Identifying Adverse Events in Patients Hospitalized in Isolation or Quarantine Due to COVID-19.

Background: This study evaluated the adverse events of COVID-19 isolation or quarantine in patients with nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infection admitted to the Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study with 30-day follow-up of 126 patients diagnosed with nosocomial COVID-19 through polymerase chain reaction test, between May 1 and June 30, 2022, in a 500-bed university hospital in the island of Gran Canaria.

Results: Between May 1 and July 30, 2022, a total of 2250 patients were admitted to the Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria; 126 of them were diagnosed with nosocomial COVID-19 through a polymerase chain reaction test.

Lifting COVID-19 mitigation measures in Spain (May-June 2020).

Introduction: The state of alarm was declared in Spain due to the COVID-19 epidemic on March 14, 2020, and established population confinement measures. The objective is to describe the process of lifting these mitigation measures.

Methods: The Plan for the Transition to a New Normality, approved on April 28, contained four sequential phases with progressive increase in socio-economic activities and population mobility.

Lifting COVID-19 mitigation measures in Spain (May-June 2020).

Introduction: The state of alarm was declared in Spain due to the COVID-19 epidemic on March 14, 2020, and established population confinement measures. The objective is to describe the process of lifting these mitigation measures.

Methods: The Plan for the Transition to a New Normality, approved on April 28, contained four sequential phases with progressive increase in socio-economic activities and population mobility.

[Health impact of COVID pandemic. SESPAS Report 2022].

Objective: The World Health Organization declared the global SARS-CoV-2 infection a pandemic on March 11, 2020. The objective of this paper is to present its impact in terms of physical and mental health 22 months later.

Method: We have reviewed results from published meta-analysis and systematic reviews, and some individual articles on specific aspects of special interest.

[Apropriateness of hospital admissions due to COVID-19 in the 2 and 5 phase of the pandemic].

Objective: The increase in the demand for healthcare caused by COVID-19 implies a lower availability of health resources and influences the appropriateness of their use. Due to the variability of demand during the pandemic, the study aimed to compare the appropriateness of hospital admissions between the 2 and 5 phases of the pandemic according to the criteria of the Hospital Emergency Service (CiHRyC). These results were compared with those obtained according to the Pneumonity Severity Index (FINE) and the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP).

A population-based controlled experiment assessing the epidemiological impact of digital contact tracing.

While Digital contact tracing (DCT) has been argued to be a valuable complement to manual tracing in the containment of COVID-19, no empirical evidence of its effectiveness is available to date. Here, we report the results of a 4-week population-based controlled experiment that took place in La Gomera (Canary Islands, Spain) between June and July 2020, where we assessed the epidemiological impact of the Spanish DCT app Radar Covid. After a substantial communication campaign, we estimate that at least 33% of the population adopted the technology and further showed relatively high adherence and compliance as well as a quick turnaround time.

Association of the European lactase persistence variant (LCT-13910 C>T polymorphism) with obesity in the Canary Islands.

Background: European lactose tolerance genotype (LCT -13910 C>T, rs4988234) has been positively associated to body mass indexes (BMI) in a meta-analysis of 31,720 individuals of northern and central European descent. A strong association of lactase persistence (LP) with BMI and obesity has also been traced in a Spanish Mediterranean population. The aim of this study was to analyze a potential association of LP compared to lactase non-persistence (LNP) with BMI in inhabitants of the Canary Islands of Spain using Mendelian randomization.

The relationship between dioxin-like polychlorobiphenyls and IGF-I serum levels in healthy adults: evidence from a cross-sectional study.

Objective: Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and dioxin-like polychlorobiphenyls (DL-PCBs) have been associated with the pathogenesis of several diseases like cancer, diabetes and growth disorders. Because it has been suggested that organohalogenated contaminants could influence IGF-I levels in adults, the potential relationship between DL-PCBs and IGF-I serum levels was studied in 456 healthy adults from a representative sample of the general population of the Canary Islands (Spain).

Design: Free circulating serum levels of IGF-I and IGFBP-3 were measured through an ELISA methodology, while the serum levels of the 12 DL-PCBs congeners (IUPAC numbers # 77, 81, 105, 114, 118, 123, 126, 156, 157, 167, 169, and 189) were measured by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC-MS).

Polymorphisms of glutathione S-transferase μ and θ, MDR1 and VEGF genes as risk factors of bladder cancer: a case-control study.

Objective: The present study was aimed at examining the local distribution of GSTM1, GSTT1, MDR1, and VEGF gene polymorphisms as possible risk factors contributing to the development of bladder cancer among the population from Canary Islands, Spain.

Materials And Methods: The genotypes were determined by PCR-based methods in a hospital-based case-control study consisting of 119 cases and 110 controls. The socio-demographic and clinicopathologic data were collected, including the smoking habits of the population covered in the study.

Screening for tuberculosis infection in spanish healthcare workers: Comparison of the QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube test with the tuberculin skin test.

Objective: The risk of latent tuberculosis (LTBI) in healthcare workers (HCWs) is high. Until recently, the tuberculin skin test (TST) was the only diagnostic test available for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. A new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test, the QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G) test, was recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an alternative test for the diagnosis of LTBI in HCWs.

Dairy products and health: a review of the epidemiological evidence.

Evidence-based nutrition is essential to move forward in the science of community nutrition. The present study is a review of the epidemiological evidence of dairy products and health. There is an inverse association between the intake of dairy products and hypertension, stroke and colorectal cancer.

[Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in the population of Canary Islands, Spain].

Background And Objective: The program for the detection of high blood cholesterol in adults (ATP III) has recently published diagnostic criteria for the metabolic syndrome. Its prevalence in the Canarian population is reported here.

Subjects And Method: 578 adults, who participated in the Nutritional Survey of the Canary Islands (ENCA 1997-1998) were selected.