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Ríos A, Carrillo J, López-Navas A, Ayala M, Garrido G, Sebastián M, Martínez-Alarcón L, Ramis G, Hernández A, Ramírez P, Parrilla P. Nigerian Immigrant Population in Spain Is Little Sensitized to Living-Related Kidney Donation. Transplant Proc 2018; 50:354-357. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.11.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/11/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Febrero B, Almela J, Ríos A, Ros I, Pérez-Sánchez B, Martínez-Alarcón L, Ruiz-Carreño P, Ferreras D, Ramírez P, Parrilla P. Teenagers in Rural Areas Faced With Organ Donation and Transplantation. Transplant Proc 2018; 50:520-522. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.09.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Ríos A, López-Navas A, De-Francisco C, Sánchez Á, Hernández A, Ramírez P, Parrilla P. Psychometric Characteristics of the Attitude Questionnaire Toward the Donation of Organs for Transplant (PCID-DTO-RIOS). Transplant Proc 2018; 50:345-349. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.11.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Febrero B, Ríos A, López-Navas A, Martínez-Alarcón L, Almela J, Ramis G, Ramírez P, Parrilla P. Teenagers and Their Future Role in Transplantation: An Analysis of Their Attitudes Toward Solid Organ Xenotransplantation. Transplant Proc 2018; 50:526-529. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.09.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Gaviria A, Sanchez-Diaz S, Ríos A, Peresin MS, Restrepo-Osorio A. Silk fibroin from silk fibrous waste: characterization and electrospinning. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/254/10/102005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ramírez P, Febrero B, Martínez-Alarcón L, Abete C, Galera M, Cascales P, López-Navas AI, González MR, Ríos A, Pons JA, Parrilla P. Benefits of Group Psychotherapy in Cirrhotic Patients on the Liver Transplant Waiting List. Transplant Proc 2016; 47:2382-4. [PMID: 26518934 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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INTRODUCTION It is well-known that patients on the liver transplant (LT) waiting list experience a high rate of psychopathologic symptoms. However, few studies have been published about the use of group psychotherapy for these patients. We sought to assess (1) the psychopathologic data in patients on the LT waiting list and (2) the attitude toward a group psychotherapy procedure and its efficacy. MATERIAL AND METHODS In the pretransplant consultation phase, group therapy was offered to 20 patients on the LT waiting list. Patients who received psychotherapy were assessed previously using the Beck Depression Inventory. RESULTS Fifteen patients were included in the study. Significant differences were found between the psychopathologic assessment and the level of hepatopathy. In the first session, we observed that patients with hepatocarcinoma were much more reluctant to participate in the group therapy. In the second session, the group showed a high level of anxiety connected with a fear of transplantation. In the third session, a transplant physician answered all their questions, and at the end of the session patient anxiety had decreased. During the following sessions, family bonds and sharing experiences with other transplant patients were emphasized. CONCLUSIONS Patients were initially reluctant to participate in the group psychotherapy, although this changed as sessions proceeded. It is necessary to provide more information about the transplant procedure itself to decrease anxiety. Group therapy was valued positively by all patients who participated.
