Publications by authors named "Luis Abreu Garcia"
Background: Thiopurines are classically used in Crohn's disease (CD). Treatment fails in a proportion of patients either due to adverse events (AE) or lack of efficacy. Increasing use of anti-TNFα biologic drugs may have had impact on thiopurines usage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFatal Campylobacter jejuni ileocolitis.
Rev Esp Enferm Dig
October 2016
Article Synopsis
- Campylobacter infection typically begins in the jejunum and ileum, moving further down the digestive tract.
- The overall death rate is low, but it poses a higher risk to the elderly or those with existing health issues.
- In severe cases, antibiotics like macrolides and fluoroquinolones are recommended, but increasing resistance to quinolones, particularly in Spain, should be considered for effective treatment.
Introduction: The possibility of developing idiopathic portal hypertension has been described with thiopurine treatment despite compromises the prognosis of these patients, the fact its true prevalence is unknown.
Material And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a cohort of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients followed at our unit, to determine the prevalence of diagnosis of idiopathic portal hypertension (IPH) and its relationship with thiopurine treatment.
Results: At the time of the analysis, 927/1,419 patients were under treatment with thiopurine drugs (65%).
Chronic complications of acute appendicitis managed in a conservative manner are not frequent. We present a case of acute lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage in a young patient with a previous acute appendicitis without surgical intervention. The colonoscopy detected an appendicular bleeding which was surgically treated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Objectives: prevalence of viral hepatitis (B and C) changes geographically. Our aim was to determinate the prevalence of hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) serological markers in healthy working population and to describe the epidemiological characteristics associated to its presence.
Methods: blood samples and epidemiological data of 5,017 healthy workers from Murcia and Madrid were recorded prospectively.
Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety, clinical impact and costs associated with capsule endoscopy (CE) in our center.
Results: We retrospectively analyzed the CE procedures carried out in our center from 2009 to 2012. The most frequent indications were investigation of anemia (39%), obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) (19%) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)(18%).
Introduction: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an independent risk factor for thromboembolic phenomena (TEP). We evaluated the prevalence and the possible risk factors associated with developing TEP in patients with IBD in our center.
Material And Methods: Data were retrospectively collected from January 1995 to December 2011 from 23 patients.