Psychometric characteristics of the Spanish version of the HIV Symptom Index.

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the Spanish-language version of the HIV-Symptom Index (HIV-SI) questionnaire in Spanish patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy.

Methods: Between 2014 and 2016, an observational, multicenter, prospective cohort study was conducted in seventeen Spanish hospitals to validate HIV-SI questionnaire in terms of: construct validity (confirmatory factor analysis), internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha), convergent validity (Pearson's correlation coefficient) and Known-group validity. In addition, a sensitivity to change analysis was also performed.

Incorporating PHI in decision making: external validation of the Rotterdam risk calculators for detection of prostate cancer.

Purpose: External validation of existing risk calculators (RC) to assess the individualized risk of detecting prostate cancer (PCa) in prostate biopsies is needed to determine their clinical usefulness. The objective was to externally validate the Rotterdam Prostate Cancer RCs 3 and 4 (RPCRC-3/4) and that incorporating PHI (RPCRC-PHI) in a contemporary Spanish cohort.

Methods: Multicenter prospective study that included patients suspicious of harboring PCa.

Do PHI and PHI density improve detection of clinically significant prostate cancer only in the PSA gray zone?

Objectives: Prostate health index (PHI) is a predictive biomarker of positive prostate biopsy. The majority of evidence refers to its use in the PSA gray zone (4-10 ng/mL) and negative digital rectal exam (DRE). We aim to evaluate and compare the predictive accuracy of PHI and PHI density (PHId) with PSA, percentage of free PSA and PSA density, in a wider range of patients for the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa).

Factors Associated With Peripheral Nerve Injury After Pelvic Laparoscopy: The Importance of Surgical Positioning.

Background: Nerve damage after abdominal and pelvic surgery is rare but potentially serious. The incidence of peripheral nerve injury is difficult to assess, and rates of between 0.02% and 21% have been cited in the literature.

Problematic Gambling Behavior in a Sample with Substance Use Disorder: The Role of Attachment Style and Alexithymia.

Gambling disorder is a high comorbid disorder in substance abusers which conjunct appearance is related to worse symptomatology and evolution. Nevertheless, the research on the risk factors that may explain this comorbidity is scarce. We build of the self-regulation theory of attachment and addiction to examine if insecure attachment is related to gambling comorbidity in substance abuse disorder and the mediating role of alexithymia in this process.

Predictors of in-hospital mortality after ischemic stroke: A prospective, single-center study.

Background And Aims: Stroke is the second leading cause of death around the globe. Studies examining the predictors of in-hospital mortality and the impact of complications on early outcome of acute ischemic stroke are scant. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

External validity of a prognostic score for acute heart failure based on the Epidemiology of Acute Heart Failure in Emergency Departments registry: the EAHFE-3D scale.

Objectives: To validate the EAHFE-3D scale, based on the Acute Heart Failure in Emergency Departments registry, in a cohort of patients attended for acute heart failure.

Material And Methods: Study of a multipurpose cohort of patients with acute heart failure in 3 hospitals in the Basque Country between 2011 and 2013. We extracted age, baseline New York Heart Association functional class, systolic blood pressure, baseline arterial oxygen saturation, sodium level in blood, and emergency department treatments (noninvasive mechanical ventilation, use of inotropic agents and vasopressors) in order to calculate each patient's EAHFE-3D score.

Right fronto-insular white matter tracts link cognitive reserve and pain in migraine patients.

Background: Structural white matter abnormalities in pain-modulating, regions are present in migraine. Whether they are associated with pain chronification and with cognitive reserve is unclear.

Methods: Prospective, cohort, six-month study of adult patients with episodic or chronic migraine, and controls.

Low cognitive reserve is associated with chronic migraine with medication overuse and poor quality of life.

Objective: The objective of this article is to test the hypothesis that cognitive reserve (CR) is related to migraine chronification, medication overuse and poor quality of life in migraineurs.

Design/methods: A cross-sectional study on patients with chronic migraine with medication overuse (CM-MOH), episodic migraine (EM), and controls, matched by sex, age and education, was carried out. CR was assessed by a specific questionnaire, and quality of life was measured by general and specific questionnaires (SF-36 and MSQoL).

[Predictive ability of the CT to evaluate cervical lymph nodes in head and neck tumours].

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the predictive value of computed tomography (CT) i.e., its sensitivity and specificity in detecting metastatic lymph nodes of head and neck tumours.

[Respiratory day hospital: Impact on the rate of hospital admissions due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations].

Background And Objective: Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AE-COPD) are considered to be the most important factor in determining the course of the disease, and have great impact on the health care system. We evaluated the effects of a Respiratory Day Hospital (RDH) on the rate of hospital admissions due to AE-COPD.

Patients And Methods: During 14 months, every case of AE-COPD seen at the RDH and emergency services was recruited prospectively.

The predictive value of clinical and epidemiological parameters in the identification of patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA): a clinical prediction algorithm in the evaluation of OSA.

We sought to analyze the predictive value of anthropometric, clinical and epidemiological parameters in the identification of patients with suspected OSA, and their relationship with apnoea/hypopnoea respiratory events during sleep. We studied retrospectively 433 patients with OSA, 361 men (83.37%) and 72 women (16.