Publications by authors named "Lucia Dieguez"
Kidney stones are becoming increasingly common, affecting up to 10% of adults. A small percentage are of monogenic origin, such as Dent's disease (DD). DD is a syndrome that causes low-molecular-weight proteinuria, hypercalciuria, nephrolithiasis, and nephrocalcinosis.
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- * Researchers followed patients based on established guidelines and tracked recurrence-free survival for bladder cancer and UTUC, finding varying risks between low- and high-risk patients over time.
- * Recommendations suggest that low-risk patients should undergo cystoscopy semi-annually for 24 months and annual assessments until 60 months, while high-risk patients require more frequent evaluations both for bladder and upper tract assessments.
The increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) conferred by hepatitis C virus (HCV) is especially relevant after liver transplantation (LT), but its mechanism is still not well defined. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of HCV eradication in inflammatory and endothelial activation markers after LT. We evaluated inflammatory (TNF-alfa, IL-6, IL-8, and MCP-1) and endothelial activation (E-selectin, ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and MMP-9) markers before and after eradication in 45 LT recipients with HCV infection (LT+/HCV+) and 44 non-transplanted HCV-infected patients (LT-/HCV+).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Severe haemorrhage is an uncommon but life-threatening complication of ulcerative colitis (UC). Superselective transcatheter embolization has shown to be an effective and safe therapeutic modality in patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding of various aetiologies; nevertheless, its role in UC-related acute bleeding is unknown.
Cases Presentation: Efficacy and safety of selective transcatheter arterial embolization in three consecutive UC patients diagnosed with massive haemorrhage admitted in a tertiary institution are reported.