) for the care of patients with COPD after a mean follow-up of 31.2months.
Objectives: The objective of the study was to present the findings of an audit tool aimed at assessing contact tracing activities during an Ebola outbreak.
Methods: The tool was based on Ebola guidelines and observations in the field. It was composed of 38 indicators covering contact tracing preparatives, resources, procedures and results.
Aims: Studies defined as case-control do not always use this design. We aimed to estimate the frequency of mislabelled case-control studies in published articles in the area of diabetes and to identify the predictors of incorrect labelling.
Methods: We searched Medline and Web of Science for articles with "diabetes" and "case control" in title and filtered for language (English/Romance) and period (January 2010-December 2014).
Background: Autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a treatment that contains fibrin and high concentrations of growth factors with the potential to improve the healing of chronic wounds. This is the first update of a review first published in 2012.
Objectives: To determine whether autologous PRP promotes the healing of chronic wounds.
Objective: To describe the development of a novel on-line database aimed to serve as a source of information concerning healthcare interventions appraised for their clinical value and appropriateness by several initiatives worldwide, and to present a retrospective analysis of the appraisals already included in the database.
Methods And Findings: Database development and a retrospective analysis. The database DianaHealth.
Aims And Background: Several countries have introduced programs for rapid diagnosis and treatment of cancer, but their impact on hospital care delay and tumor stage is not clear. We assessed the impact of a rapid diagnosis and treatment program (RDTP) for lung cancer on the diagnosis-to-treatment interval (DTI) and tumor stage.
Methods And Study Design: We performed a quasi-experimental study in an intervention group of 191 patients with lung cancer attended through the RDTP circuit and a comparison group of 171 patients attended through the routine hospital circuit.
Background: Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2011 introduced a new multidimensional system (symptom/risk) for assessment chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this study was to explore the construct validity of the GOLD 2011 classification strategy; specifically, we evaluated its internal structure in terms of reliability and exploratory factor analysis (EFA).
Methods: Reliability (Cronbach alpha coefficient), correlations between variables and two successive EFA were performed to assess the internal structure of GOLD 2011.
Introduction: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is not considered a professional disease, and the effect of different occupations and working conditions on susceptibility to CAP is unknown. The aim of this study is to determine whether different jobs and certain working conditions are risk factors for CAP.
Methodology: Over a 1-year period, all radiologically confirmed cases of CAP (n=1,336) and age- and sex-matched controls (n=1,326) were enrolled in a population-based case-control study.
Background: Spirometry is an apparently simple test, yet the recommended criteria for acceptability and reproducibility can be difficult to fulfill. This study aimed (1) to prospectively assess the number of tests that meet the American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society (ATS/ERS) 2005 acceptability and repeatability criteria in the routine practice of an experienced technician at a referral hospital's lung function laboratory, (2) to identify the most common errors, and (3) to explore patient characteristics possibly associated with failure to meet standards.
Methods: We prospectively evaluated 257 consecutive spirometries supervised by the same technician, who gave priority to achieving a minimum of 3 correct maneuvers within a maximum of 8 attempts.
Objective: To assess whether passive smoking exposure at home is a risk factor for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in adults.
Setting: A population-based case-control study was designed in a Mediterranean area with 860 000 inhabitants >14 years of age.
Participants: 1003 participants who had never smoked were recruited.
Background: A population-based case-control study was designed to assess changes of serum levels of immunoglobulins and IgG subclasses between infected and convalescent phase in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
Methods: Over a 2-year period, all subjects who were >14 years of age living in the Maresme region (Barcelona, Spain) diagnosed of CAP were registered. Controls were healthy subjects selected from the municipal census.
Background: The role of inhaled steroids in patients with chronic respiratory diseases is a matter of debate due to the potential effect on the development and prognosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). We assessed whether treatment with inhaled steroids in patients with chronic bronchitis, COPD or asthma and CAP may affect early outcome of the acute pneumonic episode.
Methods: Over 1-year period, all population-based cases of CAP in patients with chronic bronchitis, COPD or asthma were registered.
Background: Dental trauma at the workplace may have important clinical and occupational consequences, but little is known about its profile.
Aims: To describe the frequency and characteristics of work-related dental injuries.
Methods: For all patients with occupational dental trauma seen at the FREMAP Hospital of Barcelona (Spain) between January 2000 and December 2006, we recorded their characteristics, type of work and nature of the trauma, including cause of the accident, extent of trauma, reason for referral to a dentist, and days of sick leave.
Autologous platelet-rich plasma for treating chronic wounds.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
October 2012
Background: Autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a treatment that contains fibrin and high concentrations of growth factors and has the potential to aid wound healing.
Objectives: To determine whether autologous PRP promotes the healing of chronic wounds.
Search Methods: We searched the Cochrane Wounds Group Specialised Register (searched 15 August 2012); The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (The Cochrane Library 2012, Issue 8); Ovid MEDLINE (1950 to August Week 1 2012); Ovid MEDLINE (In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, August 14, 2012); Ovid EMBASE (1980 to 2012 Week 32); EBSCO CINAHL (1982 to 10 August 2012) and International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP)(accessed 22 August 2012).
Background And Objective: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by a systemic inflammation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between systemic inflammation, measured with C reactive protein (CRP), and clinical and functional outcomes of the disease.
Patients And Methods: A randomized sample of 413 COPD patients from 31 primary health care centers of Barcelona was evaluated.
Background And Objective: This study analyzes the evolution of the health status of the non-institutionalized Spanish population of 65 and more years, during the period 1993-2006, in terms of self-perceived health and chronic disability.
Subjects And Methods: Data were analyzed from the National Health Surveys of non-institutionalized population in Spain in the years 1993 and 2006, through weighted logistic regression models.
Results: During the period 1993-2006, there was an increase in self-perception of good health (0.
The effect of inhaled drugs in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is unclear. This case-control study was designed to determine whether inhaled drugs were risk factors for CAP. All incident cases of confirmed CAP that occurred over 1 yr in patients with chronic bronchitis (CB), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma were included, as well as CB, COPD and asthma controls.
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