Characteristics and laboratory findings on admission to the emergency department among 2873 hospitalized patients with COVID-19: the impact of adjusted laboratory tests in multicenter studies. A multicenter study in Spain (BIOCOVID-Spain study).

Identification of predictors for severe disease progression is key for risk stratification in COVID-19 patients. We aimed to describe the main characteristics and identify the early predictors for severe outcomes among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Spain. This was an observational, retrospective cohort study (BIOCOVID-Spain study) including COVID-19 patients admitted to 32 Spanish hospitals.

Severe ifosfamide-induced neurotoxicity: a case report.

Introduction: Ifosfamide is an alkylating agent used in the treatment of several neoplasias. Ifosfamide metabolites accumulation can produce neurotoxicity, which sometimes manifests as a severe clinical picture.

Case Description: We describe the case of a male with a mixed cellularity subtype classical Hodgkin's lymphoma, treated with ifosfamide after other chemotherapy drugs failure.

[Perioperative pharmacological treatment recommendations].

Despite the advances in surgical techniques and anaesthesia, there are still a significant number of postoperative complications in surgery, the most common being, surgical wound infections, sepsis, respiratory and cardiovascular complications, and thromboembolic events. All of these complications increase hospital stay, health costs and mortality. Different pharmacological perioperative strategies have been employed to reduce their incidence, but these have varied widely between hospitals, and even among professionals in the same hospital.

[Clinical usefulness of biochemical markers of bone turnover in early postmenopausal women: two years longitudinal study].

Background And Objective: Many studies have been performed on the ability of bone turnover markers (BTM) for the prediction of bone loss and to assess the correlation of BTM with bone mineral density (BMD). However, the results from these studies have been mixed. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of BTM to predict bone loss and to analize the correlation of BTM with BMD in early postmenopausal women.

[Transient ventricular dysfunction after emotional stress].

We describe a patient who developed severe ventricular dysfunction and cardiogenic shock after intense emotional stress. Her subsequent course was favorable, with complete recovery of left ventricular systolic function. The coronary arteries were normal and no specific etiologic agent was demonstrated.