Prognostic Usefulness of Basic Analytical Data in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation.

Introduction: COPD causes high morbidity and mortality and high health costs. Thus, identifying and analyzing the distinctive and treatable traits seems useful to optimize the management of AEPOC patients. While various biomarkers have been researched, no solid data for systematic use have been made available.

Impact of anxiety and depression on the prognosis of copd exacerbations.

Background: Frequent and highly prevalent as comorbidities in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients, both depression and anxiety seem to have an impact on COPD prognosis. However, they are underdiagnosed and rarely treated properly.

Aim: To establish the prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients admitted for Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) and determine their influence on COPD prognosis.

Risk Factors of Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 Applying a Machine Learning Algorithm.

Introduction: Risk stratification of patients with COVID-19 can be fundamental to support clinical decision-making and optimize resources. The objective of our study is to identify among the routinely tested clinical and analytical parameters those that would allow us to determine patients with the highest risk of dying from COVID-19.

Material And Methods: We carried out a retrospective cohort multicentric study by consecutively, including hospitalized patients with COVID-19 admitted in any of the 11 hospitals in the healthcare network of HM Hospitals-Spain.

Obesity Does Not Increase the Risk of Asthma Readmissions.

The relationship between obesity and asthma exacerbations is still under debate. The aim of our work is to analyse the relationship between obesity and hospital re-admissions in asthmatics. A review was retrospectively performed on all hospital admissions of adult patients due to asthma exacerbation occurring in our hospital for 11 years.

Blood eosinophils could be useful as a biomarker in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations.

Introduction The aim of analysing the usefulness of the blood eosinophil count (BEC) as a prognostic marker in exacerbations of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), evaluating its relationship with hospital mortality, the length of stay and the early and late re-admissions. Materials and Methods We have carried out a retrospective study including all patients who required hospital admission from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2009, with a diagnosis on hospital discharge of COPD exacerbation. These patients were classified using three cut-off points of BEC: less than 200 vs ≥ 200/µL, less than 300 vs ≥ 300/µL and less than 400 vs ≥ 400/µL.

Prolonged stay predictors in patients admitted with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease acute exacerbation.

Objectives: The study aimed to identify the factors related to prolonged stay in those patients admitted with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) to our hospital.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective study by reviewing the medical records of all patients admitted with AECOPD to the University Hospital Complex of Santiago de Compostela in 2007 and 2008. To identify variables independently associated with length of stay, we conducted a logistic regression including those variables which proved to be significant in the univariate analysis.

Association between blood eosinophil count with asthma hospital readmissions.

Introduction: The presence of eosinophils in asthma inflammation is a relevant factor in the pathophysiology of the disease, however the relationship between the blood eosinophil count (BEC) with asthma severity and prognosis is still under debate. The aim of this work is to analyze the relationship between the BEC levels and hospital readmissions in patients with asthma.

Material And Methods: A review was retrospectively carried out on all admissions of patients over 18 years old due to exacerbation of asthma occurring in our hospital between the years 2000 and 2010.

Asthma exacerbations: factors related to longer hospital stay.

Background: Hospital admissions account for a significant part of asthma cost, but with significant differences between geographic areas.

Aims: The aim of our study is to analyse hospital admissions due to asthma, as well as the factors associated with longer hospital stays.

Methods: A review was retrospectively carried out on all admissions of patients over 18 years old due to exacerbation of asthma occurring in our hospital between the years 2000 and 2010.

Characteristics and prognosis of near-fatal asthma exacerbations.

Background: Asthma remains a major public health concern because of its high prevalence and the costs it generates. Near-fatal asthma (NFA) episodes represent the most severe forms of the disease after fatal asthma with significant variations in their incidence between different populations.

Objective: To analyze the episodes of NFA over a period of 11 years in the hospital.

Symptoms and reason for a medical visit in lung cancer patients.

Background: Patients with lung cancer usually present with symptoms at the time of diagnosis, but it is common that neither the doctor nor the patient initially associate them with the possibility of a malignant tumour.

Objectives: The aim of our study is to analyse the symptoms of patients with lung cancer and the relationship with the personal characteristics or the oncological disease.

Material And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on all patients diagnosed with lung cancer in the Pontevedra Health Area over a period of three years.

Quantification of Right and Left Ventricular Function in Cardiac MR Imaging: Comparison of Semiautomatic and Manual Segmentation Algorithms.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of a semiautomatic segmentation method for the anatomical and functional assessment of both ventricles from cardiac cine magnetic resonance (MR) examinations, reducing user interaction to a "mouse-click". Fifty-two patients with cardiovascular diseases were examined using a 1.5-T MR imaging unit.

Long-term follow-up of iliac wallstents.

We evaluated the long-term results of the iliac artery stent placement for the treatment of patients with intermittent claudication. From November 1988 to December 1998, 303 legs were treated with metal stents in 259 patients with iliac occlusive arterial disease in a follow-up study approved by the institutional review board. Stenoses (n = 162) were treated after failed angioplasty and occlusions (n = 141) were treated with primary stent placement.