Effect of the 2008 economic crisis on oral health in Spain: analysis of serial cross-sectional, population-based health surveys.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of the economic crisis on the oral health of individuals in Spain based on variables including sex, unemployment, social class and educational level.

Design: This was an analysis of serial cross-sectional, population-based health surveys conducted before the crisis (2003 and 2006) and during the crisis (2011, 2014 and 2017).

Setting: National Health Surveys of Spain and the European Health Survey in Spain.

Trends in hospitalization and in-hospital mortality rates among patients with lung cancer in Spain between 2010 and 2020.

Background: Lung cancer is the third most frequent tumor and the main cause of death by tumor in Spain. Although the incidence and mortality are still significantly higher in men than in women, the disparity between the sexes is decreasing. The objective of this study was to analyze the evolution of lung cancer hospitalization and in-hospital mortality rates in Spain from 2010 to 2020.

Burden of pneumonia in patients with viral and bacterial coinfection in Spain during six consecutive influenza seasons, from 2009-10 to 2014-15.

Purpose: Lower respiratory infections remain the most lethal communicable disease worldwide. Viral and bacterial coinfections (VBC) are common complications in patients with seasonal influenza and are associated with around 25% of all influenza-related deaths. The burden of pneumonia in patients with VBC in Spain is poorly characterized.

Social Restrictions versus Testing Campaigns in the COVID-19 Crisis: A Predictive Model Based on the Spanish Case.

The global COVID-19 spread has forced countries to implement non-pharmacological interventions (NPI) (i.e., mobility restrictions and testing campaigns) to preserve health systems.

Self-reported prevalence of periodontal disease among the Spanish population and immigrants: 2006, 2011/12 and 2017: a population-based study.

Background: Periodontal disease is one of the most common pathologies in the population. Self-reporting has been used as a diagnostic tool in large populations, among other reasons, to detect the needs of potentially vulnerable groups. This study evaluated the prevalence of periodontal disease in people of Spanish nationality and immigrants in Spain.

Influenza hospitalizations in children under 1 year old in Spain: the importance of maternal immunization.

This study estimates the burden of influenza in infants up to 12 months of age in Spain over 8 seasons (2009/10-2016/17). The survey was conducted by reviewing the Spanish Surveillance System for Hospital Data. Over the eight seasons, 5,618 hospital admissions were recorded for patients younger than 12 months that included codes related to influenza in any diagnostic position (487-488 ICD-9-CM and J9, J10 and J11 CIE 10).

Paediatric hospitalizations due to whooping cough in Spain (1997-2017).

This epidemiological survey estimates the burden of whooping cough in infants up to 12 months old in Spain during a twenty-one-year period (1997-2017). The survey was conducted by reviewing data from the Spanish Surveillance System for Hospital Data. All hospitalizations due to whooping cough for infants, reported during the 1997-2017 period, were analysed.

Adequacy of antibiotic prophylaxis protocol in appendectomies in children.

Objective: To assess compliance of antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery for acute appendicitis in children and its effect on surgical site infection.

Methods: We carried out a prospective cohort study to evaluate compliance of antibiotic prophylaxis in appendectomies in children. An assessment of the level of compliance with prophylaxis was made, as well as the causes of non-compliance.

Measuring the Burden of Hospitalization in Patients with Parkinson´s Disease in Spain.

Introduction: This epidemiological survey estimates the hospitalization burden related to Parkinson´s Disease in Spain.

Methods: This observational retrospective survey was performed by reviewing data from the National Surveillance System for Hospital Data, which includes more than 98% of Spanish hospitals. All hospitalizations of patients with Parkinson´s disease that were reported from 1997-2012 were analyzed.

Lp-PLA2 levels in HIV-infected patients.

Introduction: HIV-infected patients show an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). In the general population, lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) appears to be an independent predictor of CVD. We aimed to study associations between Lp-PLA2 plasma levels and other risk factors for CVD in HIV patients.

Microarray analysis of gene expression in vestibular schwannomas reveals SPP1/MET signaling pathway and androgen receptor deregulation.

Vestibular schwannomas are benign neoplasms that arise from the vestibular nerve. The hallmark of these tumors is the biallelic inactivation of neurofibromin 2 (NF2). Transcriptomic alterations, such as the neuregulin 1 (Nrg1)/ErbB2 pathway, have been described in schwannomas.

DNA copy gains of tumor-related genes in vestibular schwannoma.

DNA copy gains are a common event in tumor growth. This study determines the gene dosage/amplification of seven tumor-related genes in patients undergoing vestibular schwannoma (VS) surgery and analyzes its clinical implications. Thirty-three patients undergoing surgery for VS were studied.

Trends in primary total hip arthroplasty in Spain from 2001 to 2008: evaluating changes in demographics, comorbidity, incidence rates, length of stay, costs and mortality.

Background: Hip arthroplasties is one of the most frequent surgical procedures in Spain and are conducted mainly in elderly subjects. We aim to analyze changes in incidence, co-morbidity profile, length of hospital stay (LOHS), costs and in-hospital mortality (IHM) of patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) over an 8-year study period in Spain.

Methods: We selected all surgical admissions in individuals aged ≥ 40 years who had received a primary THA (ICD-9-CM procedure code 81.

[Association between herpetic burden and chronic ischemic heart disease: matched case-control study].

Background And Objectives: Previous studies showed a plausible association between herpetic burden and ischemic heart disease. Our aim is to test this hypothesis in an spanish seroepidemiological context.

Patients And Methods: Sex and age matched case-control study (1:1) including patients with chronic ischemic heart disease and healthy controls.

[Hospital admissions for meningococcal infections in Madrid, Spain (1997-2005)].

Background And Objectives: Neisseria meningitidis infection causes an important morbidity and mortality in Spain. Our study aims to estimate the burden of hospital admissions for meningococcal infection in Spain during a nine-year period (1997-2005) by analyzing the Spanish hospital surveillance system.

Methods: An epidemiological retrospective study was conducted.