Impact of Remote Monitoring on Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology-Peritoneal Dialysis.

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the association between the use of remote patient monitoring (RPM) in patients on automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) and the Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology in peritoneal dialysis (SONG-PD) clinical outcomes.

Methods: A prospective and multicenter cohort study was conducted on patients with advanced chronic kidney disease on APD, recruited at 16 Spanish Hospitals, between June 1 and December 31, 2021. Patients were divided into 2 cohorts, namely patients on APD with RPM (APD-RPM) and patients on APD without RPM.

The silent variants of pituitary tumors: demographic, radiological and molecular characteristics.

Introduction: Tumors of the anterior pituitary gland (PTs) are mostly benign tumors with a low prevalence, which has nevertheless increased with advances in brain radiology techniques. Nearly half of PTs are not associated with a clinical endocrine syndrome. These tumors have been indistinctly named non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) or silent pituitary tumors (SPTs) and the mechanisms of silencing are not fully known.

Low-value care practice in headache: a Spanish mixed methods research study.

Background: Headache is one of the most prevalent diseases. The Global Burden of Disease Study ranks it as the seventh most common disease overall and the second largest neurological cause of disability in the world. The "Do Not Do" recommendations are a strategy for increasing the quality of care and reducing the cost of care for headache.

Novel mutations associated with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. A clinical-genetic study.

Unlabelled: Molecular diagnosis is a useful diagnostic tool in primary nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI), an inherited disease characterized by renal inability to concentrate urine. The AVPR2 and AQP2 genes were screened for mutations in a cohort of 25 patients with clinical diagnosis of NDI. Patients presented with dehydration, polyuria-polydipsia, failure to thrive (mean ± SD; Z-height -1.

Postoperative neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin predicts acute kidney injury after pediatric cardiac surgery*.

Objective: We investigated the temporal pattern and predictive value of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin for early identification of acute kidney injury in children undergoing cardiac surgery.

Design: Prospective observational cohort study.

Setting: One PICU in a tertiary medical center in Madrid, Spain.

Zygote score and status 1 or 2 days after cleavage and assisted reproduction outcome.

Objective: To determine whether pronuclear morphology is a useful additional criterion when selecting embryos for transfer.

Method: A modified Tesarik and Greco scoring system was used in this retrospective study to assess the pronuclear morphology of 883 zygotes from 214 in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles. Pronucleus size and presence of cytoplasmic halo were also noted.

Quality of life of patients on the waiting list for benign prostatic hyperplasia surgery.

Objectives: To assess the quality of life (QoL) of patients on the waiting list for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) surgery and the relationship between prostate symptoms and QoL.

Materials And Methods: Our study included 189 BPH patients on the waiting list for surgery, during the period from January to December 1999. A survey was conducted to obtain information on sociodemographic characteristics, associated illnesses, prostate symptoms based on the International Prostate Symptoms Score (I-PSS), and QoL based on the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36).