Publications by authors named "J E Rey Nores"

It is known that the common physiological denominator of the ageing process is an attenuation of functional performance with respect to the situation of young people and adults. However, since the first cohort-based longitudinal studies, it has not been possible to establish a "linear" relationship between age and glomerular filtration in all cases. This does not mean that there is no physiological ageing process at all; in addition to those already elucidated, its mechanisms include cell senescence, podocyte dysfunction, a vitamin D deficiency, and homozygotic forms of the MYH9 gene.

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Purpose: Medical treatment of nasal polyposis is based on corticotherapy, and the most frequent complication of long-term corticotherapy is corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis.

Objective: To assess bone mineral density after long-term, high-dose corticosteroid treatment for nasal polyposis.

Patients And Methods: Bone mineral density at the spine and hip was measured by absorptiometry in 32 patients who had received high doses of corticosteroids for nasal polyposis.

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Rhinitis and sinusitis concern roughly a quarter of the population in the Western world. They are associated with a wide range of symptoms: nasal obstruction, anterior and posterior nasal discharge, sneezing episodes, facial pain or congestion, and taste and smell disorders. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the clinical significance of these various symptoms as a function of the topographic diagnosis of chronic rhinosinusitis.

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Purpose: To determine the effects of a standardized therapeutic protocol (short-term oral administration of prednisolone and daily intranasal spray of beclometasone) on stage I nasal polyposis over a follow-up period of 3 years.

Procedures: Assessments (evaluation of nasal function and drug consumption) were conducted at baseline and every 3 months on 54 consecutive patients with stage I nasal polyposis during 3 years.

Results: Over the follow-up period of 3 years, this dual modality proved to be successful in 87% of the subjects; only 13% had to undergo surgery after its failure.

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