Publications by authors named "M Vidal-Fernandez"
Usefulness of severity scales for cardiogenic shock in-hospital mortality. Proposal for a new prognostic model.
Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim (Engl Ed)
February 2022
Unlabelled: Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a condition comprising multiple etiologies, which associates high mortality rates. Some scoring systems have been shown to be good predictors of hospital mortality in patients admitted to Critical Care Units (CCU). The main objective of this study is to analyze their usefulness and validity in a cohort of CS patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDynamic and heterogeneous effects of sibling death on children's outcomes.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
January 2018
This paper explores the effects of experiencing the death of a sibling on children's developmental outcomes. Recent work has shown that experiencing a sibling death is common and long-term effects are large. We extend understanding of these effects by estimating dynamic effects on surviving siblings' cognitive and socioemotional outcomes, as well as emotional and cognitive support by parents.
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- The study investigates the use of paracorporeal pulsatile-flow ventricular assist devices (VADs) as a bridge to transplant (BTT) in adults, highlighting their advantages and limitations compared to continuous-flow devices.
- A retrospective analysis of patients treated with the EXCOR VAD from 2009 to 2015 was conducted, revealing that 80% of patients successfully received heart transplants after an average of 112 days of support.
- The main complications encountered included infections, neurological issues, bleeding, and device malfunctions, indicating the need for close monitoring in patients using this VAD method.
Introduction: The aim of this study is to demonstrate our experience at a volunteer surgical program in Cameroon, which is of special interest given to the inability to adopt international treatment guidelines for thyroid surgery in areas of limited resources due to the lack of preoperative testing and to the difficulty to obtain sustitutive hormonal treatment.
Methods: This is a prospective observational study that includes 16 cases of thyroid surgery in Dschang (Cameroon) during June 2015. The patients were previously selected by a local medical team.
Background: Nail psoriasis represents a challenge for specialists. There is no comparative study of systemic treatment's effectiveness at this site.
Objective: Evaluate the response of nail psoriasis to classical and biological therapy and to compare the effectiveness and safety of the different treatments.