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Franco J, Silva PFDS, Menezes AR, Brito SAFD, Faria CDCDM. Trunk biomechanical changes between the sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit performed at self-selected and fast speeds in stroke survivors. Disabil Rehabil 2023:1-8. [PMID: 37837316 DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2268514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/16/2023]
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PURPOSE To compare the trunk biomechanical characteristics between the sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit performed at self-selected and fast speeds in stroke survivors and healthy-matched controls. METHODS Thirty individuals (15 stroke survivors and 15 healthy-matched controls) were included. The following biomechanical characteristics were determined: peak of trunk forward flexion and time until the peak of trunk forward flexion, total duration, phase I (sit-to-stand: time spent from the beginning to seat-off; stand-to-sit: time spent from the beginning to seat-on) and II durations (sit-to-stand: time spent from seat-off to the end of the task; stand-to-sit: time spent from the seat-on to the end of the task). Two-way repeated measures ANOVA was used (α = 5%). RESULTS The maximum angle of trunk forward flexion and time spent until the maximum angle of trunk forward flexion in both tasks were significantly higher in stroke survivors. For both groups and speeds, phase I duration and peak of trunk forward flexion of the stand-to-sit were significantly higher than that of the sit-to-stand (11.41≤F ≤ 33.60; 0.001 ≤ p ≤ 0.002) and, phase II duration was significantly higher during the sit-to-stand than that of the stand-to-sit (21.27 ≤ F ≤ 65.10; p ≤ 0.001). CONCLUSIONS These results confirm specific trunk biomechanical characteristics between sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit in stroke survivors and healthy-matched controls.
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- Juliane Franco
- Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Nascimento BR, Silva C, Ribeiro IKDS, Silva GAD, CUNHA GUSTAVOGALVAO, Bessa ADM, Vinhal W, Pires M, Lourenço KKBO, Franco J, Nunes MCP, Fraga L, Ruback L, Galdino B, Santos L, Sable CA, Beaton A, Ribeiro AL, Cardoso C. COMBINATION OF TELE-CARDIOLOGY TOOLS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RISK STRATIFICATION IN PRIMARY CARE. J Am Coll Cardiol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(23)02785-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Galdino BF, Amaral AM, Santos LPA, de Nogueira MAA, Rocha RTL, Nunes MCP, Beaton AZ, Oliveira KKB, Franco J, Barbosa MM, Silva VRH, Reese AT, Ribeiro ALP, Sable CA, Nascimento BR. Reasons for disagreement between screening and standard echocardiography in primary care: data from the PROVAR + study : Disagreement between screening and standard echo. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2023; 39:929-937. [PMID: 36680683 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-023-02800-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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We aimed to evaluate the reasons for disagreement between screening echocardiography (echo), acquired by nonexperts, and standard echo in the Brazilian primary care (PC). Over 20 months, 22 PC workers were trained on simplified handheld (GE VSCAN) echo protocols. Screening groups, consisting of patients aged 17-20, 35-40 and 60-65 years, and patients referred for clinical indications underwent focused echo. Studies were remotelyinterpreted in US and Brazil, and those diagnosed with major or severe HD were referred for standard echoperformed by an expert. Major HD was defined as moderate to severe valve disease, ventriculardysfunction/hypertrophy, pericardial effusion or wall-motion abnormalities. A random sample of exams wasselected for evaluation of variables accounting for disagreement. A sample of 768 patients was analyzed, 651(85%) in the referred group. Quality issues were reported in 5.8%, and the random Kappa for major HD between screening and standard echo was 0.51. The most frequent reasons for disagreement were: overestimation of mitral regurgitation (MR) (17.9%, N=138), left ventricular (LV) dysfunction (15.7%, N=121), aortic regurgitation (AR) (15.2%, N=117), LV hypertrophy (13.5%, N=104) and tricuspid regurgitation (12.7%, N=98). Misdiagnosis of mitral and aortic morphological abnormalities was observed in 12.4% and 3.0%, and underestimation of AR and MR occurred in 4.6% and 11.1%. Among 257 patients with suspected mild/moderate MR, 129 were reclassified to normal. In conclusion, although screening echo with task-shifting in PC is a promising tool in low-income areas, estimation of valve regurgitation and LV function and size account for considerable disagreement with standard exams.
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- Bruno F Galdino
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.,Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Cardiology, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.,Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Cardiology, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. .,Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. .,Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Rua Muzambinho, 710, apt. 802, CEP 30.210-530, Serra, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
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Camarinha C, Fernandes M, Alarc Úo V, Franco J, Mana ºas ME, B Írbara C, Nicola PJ. Determinants associated with uncontrolled asthma in Portugal: A national population-based study. Pulmonology 2023; 29:29-41. [PMID: 33023866 DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2020.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Asthma is a chronic and heterogeneous disease that affects people of all ages and has a high estimated increase in prevalence worldwide. Asthma control represents a main goal in the disease management. International studies revealed low levels of disease control resulting in a significant burden for healthcare systems, not only in terms of quality of life, but also in terms of health costs. Modifiable and non-modifiable factors have been identified as relating to poor asthma control level. In this study we evaluated the distribution of asthma control levels in Portuguese adult population and examine the determinants associated with uncontrolled asthma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using a similar methodology to the one employed in the Asthma Insights and Reality in Europe (AIRE) survey, 327 active asthmatic patients were identified by random phone number and completed a questionnaire during 2011 to 2012. Asthma control was assessed by the evaluation of GINA based symptom control, by Asthma Control Test.äó (ACT) and by self-perception of control. To examine the relationship between uncontrolled asthma and its determinants, univariate logistic regression analysis, sequential multivariable regression and population attributable risk percentage were determinate. RESULTS 35.2% active asthmatic patients had uncontrolled asthma, 64.8% partially controlled and none of the individuals had total control of asthma assessed by ACT test. Factors significantly associated with poor asthma control scores were: age (OR 1.02 per year of age; 95% CI: 1.01.Çô1.03), female sex (OR 1.87; 95% CI: 1.15.Çô3.04), educational level (OR 0.5; 95% CI: 0.28.Çô0.89 at high school level or over), occupation (OR 4.92; 95% CI: 2.12.Çô11.42 if looking for a first job or unemployed) (OR 2.51; 95% CI: 1.35.Çô4.65 if being retired), income (OR 0.23; 95% CI: 0.07.Çô0.72 if >619 euros), BMI (OR 1.09 per BMI unit; 95% CI: 1.03.Çô1.14), having rhinitis symptoms (OR 4.40; 95% CI: 2.56.Çô7.58) and using inhaled corticosteroids (OR 0.44; 95%CI: 0.24.Çô0.82 if used in the past or never used). Looking for a first job or being unemployed, BMI and having rhinitis symptoms remained significant after multivariate adjustments. CONCLUSIONS Uncontrolled asthma was associated with several determinants. Their identification can contribute to improve asthma care both from clinical and from public health perspectives.
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- C Camarinha
- Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Hospital de Santa Maria Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal; Allergy Center, CUF Descobertas Hospital, Rua M.írio Botas, 1998-018 Lisboa, Portugal
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- CTI Clinical Trial and Consulting Services, Rua Tierno Galvan, Torre 3, Piso 16, 1070-274 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Hospital de Santa Maria Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal; Environmental Health Institute (ISAMB), Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Hospital de Santa Maria Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal; Centro de Investiga.º.úo e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-IUL) do Instituto Superior de Ci.¬ncias do Trabalho e da Empresa - Instituto Universit.írio de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Av..¬ das For.ºas Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Pediatrics Department, Hospital Garcia da Orta, Av. Torrado da Silva, 2805-267 Almada, Portugal
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- Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Hospital de Santa Maria Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Thorax Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Hospital de Santa Maria Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal; Environmental Health Institute (ISAMB), Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Hospital de Santa Maria Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Hospital de Santa Maria Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal; Environmental Health Institute (ISAMB), Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Hospital de Santa Maria Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Franco J, Carrillo de albornoz E, Amelia V, Gonzalo B, Florencia S, Ivan O, Alvaro M, Silvia I, Elena M, Alejandra R, Beatriz B, Ana V, Vega C, Santi B. P-177 Non-invasive aneuploidy testing versus conventional morphological embryo selection in good prognosis patients. Hum Reprod 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac106.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Study question
Can non-invasive preimplantation genetic testing of aneuploidies (niPGT-A) improve the clinical outcome in good prognosis patients compared to morphological embryo selection without aneuploidy testing?
