Publications by authors named "M Cachanado"
Background: Dyspnoea is often found months and years later in the "long-covid" syndrome, impairing quality of life and further perpetuating anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders. Physiotherapy was recommended as a treatment in long-covid, but there is still insufficient evidence on its effectiveness.
Methods: We conducted a systematic literature search on MEDLINE, PEDro, WOS, Scopus, VHL and the Cochrane Library until July 2023 (PROSPERO registration number: CRD42023427464).
Objectives: Prone positioning (PP) has benefits in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. The objective of this study was to compare the effects and complications of PP in obese versus non-obese patients with moderate-to-severe acute respiratory distress syndrome after cardiothoracic surgery.
Methods: We retrospectively analysed a database established in 2014-2021 in an intensive care unit.
Background: Red blood cell transfusion can cause fluid overload. We evaluated the interaction between heart failure (HF) at baseline and transfusion strategy on outcomes in acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Methods: We used data from the randomized REALITY trial.
Cost-effectiveness of modified diagnostic strategy to safely rule-out pulmonary embolism in the emergency department: a non-inferiority cluster crossover randomized trial (MODIGLIA-NI).
BMC Emerg Med
November 2023
Background: The aim of this trial-based economic evaluation was to assess the incremental costs and cost-effectiveness of the modified diagnostic strategy combining the YEARS rule and age-adjusted D-dimer threshold compared with the control (which used the age-adjusted D-dimer threshold only) for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) in the Emergency Department (ED).
Methods: Economic evaluation from a healthcare system perspective alongside a non-inferiority, crossover, and cluster-randomized trial conducted in 16 EDs in France and two in Spain with three months of follow-up. The primary endpoint was the additional cost of a patient without failure of the diagnostic strategy, defined as venous thromboembolism (VTE) diagnosis at 3months after exclusion of PE during the initial ED visit.
Article Synopsis
- - Tracheal intubation is typically advised for coma patients, but its effectiveness in those with acute poisoning remains unclear; a study aimed to evaluate whether withholding intubation would affect outcomes for these patients.
- - The multicenter randomized trial took place across 20 emergency departments and 1 ICU in France and involved 225 comatose patients with severe poisoning, comparing a conservative approach to standard intubation practices.
- - Results indicated that patients in the conservative treatment group had better clinical outcomes, lower intubation rates, fewer adverse events, and a reduced incidence of pneumonia compared to those receiving routine intubation.