The Long-Lasting Effect of Multidisciplinary Interventions for Emotional and Social Loneliness in Older Community-Dwelling Individuals: A Systematic Review.

Background: Loneliness can occur at any age, but it is more prevalent among older adults due to the associated risk factors. Various interventions exist to improve this situation, but little is known about their long-term effects. Our aims were to determine if these interventions have long-lasting effects and for how long they can be sustained.

Risk factors and prognostic impact of unwanted loneliness in heart failure.

Heart failure (HF) is associated with a high prevalence of unwanted loneliness. This study aimed to assess whether unwanted loneliness was associated with adverse clinical endpoints in HF patients. Additionally, we also aimed to examine the risk factors associated with unwanted loneliness in HF.

Carbohydrate antigen 125-guided pre-TAVI medical optimization: impact on quality of life and clinical outcomes.

Introduction And Objectives: Carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125), a biomarker associated with fluid overload, has proven useful in managing diuretic therapy in heart failure. We aimed to evaluate the impact of diuretic optimization guided by CA125 before transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) on outcomes.

Methods: This prospective interventional study enrolled patients scheduled for TAVI, in whom baseline CA125 was measured 2 weeks before TAVI.

Social and Emotional Loneliness in Older Community Dwelling-Individuals: The Role of Socio-Demographics.

Background: Social determinants have a major influence on individuals' health, and among them, loneliness has an important impact on the health of the elderly.

Objectives: The aims were to determine loneliness and its social and emotional components in a sample of elderly people and to assess its prevalence and associations with sociodemographic variables.

Methods: Analytical, cross-sectional, observational research was carried out based on a population over 60 years of age in Valencia (Spain).

[Prognostic factors for laser treatment in retinopathy of prematurity].

Purpose: The paper aims to determine the anatomical results of the eyes treated by laser photocoagulation for "threshold" retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and to identify the potential risk factors for the unfavorable outcomes.

Material/method: A retrospective study including all the consecutive ROPs that were treated by laser photocoagulation between January the 1st 2006 and September the 1st 2009 has been conducted. The followed criteria has been the anatomical result after the laser treatment.

Touch-less heartbeat detection and measurement-based cardiopulmonary modeling.

This paper presents a system for touch-less heartbeat detection and a cardiopulmonary signal modeling approach. Using a vector network analyzer, a microwave system is tested for the detection of the heartbeat signal at a distance of 1 m from a person. The proposed system shows the ability of detecting the heartbeat signals with the possibility of tuning both frequency and power.

[Retinopathy of prematurity: screening and therapeutic indications].

The retinopathy of prematurity is a proliferative disease of the retinal blood vessels, occurring in the prematurely born babies. As the life support conditions for the prematurely born babies have improved, the retinopathy of prematurity has became a problem, both for the neonatologists and the ophthalmologists. This paper discusses the pathogeny, the risk factors, the classification criteria and especially the methods for the screening and therapy of this disease.

[The processing of experimental tabulated data with the standardized Multiplan and VU-CALC programs].

The possibilities are investigated of processing data tables issued from immunofluorescence tests for quick virologic diagnosis, from fluorimetric determinations and from spectrophotometric evaluation of electrophoregrams of serum samples from patients with or without hepatitis. Analysis was realised using microcomputer programs facilities.