Summary answer
Embryonic cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the blastocyst culture medium offers more objective information for blastocyst selection, resulting in higher ongoing pregnancy rate in good-prognosis patients.
What is known already
One of the biggest challenges in IVF is accurately selecting viable embryos that are most likely to produce a healthy child at home after embryo transfer. Trophectoderm biopsy and PGT-A have improved implantation and clinical pregnancy rates per transfer; however, two recent studies have shown that PGTA does not improve clinical pregnancy rates below 35 years. A non-invasive alternative is to analyze (the cfDNA) in blastocyst culture medium. Several studies have shown that cfDNA testing on blastocyst culture medium at day 6 of development allows detection of aneuploidies with high concordance rates compared to TE biopsy and inner cell mass
Study design, size, duration
This observational study reports data from September 2020 to December 2021. During this period, niPGT-A was performed on 25 patients under 35 years of age whit average age of 32, where cfDNA analysis was applied to the culture medium of 92 blastocysts. A total of 20 single embryo transfers (SETs) have been performed so far, comparing the results with 31 transfers performed in the same period based only on morphological criteria.
Participants/materials, setting, methods
In the niPGT-A group, embryos were cultured in a Geri incubator up to day-4, and then individually cultured in 10 µl drops of CCSS (Fujifilm) until day 6 in an ESCO –system whit low oxygen concentration. At day-6, blastocysts were vitrified, and media collected in sterile PCR tubes after at least 40 hours in culture. After collection, media were immediately frozen and analyzed by Next Generation Sequencing analysis. Deferred transfer was performed according to media results.
Main results and the role of chance
In the niPGT-A group euploidy rate was 57% whit 8% non- informative results. Pregnancy rate was 80% with 75% ongoing pregnancy and 5% miscarriage rates, having 8 live births up to now. For the morphology group, pregnancy rate was 58% with 55% ongoing pregnancy and 3% miscarriage rates.
We did a secondary analysis identifiying which blastocyst we would be transfered, if only morphology would be considered. We observed that in 65% of the cases we would choose the same embryo as with niPGT-A, however in 35% of the cases we would have transferred a blastocyst with an aneuploid medium. Regarding blastocyst quality for throphoectoderm classified as A,B or C the euploidy rate were 62%,58% and 33% respectively, and pregnancy rates were 100%, 78% and 33%. For inne cell mass, similar euploidy rates werw observed for blastocyst classified as A,B or C (59%,52% and 57% respectively) and pregnancy rates were 100%, 73% and 100%. Evaluating the expansion grade in blastocoel no differences were observed in euploidy rates for cathegories 4, 5 and 6 (52%, 54% and 50% respectively) and pregnancy rates were 82%, 100% and 100%. We observed the lower pregnancy rate for blastocysts whit throphoectoderm C previously suggested by other authors.
Limitations, reasons for caution
Our results are encouraging since this group of good prognosis could improve their ongoing pregnancy rate even having a good reproductive prognosis whit morphology selection. Larger randomized controlled trials are needed to verify and extend our findings in this age range
Wider implications of the findings
These results support the clinical application of niPGT-A in the laboratory routine as a proritization tool, without the need of embryo manipulation, reducing subjectivity for blastocyst selection compared to morphology and increasing the ongoing pregnancy rate in good prognosis patients
Trial registration number
Sa-16552/19-EC:428
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- J Franco
- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction , Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction , Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction , Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction , Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction , Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction , Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction , Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction , Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction , Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction , Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction , Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction , Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction , Madrid, Spain
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Martínez MT, Moragon S, Ortega-Morillo B, Montón-Bueno J, Simon S, Roselló S, Insa A, Viala A, Navarro J, Sanmartín A, Fluixá C, Julve A, Soriano D, Buch E, Peña A, Franco J, Martínez-Jabaloyas J, Marco J, Forner MJ, Cano A, Silvestre A, Teruel A, Bermejo B, Cervantes A, Chirivella Gonzalez I. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on a Cancer Fast-Track Programme. Cancer Control 2022; 29:10732748221131000. [DOI: 10.1177/10732748221131000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many aspects of clinical practice in oncology, particularly regarding early cancer diagnosis, sparking public health concerns that possible delays could increase the proportion of patients diagnosed at advanced stages. In 2009, a cancer fast-track program (CFP) was implemented at the Clinico-Malvarrosa Health Department in Valencia, Spain with the aim of shortening waiting times between suspected cancer symptoms, diagnosis and therapy initiation. Objectives The study aimed to explore the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our cancer diagnosis fast-track program. Methods The program workflow (patients included and time periods) was analysed from the beginning of the state of alarm on March 16th, 2020 until March 15th, 2021. Data was compared with data from the same period of time from the year before (2019). Results During the pandemic year, 975 suspected cancer cases were submitted to the CFP. The number of submissions only decreased during times of highest COVID-19 incidence and stricter lockdown, and overall, referrals were slightly higher than in the previous 2 years. Cancer diagnosis was confirmed in 197 (24.1%) cases, among which 33% were urological, 23% breast, 16% gastrointestinal and 9% lung cancer. The median time from referral to specialist appointment was 13 days and diagnosis was reached at a median of 18 days. In confirmed cancer cases, treatment was started at around 30 days from time of diagnosis. In total, 61% of cancer disease was detected at early stage, 20% at locally advanced stage, and 19% at advanced stage, displaying time frames and case proportions similar to pre-pandemic years. Conclusions Our program has been able to maintain normal flow and efficacy despite the challenges of the current pandemic, and has proven a reliable tool to help primary care physicians referring suspected cancer patients.
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- M. T. Martínez
- Department of Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- Department of Medical Oncology, INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Management Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- CIBERESP (CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública), Centro Nacional de Epidemiología Del Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Management Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Alfahuir Primare Care Center, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medicine Digestive, INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Pneumology, INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Urology, INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Otolaryngology, INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Gynaecology, INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Traumatology, INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Haematology, INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- Department of Medical Oncology, INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- Department of Medical Oncology, INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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Donati P, Tarducci A, Zanatta R, Verdier N, Belerenian G, Cordero I, Villalta C, Franco J, Tarragona L. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in preclinical myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs: systematic review and meta-analysis. J Small Anim Pract 2021; 63:362-371. [PMID: 34905219 DOI: 10.1111/jsap.13461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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To determine the efficacy and adverse events of the administration of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors for the management of preclinical myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs. A comprehensive search using Pubmed/MEDLINE, LILACS and CAB abstracts databases was performed. Randomised clinical trials that assessed efficacy and adverse events of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors for the management of preclinical myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs were included. Certainty of evidence was rated using GRADE methods. Four randomised clinical trials were included. While safe, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors administration to dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease and cardiomegaly results in little to no difference in the risk of development congestive heart failure (high certainty of evidence; relative risk: 1.03; 95% confidence interval: 0.87 to 1.23) and may result in little to no difference in cardiovascular-related (low certainty of evidence; relative risk: 1.01; 95% confidence interval: 0.54 to 1.89) and all-cause mortality (low certainty of evidence; relative risk: 0.93; 95% confidence interval: 0.63 to 1.36). Administration of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors to dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease without cardiomegaly may result in a reduced risk of congestive heart failure development. However, the range in which the actual effect for this outcome may be, the "margin of error," indicates it might also increase the risk of congestive heart failure development (low certainty of evidence; relative risk: 0.86; 95% confidence interval: 0.54 to 1.35). Administration of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors to dogs with preclinical myxomatous mitral valve disease and cardiomegaly results in little to no difference in the risk of the development of congestive heart failure and may result in little to no difference in cardiovascular-related and all-cause mortality. The certainty of evidence of the efficacy of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors administration to dogs without cardiomegaly was low.
