Publications by authors named "Lourdes Lazaro Asegurado"
Article Synopsis
- The study discusses the need for self-administration of alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) therapy, which can improve patient quality of life by reducing the frequency of hospital visits for infusions.
- The research involved 25 experts—including pulmonologists, nurses, and pharmacists—who participated in online meetings to form recommendations about patient selection, healthcare roles, training, and logistics.
- The aim is to raise awareness of self-administration as an option for AAT therapy, enhance patient experiences, and encourage further research to optimize these programs.
Do Smokers Who Only Attend the First Appointment of a Smoking Cessation Consultation Have Distinguishing Characteristics?
Arch Bronconeumol
October 2023
Background: Epidemiologic studies have reported that the geographical distribution of the prevalence of allelic variants of serine protein inhibitor-A1 (SERPINA1) and severe cases of COVID-19 were similar.
Methods: A multicenter, cross-sectional, observational study to evaluate the frequency of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) in patients with COVID-19 and whether it was associated with having suffered severe COVID-19.
Results: 2022 patients who had laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Is the motivation to quit smoking greater if the smoker is going to quit smoking of their own free will or when advised by a health professional?
Tob Induc Dis
May 2022
Introduction: The aim of this study was to explore the utility of measuring motivation to quit smoking as a predictor of abstinence maintenance among smokers who wanted to quit and who were included in a multicenter study conducted in daily clinical practice.
Methods: This observational, longitudinal (prospective cohort), multicenter study was conducted in smoking clinics in Spain and the Argentine Republic in daily clinical practice. Motivation was assessed using three quantitative motivation tests and a Visual Analogue Scale.
: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the degree of agreement between the Fagerström Test for Cigarette Dependence (FTCD) and the Heaviness of Smoking Index (HSI) in daily smokers admitted to smoking cessation clinics from National Healthcare System in Spain and Argentine Republic. An observational, longitudinal, multicenter study (prospective cohort) conducted in smoking clinics in daily clinical practice. The patients were consecutively included as they attended the consultations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the association between degrees of nicotine dependence measured by the Fagerström test (FTCD) and different tests of motivation to stop smoking.
Material And Methods: Observational study, multicenter conducted in smoking clinics in daily clinical practice. Demographics, smoking status, FTCD scores, and motivation test results were collected: Richmond test (TR), Henri Mondor Paris motivation test (HMP), Khimji-Watts test (KW), and the visual analog scale of motivation to stop smoking.
A large number of COPD patients are smokers. The particular characteristics of this group as well as their need to quit usually require psychological counselling and pharmacological treatment to achieve abstinence and, often, intensively. Little information is available about this issue.
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