372 results match your criteria: "University Hospital "Marques de Valdecilla" - Instituto de Investigación Valdecilla (IDIVAL)[Affiliation]"

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Alzheimers Dement

December 2024

School of Public Health, the Second Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Background: To estimate the additive associations of cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CMM) and depression on long-term cognitive trajectory in multi-regional cohorts and validate the generalizability of the findings in varying clinical settings.

Method: Data harmonization was performed across 14 longitudinal cohort studies within the Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium (COSMIC) group, spanning North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Three external validation studies with distinct settings were employed to assess generalizability.

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Rationale and design of the beta-blockers in tako-tsubo syndrome study: a randomized clinical trial (β-Tako).

Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed)

December 2024

Center of Excellence of Cardiovascular Sciences, Ospedale Isola Tiberina - Gemelli Isola, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.

Unlabelled: Introduction y objectives: Tako-tsubo syndrome (TTS) is a cardiac condition that mimics acute coronary syndrome, characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction in the absence of culprit coronary artery stenosis. Although its etiology remains unknown, reversible microvascular dysfunction secondary to an adrenergic surge is thought to play a role. Treatment is empirical, although most patients receive beta-blockers (BB) in clinical practice.

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The leading cause of blindness due to non-infectious uveitis is cystoid macular edema (CME). Behçet's disease (BD) is one of the most commonly conditions related to CME. To compare the effectiveness and safety of adalimumab (ADA), infliximab (IFX) and certolizumab (CZP) in refractory CME due to BD.

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Daily Intake of Two or More Servings of Vegetables Is Associated with a Lower Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Older People.

Nutrients

November 2024

Teaching Department of Primary Care Management, Cantabrian Health Service, Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), 39011 Santander, Spain.

Objectives: We sought to examine the correlation between the recommended consumption of at least two servings (400 g) of vegetables per day and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in an elderly population.

Methods: This observational, cross-sectional, and descriptive study was conducted with 264 non-institutionalized people aged 65 to 79 years old. We adhered to the recommended guidelines for vegetable intake from the MEDAS-14 questionnaire, which has been validated for elderly populations at high cardiovascular risk.

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Introduction: Knowledge about the distribution and frequency of the respective haplotypes on the wildtype and mutant allele is highly relevant in the context of future gene therapy clinical studies in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3, the most common autosomal dominantly inherited ataxia. Single nucleotide polymorphisms associated to the disease-causing gene, ATXN3, have been determined. We wanted to investigate the frequency and regional distribution of two intragenic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a large European SCA3 cohort and their relation to the clinical phenotype.

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Background: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) bloodstream infection (BSI) is a common healthcare-associated complication linked to antimicrobial resistance and high mortality. Ongoing clinical trials are exploring novel anti-virulence agents, yet studies on how bacterial virulence affects PA infection outcomes is conflicting and data from real-world clinical populations is limited.

Methods: We studied a multicentre cohort of 773 adult patients with PA BSI consecutively collected during 7-years from sites in Europe and Australia.

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Clinical phenotypes of COVID-19, associated with mortality risk, have been identified in the general population. The present study assesses their applicability in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) hospital-admitted by COVID-19. In a cohort of 488 SOTR, nonvaccinated (n = 394) and vaccinated (n = 94) against SARS-CoV-2, we evaluated 16 demographic, clinical, analytical, and radiological variables to identify the clinical phenotypes A, B, and C.

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Persistence, Effectiveness, and Safety of Upadacitinib in Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis in Real Life: Results From a Spanish Nationwide Study (Ureal Study).

Am J Gastroenterol

November 2024

Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-Princesa), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain.

Introduction: Real-world data on the effectiveness of upadacitinib for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are limited. To assess upadacitinib persistence, effectiveness, and safety in a real-world scenario.

Methods: Retrospective multicenter study of patients with IBD who received upadacitinib before 31st December 2022 and at least 12 weeks before the recruitment date.

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Ceftaroline for bloodstream infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a multicentre retrospective cohort study.

Clin Microbiol Infect

November 2024

Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of ceftaroline vs. vancomycin or daptomycin in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections (BSIs) (MRSA-BSIs).

