27 results match your criteria: "Spanish Biomedical Research Networking Centre-CIBERES[Affiliation]"
Clinical Significance of Environmental Mycobacteria Isolated From Respiratory Specimens of Patients With and Without Silicosis.
Arch Bronconeumol
March 2016
Spanish Biomedical Research Networking Centre-CIBERES, Santiago de Compostela, España; Servicio de Neumoloxía, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, España.
Objective: To describe the clinical, functional and radiographic differences of respiratory disease caused by environmental mycobacteria (EM) in patients with and without silicosis.
Method: Retrospective, observational study in patients with nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated in the Hospital Meixoeiro (University Hospital of Vigo) microbiology laboratory between January 2007 and December 2013. Patients were grouped according to the presence or absence of silicosis and mycobacterial lung disease, using American Thoracic Society criteria.
Characteristics and prognosis of near-fatal asthma exacerbations.
Am J Med Sci
August 2015
Department of Medicine (F-JG-B, LV-C, AP-R), University of Santiago de Compostela; Spanish Biomedical Research Networking Centre (CIBERES) (F-JG-B, XM); Department of Respiratory Medicine (F-JG-B, NG-C, LV-C), University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS) (F-JG-B, LV-C); Department of Respiratory Medicine (UC-A), Hospital of El Ferrol; Department of Emergency (M-TG-S), Hospital do Salnes; Department of Respiratory Diseases (AB), Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve of Montpellier; Department of Internal Medicine (AP-R), University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela; Department of Radiology (J-MC), University of Santiago de Compostela; Department of Pediatrics (J-DM-G), University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela; Department of Medicine (XM), University Autònoma of Barcelona; and Department of Respiratory Medicine (XM), Hospital Vall d'Hebron.
Background: Asthma remains a major public health concern because of its high prevalence and the costs it generates. Near-fatal asthma (NFA) episodes represent the most severe forms of the disease after fatal asthma with significant variations in their incidence between different populations.
Objective: To analyze the episodes of NFA over a period of 11 years in the hospital.