Publications by authors named "I Tourne"
Biochemical model of logistic regression for early prediction of the etiology of acute pancreatitis.
Rev Esp Enferm Dig
December 1997
Objective: To define a simple model for the early prediction of the biliary or alcoholic etiology in acute pancreatitis, according to the results of several biochemical variables.
Patients And Methods: Forty-five patients with acute pancreatitis were included in the study (33 of biliary and 12 of alcoholic etiology). Plasma levels of standard biochemical parameters (glucose, urea, albumin, calcium and C-reactive protein), liver function tests (glutamic oxalacetic transaminase, glutamic pyruvic transaminase, alkaline phosphatase, (gamma-glutamyl-transpeptidase, lactic dehydrogenase, bilirubin and bile acids) and pancreatic enzymes (lipase, amylase and p-amylase) were measured daily throughout the first three days of hospitalization.
Background: The estimation of the frequency of infection by HIV, hepatitis B virus and syphilis in unselected populations of full-term pregnancy is useful for epidemiologic surveillance of these diseases and for decision marking in prenatal detection.
Methods: A transversal study of 3,193 women who gave birth in the Hospital General de Elche between March 1989 and February 1990 was carried out. A blind survey was developed to avoid ethic problems and bias derived from the undertaking of HIV test without patient consent.