Publications by authors named "Margarita Marin Royo"
Article Synopsis
- Lung cancer is the top cause of cancer deaths, and having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can heighten the risk of developing lung cancer.
- An observational study analyzed serum samples from 191 individuals to identify the presence and levels of various elements linked to these diseases.
- Results showed that the severity of COPD alters serum elemental composition and that specific elements might be used as potential biomarkers for diagnosing or predicting lung cancer, highlighting the connection between COPD and lung cancer progression.
Background: Despite the existing evidence-based smoking cessation interventions, chances of achieving that goal in real life are still low among patients with COPD. We sought to evaluate the clinical consequences of changes in smoking habits in a large cohort of patients with COPD.
Methods: CHAIN (COPD History Assessment in Spain) is a Spanish multicenter study carried out at pulmonary clinics including active and former smokers with COPD.
Objective: The COPD Assessment Test (CAT) has been proposed for assessing health status in COPD, but little is known about its longitudinal changes. The objective of this study was to evaluate 1-year CAT variability in patients with stable COPD and to relate its variations to changes in other disease markers.
Methods: We evaluated the following variables in smokers with and without COPD at baseline and after 1 year: CAT score, age, sex, smoking status, pack-year history, BMI, modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) scale, 6-min walk distance (6MWD), lung function, BODE (BMI, obstruction, dyspnea, exercise capacity) index, hospital admissions, Hospital and Depression Scale, and the Charlson comorbidity index.
Introduction: Previous studies have shown that physical activity (PA) in COPD is associated with a better quality of life and less morbidity and mortality. Our aim was to study the daily PA in the lives of stable COPD patients, outside the setting of a pulmonary rehabilitation program.
Material And Methods: Observational, descriptive and transversal multi-center study in patients with stable COPD controlled in an outpatient clinic by pneumologists.
Background And Objective: The aim of this study was to know the frequency of resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the province of Castellon (Spain) and to determine whether immigration is associated with resistance.
Material And Method: All culture-positive cases diagnosed in Castellon from January 1995 to December 2003 were included in this retrospective study. Susceptibility tests were performed using the Canetti's proportion method and the MB/BacT system.