Nosocomial Infection Outbreak due to SARS-COV-2 in a Hospital Unit of Particularly Vulnerable Patients.

To report a COVID-19 outbreak among workers and inpatients at a medical ward for especially vulnerable patients. Descriptive study of a nosocomial COVID-19 outbreak registered in March-April 2020 at medical ward of onco-hematological patients in an Spanish hospital. Confirmed cases were hospitalized patients, healthcare and non-healthcare workers who tested positive by PCR on a nasopharyngeal swab.

Nomogram and Validity of a Model for Predicting Malnutrition in Patients on Liver Transplant Lists.

Background: Malnutrition is associated with increased morbimortality in liver transplant patients, and it is important to identify factors related to nutritional status in these patients.

Aims: Determine variables associated with malnutrition and create a nomogram in liver transplant candidates.

Methods: Cross-sectional study (n = 110).

Hallux valgus in a random population in Spain and its impact on quality of life and functionality.

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Hallux valgus (HV) and the association between the presence thereof and quality of life, dependence for basic and instrumental activities of daily living and foot function. Prevalence study was carried out in a random population sample (n = 1837) (α = 0.05; Precision = ±2.

Concordance among methods of nutritional assessment in patients included on the waiting list for liver transplantation.

Background: The aim of the present study was to determine the extent of malnutrition in patients waiting for a liver transplant. The agreement among the methods of nutritional assessment and their diagnostic validity were evaluated.

Methods: Patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation (n = 110) were studied.

Incidence of cardiovascular events and associated risk factors in kidney transplant patients: a competing risks survival analysis.

Background: The high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among the renal transplant population accounts for increased mortality. The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of cardiovascular events and factors associated with cardiovascular events in these patients.

Methods: An observational ambispective follow-up study of renal transplant recipients (n = 2029) in the health district of A Coruña (Spain) during the period 1981-2011 was completed.

Axillary radiotherapy in conservative surgery for early-stage breast cancer (stage I and II).

Introduction: Several clinical studies analyze axillary treatment in women with early-stage breast cancer because of changes in the indication for axillary lymph node dissection. The aim of the study is to analyze the impact of axillary radiotherapy in disease-free and overall survival in women with early breast cancer treated with lumpectomy.

Methods: Retrospective study in women with initial stages of breast carcinoma treated by lumpectomy.

A reverse evidence of rotavirus vaccines impact.

In 2010, and due to a quality problem identified in the vaccine manufacture, the rotavirus (RV) vaccination was withheld in Spain during 5 months. Our study aimed to evaluate the impact that this sudden cease had on rotavirus acute gastroenteritis (RAGE) hospitalizations. An increase in RAGE hospitalization was observed in parallel to the drop in vaccine coverage.

Acute gastroenteritis hospitalizations among children aged < 5 years before and after introduction of rotavirus vaccines: a hospital-based surveillance study in Galicia, Spain.

Rotavirus vaccines were licensed in Spain between late 2006 and early 2007. Rotavirus vaccination was recommended but not reimbursed by the Spanish National Health System. Significant coverage rates have been reached in Galicia, with an average of 47% since the period July 2007-June 2008.

Cancer incidence in kidney transplant recipients: a study protocol.

Background: Different publications show an increased incidence of neoplasms in renal transplant patients. The objective of this study is to determine the incidence of cancer in the recipients of renal transplants performed in the A Coruña Hospital (Spain) during the period 1981-2007.

Methods/design: During the study period 1967 kidney transplants were performed, corresponding to 1710 patients.