Cardiac auscultation predicts mortality in elderly patients admitted for COVID-19.

Introduction: COVID-19 has had a great impact on the elderly population. All admitted patients underwent cardiac auscultation at the Emergency Department. However, to our knowledge, there is no literature that explains the implications of cardiac auscultation at the Emergency Department.

The deadliest lung lobe in COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study of elderly patients hospitalized for COVID-19.

Introduction: The relationship between which lung lobe is affected on the chest X-ray (CXR) performed at the Emergency Department (ED) and mortality from COVID-19 has not been studied. With this in mind, the present study aimed to discern which lung lobe was the one with the highest associated mortality rate in the elderly population.

Methods: Information was collected from the 2020 hospital admissions records of our hospital.

Ground-glass opacity on emergency department chest X-ray: a risk factor for in-hospital mortality and organ failure in elderly admitted for COVID-19.

Introduction: Ground-glass opacity is commonly seen on radiographic imaging tests of patients admitted for COVID-19. The main objective of this study is to determine if the presence of ground-glass opacity on chest X-rays carried out at the Emergency Department correlates with significantly higher mortality. A secondary objective is to clarify which characteristics are associated with those patients who presented ground-glass opacity.

Elderly Hospitalized for COVID-19 and Fever: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Introduction: COVID-19 has been responsible for countless deaths during this time.

Objectives: The main objective of this study was to determine if the referred fever of elderly patients admitted for COVID-19 was related to their mortality.

Material And Methods: Data were obtained from the 2020 hospital admissions records of the Hospital de San Juan de Alicante, Spain.

Incubation period of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Objective: The incubation period of COVID-19 helps to determine the optimal duration of the quarantine and inform predictive models of incidence curves. Several emerging studies have produced varying results; this systematic review aims to provide a more accurate estimate of the incubation period of COVID-19.

Methods: For this systematic review, a literature search was conducted using Pubmed, Scopus/EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library databases, covering all observational and experimental studies reporting the incubation period and published from 1 January 2020 to 21 March 2020.

Incubation period of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Objective: The incubation period of COVID-19 helps to determine the optimal duration of the quarantine and inform predictive models of incidence curves. Several emerging studies have produced varying results; this systematic review aims to provide a more accurate estimate of the incubation period of COVID-19.

Methods: For this systematic review, a literature search was conducted using Pubmed, Scopus/EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library databases, covering all observational and experimental studies reporting the incubation period and published from 1 January 2020 to 21 March 2020.

[Incubation period of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis].

Background And Objective: The incubation period of COVID-19 helps to determine the optimal duration of the quarantine and inform predictive models of incidence curves. Several emerging studies have produced varying results; this systematic review aims to provide a more accurate estimate of the incubation period of COVID-19.

Methods: For this systematic review, a literature search was conducted using Pubmed, Scopus/EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library databases, covering all observational and experimental studies reporting the incubation period and published from 1 January 2020 to 21 March 2020.

Lateral rectus muscle biopsy as diagnosis of unknown metastatic breast cancer.

The case concerns a 58 year-old female with no medical history of interest who consulted due to binocular diplopia of one week onset. It was associated with costal pain, dyspnoea, intense asthenia and weight loss of 2 months onset. In the blood analysis in the Emergency Department it showed hypercalcaemia, renal failure, and bicytopenia.

Antiagregation and anticoagulation, relationship with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Introduction: the high prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in the modern society brings a high prescription of platelet antiaggregation and anticoagulant medications. These treatments have been related to an increased incidence of upper gastrointestinal bleedings (UGB). Our aim was to estimate the fraction of UGB´s presented to our hospital that was related to this kind of treatments and describe their clinical features in our environment.

Lipid raft segregation modulates TRPM8 channel activity.

Transient receptor potential channels are a family of cation channels involved in diverse cellular functions. Most of these channels are expressed in the nervous system and play a key role in sensory physiology. TRPM8 (transient receptor potential melastatine 8), a member of this family, is activated by cold, cooling substances such menthol and icilin and voltage.

[Tumors of the oral cavity: the usefulness of dynamic CT].

Objective: To demonstrate the usefulness and importance of including "puffed-cheek" dynamic CT (PCCT) in the protocol for the diagnosis and staging of tumors of the oral cavity.

Material And Methods: This is a prospective study of 62 (38 male and 24 female) patients with epidermoid carcinoma of the oral cavity diagnosed and treated at our hospital during an 18-month period. The site of the primary tumor was the tongue (n=19), floor of the mouth (n=3), lip (n=3), gums (n=6), retromolar trigone (n=7), buccal mucosa (n=8), and a combination of the last three locations (n=16).

[99mTc-HMPAO-leukocyte-labeled scintigraphy in the detection and follow-up of inflammatory bowel disease].

To assess the clinical value of 99mTc-HMPAO-leukocyte-labeled scintigraphy (LLS) in the detection and follow-up of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the pediatric population, we retrospectively reviewed 33 patients (15 boys; mean age 10.7 +/- 2.2 years) with suspected IBD.

[Idiopathic hypertrophic chronic pachymeningitis. Contribution of two new cases and literature review].

The idiopathic hypertrophic chronic pachymeningitis (IHCP) is a rare disorder characterized by chronic inflammation of the dura mater that there can be associated with resulting neurological deficits from the compression of underlying structures. The etiology of the pathologic process is uncertain and for its diagnosis it is necessary to rule out infectious pathology, diseases of the immune system and other processes, together with the pathological confirmation of the existence of a steril and chronic inflammatory infiltrate of the dura mater, and without evidence of vasculitic sings or malignancy. The IHCP is an infrequent entity.