28 results match your criteria: "Spain. Electronic address: fformiga@bellvitgehospital.cat.[Affiliation]"
Rev Clin Esp (Barc)
November 2023
Unidad de Geriatría, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain. Electronic address:
Introduction: People with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) have a higher prevalence of frailty compared to those without DM2. However, there is a lack of consensus on the diagnosis and clinical management of frail individuals with DM2.
Objectives: This study aims to identify limitations and current needs in the use of the frailty concept in PCDM2 (people with DM2), as well as define and evaluate the dimensions that should be included in its routine clinical assessment.
Int J Cardiol
July 2023
Internal Medicine Deparment, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, 41009 Sevilla, Spain; Department of Medicine, Universidad de Sevilla, San Fernando, 4, 41004 Sevilla, Spain.
Aim: Benzodiazepines (BZDs) are one of the most used drugs to control symptoms in patients with acute heart failure (HF). However, the evidence on its safety is inconclusive. The objective was to describe the characteristics of patients admitted for HF and treated with BZDs and to assess the relationship of this treatment and mortality.
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October 2022
Geriatric Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address:
Rev Port Cardiol
October 2022
Internal Medicine Department, IMIBIC/Hospital Reina Sofía, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
Introduction: Beta-adrenergic receptor blockers (beta-blockers) are frequently used for patients with heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), although evidence-based recommendations for this indication are still lacking. Our goal was to assess which clinical factors are associated with the prescription of beta-blockers in patients discharged after an episode of HFpEF decompensation, and the clinical outcomes of these patients.
Methods: We assessed 1078 patients with HFpEF and in sinus rhythm who had experienced an acute HF episode to explore whether prescription of beta-blockers on discharge was associated with one-year all-cause mortality or the composite endpoint of one-year all-cause death or HF readmission.
Rev Clin Esp (Barc)
October 2022
Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, Madrid, Spain.
Eur J Intern Med
October 2022
Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Calle Dr. Fedriani, 3, 41009 Sevilla.
Aim: This work aims to compare the characteristics of advanced heart failure (HF) in patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and to determine the relevance of variables used to define advanced HF.
Patients And Methods: This cross-sectional, multicenter study included patients hospitalized for HF. They were classified into four groups according to presence/absence of advanced HF, determined based on general and cardiac criteria, and presence/absence of DM.
Rev Clin Esp (Barc)
November 2022
Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Bellvitge, IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed)
November 2020
Servicio de Cardiología, IDIBELL, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
Semergen
September 2020
Medical Department, Pfizer, Madrid, Spain.
Objective: In non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients at risk of stroke, anticoagulant drugs are less likely to be received by older patients than younger patients. In this study, an attempt is made to discover whether the reasons reported by physicians for denying anticoagulant drugs prescription differ between older and younger atrial fibrillation patients.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional, multicentre study was conducted from October 2014 to July 2015.
Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol
March 2021
Unidad de Geriatría, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España.
Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol
June 2020
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital de Bellvitge, ĹHospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España.
Eur J Intern Med
February 2019
Internal Medicine Department, IMIBIC/Hospital Reina Sofía, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
Background: Abnormal serum potassium levels (K) in patients with heart failure (HF) relate to worse prognosis. We evaluated whether admission K levels predict 1-year outcomes in elderly patients admitted for acute HF.
Methods: We evaluated 2865 patients aged >74 years from the RICA Spanish Heart Failure Registry, classified according to admission serum K levels: hyperkalemia (>5.
Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol
April 2020
Programa de Geriatría, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España.
Hellenic J Cardiol
May 2020
Geriatric Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Hestia Chair in Integrated Health and Social Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Background: Systolic blood pressure (SBP) is an acknowledged prognostic factor in patients with heart failure (HF). Admission SBP should be a risk factor for 1-year mortality even in elderly patients experiencing a first admission for HF, and this risk may persist in the oldest subset of patients.
Design: Methods: We reviewed the medical records of 1031 patients aged 70 years or older admitted within a 3-year period for a first episode of acute heart failure (AHF).
Rev Port Cardiol (Engl Ed)
February 2018
Geriatric Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Hestia Chair in Integrated Health and Social Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Catalunya International University, Barcelona, Spain.
Introduction And Objectives: Chronic kidney disease is related to poor outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). Few studies have assessed whether renal function influences one-year mortality risk in patients admitted for the first time for acute HF.
Methods: We reviewed the medical records of all patients aged >50 years admitted within a two-year period for a first episode of decompensated HF.
Eur J Intern Med
January 2018
Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital of La Princesa, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address:
Objectives: Atrial fibrillation (AF) has been associated with higher mortality. We aimed to identify the baseline predictors of in-hospital mortality among elderly patients with non-valvular AF (NVAF) hospitalised for any reason.
Methods: Observational, prospective and multicentre study was carried out on patients with NVAF over the age of 75, who had been admitted for any acute medical condition to Internal Medicine departments in Spain.
Int J Cardiol
June 2017
Geriatric Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Hestia Chair in Integrated Health and Social Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Background: The Readmission Risk score (RR score) has been considered useful to predict Medicare/Medicaid patients' likelihood of 30-day hospital readmission for heart failure (HF). To our knowledge, the accuracy of this prediction model has not been independently validated in other clinical circumstances in Europe.
Methods: From July 2013 to December 2014, all patients who survived to a first admission due to decompensated HF at our tertiary care teaching hospital were retrospectively included in the study.
Int J Cardiol
May 2017
Geriatrics Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Catalan Institute of Health, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute - IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Hestia Chair in Integrated Health and Social Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol
March 2018
En nombre de la Sociedad Española de Geriatría y Gerontología (SEGG).
Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed)
November 2016
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense and Universidad Europea, Madrid, Spain.
Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol
March 2018
Departamento de Accesibilidad, Ayuntamiento de Málaga, Málaga, España.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract
August 2015
Geriatric Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Albert Jovell Institute for Public Health and Patients, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Aims: To identify the differential characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) complicated by end-organ damage who experience a fall-related hip fracture.
Methods: We analyzed the socio-demographic data and index fall clinical characteristics of a group of patients with nephropathy, neuropathy or retinopathy related to T2DM consecutively admitted to six hospitals in Barcelona, Spain because of a fall-related hip fracture.
Results: Out of 1225 patients admitted because of a fall-related hip fracture, 107 (8.
Eur J Intern Med
June 2015
Internal Medicine Service, IMIBIC/Hospital Reina Sofía, Universidad de Córdoba, Spain.
Background: Heart failure (HF) is a growing global epidemic. The main study aims is to evaluate the differences between new-onset and chronic-decompensated HF patients. Secondary objectives related only to new-onset HF patients include the role of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and mid-term mortality related risk factors
Methods: We analyzed 2190 patients hospitalized for acute HF.
Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol
December 2016
Editor de Revista Española de Geriatría y Gerontología, en representación del equipo editorial. Electronic address: