Inflammatory gene expression in adipose tissue according to diagnosis of anxiety and mood disorders in obese and non-obese subjects.

Psychiatric disorders have been widely reported to be associated with systemic inflammation upregulation and adiposity. However, there are no data that link adipose tissue inflammation to these mental disorders. The analysis of adipokines and inflammation-related markers in adipose tissue could help to elucidate the potential association between obesity and mental health.

Age-specific excess mortality patterns and transmissibility during the 1889-1890 influenza pandemic in Madrid, Spain.

Purpose: Although the 1889-1890 influenza pandemic was one of the most important epidemic events of the 19th century, little is known about the mortality impact of this pandemic based on detailed respiratory mortality data sets.

Methods: We estimated excess mortality rates for the 1889-1890 pandemic in Madrid from high-resolution respiratory and all-cause individual-level mortality data retrieved from the Gazeta de Madrid, the Official Bulletin of the Spanish government. We also generated estimates of the reproduction number from the early growth phase of the pandemic.

Emotional processing in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The aim of the present study was to investigate whether there are differences in emotional processing among people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, using Lang's dimensional model of emotions. A total of 22 individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder participated in the study and were compared to a control group (n=25). All participants assessed a set of photographs with emotional content (pleasant, neutral, unpleasant, and with obsessive-compulsive content) using the Self-Assessment Manikin pictorial scales for rating emotional valence (pleasant/unpleasant), arousal (calm/aroused) and dominance (controlling/controlled).

[Factor structure and reliability of the Spanish adaptation of the Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale--Self Report (CY-BOCS-SR)].

The aim of this study was the adaptation to Spanish of the «Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale--Self Report» (CY-BOCS-SR), one of the most frequently utilized scales in the assessment of obsessive-compulsive behaviors. After its translation to Spanish, its factor invariance in boys and girls, reliability, and relationship with the children's age were examined. Lastly, normative data for this Spanish version are presented.

Taking dentistry to the geriatric patient: a home visit model.

Frail, medically complex elders comprise an increasing dentally underserved population. The "demographic imperative" clearly shows that the number of elders is growing-from a current estimate of 40 million to a projection of 87 million in 2050. Oral health is a critical component of overall health and is increasingly recognized as critical to quality of life.

[Bacterial meningitis in emergency medicine. Factors associated with delay of antimicrobial therapy].

Background: Bacterial meningitis is a severe infection. Outcome might be improved if diagnosis and therapy are achieved promptly. We studied the time elapsed until antimicrobial therapy and analyzed factors associated to delay.

[Pleural effusion associated with primary lymphedema: a rare combination. Apropos of a case].

A case of exclusive association of pleural effusions and primary lymphedema, without ungual dystrophy is described. This isolated combination is an uncommon clinical condition with only 11 cases reported in the literature. The pathogenesis is characterized by aplasia-hypoplasia of the lymphatic vessels with consequent defective lymphatic drainage.