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.

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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.

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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.

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Diarrhoea caused by multiple nematode infection is uncommon in Spain, therefore we are not very familiar with the diagnosis and treatment of these patients.

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Background 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.

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