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- P Donati
- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Cátedra de Anestesiología y Algiología, Av. Chorroarín 280, CP, 1427, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Largo Paolo Braccini 2-5, 10095, Grugliasco Turin, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Largo Paolo Braccini 2-5, 10095, Grugliasco Turin, Italy
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Cátedra de Anestesiología y Algiología, Av. Chorroarín 280, CP, 1427, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Intensive Care, University of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinärplatz 1, 1220, Vienna, Austria
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- Luis Pasteur Zoonosis Institute, Av. Díaz Vélez 482, CP, 1405, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Clinica Veterinaria VET'S, Suecia 3580, Providencia, Ñuñoa, Región Metropolitana, Chile
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- Clinica Veterinaria VET'S, Suecia 3580, Providencia, Ñuñoa, Región Metropolitana, Chile
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- Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano, Argentine Cochrane Centre, Potosi 4234, CP, 1199, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Cátedra de Anestesiología y Algiología, Av. Chorroarín 280, CP, 1427, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Pimentel SLG, Nascimento BR, Franco J, Oliveira KKB, Fraga CL, de Macedo FVB, Raso LADM, de Ávila RE, dos Santos LPA, Rocha RTL, Oliveira RM, Barbosa MDM, Sable C, Ribeiro ALP, Beaton AZ, Nunes MCP. Bedside echocardiography to predict mortality of COVID-19 patients beyond clinical data: Data from the PROVAR-COVID study. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2021; 54:e03822021. [PMID: 34495258 PMCID: PMC8437446 DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0382-2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Cardiac involvement seems to impact prognosis of COVID-19, being more frequent in critically ill patients. We aimed to assess the prognostic value of right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, evaluated by bedside echocardiography (echo), in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. METHODS Patients admitted in 2 reference hospitals in Brazil from Jul to Sept/2020 with confirmed COVID-19 and moderate/severe presentations underwent clinical and laboratory evaluation, and focused bedside echo (GE Vivid-IQ), at the earliest convenience, with remote interpretation. The association between demographics, clinical comorbidities and echo variables with all-cause hospital mortality was assessed, and factors significant at p<0.10 were put into multivariable models. RESULTS Total 163 patients were enrolled, 59% were men, mean age 64±16 years, and 107 (66%) were admitted to intensive care. Comorbidities were present in 144 (88%) patients: hypertension 115 (71%), diabetes 61 (37%) and heart failure 22 (14%). In-hospital mortality was 34% (N=56). In univariate analysis, echo variables significantly associated with death were: LV ejection fraction (LVEF, OR=0.94), RV fractional area change (OR=0.96), tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE, OR=0.83) and RV dysfunction (OR=5.3). In multivariate analysis, after adjustment for clinical and demographic variables, independent predictors of mortality were age≥63 years (OR=5.53, 95%CI 1.52-20.17), LVEF<64% (OR=7.37, 95%CI 2.10-25.94) and TAPSE<18.5 mm (OR=9.43, 95% CI 2.57-35.03), and the final model had good discrimination, with C-statistic=0.83 (95%CI 0.75-0.91). CONCLUSION Markers of RV and LV dysfunction assessed by bedside echo are independent predictors of mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, after adjustment for clinical variables.
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- Sander Luis Gomes Pimentel
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas, Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas, Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas, Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas, Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas, Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas, Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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- Cardiology, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas, Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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- The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas, Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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Martinez M, Simón S, Montón-Bueno J, Moragón S, Morillo BO, Roselló S, Navarro J, Sanmartin A, Julve A, Flores M, Buch E, Peña A, Franco J, Martínez-Jabaloyas J, Marco J, Forner M, Cano A, Bermejo B, Cervantes A, Chirivella I. 1624P Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the cancer fast-track programme. Ann Oncol 2021. [PMCID: PMC8454345 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.1617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Franco J, Carrill. d. Alborno. Riaza E, Milla AV, Ga. fernande. -vegue R, borras FS, Vega. carrill. d. albornoz A, Martine. acera A, Buen. olalla B, Iniest. perez S, Meli. fullana E, Cabezuel. sanchez V, Rexac. vega A, aparicio SB, Besco. villa G. P–560 Comparative analysis of non-invasive preimplantation genetic testing of aneuploidies (niPGT-A), PGT-A and IVF cycles without aneuploidy testing: preliminary results. Hum Reprod 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deab130.559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Study question
Can non-invasive preimplantation genetic testing of aneuploidies (niPGT-A) improve the clinical outcome in IVF patients after proper validation?
Summary answer
We demonstrate the usefulness of the embryonic cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the blastocyst culture medium to select more objectively the blastocysts with higher implantation potential.
What is known already
One of the greatest challenges in IVF is accurately selecting viable embryos that are more likely to achieve healthy livebirths following embryo transfer. Trophectoderm (TE) biopsy and PGT-A provide a direct assessment of chromosome status and improve implantation and clinical pregnancy rates per transfer. A non-invasive alternative is to analyse embryonic cfDNA in the blastocyst culture medium. Previous studies have shown that cfDNA testing in culture medium of blastocysts on day 6 of development allows aneuploidy detection with high concordance rates compared to TE biopsy and inner cell mass (Rubio et al., 2020).
Study design, size, duration
Observational study of the clinical application of niPGT-A (July 2020-December 2020). The clinical application consisted in a first validation phase, comparing TE biopsies with cfDNA in the media of 28 blastocysts. And, in a second phase, niPGT-A was applied and the outcome of 13 single embryo transfers (SETs) compared to 13 PGT-A SETs and 130 IVF/ICSI SETs performed in a period of six months. In the three groups, women and donors age was ≤38 years.
Participants/materials, setting, methods
Embryos were cultured in a Geri incubator (Merck) up to day 4, and then individually cultured in 10µl drops of CCSS (Fujifilm) until day 6 in a bench-top K-system. At day 6, blastocysts were vitrified, and media collected in sterile PCR tubes after at least 40 hours in culture. After collection, media were immediately frozen and analyzed by NGS analysis in our reference laboratory (Igenomix, Spain). Deferred transfer was performed according to media results.
Main results and the role of chance
Before the first clinical cases, a validation of the protocol comparing the results of cfDNA with the TE biopsies of the same day–6 blastocyst was performed, and ploidy concordance rates were 87.5%.
Similar results were found for niPGT-A and PGT-A in terms of aneuploidy results and in clinical outcomes. The percentages of informative results were 95% and 97% and the aneuploidy rates were 44% and 46%, for niPGT-A and PGT-A, respectively. Clinical pregnancy rates were in both groups of aneuploidy testing, 69.2%, with 8 ongoing pregnancies (61.5%) and 4 tested by prenatal screaning NACE. For untested embryos clinical pregnancy (57.7%) and ongoing pregnancy rates (48.5%) were lower than in the two groups of tested embryos (niPGT-A and PGT-A).
In the niPGT-A cycles embryo transfer was performed according to media results and morphology. We did a secondary analysis of which blastocyst we would transfer, if only morphology is considered. We observed that if we only select the embryos by morphology, in 61.5% of the cases we would choose the same embryo than with niPGT-A, and in 30.4% of the cases we would transfer a blastocyst with an aneuploid medium.
Limitations, reasons for caution
Our results are encouraging but should be interpreted with caution due to the small sample size. Larger and randomized controlled trials are needed to verify and extend our findings in each group.
Wider implications of the findings: We observed consistent results for niPGT-A compared to TE biopsies in our internal validation. These results endorse the clinical application of niPGT-A in the routine of the laboratory and can avoid the embryo manipulation also reducing the subjectivity when embryos are selected only by morphology.
