Publications by authors named "Sara Cano"
Methods: This was a pre/post-observational study examining patients' emotions before and during elective knee or hip replacement surgery for osteoarthritis in seven European Union countries to identify factors related to better emotional status at discharge.
Instruments: In addition to demographic data, information was collected on quality of life (EuroQoL five-dimension questionnaire), hospital expectations (Knowledge Expectations of Hospital Patients Scale), symptoms, and experienced emotions.
Analysis: Total negative emotions scores at baseline and discharge were transformed into median values.
Aims And Objectives: To examine the relationship between significant others' expected and received knowledge and their background characteristics in three Mediterranean countries (Cyprus, Greece, Spain), all of which deal with economic restrictions, have similar social support systems with the family members acting as family caregivers, and cultural similarities.
Background: Significant others' role is a key element in the older patients' postoperative recovery. However, people who take care of persons older than 65 years, as persons undergoing arthroplasty, are usually old themselves and need special support.
Article Synopsis
- Autotransporters (ATs) are proteins in Gram-negative bacteria, including Neisseria meningitidis, that can influence bacterial virulence; AutA is one of these identified ATs but remains less understood.
- The autA gene is found in many neisserial species, and while its expression can be inconsistent due to genetic variations, some strains of N. meningitidis do express it and this expression can undergo phase variation.
- AutA remains attached to the bacterial surface rather than being secreted and promotes autoaggregation, potentially aiding in biofilm formation and the pathogen's ability to colonize and persist in the host's nasopharynx.
Ageing population entails a growing international problem of osteoarthritis. Best practices for education of these patients are lacking. This study focused on empowering education in Northern (Finland, Iceland, Lithuania and Sweden) and Southern Europe (Cyprus, Greece and Spain).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Trace elements may play an important role in bipolar disorders. The objective of this study is to determine serum copper and zinc, blood lead and cadmium and urine lead, cadmium and thallium concentrations in patients diagnosed with bipolar disorders and to compare these levels with those of a healthy control group.
Materials And Methods: A total of 25 patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder and 29 healthy subjects participated in this study.
Introduction: Exposure to lead and cadmium is a public health problem due to the broad exposure to these toxic substances among the general population. The objective of this study is to determine blood lead and cadmium concentrations in a working population drawn from six university hospitals in Madrid, Getafe, Cartagena, Santiago de Compostela, Santander and Palma de Mallorca (Spain) and to identify associated factors.
Materials And Methods: 951 individuals participated in the study and were administered the standardized PESA® questionnaire regarding exposure to lead and cadmium.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of drug-eluting stent (DES) and bare-metal stent (BMS) use in chronic total occlusion (CTO) recanalization.
Background: The long-term effectiveness and safety of DES use in CTO recanalization are unclear, and performance of randomized clinical trials in the field is complex.
Methods: Major electronic information sources were explored for articles comparing outcomes with DES and BMS use among patients with CTO.
Background: The objective of this study is to describe the cases of gonorrhea infection recorded in a center for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and the factors associated with HIV coinfection.
Methods: Retrospective, descriptive study of all cases of gonorrhea infection diagnosed in 2005.
Results: Among 134 cases of gonorrhea, 124 occurred in men who have sex with men.