Publications by authors named "Elena Alvaro Valiente"
Background: Prone position (PP) has been widely used in the COVID-19 pandemic for ARDS management. However, the optimal length of a PP session is still controversial. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of prolonged versus standard PP duration in subjects with ARDS due to COVID-19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Study and Evaluation of Two Scores: Shock Index (SI) and Physiological Stress Index (PSI) as discriminators for proactive treatment (reperfusion before decompensated shock) in a population of intermediate-high risk pulmonary embolism (PE).
Design: Using a database from a retrospective cohort with clinical variables and the outcome variable of "proactive treatment", a comparison of the populations was conducted. Optimal cut-off for "proactive treatment" points were obtained according to the SI and PSI.
Article Synopsis
- A 40-year-old woman underwent a double lung transplant due to pulmonary hypertension caused by pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and mixed connective tissue disease.
- Six days after surgery, she experienced severe abdominal pain and a CT scan revealed emphysematous gastritis and ischemia, leading to an emergency total gastrectomy.
- Following the gastrectomy, she had minor bleeding at the surgical site but showed favorable recovery, being discharged from the ICU on day 34 and the hospital two months post-surgery.