Methods: This multicentre retrospective study conducted in 15 Spanish hospitals included data from the first MRSA-BSIs of adult patients between January 2019 and December 2022.

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PPARβ/δ prevents inflammation and fibrosis during diabetic cardiomyopathy.

Pharmacol Res

December 2024

Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain; Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (IBUB), University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain; Spanish Biomedical Research Center in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM)-Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid 28029,  Spain; Pediatric Research Institute-Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat 08950, Spain. Electronic address:

Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a specific type of myocardial disease that often develops in patients suffering from diabetes, which has become the foremost cause of death among them. It is an insidious multifactorial disease caused by complex and partially unknown mechanisms that include metabolic dysregulation, local inflammation, fibrosis, and cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Despite its severity and poor prognosis, it often goes undiagnosed, and there are currently no approved specific drugs to prevent or even treat it.

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  • Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare genetic disorder marked by varying symptoms and significant chromosome fragility, leading to severe health issues like cancer and bone marrow failure.
  • The Spanish Registry of Patients with FA gathered data from 227 patients over 30 years, revealing an 86% cumulative cancer incidence by age 50, with outcomes differing based on chromosome fragility and specific gene mutations.
  • Findings suggest that patients with mutations allowing some protein function (genetic hypomorphism) tend to have better health outcomes, indicating potential for new therapies that could enhance mutant FA protein function to improve patient prognosis.
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Three-year survival follow-up of patients with gastrointestinal cancer treated during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain: data from the PANDORA-TTD20 study.

Oncologist

November 2024

Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Universidad de Córdoba, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), CIBERONC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Córdoba, 14004, Spain.

Introduction: The initial SARS-CoV-2 pandemic wave in Spain in 2020 precipitated significant paradigm shifts in gastrointestinal oncology patient management. This study captures the "Zeitgeist" of this period by analyzing adaptive strategies, treatment modifications, and survival outcomes, leveraging a 3-year follow-up perspective to extract insights from this unprecedented experience.

Methods: We conducted a multicenter, retrospective cohort study utilizing the RETUD-TTD registry, encompassing 703 patients across 19 Spanish centers in April 2020.

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Background And Purpose: Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by pervasive personality and behavioural disturbances with severe impact on patients and caregivers. In current clinical practice, treatment is based on nonpharmacological and pharmacological approaches. Unfortunately, trial-based evidence supporting symptomatic pharmacological treatment for the behavioural disturbances in FTD is scarce despite the significant burden this poses on the patients and caregivers.

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Background: Individuals exhibit varying degrees of flexibility depending on different characteristics, conditions, and diagnoses. The Flexibility Scale is a comprehensive informant-report measure used to assess multiple aspects of flexibility in autistic and non-autistic children and youth, with an emphasis on cognitive aspects. This tool has not been adapted nor validated for use in Spain.

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  • The Organización Nacional de Trasplantes hosted a Global Summit in Santander on November 9-10, 2023, focusing on the challenges in advancing global organ transplantation.
  • Working Group 2 identified two main challenges: establishing a unified definition of death based on brain function and addressing disparities in deceased organ donation.
  • To tackle these challenges, they recommended adopting consistent criteria for determining death and enhancing organ utilization through techniques like donation after circulatory determination of death (DCDD) and advanced perfusion technologies.
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  • Subcortical brain structures play a crucial role in various developmental and psychiatric disorders, and a study analyzed brain volumes in 74,898 individuals, identifying 254 genetic loci linked to these volumes, which accounted for up to 35% of variation.
  • The research included exploring gene expression in specific neural cell types, focusing on genes involved in intracellular signaling and processes related to brain aging.
  • The findings suggest that certain genetic variants not only influence brain volume but also have potential causal links to conditions like Parkinson’s disease and ADHD, highlighting the genetic basis for risks associated with neuropsychiatric disorders.
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Gender Differences in Outcomes of Ambulatory and Hospitalized Patients With Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome.

Chest

October 2024

Instituto Universitario de Investigación Biosanitaria de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain; CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain; Respiratory Department, Virgen del Puerto Hospital, Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain.

