Extracorporeal Blood Purification and Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiac Surgery: The SIRAKI02 Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) remains a significant problem following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Various strategies are proposed to attenuate CSA-AKI, including extracorporeal blood purification (EBP), but little is known about the effect of EBP through an acrylonitrile-sodium methallylsulfonate/polyethyleneimine membrane during CPB.

Objective: To determine whether the use of an EBP device in a nonemergent cardiac surgery population reduces CSA-AKI after CPB.

Early region-specific impact of adjuvant radiation therapy on cognition and quality of life in adult patients with primary brain tumors.

Purpose: While treatments for primary brain tumors increase survival, they have cognitive sequelae. Neurocognition's anatomical distribution makes it susceptible to brain damage. This study aims to evaluate the contribution of radiotherapy on short-term cognitive impairment.

Care-related quality of life of informal caregivers of stroke survivors: Cross-sectional analysis of a randomized clinical trial.

Purpose: We aimed to describe the intensity of care and its consequences on informal caregivers of stroke survivors according to the degree of care receivers' functional dependence for activities of daily living; and to identify the factors associated with caregivers' care-related quality of life.

Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of prospective data collected in a cost-utility study alongside the RACECAT trial in Catalonia (Spain). One-hundred and thirty-two care receiver-caregiver pairs were interviewed six months after stroke.

Appropriate Use of Antibiotics in Acute Pancreatitis: A Scoping Review.

Background: While selective use of antibiotics for infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) in acute pancreatitis (AP) is recommended, studies indicate a high rate of inadequate treatment.

Methods: A search of PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane databases was conducted, focusing on primary research and meta-analyses. Data were categorized based on core concepts, and a narrative synthesis was performed.

Effectiveness and safety of Tachosil® as a ventricular sealant: an observational cohort study.

Purpose: Surgery close to or in contact with the ventricular system is challenging due to the complications. We sought to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of TachoSil® as a ventricular sealant in preventing complications after cranial surgery with an open ventricular system (OVS).

Methods: This is a single-center and prospective cohort study We included patients who underwent elective surgery for supratentorial craniotomy and periventricular pathology between December 2020 and November 2023.

Lateral meniscus posterior root repairs show superior healing, reduced meniscal extrusion and improved clinical outcomes compared to medial meniscus posterior root repairs: A systematic review.

Purpose: To systematically review and summarize the available literature on (1) postoperative healing rates, meniscal extrusion (ME) and clinical outcomes following lateral (LMPRR) versus medial (MMPRR) root repair and (2) potential correlations between residual ME and healing outcomes.

Methods: A comprehensive literature search was conducted using the Scopus, PubMed and Embase databases. Clinical studies evaluating healing status on second-look arthroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after LMPRR and MMPRR were included.

Sex Differences in Chronic Postsurgical Pain after Open Thoracotomy.

Study Objective: To determine the incidence of chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) in women after open thoracotomy. Secondary objectives were to compare relevant patient and procedural variables between women and men.

Design: Observational cohort study.

Mpox cases finding: Evaluation of a Primary Care detection program in the Northern Metropolitan area from Barcelona (Spain).

Main Aim: In July 2022, an extensive outbreak of Mpox (monkeypox) was considered by WHO as a Public Health Emergency. The objective of this study is to describe the obtained results from a Mpox case detection program in a semi-urban healthcare area where approximately 420 Primary Care physicians work.

Design: An observational prospective study performed between June 01, 2022 and December 31, 2023.

Translating the 2021 ESC heart failure guideline recommendations in daily practice: Results from a heart failure survey. A scientific statement of the ESC Council for Cardiology Practice and the Heart Failure Association of the ESC.

Aims: Real-world data show that guidelines are insufficiently implemented, and particularly guideline-directed medical therapies (GDMT) are underused in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) in clinical practice. The Council for Cardiology Practice and the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) developed a survey aiming to (i) evaluate the perspectives of the cardiology community on the 2021 ESC heart failure (HF) guidelines, (ii) pinpoint disparities in disease management, and (iii) propose strategies to enhance adherence to HF guidelines.

Methods And Results: A 22-question survey regarding the diagnosis and treatment of HFrEF was delivered between March and June 2022.

[Translated article] Knowledge of biological therapy in patients with immune-mediated diseases. BIOINFO study.

Objective: To determine the degree of knowledge about biological therapy and biosimilars in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases treated in Outpatient Pharmaceutical Care Units.

Methods: Observational, prospective, and multicenter study during the period May 2020-March 2021. A survey (9 questions) was conducted before starting treatment in which the patients' level of knowledge about biological therapy and biosimilars was assessed.

Spanish catheter ablation registry. 23rd official report of the Heart Rhythm Association of the Spanish Society of Cardiology (2023).

Introduction And Objectives: We report the results of the 2023 Spanish catheter ablation registry.

Methods: Procedural data were collected and incorporated into the REDCap platform by all participating centers through a specific form.

Results: There were 104 participating centers in 2023 compared with 103 in 2022.