Clinical characteristics and prognosis of spinal cord injury in individuals over 75 years old.

Objective: To analyze the incidence and characteristics of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) in geriatric population of Galicia (Spain), hospital management and functional prognosis METHODS: Comparative retrospective study. Patients admitted with acute traumatic SCI during the time period between January 2010 and December 2016 were included. Two groups established: The elderly over and under 75 years of age, with the latter acting as a control group.

Clinical characteristics and prognosis of spinal cord injury in individuals over 75 years old.

Objective: To analyze the incidence and characteristics of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) in geriatric population of Galicia (Spain), hospital management and functional prognosis.

Methods: Comparative retrospective study. Patients admitted with acute traumatic SCI during the time period between January 2010 and December 2016 were included.

Relationship between damage clustering and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus in early and late stages of the disease: cluster analyses in a large cohort from the Spanish Society of Rheumatology Lupus Registry.

Objectives: To identify patterns (clusters) of damage manifestations within a large cohort of SLE patients and evaluate the potential association of these clusters with a higher risk of mortality.

Methods: This is a multicentre, descriptive, cross-sectional study of a cohort of 3656 SLE patients from the Spanish Society of Rheumatology Lupus Registry. Organ damage was ascertained using the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Damage Index.

Failure of hybrid therapy for the prevention of long-term recurrence of atrial fibrillation.

Objectives: To determine the long-term effectiveness of hybrid therapy in the control of atrial fibrillation (AF) as well as the differences in clinical outcomes between patients with antiarrhythmic drug atrial flutter (AAD-AFl), those with coexistent AFl and AF, and isolated AFl.

Methods: Four hundred eight patients who consecutively underwent cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI) ablation between 1998 and 2010 were followed for 5.9 years.

Risk of atrial fibrillation, stroke, and death after radiofrequency catheter ablation of typical atrial flutter.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence, predictors, and prognostic clinical impact of atrial fibrillation (AF) over time after cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI) ablation of typical atrial flutter (AFL).

Methods: This was a follow-up observational study using 408 patients who underwent CTI AFL ablation between 1998 and 2010. The relationships between the different predictors and the outcomes (AF, stroke, and death) were modeled by means of multistate Cox model analyses.