Publications by authors named "Carmen Pastragus"

Aim: To investigate clinical and biological aspects and to evaluate potential relation with activity and damage indexes in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).

Material And Methods: Retrospective observational study in 30 consecutive SLE patients (ACR 1997 diagnostic criteria) assessed according to a standard protocol including demographic, clinical and biological (hematology, inflammatory, immunology) data, disease activity (SLEDAI) and damage (SLICC/ACR).

Results: 90% SLE women with a mean age of 45.

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Unlabelled: The aim of our descriptive study was to assess a sample of patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Material And Methods: A sample of 295 patients was assessed regarding demographical features, comorbidities, some laboratory investigations and therapeutically interventions.

Results: The predominance of females (81.

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Aim: To assess some demographic features in a series of 741 rheumatoid arthritis patients admitted to the Clinic Hospital of Rehabilitation at Iasi in different stages of disease in order to select the most adequate rehabilitation teratment.

Material And Methods: Data were collected from patients' records, hospital statistical reports, and then processed and interpreted using EPI/INFO and MS Excel.

Results: Sex distribution revealed that the disease was more common in females (male/female ratio 0.

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