Trial registration number
Sa–16552/19-EC:428
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- J Franco
- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Ruber Internacional, Human Reproduction, Madrid, Spain
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Nascimento BR, Sable C, Nunes MCP, Oliveira KKB, Franco J, Barbosa MM, Reese AT, Diamantino AC, Ferreira Filho DSG, Macedo FVB, Raso LAM, Paiva SMW, Ribeiro ALP, Beaton AZ. Echocardiographic screening of pregnant women by non-physicians with remote interpretation in primary care. Fam Pract 2021; 38:225-230. [PMID: 33073294 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaa115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Impact of heart disease (HD) on pregnancy is significant. OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of integrating screening echocardiography (echo) into the Brazilian prenatal primary care to assess HD prevalence. METHODS Over 13 months, 20 healthcare workers acquired simplified echo protocols, utilizing hand-held machines (GE-VSCAN), in 22 primary care centres. Consecutive pregnant women unaware of HD underwent focused echo, remotely interpreted in USA and Brazil. Major HD was defined as structural valve abnormalities, more than mild valve dysfunction, ventricular systolic dysfunction/hypertrophy, or other major abnormalities. Screen-positive women were referred for standard echo. RESULTS At total, 1 112 women underwent screening. Mean age was 27 ± 8 years, mean gestational age 22 ± 9 weeks. Major HD was found in 100 (9.0%) patients. More than mild mitral regurgitation was observed in 47 (4.2%), tricuspid regurgitation in 11 (1.0%), mild left ventricular dysfunction in 4 (0.4%), left ventricular hypertrophy in 2 (0.2%) and suspected rheumatic heart disease in 36 (3.2%): all, with mitral valve and two with aortic valve (AV) involvement. Other AV disease was observed in 11 (10%). In 56 screen-positive women undergoing standard echo, major HD was confirmed in 45 (80.4%): RHD findings in 12 patients (all with mitral valve and two with AV disease), mitral regurgitation in 40 (14 with morphological changes, 10 suggestive of rheumatic heart disease), other AV disease in two (mild/moderate regurgitation). CONCLUSIONS Integration of echo screening into primary prenatal care is feasible in Brazil. However, the low prevalence of severe disease urges further investigations about the effectiveness of the strategy.
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- Bruno R Nascimento
- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.,Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
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- Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.,Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.,Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil
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- The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Martínez MT, Montón-Bueno J, Simon S, Ortega B, Moragon S, Roselló S, Insa A, Navarro J, Sanmartín A, Julve A, Buch E, Peña A, Franco J, Martínez-Jabaloyas J, Marco J, Forner MJ, Cano A, Silvestre A, Teruel A, Lluch A, Cervantes A, Chirivella Gonzalez I. Ten-year assessment of a cancer fast-track programme to connect primary care with oncology: reducing time from initial symptoms to diagnosis and treatment initiation. ESMO Open 2021; 6:100148. [PMID: 33989988 PMCID: PMC8136438 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Background Cancer is the second leading cause of mortality worldwide. Integrating different levels of care by implementing screening programmes, extending diagnostic tools and applying therapeutic advances may increase survival. We implemented a cancer fast-track programme (CFP) to shorten the time between suspected cancer symptoms, diagnosis and therapy initiation. Patients and methods Descriptive data were collected from the 10 years since the CFP was implemented (2009-2019) at the Clinico-Malvarrosa Health Department in Valencia, Spain. General practitioners (GPs), an oncology coordinator and 11 specialists designed guidelines for GP patient referral to the CFP, including criteria for breast, digestive, gynaecological, lung, urological, dermatological, head and neck, and soft tissue cancers. Patients with enlarged lymph nodes and constitutional symptoms were also considered. On identifying patients with suspected cancer, GPs sent a case proposal to the oncology coordinator. If criteria were met, an appointment was quickly made with the patient. We analysed the timeline of each stage of the process. Results A total of 4493 suspected cancer cases were submitted to the CFP, of whom 4019 were seen by the corresponding specialist. Cancer was confirmed in 1098 (27.3%) patients: breast cancer in 33%, urological cancers in 22%, gastrointestinal cancer in 19% and lung cancer in 15%. The median time from submission to cancer testing was 11 days, and diagnosis was reached in a median of 19 days. Treatment was started at a median of 34 days from diagnosis. Conclusions The findings of this study show that the interval from GP patient referral to specialist testing, cancer diagnosis and start of therapy can be reduced. Implementation of the CFP enabled most patients to begin curative intended treatment, and required only minimal resources in our setting. Our CFP easily connects GPs and hospital specialists. Our CFP shortens assessment time in patients with suspected cancer, adding to quality care. Our CFP decreases emotional stress in patients without cancer.
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- M T Martínez
- Department of Medical Oncology, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Instituto de Salud Carlos III, CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Management Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; CIBERESP (CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública), Centro Nacional de Epidemiología del Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Management Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medicine Digestive, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Pneumology, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Gynecology, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Traumatology, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Instituto de Salud Carlos III, CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
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Nascimento BR, Franco J, Beaton A, Oliveira KK, Barbosa M, Ribeiro A, Rocha RT, Spolaor BC, Campos CF, Oliveira GC, Nassif MCL, Barros TT, Raso LA, Sable C, Nunes MC. ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC SCREENING FOR EVALUATION OF FAMILY RISK OF RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE - DATA FROM THE PROVAR+ STUDY. J Am Coll Cardiol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(21)03068-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Delgado A, Velosa J, Avelar R, Franco J, Heitor M. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in patients treated with antipsychotics. Eur Psychiatry 2021. [PMCID: PMC9479982 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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IntroductionGlucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is an endogenous peptide that stimulates insulin secretion and decreases glucagon secretion. The use of GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) showed efficacy reducing the weight and glucose levels in patients with and without type 2 diabetes. This effect was also associated with a decreased risk of major cardiovascular events.ObjectivesOur aim is to review the role of GLP-1RA in psychiatric patients at cardio-metabolic risk due to antipsychotics treatment.Methods
We reviewed articles published in PubMed using the keywords: “GLP-1” “glucagon like peptide” “antipsychotics” and “psychiatry”.ResultsThe number need to treat (NNT) to achieve clinical meaningful weight loss was 3.8. GLP-1RA treatment was also associated with greater reductions in body mass index, fasting glucose, HbA1c and visceral fat. This effect is true for antipsychotic treatment in general and for those on clozapine and olanzapine in particular. Overall, the GLP-1RA are well tolerated with nausea being the most common related adverse effect. Other variables such as age, sex, psychosis severity, nausea or any adverse drug reaction did not affect the weight loss.ConclusionsStudies showed a promising role in the management of antipsychotics induced weight gain, particularly in clozapine and olanzapine treated patients. Although these promising results, the route of administration, with a daily or weekly subcutaneous injection, and the GLP-1RA associated financial costs, can be viewed as important factors which can limit the wide use of this type of treatment in psychiatric patients.DisclosureNo significant relationships.
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Diamantino AC, Nascimento BR, Nunes MCP, Sable CA, Oliveira KKB, Rabelo LC, Franco J, Diamantino LC, Barbosa MM, Reese AT, Olivieri L, de Lima EM, Martins LNA, Colosimo EA, Beaton AZ, Ribeiro ALP. Impact of incorporating echocardiographic screening into a clinical prediction model to optimise utilisation of echocardiography in primary care. Int J Clin Pract 2021; 75:e13686. [PMID: 32852108 DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.13686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Access to public subspecialty healthcare is limited in underserved areas of Brazil, including echocardiography (echo). Long waiting lines and lack of a prioritisation system lead to diagnostic lag and may contribute to poor outcomes. We developed a prioritisation tool for use in primary care, aimed at improving resource utilisation, by predicting those at highest risk of having an abnormal echo, and thus in highest need of referral. METHODS All patients in the existing primary care waiting list for echo were invited for participation and underwent a clinical questionnaire, simplified 7-view echo screening by non-physicians with handheld devices, and standard echo by experts. Two derivation models were developed, one including only clinical variables and a second including clinical variables and findings of major heart disease (HD) on echo screening (cut point for high/low-risk). For validation, patients were risk-classified according to the clinical score. High-risk patients and a sample of low-risk underwent standard echo. Intermediate-risk patients first had screening echo, with a standard echo if HD was suspected. Discrimination and calibration of the two models were assessed to predict HD in standard echo. RESULTS In derivation (N = 603), clinical variables associated with HD were female gender, body mass index, Chagas disease, prior cardiac surgery, coronary disease, valve disease, hypertension and heart failure, and this model was well calibrated with C-statistic = 0.781. Performance was improved with the addition of echo screening, with C-statistic = 0.871 after cross-validation. For validation (N = 1526), 227 (14.9%) patients were classified as low risk, 1082 (70.9%) as intermediate risk and 217 (14.2%) as high risk by the clinical model. The final model with two categories had high sensitivity (99%) and negative predictive value (97%) for HD in standard echo. Model performance was good with C-statistic = 0.720. CONCLUSION The addition of screening echo to clinical variables significantly improves the performance of a score to predict major HD.
