256 results match your criteria: "Hospital Universitari Dr Josep Trueta[Affiliation]"

Background And Aims: Alcohol relapse after surviving an episode of alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) is common. However, the clinical features, risk factors, and prognostic implications of recurrent alcohol-associated hepatitis (RAH) are not well described.

Approach And Results: A registry-based study was done of patients admitted to 28 Spanish hospitals for an episode of AH between 2014 and 2021.

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Objectives: Cancer is a disease of old age; however, most studies usually included minority of patients fit elderly. The purpose is to investigate the clinical characteristics and genetic information of patients with thoracic tumors who are 80 years old or older compared to those under 80 years old.

Study Design And Methods: The Thoracic Tumor Registry (TTR) is a Spanish observational, prospective cohort study that included patients diagnosed with thoracic tumors.

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Background: Immunotherapy has transformed the endometrial cancer treatment landscape, particularly for those exhibiting mismatch repair deficiency [MMRd/microsatellite instability-hypermutated (MSI-H)]. A growing body of evidence supports the integration of immunotherapy with chemotherapy as a first-line treatment strategy. Recently, findings from ongoing trials such as RUBY (NCT03981796), NRG-GY018 (NCT03914612), AtTEnd (NCT03603184), and DUO-E (NCT04269200) have been disclosed.

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Aims: Methotrexate (MTX) is used to induce and maintain remission in patients with steroid-dependent Crohn's disease (CD). Despite its proven efficacy, its use is limited due to associated adverse events. Polymorphisms involving folate pathway genes might influence MTX efficacy and toxicity.

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Systemic biomarker associated with poor outcome after futile reperfusion.

Eur J Clin Invest

June 2024

Neuroimaging and Biotechnology Laboratory (NOBEL), Clinical Neurosciences Research Laboratory (LINC), Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), A Coruña, Spain.

Background: Successful recanalization does not lead to complete tissue reperfusion in a considerable percentage of ischemic stroke patients. This study aimed to identify biomarkers associated with futile recanalization. Leukoaraiosis predicts poor outcomes of this phenomenon.

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The identification of large vessel occlusion with underlying intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAS-LVO) before endovascular treatment (EVT) continues to be a challenge. We aimed to analyze baseline clinical-radiological features associated with ICAS-LVO that could lead to a prompt identification. We performed a retrospective cross-sectional study of consecutive patients with stroke treated with EVT from January 2020 to April 2022.

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Repeated pancreatic resection for pancreatic metastases from renal cell Carcinoma: A Spanish multicenter study (PANMEKID).

Surg Oncol

February 2024

Universidad de Extremadura, Departamento de Terapeútica Médico Quirúrgica, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Badajoz, Spain; Department of HBP Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Hospital Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain. Electronic address:

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  • The study focuses on the recurrence of isolated pancreatic metastases from Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) and evaluates the outcomes of repeat pancreatic resections after initial surgery.
  • It involved a retrospective analysis of 131 resections in 116 patients from January 2010 to May 2020, comparing those who had single versus iterative pancreatic surgeries.
  • Results indicated that while disease-free survival (DFS) rates were slightly better in the iterative group, overall survival (OS) rates were similar for both groups, suggesting that repeat surgery is a viable option for managing RCC-related pancreatic metastases.
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Results of the REIV-TOXO national survey on prenatal screening for toxoplasmosis in Spain.

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)

November 2024

Unidad de Patología Infecciosa e Immunodeficiencias de Pediatría, Hospital Infantil Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Catalunya, España; Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Grupo de Trabajo de Infecciones Congénitas, Sociedad Española de Infectología Pediátrica (SEIP), Spain.

Introduction: Currently, the status of serological screening for toxoplasmosis in pregnant women in Spain is unknown, and there is no official recommendation. The objective of this study is to show the current practice of gestational screening for toxoplasmosis in hospitals belonging to the Spanish Network for Research on Congenital Toxoplasmosis (REIV-TOXO).

Methods: An electronic survey was sent between April 2021 and September 2021 to investigators from 118 hospitals of REIV-TOXO, representing all Spanish regions.

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Consensus statement of the Spanish Society of Neurology on the treatment of multiple sclerosis and holistic patient management in 2023.

Neurologia (Engl Ed)

March 2024

Departamento de Neurología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IdISSC, Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain.

