Publications by authors named "R Menendez"
New COVID-19 vaccination recommendations in Spain: Optimizing for next seasons.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
January 2025
Despite high initial vaccination rates, Spain's current COVID-19 vaccination coverage in recommended groups does not meet WHO targets. For the upcoming season, challenges include revising vaccination age, updating risk groups, and unifying criteria with flu vaccine co-administration. European Commission's advance purchase agreements limit access to certain vaccines, and the need for vaccines effective against current variants adds administrative complexities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery created a registry for hospitalised patients with COVID-19 and the different types of respiratory support used (RECOVID). Objectives. To describe the profile of hospitalised patients with COVID-19, comorbidities, respiratory support treatments and setting.
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- Aspergillus species are linked to various conditions in bronchiectasis, including ABPA, AS, and increased IgG levels indicating exposure or infection.
- A study of nearly 10,000 bronchiectasis patients revealed 6.1% with ABPA, 5.7% with AS, and 8.1% with elevated Aspergillus-specific IgG levels, with these conditions associated with more severe lung issues and exacerbations.
- Long-term follow-up showed that those with raised IgG levels faced more frequent and severe exacerbations, particularly affecting patients not on inhaled corticosteroids.
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- Complications from community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), such as cardiovascular events and mortality, can arise both during the illness and afterward; this study explores the role of specific biomarkers related to endothelial damage compared to traditional inflammation markers.
- The research analyzed data from 515 patients, measuring various biomarkers at different time intervals (day 1, day 5, and day 30) to determine their relationship with ICU admission, cardiovascular events, and mortality.
- Findings indicated that endothelial damage biomarkers (CT-proET-1 and MR-proADM) were more strongly associated with negative outcomes than inflammation markers (CRP and PCT), with MR-proADM being the most effective at predicting complications in both the short and long term.
Introduction: Morbid obesity is a public health problem with high social and economic impact. Due to failure in its treatment with traditional weight loss strategies, surgical interventions are usually required, which give rise to massive weight loss. Until now, the studies made are inconclusive regarding the histological changes in the skin caused by massive weight loss, which may later generate post-surgical complications.
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