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- Adriana C Diamantino
- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Cardiology, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Cardiology, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA
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- Cardiology, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Instituto de Ciência Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Statistics, Instituto de Ciência Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Statistics, Instituto de Ciência Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Centro de Telessaúde do Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Milla J, Aceituno A, Franco J, Charte A. Cerebelopatía por sífilis: una presentación infrecuente de neurolúes. Neurologia 2020; 35:443-444. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2018.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2018] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Santos JA, Nascimento BR, Nunes MC, Brandão-de-Resende C, Beaton AZ, Ribeiro AL, Oliveira KK, Franco J, Fraga CL, Costa WAA, Macedo FV, Filho DSGF, Sable CA, Dutra WO. GENOTYPIC AND PHENOTYPIC EXPRESSION OF IL2G/T AND IL-8 HELP PREDICT ESTABLISHMENT OF CLINICAL RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE: DATA FROM THE PROVAR STUDY. J Am Coll Cardiol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(20)34256-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Abstract Introduction: Grip strength is an important clinical measure and has been used for several purposes in different populations, including those to predict the global strength of lower limbs (LL) and upper limbs. However, little is known about the association between grip strength and lower limb (LL) global strength in subjects with stroke. Objective: To investigate the relationship between grip strength and LL global strength in stroke with subjects at both subacute and chronic phases. Method: Measures of grip strength (handgrip dynamometer) and LL global strength (hand-held dynamometer) were obtained in 20 subjects in the subacute phase of the stroke and 18 in the chronic phase. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to investigate the correlation between grip strength and LL global strength (α = 0.05). Results: Subjects in the subacute phase showed a moderate statistically significant correlation between paretic grip strength and global strength of the non-paretic LL (r = 0.50; p < 0.05), but no correlation with the paretic LL was found (p = 0.25). The non-paretic grip strength showed no statistically significant correlation with global strength of the paretic LL (p = 0.93) and of the non-paretic LL (p = 0.64). In chronic subjects, no statistically significant correlation (0.50 ≤ p ≤ 0.97) was observed. Conclusion: Grip strength does not seem to be an adequate indicator to predict LL global strength of subjects with stroke. This conclusion is different from that obtained for other populations.
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Franco J, Quintino LF, Faria CD. Five-repetition sit-to-Stand test among patients post-stroke and healthy-matched controls: the use of different chair types and number of trials. Physiother Theory Pract 2019; 37:1419-1428. [PMID: 31884844 DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2019.1709234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Background: In 2018, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) published a clinical guideline for adults with neurological conditions, which included recommendations for the Five-Repetition Sit-to-Stand test (5STSt). According to the APTA, a standard-height chair should be used, but there is no recommendation regarding seat depth. In addition, the APTA recommended the use of one trial of the test, based on expert opinion.Objectives: (1) Compare the 5STSt scores of patients post-stroke and healthy-matched controls using two types of chairs (one standardized and one adjusted to the individual's anthropometric characteristics); and (2) Verify whether different numbers of trial affect the 5STSt scores.Methods: Eighteen patients post-stroke and 18 healthy-matched controls performed three trials of the 5STSt for each type of chair. ANOVA was used for analysis (α = 0.05).Results: No significant interaction between groups and chairs was found. Patients post-stroke showed worsened performances in 5STSt when using both chairs compared to the healthy controls (p = .001). In both groups, the 5STSt scores were lower when using a standardized chair than an adjusted chair (p < .003) and different numbers of trials provided similar 5STSt scores (0.44 ≤ p ≤ 0.98).Conclusion: The 5STSt scores were affected by the physical characteristics of the chair, and an adjusted chair should be used. The APTA recommendation for one trial of the 5STSt is supported by the present results.
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- Juliane Franco
- Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Briaudeau T, Zorita I, Cuevas N, Franco J, Marigómez I, Izagirre U. Multi-annual survey of health status disturbance in the Bilbao estuary (Bay of Biscay) based on sediment chemistry and juvenile sole (Solea spp.) histopathology. Mar Pollut Bull 2019; 145:126-137. [PMID: 31590768 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.05.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 05/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The Bilbao estuary (SE Bay of Biscay) is a recovering ecosystem whose sediments are still contaminated. They represent a potential risk for the biota including benthic and demersal species living in direct contact with the sediment. In this context, the present study aims to survey trends of the health status of the Bilbao estuary based on sediment chemistry and sole (Solea spp.) histopathology. Monitoring campaigns were carried out every autumn from 2011 to 2017 along the estuary. Contaminant levels were measured in sediments; liver, gills and gonads of juvenile fish were collected for histopathology. Overall, contaminant levels fluctuated throughout the years, with highest values recorded in the earlier years of the study period. Sole histopathology showed alterations of mild severity. Results permitted to assess the environmental health status of the Bilbao estuary during 7 years, although no clear temporal trend was detected. Longer-term monitoring programmes are necessary to confirm the ecosystem recovery.
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- CBET Research Group, Dept. Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology and Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology PIE, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Basque Country, Spain
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- AZTI, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea z/g, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
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- AZTI, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea z/g, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
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- AZTI, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea z/g, 20110 Pasaia, Spain
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- CBET Research Group, Dept. Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology and Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology PIE, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Basque Country, Spain.
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- CBET Research Group, Dept. Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology and Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology PIE, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Basque Country, Spain
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Franco J, Brase A, Lazaro L. Tumor del estroma gastrointestinal. Rev Clin Esp 2019; 219:277-278. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rce.2018.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mejia B, Morales S, Forero A, Casale M, Franco J. Surgery first approach and condilectomy for management of facial asymmetry. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2019.03.385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Franco J, Formiga F, Corbella X, Conde-Martel A, Llácer P, Álvarez Rocha P, Ormaechea Gorricho G, Satué J, Soler Rangel L, Manzano L, Montero-Pérez-Barquero M, Anarte L, Aramburu O, Arévalo-Lorido J, Carrascosa S, Carrera M, Cepeda J, Cerqueiro J, Conde-Martel A, Dávila M, Díez-Manglano J, Epelde F, Formiga F, Franco J, García-Escrivá D, González Franco A, Llàcer P, López-Castellanos G, Manzano L, Montero-Pérez-Barquero M, Muela A, Pérez-Silvestre J, Quesada M, Roca B, Ruíz-Ortega R, Satué J, Soler-Rangel L, Trullàs J. Insuficiencia cardiaca aguda de novo: características clínicas y mortalidad al año en el Registro Español de Insuficiencia Cardiaca Aguda. Med Clin (Barc) 2019; 152:127-134. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2018.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Revised: 05/20/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Grau Amorós J, Formiga F, Aramburu Bodas O, Armengou Arxe A, Conde Martel A, Quesada Simón M, Oropesa Juanes R, Satué Bartolomé J, Dávila Ramos M, Montero Pérez-Barquero M, Anarte L, Aramburu O, Arévalo-Lorido J, Armengou A, Brase A, Carrascosa S, Carrera M, Casado J, Cerqueiro J, Conde A, Dávila M, Díez-Manglano J, Epelde F, Formiga F, Franco J, Gallego J, García-Escrivá D, González-Franco A, Grau J, Guisado M, Herrero A, Llacer P, López-Castellanos G, Manzano L, Martínez-Zapico A, Montero-Pérez-Barquero M, Muela A, Oropesa R, Pérez-Bocanegra C, Pérez-Calvo J, Pérez-Silvestre J, Quesada M, Quirós R, Rodríguez-Ávila E, Ruiz-Laiglesia F, Ruiz-Ortega R, Salamanca P, Sánchez-Marteles M, Satué J, Serrado A, Suárez I, Trullàs J. Hemoconcentración como predictor de supervivencia al año de ingreso por insuficiencia cardiaca aguda en el registro RICA. Rev Clin Esp 2019; 219:1-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rce.2018.