Publications by authors named "Laura Diez Izquierdo"
Effectiveness of a group educational intervention - prolact - in primary care to promote exclusive breastfeeding: a cluster randomized clinical trial.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
February 2022
Background: The rates of exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months in Spain are far from recommended by the World Health Organization, which is 50% by 2025. Evidence of the effectiveness of group interventions in late postpartum is limited. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the PROLACT group educational intervention for increasing the proportion of mother-child dyads with exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months compared to the usual practice in primary care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the diagnostic capacity of pulmonary angiography with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and iodine mapping in the diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in patients with Covid-19 disease.
Methods: Retrospective observational study of 81 consecutive patients admitted with Covid-19 respiratory infection who underwent MDCT for clinical suspicion of PTE (sudden dyspnea, chest pain, hemoptysis, severe respiratory failure (SRF) not corrected with high O flow) and/or raised D-dimer.
Results: Of the 81 patients studied [64 (79.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to analyze hospitalization trends for urinary tract infections (UTIs) among patients over 65 in Spain from 2000 to 2015, utilizing data from the Spanish Hospitalization Minimum Data Set (CMBD).
- A total of 387,010 UTI-related hospitalizations were identified, with an overall increase from 2.09 to 4.33 hospitalizations per 1,000 inhabitants aged 65 and older, particularly among men and individuals aged 85 and above.
- Joinpoint regression analyses revealed significant trends in hospitalization rates, with an overall average annual percentage increase of 4.9%, highlighting a doubling of UTI-related hospitalizations during the study period.
Objectives: In 2019 Chinese authorities alerted of the appearance of a cluster of cases of unknown pneumonia related to a new type of coronavirus. Spain is among the most affected countries. Our aim is to describe the cases of COVID-19 at Infanta Sofía University Hospital (Madrid), a public secondary hospital that increased its hospital beds to provide assistance during the outbreak.
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