Publications by authors named "M L Lopez-Reboiro"
Background: Most patients diagnosed with heart failure (HF) are older adults with multiple comorbidities. Multipathological patients constitute a population with common characteristics: greater clinical complexity and vulnerability, frailty, mortality, functional deterioration, polypharmacy, and poorer health-related quality of life with more dependency.
Objectives: To evaluate the clinical characteristics of hospitalized patients with acute heart failure and to determine the prognosis of patients with acute heart failure according to the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) scale.
Effectiveness of the contingency plan for social and health care during the COVID-19 pandemic in a health district in northwestern Spain.
Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol
November 2023
Article Synopsis
- During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Public Hospital of Monforte in Lugo, Spain, implemented a specific contingency plan to address healthcare challenges and evaluate its effectiveness.
- A qualitative assessment was conducted using phenomenological sampling and a structured checklist to analyze various outcome indicators, such as hospital admissions and healthcare responses.
- The findings underscored the importance of an emergency decision-making team and communication mechanisms, highlighting that adapting existing models can enhance patient care and identify areas for improvement in healthcare services.
Background: Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) could be a common cause of heart failure (HF). The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of CA in patients with HF.
Methods: Observational, prospective, and multicenter study involving 30 Spanish hospitals.
(1) Background: This work aims to analyze clinical outcomes according to ethnic groups in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in Spain. (2) Methods: This nationwide, retrospective, multicenter, observational study analyzed hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 in 150 Spanish hospitals (SEMI-COVID-19 Registry) from 1 March 2020 to 31 December 2021. Clinical outcomes were assessed according to ethnicity (Latin Americans, Sub-Saharan Africans, Asians, North Africans, Europeans).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUncontrolled inflammation following COVID-19 infection is an important characteristic of the most seriously ill patients. The present study aims to describe the clusters of inflammation in COVID-19 and to analyze their prognostic role. This is a retrospective observational study including 15,691 patients with a high degree of inflammation.
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