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Revised: 07/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Grau Amorós J, Formiga F, Aramburu Bodas O, Armengou Arxe A, Conde Martel A, Quesada Simón M, Oropesa Juanes R, Satué Bartolomé J, Dávila Ramos M, Montero Pérez-Barquero M, Anarte L, Aramburu O, Arévalo-Lorido J, Armengou A, Brase A, Carrascosa S, Carrera M, Casado J, Cerqueiro J, Conde A, Dávila M, Díez-Manglano J, Epelde F, Formiga F, Franco J, Gallego J, García-Escrivá D, González-Franco A, Grau J, Guisado M, Herrero A, Llacer P, López-Castellanos G, Manzano L, Martínez-Zapico A, Montero-Pérez-Barquero M, Muela A, Oropesa R, Pérez-Bocanegra C, Pérez-Calvo J, Pérez-Silvestre J, Quesada M, Quirós R, Rodríguez-Ávila E, Ruiz-Laiglesia F, Ruiz-Ortega R, Salamanca P, Sánchez-Marteles M, Satué J, Serrado A, Suárez I, Trullàs J. Hemoconcentration as a prognostic factor after hospital discharge in acute heart failure in the RICA registry. Rev Clin Esp 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rceng.2018.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Chivite D, Franco J, Formiga F, Salamanca-Bautista P, Manzano L, Conde-Martel A, Arévalo-Lorido J, Suárez-Pedreira I, Casado-Cerrada J, Montero-Pérez-Barquero M. The short-term prognostic value of C-reactive protein in elderly patients with acute heart failure. Rev Clin Esp 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rceng.2018.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Medina F, Franco J, Huerta J, Charte A. Fibrilación auricular en la insuficiencia cardiaca aguda: características clínicas y pronóstico. Semergen 2018; 44:e98-e100. [DOI: 10.1016/j.semerg.2018.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Quintino LF, Franco J, Gusmão AFM, Silva PFDS, Faria CDCDM. Trunk flexor and extensor muscle performance in chronic stroke patients: a case-control study. Braz J Phys Ther 2018; 22:231-237. [PMID: 29258736 PMCID: PMC5993948 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2017.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Revised: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although chronic stroke patients commonly show impairment of trunk muscle performance, this disability has only been analyzed in terms of peak torque. Therefore, other measures are needed for a more adequate description. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to compare concentric muscle performance of trunk flexor/extensor muscles between chronic stroke patients and matched-healthy subjects. METHODS 18 chronic stroke patients and 18 healthy subjects were matched according to their age, sex, body mass index and level of physical activity. After familiarization, trunk flexor/extensor concentric muscle strength was measured using an isokinetic dynamometer (Biodex Medical Systems Inc, Shirley, NY, USA) with 3 repetitions at a velocity of 60°/s and 5 repetitions at a velocity of 120°/s. Trunk muscular performance was characterized by peak torque, torque at 90°, total work, and total work normalized by trunk mass. Student's t-test was used for independent samples (α=0.05) for group comparisons. RESULTS All trunk muscle performance variables values investigated were significantly lower in chronic stroke patients when compared to matched-healthy subjects (p≤0.001). The obtained ratios of chronic stroke patients scores to that of the matched-healthy subjects at velocities of 60°/s and 120°/s were, respectively: flexor peak torque (60% & 53%)/extensor (54% & 53%); flexor torque at 90° (56.20% & 36.58%)/extensor (57.92% & 30.65%); flexor total muscular work (51.27% & 38.03%)/extensor (47.97% & 39.52%); and flexor total muscular work normalized by trunk mass (55.57% & 40%)/extensor (51.40% & 42%). CONCLUSIONS Chronic stroke patients showed decreased trunk muscle performance when compared to matched-healthy subjects in all variables investigated.
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Department of Physical Therapy, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- J Franco
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Quiron Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Quiron Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain and Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de la Santa Creu i San Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Quiron Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Quiron Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Quiron Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
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Franco J, Ferreira C, Sobreira T, Sundberg J, HogenEsch H. 409 Profiling of epidermal lipids to identify potential biomarkers of atopic dermatitis. J Invest Dermatol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.02.428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Killgore WD, Shane BR, Vanuk JR, Franco J, Castellanos A, Millan M, Grandner MA, Bajaj S. 1143 SHORT WAVELENGTH LIGHT THERAPY FACILITATES RECOVERY FROM MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. Sleep 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/sleepj/zsx050.1142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Silva PFDS, Quintino LF, Franco J, Rodrigues-de-Paula F, Albuquerque de Araújo P, Faria CDCDM. Trunk kinematics related to generation and transfer of the trunk flexor momentum are associated with sit-to-stand performance in chronic stroke survivors. NeuroRehabilitation 2017; 40:57-67. [DOI: 10.3233/nre-161390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Sala-Blanch X, Franco J, Bergé R, Marín R, López AM, Agustí M. 3D ultrasound estimation of the effective volume for popliteal block at the level of division. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 2017; 64:125-130. [PMID: 27773221 DOI: 10.1016/j.redar.2016.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2015] [Revised: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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UNLABELLED Local anaesthetic injection between the tibial and commmon peroneal nerves within connective tissue sheath results in a predictable diffusion and allows for a reduction in the volume needed to achieve a consistent sciatic popliteal block. Using 3D ultrasound volumetric acquisition, we quantified the visible volume in contact with the nerve along a 5cm segment. METHODS We included 20 consecutive patients scheduled for bunion surgery. Ultrasound guided popliteal block was performed using a posterior, out of plane approach at the level of división of the sciatic nerve. Thirty ml of mepivacaine 1.5% and levobupivacaine 0.5% were slowly injected while assessing the injection pressure and the diffusion of the local anaesthetic. Volumetric acquisition was performed before and after the block to quantify the the volume of the sciatic nerve and the volume of the surrounding hypoechoic halo contained inside the connective tissue in a 5cm segment. RESULTS All blocks were successful within 20min after the injection. The total estimated volume contained inside the common connective tissue sheath was 6.8±2.6cm3. Of this, the volume of the halo sorrounding the nerve was 4.4±1.7cm3 and the volume inside the sciatic nerve was 2.4±1.7cm3. CONCLUSIONS The volume of local anaesthetic in close contact with the sciatic nerve can be estimated by volumetric acquisition. Our results suggest that the effective volume of local anaesthetic needed for a successful sciatic popliteal block could be reduced to less than 7ml.
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- Departamento de Anestesiología, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
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- Departamento de Anestesiología, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Departamento de Anestesiología, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Departamento de Anestesiología, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Departamento de Anestesiología, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Departamento de Anestesiología, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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Cerdà P, Franco J, Chivite D, Formiga F. Mortality in type 2 diabetes patients admitted because of acute heart failure. Rev Clin Esp 2016; 216:341-3. [PMID: 27086478 DOI: 10.1016/j.rce.2016.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2016] [Revised: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- P Cerdà
- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España.
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
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Martínez-Ibáñez M, Juan-Díaz MJ, Lara-Saez I, Coso A, Franco J, Gurruchaga M, Suay Antón J, Goñi I. Biological characterization of a new silicon based coating developed for dental implants. J Mater Sci Mater Med 2016; 27:80. [PMID: 26936366 DOI: 10.1007/s10856-016-5690-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Taking into account the influence of Si in osteoblast cell proliferation, a series of sol-gel derived silicon based coating was prepared by controlling the process parameters and varying the different Si-alkoxide precursors molar rate in order to obtain materials able to release Si compounds. For this purpose, methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMOS) and tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) were hydrolysed together and the sol obtained was used to dip-coat the different substrates. The silicon release ability of the coatings was tested finding that it was dependent on the TEOS precursor content, reaching a Si amount value around ninefolds higher for coatings with TEOS than for the pure MTMOS material. To test the effect of this released Si, the in vitro performance of developed coatings was tested with human adipose mesenchymal stem cells finding a significantly higher proliferation and mineralization on the coating with the higher TEOS content. For in vivo evaluation of the biocompatibility, coated implants were placed in the tibia of the rabbit and a histological analysis was performed. The evaluation of parameters such as the bone marrow state, the presence of giant cells and the fibrous capsule proved the biocompatibility of the developed coatings. Furthermore, coated implants seemed to produce a qualitatively higher osteoblastic activity and a higher number of bone spicules than the control (uncoated commercial SLA titanium dental implant).
