Publications by authors named "Elsa Naval-Sendra"
Comparison of the Determinants of the "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Assessment Test" (CAT) and the "Asthma Control Test" (ACT) in Patients with Asthma-COPD Overlap.
J Clin Med
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to compare the Asthma Control Test (ACT) and COPD Assessment Test (CAT) in relation to the severity of asthma-COPD overlap among smokers and former smokers in Spain.
- Out of 157 patients, both tests showed a strong correlation, but the ACT had a better predictive value for exacerbations than the CAT.
- Factors like anxiety, depression, and dyspnoea were linked to both tests, while age and other specific health scores were only associated with one of the tests.
Endotracheal metastases (ETM) from non-lung cancer are seldom seen. Their main clinical symptoms are cough, haemoptysis and dyspnoea, although occasionally an incidental finding is made during a bronchoscopy. Breast, colon and kidney adenocarcinoma might be associated with ETM, lung cancer being the most frequent cause.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOlanzapine-induced agranulocytosis: a case report and review of the literature.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
February 2002
The novel antipsychotic olanzapine has structural and pharmacological properties similar to clozapine. Until recently, no haematological toxicity has been reported with olanzapine use and it was expected to be a safer alternative. The authors report a case of agranulocytosis induced by olanzapine and reviewed the 11 cases reported in the literature.
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