The last consensus statement of the Spanish Society of Neurology's Demyelinating Diseases Study Group on the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) was issued in 2016. Although many of the positions taken remain valid, there have been significant changes in the management and treatment of MS, both due to the approval of new drugs with different action mechanisms and due to the evolution of previously fixed concepts. This has enabled new approaches to specific situations such as pregnancy and vaccination, and the inclusion of new variables in clinical decision-making, such as the early use of high-efficacy disease-modifying therapies (DMT), consideration of the patient's perspective, and the use of such novel technologies as remote monitoring.

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  • Prostate cancer was very common in men and caused many deaths in 2020, so scientists wanted to study how it changed in Girona, Spain, over 25 years.
  • They looked at data from almost 10,000 cases of prostate cancer collected from 1994 to 2018, finding that more men were getting diagnosed from 1994 to 2003, but then the numbers started to go down.
  • Overall, more men were surviving prostate cancer over time, with survival rates improving from about 73% in the late 1990s to 91% in the years 2014-2018.
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Early insulin resistance in normoglycemic low-risk individuals is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis.

Cardiovasc Diabetol

December 2023

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Calle Melchor Fernández Almagro, 3, Madrid, 28029, Spain.

Background: Elevated glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is associated with a higher burden of subclinical atherosclerosis (SA). However, the association with SA of earlier insulin resistance markers is poorly understood. The study assessed the association between the homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR) and SA in addition to the effect of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) in individuals with normal HbA1c.

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Immunoparesis (IP) in multiple myeloma (MM) patients can be measured by classic assessment of immunoglobulin (Ig) levels or by analysis of the uninvolved heavy/light chain pair of the same immunoglobulin (uHLC) by the Hevylite® assay. In this study we evaluate the prognostic value of recovery from IP measured by classic total Ig and uHLC assessment in newly diagnosed MM transplant-eligible (NDMM-TE) patients with intensive treatment and its association with minimal residual disease (MRD). Patients were enrolled and treated in the PETHEMA/GEM2012MENOS65 trial and continued in the PETHEMA /GEM2014MAIN trial.

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Background: The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a collection of autoimmune diseases that have a substantial impact on the entire body and include conditions such as dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), sporadic inclusion body myositis, and immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy. These disorders are characterized by symptoms such as muscular weakness, pain, and dermal rash. This systematic review is intended to explore the potential link between bladder cancer and DM/PM.

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Introduction: We aimed to determine if advanced BRAF-mutant NSCLC has a higher thromboembolic events (TEE) rate than the expected.

Methods: Between 2008 and 2021, 182 patients with BRAF-mutant advanced NSCLC (BRAF V600E, n = 70; BRAF non-V600E, n = 112) were retrospectively identified from 18 centers in Spain. Patients received chemotherapy (n = 147), immunotherapy (n = 69), targeted therapy (n = 42), and immunotherapy + chemotherapy (n = 26).

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Serum biomarker levels predict disability progression in patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis.

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry

April 2024

Servei de Neurologia-Neuroimmunologia, Centre d'Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya (Cemcat), Institut de Recerca Vall d'Hebron (VHIR), Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Article Synopsis
  • The study explored how serum biomarkers (sNfL, sGFAP, sCHI3L1) could predict disability progression in patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) using data from 141 patients across 18 European centers.
  • The researchers measured the biomarkers at the beginning of the study and tracked changes in disability over time using the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) at three intervals.
  • Results showed that all three biomarkers were linked to disability changes, but only sCHI3L1 was significant in non-inflammatory cases, suggesting it may be a more reliable predictor of progression in PPMS.
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Background: This study focuses on the relationship between forearm muscles, carpal ligaments, and their impact on scapholunate joint stability across varying forearm rotations. This is crucial for optimizing pre and postoperative rehabilitation strategies for scapholunate joint dysfunction.

Purpose: Our study aims to understand the kinetic influence of forearm muscles on scapholunate joint instability.

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Risk of endometrial cancer after RRSO in BRCA 1/2 carriers: a multicentre cohort study.

Clin Transl Oncol

April 2024

Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Universitari Dr. Josep Trueta, Avinguda de França s/n, 17707, Girona, Spain.

Objective: To know the risk of endometrial cancer (EC) in a population of women with BRCA 1/2 pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO).

Methods: The study cohort included data from 857 women with BRCA mutations who underwent RRSO visited four hospitals in Catalonia, Spain, from January 1, 1999 to April 30, 2019. Standardized incidence ratio (SIR) of EC was calculated in these patients using data from a regional population-based cancer registry.

