Publications by authors named "Israel Grilo Bensusan"
Background: conscious sedation with benzodiazepines and opiates for colonoscopy is a widespread clinical practice.
Objective: to determine the patient's tolerance to colonoscopy and identify the factors associated with lower tolerance.
Methods: a prospective, single-center, descriptive study of patients undergoing ambulatory colonoscopy under conscious sedation.
Background: Undergoing a colonoscopy can cause anxiety in patients and this is something which has not been closely studied.
Objective: To determine the frequency and intensity of anxiety prior to a colonoscopy and the factors which are related to the procedure.
Methods: This is a prospective study of patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy in our hospital.
Hepatopulmonary syndrome: What we know and what we would like to know.
World J Gastroenterol
July 2016
Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is characterized by abnormalities in blood oxygenation caused by the presence of intrapulmonary vascular dilations (IPVD) in the context of liver disease, generally at a cirrhotic stage. Knowledge about the subject is still only partial. The majority of the information about the etiopathogenesis of HPS has been obtained through experiments on animals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiarrhoea caused by multiple nematode infection is uncommon in Spain, therefore we are not very familiar with the diagnosis and treatment of these patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objective: To describe the characteristics observed in patients diagnosed of hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) waiting for orthotopic liver transplantation and those who underwent liver trasplantation.
Patients And Method: An observational prospective descriptive study was carried out of patients waiting for liver transplantation in whom data of liver illness and lung function tests were analyzed.
Results: 107 patients of 53.