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Ríos A, Rodríguez JM, Ferri B, Balsalobre MD, Parrilla P. Association of medullary and differentiated thyroid carcinomas. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2016; 135:473-5. [PMID: 16949986 DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.03.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2004] [Revised: 02/10/2005] [Accepted: 03/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ríos A, López-Navas A, López-López A, Gómez FJ, Iriarte J, Herruzo R, Blanco G, Llorca FJ, Asunsolo A, Sánchez P, Gutiérrez PR, Fernández A, de Jesús MT, Martínez-Alarcón L, del Olivo M, Fuentes L, Hernández JR, Virseda J, Yelamos J, Bondía JA, Hernández A, Ayala MA, Ramírez P, Parrilla P. Medical students faced with related and unrelated living kidney donation: a stratified and multicentre study in Spain. World J Urol 2016; 34:1673-1684. [DOI: 10.1007/s00345-016-1797-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Mikla M, Ríos A, López-Navas A, Kasper M, Brzostek T, Martínez-Alarcón L, Ramis G, Ramírez P, López-Montesinos MJ. Brain Death: Is It a Misunderstood Concept Among Nursing Students in the South of Poland? Transplant Proc 2015; 47:2578-80. [PMID: 26680040 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2015] [Revised: 10/03/2015] [Accepted: 10/07/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND The objective of the present study was to analyze the knowledge and acceptance of the brain death (BD) concept among nursing students. METHODS The study was undertaken in the academic year of 2011 to 2012 in nursing students from the University of the South of Poland. The sample was carried out in compulsory sessions, in the 5 years of the nursing degree study, with a completion rate of 80%. The questionnaire was validated (PCID-DTO Ríos), self-administered, and completed anonymously. RESULTS The completion rate was 93% (492 of 530). Of the students surveyed, 75% (n = 369) knew the concept of BD and considered it to mean a person's death. Of the rest, 19% (n = 93) did not know it, and the remaining 6% (n = 30) believed that it did not mean that a person was dead. The following variables were significantly related with the correct knowledge of the BD concept: 1) age (22 ± 2 years; P ≤ .001); 2) academic year (P ≤ .001); 3) discussion with friends about organ donation and transplantation (ODT) (P = .035); 4) partner's favorable attitude toward donation and transplantation (P = .009); and 5) being Catholic (P = .031). In the multivariate analysis, the following variables persisted as independent variables related to the BD concept: a) age [OR = 1.468 (1.247-1.697); P ≤ .001] and b) partner's opinion of ODT [OR = 2.248 (1.255-4.025); P = .006]. No association was found with attitude toward ODT. CONCLUSIONS More than 25% of the students from the Jagiellonian University of Kraków did not know or accept the concept of brain death.
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Febrero B, Rodríguez JM, Ríos A, Portillo P, Parrilla P. Papillary thyroid carcinoma and multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2. J Endocrinol Invest 2015; 38:1233-7. [PMID: 25903693 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-015-0290-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2015] [Accepted: 04/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is exceptional in MEN 2. RESULTS The analysis in 135 patients revealed two PTC, without C-cell pathology; both being positive for V804M mutation (RET proto-oncogene). CONCLUSIONS Few data are available about PTC in MEN 2, and without C-cell pathology is even less common. More studies are needed to correlate genetics and histology, and even for assessing PTC as only manifestation of MEN 2.
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Campos B, Abellán C, Zougagh M, Jimenez-Jimenez J, Rodríguez-Castellón E, Esteves da Silva J, Ríos A, Algarra M. Fluorescent chemosensor for pyridine based on N-doped carbon dots. J Colloid Interface Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.07.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Ríos A, López-Navas A, Martínez-Alarcón L, Ramírez P, Parrilla P. Latin Americans in Spain and their attitude toward living kidney donation. Clin Transplant 2015; 29:1054-62. [DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/31/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Abellaneda JM, Martínez-Alarcón L, Quereda JJ, Herrero-Medrano JM, Mendonça L, Mrowiec A, García-Nicolás O, Pallarés FJ, Ríos A, Muñoz A, Ramírez P, Ramis G. Validation of a quantitative polymerase chain reaction method for human Alu gene detection in microchimeric pigs used as donors for xenotransplantation. Transplant Proc 2015; 47:132-5. [PMID: 25645791 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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This work was undertaken to evaluate whether a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is as an adequate method for detection and quantification of human-specific DNA elements (Alu gene) in tissues and blood samples of pigs in which human stem cells were engrafted. Real-time qPCR quantification was performed with the use of previously described primers. The human DNA was mixed with different quantities of porcine DNA. The primer concentration and specificity, the qPCR efficiency, the quantification variations due to different porcine DNA concentrations, and the dissociation curve produced by the assay were evaluated. The qPCR proved to be specific, robust, with a reproducible and specific bimodal melting curve. High porcine DNA concentration produced subquantification, especially with low human DNA quantity. However, the assay proved to be useful for the detection of chimeric piglets produced by human cells injected in utero, because the effect caused by the porcine DNA interference was corrected in quantification of human DNA from piglets.
