An Atlas of Anatomical Variants of the Human Talus.

Anatomical variants can be used effectively to identify relationships between individuals in kinship analysis and they may be useful during surgical procedures. These procedures can be better implemented when the cause, appearance and location are understood. Clear representations and definitions of anatomical traits are necessary.

SIRS criteria versus qSOFA score in patients with severe alcohol-related hepatitis.

Severe alcohol-related hepatitis (sAH) is a potentially life-threatening complication of alcohol-related liver disease. SIRS criteria have been related to disease severity and may be a prognostic factor. Recently, qSOFA has been shown to be more prognostically accurate than SIRS in other inflammatory conditions.

Ankylosing spondylitis and heterotopic calcification: a case from the Prehispanic population of Buenavista del Norte (Tenerife, Canary Islands).

Skeletal remains of an adult (estimated age at death ≈ 27-30 years) Prehispanic male with fusion in the sacroiliac joints showed a heterotopic ossification consisting of a flat, 10 × 5 cm bone formation covering the posterior aspect of the right sacroiliac joint. The bones were recovered from a burial cave containing remains of 4 individuals, located on the side of a ravine, in Buenavista del Norte (NW corner of Tenerife, Canary Islands), at ≈ 450 m altitude. This individual was probably affected by ankylosing spondylitis (AS) that led to bony fusion of the pelvic bones with the sacrum, but several unusual features prompted us to compare the pelvis with those belonging to two modern individuals affected by AS (20 century) housed at the Department of Anatomy of the school of medicine (University of La Laguna, Tenerife).

Mortality and COVID Infection: Predictors of Mortality 10 Months after Discharge.

Background: The long-term survival of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and the factors associated with poorer survival months after infection are not well understood. The aims of the present study were to analyze the overall mortality 10 months after admission.

Methods: 762 patients with COVID-19 disease were included.

Intracemetery relationships: Non-metric trait combination analysis of Maspalomas of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain).

Maspalomas is one of the most important archaeological sites in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. The necropolis is one of the few funerary sites on the island where several the skeletons were found in anatomical position. The burials correspond to graves and cists dated between the 12 and 15 century CE.