Publications by authors named "S Carballo"
A Sneaky Culprit: Secondary Infectious Keratitis Due to Brevundimonas diminuta.
Eye Contact Lens
January 2025
Purpose: To describe a rare case of infectious keratitis secondary to Brevundimonas diminuta, a gram-negative bacillus with fluoroquinolone resistance and rare clinical isolation.
Methods: A 50-year-old man with contact lens overuse presented with a large corneal ulcer and hand motion visual acuity. Initial treatment with fortified topical tobramycin and vancomycin yielded slow improvement, and initial culture grew Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus hominis, and Corynebacterium bovis.
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- The study assessed eligibility for marine omega-3 fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) supplementation in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in a Swiss cohort, as recommended by 2019 European Society of Cardiology guidelines.
- Out of 2643 patients, 32% were eligible for EPA supplementation one year post-ACS, with higher eligibility rates found in younger individuals, smokers, diabetics, hypertensive patients, and the obese.
- The research indicates that statins and other lipid-lowering therapies could reduce the percentage of these patients eligible for omega-3 supplementation, suggesting a need to address residual cardiovascular risk in those with hypertriglyceridemia.
In this selective overview of articles, we describe new concepts, therapeutic measures and pharmacological agents that may modify current practice in clinical internal medicine. Novelties for the management of cardiovascular disease, such as heart failure, hypoxemic respiratory failure, nosocomial pneumonia and certain allergies are discussed.
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- The study aimed to assess the risk of alcohol consumption after patients experienced acute coronary syndromes (ACS) among 6,557 participants over a 12-month period.
- Researchers tracked weekly alcohol consumption and defined binge drinking as consuming six or more alcoholic units on one occasion, while monitoring for major cardiovascular events (MACE).
- Results indicated that binge drinking, even at low frequency, was linked to a higher risk of MACE, contrasting with heavy and light alcohol consumption levels, which showed no significant increase in risk compared to abstinence.
Acute heart failure is a leading cause of hospitalisations with an increasing economic and public health burden. Management of acute heart failure involves the use of diuretics to treat congestion and improve morbimortality. Despite current guidelines, numerous patients maintain congestion and often leave the hospital setting with incomplete volume depletion, leading to an increased risk of rehospitalisation.
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