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Ríos A, Martínez-Alarcón L, López-Navas AI, Ayala-García MA, Sebastián MJ, Abdo-Cuza A, González B, Ramírez P, Ramis G, Parrilla P. A multicenter study on attitude toward organ donation in Spain and Latin America between the surgical units of 12 hospitals. Transplant Proc 2015; 47:7-9. [PMID: 25645757 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Medical advances and improvements in surgical techniques have transformed transplantation into an ever safer therapeutic option. However, its main limitation is the shortage of available organs. Therefore, it is necessary to join forces to achieve optimal deceased donation and prevent the loss of potential donors. We sought to analyze the acceptance of deceased organ donation (OD) among hospital personnel in surgical units in hospitals in Spain and Latin America. METHOD A random sample (n = 554) was taken was stratified according to surgical services and job category in 12 hospitals-4 in Spain (n = 294 participants), 5 in Mexico (n = 202), 2 in Cuba (n = 41), and 1 in Costa Rica (n = 17). Attitude was assessed using a questionnaire validated, which was completed anonymously and self-administered. The χ(2) test, Student t test, and a logistic regression analysis were used. RESULTS Overall, 75% of respondents (n = 417) were in favor of deceased OD and 25% were against it (n = 137). Regarding the respondent's country, there was a favorable attitude among 88% of Cubans, 85% of Mexicans, 82% of Costa Ricans, and 67% of Spaniards (P < .001). The physicians were most in favor of OD with 87% supporting it (n = 149), followed by nurses (n = 182) and ancillary personnel (n = 28) both at 74%, and the health care assistants at 59% (n = 58; P < .001). The following factors affect attitude toward OD: young age (37 ± 10 years; P = .001), being a male (P = .018), having an unstable job situation (P = .009), a belief that one might need a future transplant (P = .036), having a favorable attitude toward living donation (P < .001), being in favor of donating a family member's organs (P < .001), having had a family discussion about OD (P < .001), and a partner's favorable attitude (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS Attitude toward OD among surgeons in hospitals in Spain and Latin America was not as favorable as we might have expected.
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Martínez-Alarcón L, Ramis G, Gómez-Laguna J, Quereda J, Herrero-Medrano J, Mrowiec A, Mendonça L, López-Navas A, Ríos A. Attitude Toward Living Kidney Donation: Differences Between Students From Two Spanish Universities. Transplant Proc 2015; 47:10-2. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ríos A, López-Navas A, Ayala-García MA, Sebastián MJ, Abdo-Cuza A, Martínez-Alarcón L, Ramírez EJ, Muñoz G, Suárez-López J, Castellanos R, Ramírez R, González B, Martínez MA, Díaz E, Ramírez P, Parrilla P. Ancillary personnel in Spanish and Latin-American hospitals faced with living related kidney donation. Actas Urol Esp 2014; 38:347-54. [PMID: 24594399 DOI: 10.1016/j.acuro.2013.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2013] [Accepted: 12/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Ancillary hospital personnel represent an important body of opinion because as they work in a hospital their opinion has more credibility for the general public as a result of their activity in hospitals. However, in most cases they do not have any health care training which means that their attitude could be based on a lack of knowledge or unfounded fears. OBJECTIVE To analyze the attitude toward living kidney donation (LKD) among ancillary personnel in Spanish and Latin-American hospitals and to analyze the variables that might influence such attitude. PATIENTS AND METHOD from «International Collaborative Donor Project» a random sample was taken among ancillary personnel in Spain, Mexico and Cuba hospitals. Attitude towards LKD was evaluated using a validated, anonymously filled and self-administered survey. RESULTS 951 professionals were surveyed (Spain: 277, Mexico: 632, Cuba: 42). 89% (n=850) are in favor of related kidney donation, lowering to 31% (n=289) in non-related donation. Of the rest, 8% (n=78) are not in favor and the 3% (n=23) are unsure. By country, Cubans (98%) and Mexicans (91%) are more in favour than Spanish (84%) (P=.001). The following variables are related to favourable attitude towards LKD: female sex (P=.017), university degree (P=.010), work in health services (P=.035), labour stability (P=.016), personal experience in donation and transplantation (P=.001), positive attitude toward cadaveric donation (P<.001), belief that he or she might need a transplant in the future (P<.001), positive attitude towards living liver donation (P<.001), a willingness to receive a donated living liver if needed (P<.001), having discussed the subject of organ donation and transplantation within the family (P<.001), partner's positive attitude towards the subject (P<.001), participation in voluntary type pro-social activities (P=.002) and not being concerned about possible mutilation after donation (P<.001) CONCLUSIONS: The attitude toward living related kidney donation is favourable among ancillary personnel in Spanish and Latin-Americans hospitals. Because living donation is a better source of organs than cadaveric ones, this favourable predisposition can be used as promoting agent of living donation in order to develop it in Spanish-speaking countries.
