Publications by authors named "Carmen Castano"
Background: Common interventions for smoking cessation are based on medical advice and pharmacological aid. Information and communication technologies may be helpful as interventions by themselves or as complementary tools to quit smoking. The objective of the study was to determine the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the smoking population attended in primary care, and describe the major factors associated with its use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Intensive interventions on smoking cessation increase abstinence rates. However, few electronic mail (E-mail) based intensive interventions have been tested in smokers and none in primary care (PC) setting. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an intensive E-mail based intervention in smokers attending PC services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To describe a large series of patients with mutilans/resorptive arthritis (AM) of a representative population of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and analyze the associated variables.
Methods: Multicenter cross-sectional study of consecutive patients affected by PsA in 8 centers. In patients with swelling or deformity of the hands or feet we performed an anteroposterior rx.
Introduction: Valsalva retinopathy may occur as a sudden, dramatic loss of central vision due to the premacular location of the haemorrhage. It has been described in different clinical settings, and there are several options for its treatment.
Case Presentations: We present the cases of six patients with sudden visual acuity loss caused by Valsalva retinopathy, treated in our hospital in the last ten years.
Objective: To analyze the natural evolution of idiopathic lamellar macular holes (LMH) and macular pseudoholes (MPH) in the long term, based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) configuration and on best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) evolution.
Design: A prospective, longitudinal study.
Participants: We prospectively analyzed 108 eyes (67 left eyes and 41 right eyes) of 99 patients (55 female and 44 male) whose eyes had been diagnosed as having an MPH or an LMH on OCT examination.
Background And Objective: The study is aimed at improving our knowledge about the functional impairment of the psoriatic arthritis through a multicentral series.
Patients And Method: We have designed a transversal and multicentral study (centers of the same geographical area), including 343 patients with psoriatic arthritis. Eight medical centers have participated.