Publications by authors named "P Urena"
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- Vertebral fractures (VFs) are the most common type of osteoporotic fractures and significantly affect patients by increasing mortality rates, reducing quality of life, and elevating the risk of future fractures, particularly in those with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
- VFs are often underdiagnosed in CKD patients, and their risk factors not only include typical ones like age and bone density but also CKD-specific factors such as the severity of kidney dysfunction and treatment history.
- Recent changes in clinical guidelines emphasize the need for better diagnosis and treatment strategies for VFs in CKD patients, urging a proactive approach to address this overlooked health issue.
Purpose: To explore the experiences of individuals with fibromyalgia (FM) through written narratives (WN) and to preliminarily investigate the potential value of these narratives for healthcare professionals in assessing the overall perceived severity and disability experienced by individuals with FM.
Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 46 participants with a FM diagnosis. They were asked to complete a WN task that aimed to capture their personal experiences.
Sarcopenia and dynapenia are two terms associated with ageing that respectively define the loss of muscle mass and strength. In 2018, the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) introduced the EWGSOP2 diagnostic algorithm for sarcopenia, which integrates both concepts. It consists of 4 sequential steps: screening for sarcopenia, examination of muscle strength, assessment of muscle mass and physical performance; depending on these last 3 aspects sarcopenia is categorised as probable, confirmed, and severe respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWomen living with fibromyalgia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.
Health Care Women Int
March 2024
We explored the experiences of women with fibromyalgia during the COVID-19 pandemic from a qualitative approach by interviewing eighteen women. We identified seven main themes after performing a thematic analysis: pain description, pain triggers, impact, coping strategies, treatment for pain, pain onset and general situation. In general, pain worsened during the pandemic, and activity restrictions and changes in social interactions were particularly related with that.
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- Chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus (CKD-aP) is a common problem for people on hemodialysis, with 24-37% of them experiencing it, making them really itchy.
- The causes of this itching are complicated, involving things like build-up of toxins in the body and problems with nerves and immune cells.
- There are different ways to help manage this itching, including using lotions, improving dialysis treatments, and using a medicine called difelikefalin, but many doctors and patients don’t talk about it enough.