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Ramis G, Martínez-Alarcón L, Quereda JJ, Mendonça L, Majado MJ, Gomez-Coelho K, Mrowiec A, Herrero-Medrano JM, Abellaneda JM, Pallares FJ, Ríos A, Ramírez P, Muñoz A. Optimization of cytotoxicity assay by real-time, impedance-based cell analysis. Biomed Microdevices 2014; 15:985-95. [PMID: 23887614 DOI: 10.1007/s10544-013-9790-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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This paper presents an optimized procedure for assessing an immune-mediated cytotoxicity, produced after the addition of human and baboon serum to transgenic porcine fibroblasts. This procedure is performed with the xCELLigence Real-Time Cell Analyzer (RTCA). The xCELLigence system measures the impedance variations in the culture media of a 96-well microelectronic plate, and shows the changes in cell number and morphology in a real-time plot. However, different factors need to be optimized before developing an RTCA assay. Thus, we studied the influence of several variables, such as the number of cells seeded, the time the cells were allowed to grow before the tests, the serum concentration and the addition of rabbit complement. The findings were confirmed by the WST-1 classical cytotoxicity test. The results showed that 7.5 × 10(3) cells seeded per well produced the adequate CI in 10 h. The area under the curve and the CImin versus concentration values showed a very high correlation index (r(2) = 0.966 and r(2) = 0.92 for the first 50 h after challenge, respectively), proving that CI variations are directly proportional to the quantity of serum added. The addition of complement resulted in lower CImin values. Therefore, both the cytolysis level with and without exogenous complement addition had to be assessed. There was a high correlation between the relative cytotoxicity assessed by WST-1 and the CI obtained by RTCA when exogenous complement was not added (r(2) = 0.827; p < 0.001). The correlation was average when rabbit complement was added (r(2) = 0.523; p = 0.046). In conclusion, culture conditions have an important influence on RTCA cytotoxicity assays.
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Ríos A, Rodríguez JM, Febrero B, Parrilla P. Primary thyroid lymphoma. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 61:497-9. [PMID: 24935697 DOI: 10.1016/j.endonu.2014.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Revised: 04/16/2014] [Accepted: 04/20/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Fahandezh-Saddi H, Ríos A, Villanueva M, Guijarro D, López D, Caravaca G, del Cerro M. Artroplastia de suspensión-interposición de Zancolli modificada. REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE CIRUGÍA DE LA MANO 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1607100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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La artrosis de la base del pulgar es una de las patologías más frecuentes en la mano. Tras el tratamiento conservador, son muchos los tratamientos descritos para el tratamiento de la misma (artrodesis, artroplastia, artroplastia de interposición…). En el presente trabajo presentamos la técnica de Zancolli modificada para el tratamiento de la rizartrosis, Es una técnica quirúrgica fiable y reproducible para el tratamiento de la rizartrosis en estadio III-IV, con buenos resultados y bajo índice de complicaciones. Hemos desarrollado algún cambio técnico de la técnica original, que permite realizar la cirugía con una menor incisión y obtener tendones abductores accesorios de mayor longitud. Esto permite disminuir la morbilidad quirúrgica y en cierto modo disminuir las complicaciones, aumentando el volumen de suspensión-interposición. Una de las ventajas principales es el corto tiempo de inmovilización y los buenos porcentajes de pacientes libres de dolor (95%) con una pinza estable y fuerte.
