Publications by authors named "Jose Ferreres-Franco"
Background And Objective: To describe the characteristics and the evolution of patients with solid tumours admitted to the ICU and to identify factors associated with hospital mortality and to evaluate three illness severity scores.
Material And Methods: Descriptive study including 132 patients with solid tumour admitted to the ICU (2010-2016). Demographics and cancer-related data, organ failures, life-supporting therapies and severity scores: APACHE II, SOFA and ICU Cancer Mortality Model (ICMM) were collected.
Epidemiology and risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection in critically ill patients in Spain: The PROCRID study.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
April 2018
Introduction: Our objectives were to describe the incidence, clinical characteristics, and risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in critically ill patients and to determine C. difficile PCR-ribotypes.
Methods: Prospective, observational study in 26 Spanish ICUs.
Article Synopsis
- Atrial myxoma is the most common heart tumor but usually occurs on the left side and rarely causes hemoptysis.
- A case is presented of a young woman with a right atrial myxoma diagnosed through echocardiography, who exhibited hemoptysis as her primary symptom.
- Her symptoms resolved completely after the surgical removal of the tumor.