Publications by authors named "Enrique Bolona"
Article Synopsis
- - The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the deficiencies in intensive care medicine in low-resource settings (LRS), prompting a need for expert recommendations on establishing medical critical care.
- - An international conference in December 2023, organized by the National Association of Intensivists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, involved 48 clinicians from 20 countries who used a modified Delphi methodology to reach consensus on key statements regarding organizational structure, staffing, and education for critical care units in LRS.
- - The conference concluded with 13 out of 16 statements achieving consensus, emphasizing the importance of specialized training, multispecialty units, healthcare authority recognition, and the role of technology in improving critical care in LRS.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected 187 countries, representing a global public health problem. The increasing number of critically ill patients and deaths have fueled a desperate search for treatments that can halt the course of the disease. Currently, there are several experimental therapies with demonstrated in vitro activity against COVID-19 used in clinical practice, including hydroxychloroquine, remdesivir, interleukin-6 pathway inhibitors, and convalescent plasma; however, to date no agent has proven efficacy against COVID-19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder affecting between 5% and 24% of men and women. The prevalence of OSA in the intensive care unit (ICU) population is unknown. This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of OSA in patients admitted to the ICU and to determine if OSA is an independent predictor of mortality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Decision aids in practice may affect patient trust in the clinician, a requirement for optimal diabetes care. We sought to determine the impact of a decision aid to help patients with diabetes decide about statins (Statin Choice) on patients' trust in the clinician.
Methods: We randomized 16 diabetologists and 98 patients with type 2 diabetes referred to a subspecialty diabetes clinic to use the Statin Choice decision aid or a patient pamphlet about dyslipidaemia, and then to receive these materials from either the clinician during the visit or a researcher prior to the visit.
Objective: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials that assessed the effect of testosterone use on cardiovascular events and risk factors in men with different degrees of androgen deficiency.
Methods: Librarian-designed search strategies were used to search the MEDLINE (1966 to October 2004), EMBASE (1988 to October 2004), and Cochrane CENTRAL (inception to October 2004) databases. The database search was performed again in March 2005.
Objective: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials to measure the effect of testosterone use on sexual function in men with sexual dysfunction and varying testosterone levels.
Methods: Librarian-designed search strategies were used to search the MEDLINE (1966 to October 2004), EMBASE (1988 to October 2004), and Cochrane CENTRAL (inception to October 2004) databases. The MEDLINE search was rerun in March 2005.
Context: Androgen-deficient men are at increased risk of osteoporosis. The extent to which testosterone can prevent and treat osteoporosis in men remains unclear.
Objective And Design: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials in men to estimate the effect of testosterone use on bone health outcomes.