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López-Navas A, Ríos A, Martínez-Alarcón L, Febrero B, Pons JA, Miras M, Ramis G, Ramírez P, Parrilla P. Patients with terminal chronic liver pathology faced with this disease. Transplant Proc 2013; 45:3630-2. [PMID: 24314979 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND "Anxious preoccupation" is a maladaptive coping strategy for patients with terminal chronic liver pathology causing psychopathologic emotional responses. The aim of this study was to identify "anxious preoccupation" as a coping strategy when faced with this disease and to investigate its relationship with emotional-type psychopathologic symptoms in patients awaiting a liver transplant (LT). METHODS A total of 63 patients awaiting an LT were evaluated. The instrument used to evaluate coping style was the Mental Adjustment to Cancer questionnaire. One of the coping scales of this questionnaire is "anxious preoccupation" (9 items). An Instrument for psychopathologic assessment was used, the SA-45 questionnaire, which assessed 9 psychopathologic dimensions: somatizations, obsessions-compulsions, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism. RESULTS "Anxious preoccupation" was used as an inadequate coping style by 51% of patients when faced with the disease. Five psychopathologic dimensions were associated with this coping strategy: 1) obsessive-compulsivity: 75% of patients with "anxious preoccupation" had obsessive-compulsivity symptoms compared with 29% of patients with other coping strategies (P < .001); 2) interpersonal sensitivity: 25% vs 6%, respectively (P = .044); 3) depression: 59% vs 29% (P = .015); 4) anxiety: 75% vs 32% (P = .001); and 5) phobic anxiety: 19% vs 3% (P = .050). CONCLUSIONS More than one-half of the patients on the LT waiting list used "anxious preoccupation" as a coping style for this disease. This strategy was associated with a greater presence of emotional-type psychopathologic symptoms in these patients.
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Martínez-Alarcón L, Ríos A, Ramis G, López-Navas A, Febrero B, Ramírez P, Parrilla P. Factor Analysis of Sources of Information on Organ Donation and Transplantation in Journalism Students. Transplant Proc 2013; 45:3579-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ríos A, Martínez-Alarcón L, López-Navas A, Febrero B, Sánchez J, Ramis G, Ramírez P, Parrilla P. Attitudes of Scottish Residents in the Southeast of Spain Concerning Living Donation. Transplant Proc 2013; 45:3575-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ríos A, Martínez-Alarcón L, López-Navas A, Febrero B, Sánchez J, Ramis G, Ramírez P, Parrilla P. Irish Citizens Resident in the Southeast of Spain and Xenotransplantation. Transplant Proc 2013; 45:3582-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ríos A, Rodríguez JM, Ferri B, Matínez-Barba E, Febrero B, Parrilla P. Are prognostic scoring systems of value in patients with follicular thyroid carcinoma? Eur J Endocrinol 2013; 169:821-7. [PMID: 24050927 DOI: 10.1530/eje-13-0372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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PURPOSE Most prognostic systems for differentiated carcinoma have been designed for papillary carcinoma. OBJECTIVE To analyze the value of the existing prognostic systems for evaluating follicular carcinoma and to determine whether any of them have a better predictive effect. METHODS A total of 66 follicular carcinomas were analyzed. The following prognostic systems were studied: EORTC, AGES, AMES, MACIS, TNM, and NTCTCS. RESULTS The AGES and AMES systems did not demonstrate a good prognostic correlation. In the EORTC system, the rate of disease-free patients was 89% in group 1, 75% in group 2, 69% in group 3, and 0% in group 4. The MACIS system showed 83, 60, 67, and 0% of disease-free patients respectively. The TNM system showed 81, 71, 50, and 0% of disease-free patients respectively. Finally, the NTCTCS system demonstrated 100, 84, 53, and 0% of disease-free patients respectively. Cox's regression analysis was used to calculate the proportion of variation in survival time explained (PVE). The prognostic classification system with the greatest survival prediction was EORTC at 67.64% of PVE, followed by TNM at 62.5% of PVE, and MACIS at 57.82% of PVE. CONCLUSIONS MACIS and TNM are good prognostic systems for evaluating follicular thyroid carcinoma, although the one with the most prognostic value was the EORTC system.
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Febrero B, Ríos A, Martínez-Alarcón L, López-Navas A, Almela J, Sánchez J, Ramis G, Ramírez P, Parrilla P. Information Received by Secondary School Teaching Personnel About Organ Donation and Transplantation: A Study in the Southeast of Spain. Transplant Proc 2013; 45:3589-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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