Publications by authors named "Patricio Oliva"
Growth factors for treating diabetic foot ulcers.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
October 2015
Background: Foot ulcers are a major complication of diabetes mellitus, often leading to amputation. Growth factors derived from blood platelets, endothelium, or macrophages could potentially be an important treatment for these wounds but they may also confer risks.
Objectives: To assess the benefits and harms of growth factors for foot ulcers in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Objective: To provide the users with information on the current best practices for managing the oral health care of people living with EB.
Methods: A systematic literature search, in which the main topic is dental care in patients with Epidermolysis Bullosa, was performed. Consulted sources, ranging from 1970 to 2010, included MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, The Cochrane Library, DARE, and the Cochrane controlled trials register (CENTRAL).
The effects of discontinuing a chronic morphine treatment on the concentrations of glutamate and aspartate were analyzed in the nucleus accumbens of unrestrained unanesthetized rats. The administration of naloxone or the cessation of morphine administration resulted in increased concentrations of glutamate and aspartate in this central nervous system area. These increased amino acid concentrations were observed a few minutes after naloxone administration and persisted in the controls 48 h after the last dose of the opiate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: We assessed which factors contribute to the high level of nutritional risk detected by the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) test in institutionalized older women. To this end, we undertook a complete nutritional assessment.
Methods: A cross-sectional study in 89 older women (age range, 72-98 y) living in two private nursing homes in Granada (Spain) was carried out.