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- Polymer Science and Technology Department, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), P Manuel de Lardizabal, 3, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Polymer Science and Technology Department, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), P Manuel de Lardizabal, 3, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Industrial Systems Engineering and Design Department, Jaime I University (UJI), 12071, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
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- Ilerimplant SL, 25191, Lleida, Spain
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- Ilerimplant SL, 25191, Lleida, Spain
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- Polymer Science and Technology Department, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), P Manuel de Lardizabal, 3, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Industrial Systems Engineering and Design Department, Jaime I University (UJI), 12071, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
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- Polymer Science and Technology Department, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), P Manuel de Lardizabal, 3, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain.
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Silva P, Franco J, Gusmão A, Moura J, Teixeira-Salmela L, Faria C. Trunk strength is associated with sit-to-stand performance in both stroke and healthy subjects. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2015; 51:717-724. [PMID: 25673183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Since impairments of the trunk muscles are observed in stroke subjects, who also demonstrate limitations in performing the sit-to-stand (STS) task, it is possible that these limitations are related to decreased strength of the trunk muscles. AIM To compare the STS performances and isokinetic measures of trunk strength between stroke and matched healthy subjects and to investigate if there were associations between STS performances and strength of the trunk muscles. DESIGN Exploratory study. SETTING University Laboratory. POPULATION Eighteen stroke and 18 match-ed healthy subjects. METHODS Subjects performed the five-repetition sit-to-stand test and were also asked to stand up and sit down at both self-selected and fast speeds (motion analysis system). The scores of the five-repetition sit-to-stand test and the total duration of the STS, as well as the duration of phases I and II were used as measures of STS performances. Isokinetic strength of the trunk muscles was assessed at a speed of 60º/s: concentric peak torque and total normalized work. RESULTS Stroke subjects showed poorer STS performances (P≤0.02), except for the duration of phase I at self-selected speed, as well as decreased strength of the trunk muscles (P≤0.001). Significant and negative correlations were found between STS performance and trunk strength variables, which were classified as low (-0.38≤r≤-0.49) or moderate (-0.50≤r≤-0.63). CONCLUSION In general, poorer STS performances observed in stroke subjects was related to weakness of the trunk muscles. CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT Evaluation and interventions involving trunk strength should be included in rehabilitation of stroke subjects, who show limitations in STS performances.
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- P Silva
- Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil -
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Navarro JL, Sanchez-Calzada A, Gastelum R, Delgado L, Torres O, Romano P, Monares E, Gilberto C, Franco J. Venoarterial carbon dioxide gradient utility as a criterion for blood transfusion at the intensive care unit. Intensive Care Med Exp 2015. [PMCID: PMC4798555 DOI: 10.1186/2197-425x-3-s1-a221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Torres O, Delgado L, Monares E, Sanchez-Calzada A, Gastelum R, Navarro JL, Romano P, Franco J. Weaning indexes do not predict success with non invasive mechanical ventilation in extubation failure. Intensive Care Med Exp 2015. [PMCID: PMC4796588 DOI: 10.1186/2197-425x-3-s1-a177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Cuevas N, Zorita I, Costa PM, Larreta J, Franco J. Histopathological baseline levels and confounding factors in common sole (Solea solea) for marine environmental risk assessment. Mar Environ Res 2015; 110:162-173. [PMID: 26364682 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Liver and gonad histopathology, biometric parameters and hepatic metal bioaccumulation were assessed monthly over a one-year period in common soles from the Basque continental shelf, in order to determine baseline levels and confounding factors within biomonitoring studies. Biometric parameters and hepatic metal bioaccumulation varied according to season and gender. Accordingly, hepatic histopathological traits presented seasonal variations related to the reproductive cycle. However, the hepatic histopathological index showed that seasonality and gender were not significant confounding factors. Conversely, the gonad histopathological index was modulated by season and gender. As for organ comparison, the liver endured more severe histopathological damage than the gonad. In brief, the sampling period and gender may not affect the estimation of hepatic histopathological indices for biomonitoring purposes. Nonetheless, due to different sensitivities to environmental 'noise' variables, the sampling period and gender differentiation should be thoroughly considered for the assessment of gonad histopathology, biometrics and metal bioaccumulation.
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- N Cuevas
- AZTI, Txatxarramendi Ugartea z/g, 48395, Sukarrieta, Spain.
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- AZTI, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea z/g, 20110, Pasaia, Spain
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal
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- AZTI, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea z/g, 20110, Pasaia, Spain
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- AZTI, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea z/g, 20110, Pasaia, Spain
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Knudsen E, Franco J, Balaji U, Witkiewicz A. Defining prognostic and therapeutic selective classes of TNBC. Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv117.09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Gama I, Rodrigues W, Franco J, Almeida L, Monteiro-Grillo M. Chronic Ocular Graft vs Host Disease as a Serious Complication of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Case Report. Transplant Proc 2015; 47:1059-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Knudsen E, Franco J, Witkiewicz A. Targeting unique metabolic vulnerabilities in dormant ER+ tumor cells. Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv120.03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Chaveiro A, Cerqueira C, Silva J, Franco J, Moreira da Silva F. Evaluation of frozen thawed cauda epididymal sperms and in vitro fertilizing potential of bovine sperm collected from the cauda epididymal. Iran J Vet Res 2015; 16:188-193. [PMID: 27175174 PMCID: PMC4827685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Revised: 03/03/2015] [Accepted: 03/14/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In the present study, the fertilizing potential of semen recovered from slaughtered bulls epididymis was evaluated after cryopreservation, by conventional techniques and flow cytometry methods. The cauda epididymal was dissected and sperm were recovered and evaluated for volume, sperm concentration, and membrane and acrosome integrity using a flow cytometer. Sperm fertility potential was tested by in vitro fertilization (IVF). For each bull, three trials of IVF were performed. Before freezing, on average, the sperm concentration was 216 ± 27.5 × 10(6) sperm/ml. Sperm viability averaged 86.5 ± 4%. The mean percentage of sperm with intact plasma membrane and acrosome before and after cryopreservation was 90.7 ± 2.9% and 90.8 ± 1.9% (P≥0.05), respectively. The fertilization rate using frozen/thawed epididymal semen averaged 64.1 ± 3.9% fertilization with no significant differences between bulls (P>0.05). For the bull considered as control, the fertilization rate was 72.2 ± 4.5%, differing significantly (P>0.05) from the frozen/thawed epididymal semen's fertilization rate. In conclusion, it is possible to use in vitro techniques with cryopreserved spermatozoa obtained from bull's epididymis using a controlled rate freezing method with a predetermined freezing curve, and with assessment of sperm's viability by conventional techniques and flow cytometry methods, together with the fertilizing ability of cryopreserved epididymal spermatozoa.