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From November 2014 to May 2017, 332 patients homogeneously treated with bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (VRD) induction, autologous stem cell transplant, and VRD consolidation were randomly assigned to receive maintenance therapy with lenalidomide and dexamethasone (RD; 161 patients) vs RD plus ixazomib (IRD; 171 patients). RD consisted of lenalidomide 15 mg/d from days 1 to 21 plus dexamethasone 20 mg/d on days 1 to 4 and 9 to 12 at 4-week intervals, whereas in the IRD arm, oral ixazomib at a dose of 4 mg on days 1, 8, and 15 was added. Therapy for patients with negative measurable residual disease (MRD) after 24 cycles was discontinued, whereas those who tested positive for MRD remained on maintenance with RD for 36 more cycles.

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Purpose: Stratifying patients with cancer according to risk of relapse can personalize their care. In this work, we provide an answer to the following research question: How to use machine learning to estimate probability of relapse in patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)?

Materials And Methods: For predicting relapse in 1,387 patients with early-stage (I-II) NSCLC from the Spanish Lung Cancer Group data (average age 65.7 years, female 24.

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Background: To assess short- and long-term outcomes from non-surgical management of diverticulitis with abscess formation and to develop a nomogram to predict emergency surgery.

Methods: This nationwide retrospective cohort study was performed in 29 Spanish referral centers, including patients with a first episode of a diverticular abscess (modified Hinchey Ib-II) from 2015 to 2019. Emergency surgery, complications, and recurrent episodes were analyzed.

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Perioperative Nivolumab and Chemotherapy in Stage III Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

N Engl J Med

August 2023

From Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda (M.P., V.C., R.S.-B., J.M.-L., A.C.-B., A.R.), Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos (J.L.G.-L., C.A.R., F.H.-T.), Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (S.P.), Hospital Universitario La Paz (J.C.), and the Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Center (R. Benítez), Madrid, Institut Català d'Oncologia, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (E.N., R.P.), Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebrón (A.M.-M.), the Medical Oncology Department Hospital Clinic and Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapies in Solid Tumors, Institut de Investigacions Biomèdiques (N.R.), and Instituto Oncológico Dr. Rosell, Dexeus University Hospital (A.A.), Barcelona, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Seville (R. Bernabé), Institut Català d'Oncologia, Hospital Universitari Dr. Josep Trueta, Girona (J.B.-B.), Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Pontevedra (J.C.-R.), Fundación Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia (A.I.), and Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Universidad de Valencia and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Cáncer (C.C.), Valencia, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña (J.M.), the Medical Oncology Intercenter Unit, Regional and Virgen de la Victoria University Hospitals, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga, Málaga (M.C.), Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo (G.L.V.), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid (R.L.-C.), the Medical Oncology Department, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Badalona-Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital, Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology, Fundació Institut de Investigado de Ciences de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus Can Ruti, Badalona (T.M.), Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, Córdoba (I.B.), Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular-Materno Infantil de Gran Canaria, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (D.R.-A.), and Hospital Universitario Dr. Balmis Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante, Alicante (B.M.) - all in Spain.

Background: Approximately 20% of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) receive a diagnosis of stage III disease. There is no current consensus regarding the most appropriate treatment for these patients.

Methods: In this open-label, phase 2 trial, we randomly assigned patients with resectable stage IIIA or IIIB NSCLC to receive neoadjuvant nivolumab plus platinum-based chemotherapy (experimental group) or chemotherapy alone (control group), followed by surgery.

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Sex differences in Cardiorenal Syndrome: Insights from CARDIOREN Registry.

Curr Heart Fail Rep

June 2023

Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain.

Purpose Of The Work: Although sex-specific differences in heart failure (HF) or kidney disease (KD) have been analyzed separately, the predominant cardiorenal phenotype by sex has not been described. This study aims to explore the sex-related differences in cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) in a contemporary cohort of outpatients with HF.

Findings: An analysis of the Cardiorenal Spanish registry (CARDIOREN) was performed.

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Prevalence and clinical profile of kidney disease in patients with chronic heart failure. Insights from the Spanish cardiorenal registry.

Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed)

January 2024

Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Spain; Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia (INCLIVA), Valencia, Spain.

Introduction And Objectives: Patients with combined heart failure (HF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been underrepresented in clinical trials. The prevalence of CKD in these patients and their clinical profile require constant evaluation. This study aimed to analyze the prevalence of CKD, its clinical profile, and patterns of use of evidence-based medical therapies in HF across CKD stages in a contemporary cohort of ambulatory patients with HF.

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