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Efficacy of colonoscopy after an episode of acute diverticulitis and risk of colorectal cancer.

Ann Gastroenterol

November 2019

Department of General and Digestive Surgery, (Jeancarlos Jhosmer Trujillo Díaz, Beatriz De Andrés Asenjo, María Ruiz Soriano, Carlos Jezieniecki Fernández, Javier Ortiz de Solórzano Aurusa, Juan Pablo Beltrán de Heredia y Rentería).

Background: Diverticular disease of the colon has a high global prevalence. The guidelines suggest performing a colonoscopy 4-6 weeks after the acute episode to exclude colorectal cancer (CRC). However, these recommendations are based on old studies, when computed tomography was not used to diagnose acute diverticulitis (AD).

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Background: Prehospital Emergency Medical Services must attend to patients with complex physiopathological situations with little data and in the shortest possible time. The objective of this work was to study lactic acid values and their usefulness in the prehospital setting to help in clinical decision-making.

Study Design: We conducted a longitudinal prospective, observational study on patients over 18 years of age who, after being evaluated by the Advanced Life Support Unit, were taken to the hospital between April and June 2018.

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Background: The necessity for more effective therapies for chronic osteoarticular diseases has led to the development of treatments based on mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), the natural precursors of musculoskeletal tissue. Treatments with autologous MSCs yielded excellent results, with nearly 70% improvement of pain and disability in osteoarthritis and degenerative disc disease. Using allogeneic MSCs is logistically more convenient and would widen the pool of eligible patients, but potential immune rejection should be considered.

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Background: In Spanish public hospital Reproduction Units it is very problematic to perform programmed intrauterine insemination (IUI) on weekends, if indicated. Small previous pilot studies suggest that using a GnRH antagonist to avoid an LH weekend surge would allow to perform IUI on the following Monday, not impairing the expected pregnancy rate.

Methods: Between 1st January 2007 and 31st December 2015, 4.

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