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  • Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) has high health risks, and this study looks into whether gender affects outcomes for patients with OHS, focusing on both outpatient and hospitalized cases.
  • The research analyzed two groups: stable ambulatory patients and hospitalized patients with respiratory failure, assessing gender differences through various statistical methods.
  • Findings indicate that while women were generally older and more obese, gender alone did not significantly influence emergency room visits or mortality rates after adjustments for factors like age and obesity.
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  • Subcortical brain structures play a crucial role in various disorders, and a study analyzed the genetic basis of brain volumes in nearly 75,000 individuals of European ancestry, revealing 254 loci linked to these volumes.
  • The research identified significant gene expression in neural cells, relating to brain aging and signaling, and found that polygenic scores could predict brain volumes across different ancestries.
  • The study highlights genetic connections between brain volumes and conditions like Parkinson's disease and ADHD, suggesting specific gene expression patterns could be involved in neuropsychiatric disorders.
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Treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) is challenging as patients exhaust all available therapies and the disease becomes refractory to standard drug classes. Here we report the final results of LocoMMotion, the first prospective study of real-world clinical practice (RWCP) in triple-class exposed (TCE) patients with RRMM, with a median follow-up of 26.4 months (range, 0.

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Axatilimab in Recurrent or Refractory Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease.

N Engl J Med

September 2024

From University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (D.W.); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School (C.C.) and Massachusetts General Hospital (Z.D.), Boston, and Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Waltham (V.R., T.O., P.O.) - all in Massachusetts; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle (S.J.L.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (I.P.); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal (H.B.), and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver (J.W.) - both in Canada; the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (M.H., S.C.); Stanford Health Care, Stanford (S.A.), and City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte (A.S.) - both in California; Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville (J.A.P.-S.), Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Gregorio Marañón, and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid (M.K.), and Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL), University of Cantabria, Santander (A.B.) - all in Spain; the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.A.); the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute and Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (H.C.); Seoul National University College of Internal Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (I.K.); Hôpital Saint-Louis and University Paris Cité, Paris (G.S.); Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, DE (C.T.); and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (C.L.K.).

Article Synopsis
  • The study investigates the effectiveness of axatilimab, a CSF1R-blocking antibody, for treating chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in patients post-hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation.
  • In a phase 2 trial involving 241 participants, different doses of axatilimab were tested, with overall response rates of 74%, 67%, and 50% across three dose groups.
  • Alongside substantial improvement in GVHD symptoms measured by patient-reported outcomes, the most frequent side effects were temporary lab abnormalities linked to the treatment.
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  • - The study aimed to identify the location of vascular structures that could be harmed during an ultra-minimally invasive ultrasound-guided release of the long head of the biceps tendon (LHBT) in both volunteers and cadavers.
  • - Using Doppler ultrasound, researchers determined that the acromial artery was on average 0.9 cm from their cutting point, and they performed the procedure on cadavers, successfully releasing the tendon without harming surrounding tissues.
  • - The results indicated that the new technique was safe and effective, with no complications reported, and the mean length of the tendon stump after the release was 2.8 cm.
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Objectives: The prognosis of bone and joint infections (BJI) caused by Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) worsens significantly in the face of fluoroquinolone-resistance. In this setting, scarce pre-clinical and clinical reports suggest that intravenous beta-lactams plus colistin may improve outcome. Our aim was to assess the efficacy and safety of this treatment in a well-characterized prospective cohort.

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Background And Objective: Patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) may present with hypoxaemia at rest or during daily activities. There is no epidemiological data on the prescription of long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) in patients with PH. The study sought to analyse the prevalence and incidence of LTOT prescription among patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) in Spain and to determine predictors for this prescription.

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  • Prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) caused by Candida species are serious complications following joint replacement surgeries, with a study reviewing 269 cases between 2010 and 2021 to assess treatment outcomes.
  • The majority of infections occurred in older patients (average age 73), primarily in hips and knees, and most cases involved additional bacterial infections; roughly 58% achieved a cure at the two-year follow-up.
  • Treatment effectiveness varied significantly depending on the surgical method used, with poorer outcomes linked to the debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention (DAIR) approach and patients older than 70, while infections from Candida parapsilosis tended to have better outcomes.
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