Publications by authors named "M T Rigueiro-Veloso"
Objective: We planned a prospective and descriptive analysis of the centenarian population in Lugo sanitary area, establishing their social, functional and medical status as well as its relationship with their basic hematological and biochemical parameters.
Material And Methods: During the study period between January 2001 and September 2003, participants were visited at home by a doctor and a nurse. The following variables were assessed: social status, past medical history, physical examination, functional status (Barthel index), blood analysis.
Objective: To describe the characteristics of the consultations carried out by surgical services to an Internal Medicine service and to determine what factors influence the prognosis of these patients.
Methods: A prospective study of the consultations carried out by the surgical services of a 540-bed hospital to an Internal Medicine service. Analyzed variables were: age, sex, service of reference, reason for consultation, medical and admission diagnoses done during the admission, and clinical evolution.
Objective: To analyse the presentation forms and prognosis of patients with advanced gastric cancer at the time of diagnosis.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Patients And Methods: We studied all patients with gastric cancer (n=2,334) and synchronic metastases diagnosed in Lugo and A Coruña hospitals between 1975 and 1993.
Background: To report the social and medical situation of centenarian patients who required emergency hospital care during the last 8 years.
Method: Retrospective study of patients aged over 100 years attended at the Emergency Department of a general hospital. The percentages of admissions and mortality rates were then compared with those among patients aged over 65.
Background: The analysis of the survival of patients diagnosed with gastricadenocarcinoma and the factors which modify prognosis.
Patients And Method: Retrospective cohort study of overall patients diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma treated in the Xeral-Calde and Juan Canelejo hospitals of Lugo and La Coruña (Spain) between 1975 and 1993. The following variables were studied: age, sex, the year of diagnosis, place of residence, delayed diagnosis, localisation of the primitive tumour, the TNM classification, the Laurén histological type and the type of surgical resection when conducted.