Publications by authors named "Lopez Veloso"

The clinical manifestation of median nerve entrapment at the carpal tunnel level is known as carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Electroneurography (ENG) is considered the gold standard in CTS evaluation. We conducted a retrospective study and analyzed some clinical and demographic variables, relating them to the degree of neuropathy using ENG, to better understand the role of ENG in this very common disease.

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Background: Migraine attacks have a high impact on daily activities. There is limited research on the burden of migraine on sexual functioning.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in patients with migraine and its relationship with migraine features and comorbidities.

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Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia is often associated with hyper-inflammation. The cytokine-storm-like is one of the targets of current therapies for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). High Interleukin-6 (IL6) blood levels have been identified in severe COVID-19 disease, but there are still uncertainties regarding the actual role of anti-IL6 antagonists in COVID-19 management.

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Background And Objective: CGRP, a neuropeptide involved in migraine pathophysiology, is also known to play a role in the respiratory system and in immunological conditions such as sepsis. We analyzed the impact of the use of CGRP antagonists in patients with migraine during the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

Methods: This is a multicentre cross-sectional study.

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Introduction: Headache is one of the most common neurological complaints, and is most frequent during reproductive age. As a result, we are routinely faced with pregnant or breastfeeding women with this symptom in clinical practice. It is important to know which pharmacological choices are the safest, which should not be used, and when we should suspect secondary headache.

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Background And Objective: CGRP, a neuropeptide involved in migraine pathophysiology, is also known to play a role in the respiratory system and in immunological conditions such as sepsis. We analyzed the impact of the use of CGRP antagonists in patients with migraine during the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

Methods: This is a multicentre cross-sectional study.

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Objectives: To assess the influence of corticosteroid pulses on 60-day mortality in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19.

Methods: We designed a multicenter retrospective cohort study in three teaching hospitals of Castilla y León, Spain (865,096 people). We selected patients with confirmed COVID-19 and lung involvement with a pO2/FiO2<300, excluding those exposed to immunosuppressors before or during hospitalization, patients terminally ill at admission, or those who died in the first 24 hours.

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Background: Migraine attacks have a high impact on daily activities. There is limited research on the burden of migraine on sexual functioning.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in patients with migraine and its relationship with migraine features and comorbidities.

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Objective: Severely ill COVID-19 patients may end in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and multi-organ failure. Some of them develop a systemic hyperinflammatory state produced by the massive release of inflammatory agents, known as cytokine storm syndrome (CSS). Inhibition of IL-1 by Anakinra (ANK) is a potential life-saving therapy for severe CSS cases.

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Introduction: Headache is one of the most common neurological complaints, and is most frequent during reproductive age. As a result, we are routinely faced with pregnant or breastfeeding women with this symptom in clinical practice. It is important to know which pharmacological choices are the safest, which should not be used, and when we should suspect secondary headache.

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Introduction: Vascular warning syndromes constitute a neurological emergency due to their associated high risk of established stroke. At present, there is no strong evidence indicating the best treatment for these patients. The aim of this paper is to describe the function of intravenous rt-PA thrombolysis in the treatment of vascular warning syndromes.

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Aim: To review the results of implementing a protocol for following up patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IICH) in a neuro-ophthalmological unit (NOU).

Patients And Methods: A review of the literature was conducted in order to determine the examinations that needed to be included in the follow-up protocol, as well as the optimum frequency of visits and the most adequate duration of the follow-up. Later, a prospective review was performed of the patients that have been included since the NOU was set up and they were compared with the patients included in the IICH register prior to the creation of the NOU.

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Introduction: The actual incidence of tuberculosis is probably higher than that previously published in national and international records. Under-reporting is estimated to fluctuate between 7% and 27%, according to studies.

Objective: To estimate the incidence rate of tuberculosis in the area of León for 2008 and 2009 using the capture-recapture method in order to compare two sources of information: prescribed tuberculostatic drugs (combination of rifampicin-isoniazid) and the regional epidemiological surveillance system register (SIVE).

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Introduction: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IICH) is characterized by a rising in intracranial hypertension without evidence of intracranial expansive disease. Diagnostic criteria of headache related to IICH are described in the International Classification of Headache Disorders. In clinical practice, however, headache related to IICH may be heterogeneous.

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Introduction: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVSTs) constitutes an infrequent location of the venous thrombotic disease. It is caused by diverse factors, although up to 35% of the CVSTs can remain without aetiologic diagnosis. Coagulation disorders have been involved in up to 75% of the CVSTs.

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