Publications by authors named "Cristina Marin"
Background: Primary hyperhidrosis (PH) is a somatic and idiopathic pediatric skin disease. The eccrine glands are tiny and very numerous, with approximately 3 million distributed throughout the skin. There is no commonly accepted amount of sweating to define hyperhidrosis, but people with this disease suffer real limitations integrating into society, which can be quantified through quality of life measurement scales.
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- This study investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the ability of patients to receive iontophoresis treatment for hyperhidrosis, a condition that causes excessive sweating.
- It is a retrospective analysis conducted in Romania that reviewed data from 111 patients treated between 2013 and 2023, revealing a complete drop in patient visits during the pandemic.
- The study highlights that despite the debilitating effects of hyperhidrosis on quality of life, patients and their families often do not see it as a pressing health issue needing immediate treatment.
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- * The study analyzed data from 22 sites across Europe from 2013-2019, using advanced techniques to identify and quantify various OA components like hydrocarbon-like OA, biomass burning OA, and cooking-like OA.
- * The findings highlight that oxygenated OA makes up the majority of OA mass, with solid fuel combustion contributing notably, especially in winter, providing valuable data for air quality improvements.
The environment is threatened by the continuously increasing volume of plastic residue. Plastic recycling is an interesting alternative to mitigate this problem. However, recycled plastic products may have pollutants from their recycling process, collecting system and/or previous life which may hurt consumers health, thus making it key to authenticate and characterize recycled materials.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA case of munchausen syndrome or central line-associated bloodstream infection? Or both?
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
December 2014
Rehabilitation of sensory and/or motor functions in patients with neurological diseases is more and more dealing with artificial electrical stimulation and recording from populations of neurons using biocompatible chronic implants. As more and more patients have benefited from these approaches, the interest in neural interfaces has grown significantly. However an important problem reported with all available microelectrodes to date is long-term viability and biocompatibility.
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