Adherence to commercial food thickener in patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia.

Background: Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD), a common symptom in the elderly, uses commercial thickener (CT) as part of its treatment. This is often accompanied of dislike and poor compliance.

Aim: Describe adherence to CT and possible differences according to dwelling location in an area of influence of approximately 400.

Value of estimating pulse wave velocity compared to SCORE in cardiovascular risk stratification in community pharmacies.

Objectives: Arterial stiffness is considered to be an intermediate marker with independent prognostic value. The objective of this study is to assess whether the estimation of arterial stiffness can improve CV risk stratification compared to SCORE in patients at community pharmacies.

Methods: Observational prospective epidemiological study in which consecutive individuals entering a participating Community Pharmacy are offered a voluntary measurement of blood pressure and estimation of pulse wave velocity by oscillometry (AGEDIO, IEM®) to stratify their CV risk according to SCORE compared to the use of arterial stiffness.

Differences in the use of food textures in oropharyngeal dysphagia according to the place of living.

Background&aims: Modifying solid/liquid foods is the main treatment in oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD). Commercial Thickener (CT) for treatment is subsidized by health system and is delivered to patient's place of living, once is managed by our hospital Nutrition-Dietetics Unit (NDU).

Aim: To describe the patterns of texture for foods/liquids follow in patients with OD who are treated with CT.

Prevalence of dysphagia in a regional hospital setting: Acute care hospital and a geriatric sociosanitary care hospital: A cross-sectional study.

Rationale: Oropharyngeal Dysphagia (OD) is a symptom commonly found in hospitalized patients and related to a vast array of clinical diagnosis and to high morbidity and mortality that is becoming very important to identify. Our aim was to assess the prevalence of OD in our hospital setting.

Methods: Cross-sectional randomized study to determine the prevalence of dysphagia in an acute care hospital (ACH) and long term care hospital (LTCH).

High Prevalence of Liver Fibrosis Among European Adults With Unknown Liver Disease: A Population-Based Study.

Background & Aims: Liver fibrosis is the main determinant of long-term outcome in chronic liver diseases. Little is known about the prevalence of liver fibrosis in the general population. The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of liver fibrosis in the general adult population with unknown liver disease.

The retrotracheal space: normal anatomic and pathologic appearances.

A variety of diseases can arise from the normal contents of the retrotracheal space or from adjacent structures. Mediastinal diseases in the retrotracheal space typically manifest radiographically as a contour abnormality or an area of increased opacity, although computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is usually required for diagnosis. The most common aortic arch anomaly, a right subclavian artery that originates from an otherwise normal left-sided aortic arch, appears at posteroanterior chest radiography as an obliquely oriented soft-tissue area of increased opacity that extends superiorly to the right from the superior margin of the aortic arch.

Unusual primary lung tumors: a radiologic-pathologic overview.

Although the great majority of lung carcinomas are histologically characterized as adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, large cell undifferentiated carcinoma, or small cell carcinoma, a variety of rare benign and malignant lung tumors may sporadically affect the lung. Several nonneoplastic tumorlike lesions are seen infrequently but are also part of the differential diagnosis for lung masses. Conventional radiographic findings, although of limited value in the diagnosis of these entities, should be examined carefully when lung tumors are suspected.