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- A Chaveiro
- Department of Agrarian Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research and Technology of the Azores (CITA-A), University of Azores, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
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- BSc Student, Centre for Agricultural Research and Technology of the Azores (CITA-A), University of Azores, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
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- Graduated from Centre for Agricultural Research and Technology of the Azores (CITA-A), University of Azores, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
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- MVSc, Department of Agrarian Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research and Technology of the Azores (CITA-A), University of Azores, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
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- Department of Agrarian Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research and Technology of the Azores (CITA-A), University of Azores, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
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Sanchez-Calzada A, Navarro JL, Delgado L, Torres O, Torres A, Gastelum R, Romano P, Monares E, Galindo C, Camarena G, Aguirre J, Franco J. MEAN PLATELET VOLUME AS A MARKER OF SEPSIS IN PATIENTS ADMITTED TO INTENSIVE THERAPY. Intensive Care Med Exp 2015. [PMCID: PMC4797862 DOI: 10.1186/2197-425x-3-s1-a871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Knudsen E, Cox D, Franco J, Frankel A, Haley B, Witkiewicz A. Targeting CDK4/6 in Her2 Positive Breast Cancer: Therapeutic Effect, Markers, and Combination Strategies. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu069.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Speroni G, Izaguirre P, Bernardello G, Franco J. Reproductive versatility in legumes: the case of amphicarpy in Trifolium polymorphum. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2014; 16:690-696. [PMID: 24138122 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Accepted: 09/06/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Amphicarpy is a fascinating reproductive strategy, defined as fruit produced both below the soil surface and as aerial fruit on the same plant. Trifolium polymorphum is a grassland species subject to herbivory that combines amphicarpy with vegetative reproduction through stolons. Underground flowers have been described as obligate autogamous and aerial ones as self-compatible allogamous, with aerial floral traits favouring cross-pollination. In the present work we performed different pollination treatments on aerial flowers to analyse rates of pollen tube development and offspring fitness, measured as fruit set, seed production and germination percentage. This last variable was compared to that of seeds produced underground. No significant differences were found between fruit set in self- and cross-pollinations. Seed production was higher in self-pollinations, which is consistent with the higher rate of pollen tube development observed in self-crosses. Spontaneous self-pollination is limited in aerial flowers; thus pollen transfer by means of a vector is required even within the same flower. Germination tests showed that aerial seeds produced after self- and cross-pollination did not differ in fitness, but underground seeds had higher germination percentage than aerial ones. Thus, we conclude that T. polymorphum has a mixed mating system. In grasslands with heavy grazing pressure, clonal propagation and underground seed production ensure persistence in the field. An intermediate level of selfing in aerial flowers ensures offspring, but morphological (herkogamy) and functional (dicogamy) floral traits maintain a window to incorporate genetic variability, allowing the species to tolerate temporal and spatial pressures.
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- G Speroni
- Facultad Agronomía, Dpto. Biología Vegetal, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Silva PFS, Quintino LF, Franco J, Faria CDCM. Measurement properties and feasibility of clinical tests to assess sit-to-stand/stand-to-sit tasks in subjects with neurological disease: a systematic review. Braz J Phys Ther 2014; 18:99-110. [PMID: 24839043 PMCID: PMC4183244 DOI: 10.1590/s1413-35552012005000155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2013] [Revised: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Subjects with neurological disease (ND) usually show impaired performance during sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit tasks, with a consequent reduction in their mobility levels. OBJECTIVE To determine the measurement properties and feasibility previously investigated for clinical tests that evaluate sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit in subjects with ND. METHOD A systematic literature review following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) protocol was performed. Systematic literature searches of databases (MEDLINE/SCIELO/LILACS/PEDro) were performed to identify relevant studies. In all studies, the following inclusion criteria were assessed: investigation of any measurement property or the feasibility of clinical tests that evaluate sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit tasks in subjects with ND published in any language through December 2012. The COSMIN checklist was used to evaluate the methodological quality of the included studies. RESULTS Eleven studies were included. The measurement properties/feasibility were most commonly investigated for the five-repetition sit-to-stand test, which showed good test-retest reliability (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient:ICC=0.94-0.99) for subjects with stroke, cerebral palsy and dementia. The ICC values were higher for this test than for the number of repetitions in the 30-s test. The five-repetition sit-to-stand test also showed good inter/intra-rater reliabilities (ICC=0.97-0.99) for stroke and inter-rater reliability (ICC=0.99) for subjects with Parkinson disease and incomplete spinal cord injury. For this test, the criterion-related validity for subjects with stroke, cerebral palsy and incomplete spinal cord injury was, in general, moderate (correlation=0.40-0.77), and the feasibility and safety were good for subjects with Alzheimer's disease. CONCLUSIONS The five-repetition sit-to-stand test was used more often in subjects with ND, and most of the measurement properties were investigated and showed adequate results.
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- Paula F. S. Silva
- Rehabilitation Sciences Graduate Program, Universidade Federal de
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- Physical Therapy Department, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Rehabilitation Sciences Graduate Program, Universidade Federal de
Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
- Physical Therapy Department, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Silva PFS, Quintino LF, Franco J, Faria CDCM. Measurement properties and feasibility of clinical tests to assess sit-to-stand/stand-to-sit tasks in subjects with neurological disease: a systematic review. Braz J Phys Ther 2014; 18:99-110. [PMID: 24839043 PMCID: PMC4183244 DOI: 10.1590/s1413-35552012005000155%20%20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2013] [Revised: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 10/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Subjects with neurological disease (ND) usually show impaired performance during sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit tasks, with a consequent reduction in their mobility levels. OBJECTIVE To determine the measurement properties and feasibility previously investigated for clinical tests that evaluate sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit in subjects with ND. METHOD A systematic literature review following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) protocol was performed. Systematic literature searches of databases (MEDLINE/SCIELO/LILACS/PEDro) were performed to identify relevant studies. In all studies, the following inclusion criteria were assessed: investigation of any measurement property or the feasibility of clinical tests that evaluate sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit tasks in subjects with ND published in any language through December 2012. The COSMIN checklist was used to evaluate the methodological quality of the included studies. RESULTS Eleven studies were included. The measurement properties/feasibility were most commonly investigated for the five-repetition sit-to-stand test, which showed good test-retest reliability (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient:ICC=0.94-0.99) for subjects with stroke, cerebral palsy and dementia. The ICC values were higher for this test than for the number of repetitions in the 30-s test. The five-repetition sit-to-stand test also showed good inter/intra-rater reliabilities (ICC=0.97-0.99) for stroke and inter-rater reliability (ICC=0.99) for subjects with Parkinson disease and incomplete spinal cord injury. For this test, the criterion-related validity for subjects with stroke, cerebral palsy and incomplete spinal cord injury was, in general, moderate (correlation=0.40-0.77), and the feasibility and safety were good for subjects with Alzheimer's disease. CONCLUSIONS The five-repetition sit-to-stand test was used more often in subjects with ND, and most of the measurement properties were investigated and showed adequate results.
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- Paula F. S. Silva
- Rehabilitation Sciences Graduate Program, Universidade Federal de
Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Physical Therapy Department, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Rehabilitation Sciences Graduate Program, Universidade Federal de
Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
- Physical Therapy Department, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Mir C, Zerjal T, Combes V, Dumas F, Madur D, Bedoya C, Dreisigacker S, Franco J, Grudloyma P, Hao PX, Hearne S, Jampatong C, Laloë D, Muthamia Z, Nguyen T, Prasanna BM, Taba S, Xie CX, Yunus M, Zhang S, Warburton ML, Charcosset A. Out of America: tracing the genetic footprints of the global diffusion of maize. Theor Appl Genet 2013; 126:2671-82. [PMID: 23921956 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-013-2164-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2012] [Accepted: 07/12/2013] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Maize was first domesticated in a restricted valley in south-central Mexico. It was diffused throughout the Americas over thousands of years, and following the discovery of the New World by Columbus, was introduced into Europe. Trade and colonization introduced it further into all parts of the world to which it could adapt. Repeated introductions, local selection and adaptation, a highly diverse gene pool and outcrossing nature, and global trade in maize led to difficulty understanding exactly where the diversity of many of the local maize landraces originated. This is particularly true in Africa and Asia, where historical accounts are scarce or contradictory. Knowledge of post-domestication movements of maize around the world would assist in germplasm conservation and plant breeding efforts. To this end, we used SSR markers to genotype multiple individuals from hundreds of representative landraces from around the world. Applying a multidisciplinary approach combining genetic, linguistic, and historical data, we reconstructed possible patterns of maize diffusion throughout the world from American "contribution" centers, which we propose reflect the origins of maize worldwide. These results shed new light on introductions of maize into Africa and Asia. By providing a first globally comprehensive genetic characterization of landraces using markers appropriate to this evolutionary time frame, we explore the post-domestication evolutionary history of maize and highlight original diversity sources that may be tapped for plant improvement in different regions of the world.
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- C Mir
- Unité Mixte de Recherche de Génétique Végétale, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université Paris Sud, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRA), AgroParisTech, Ferme du Moulon, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Gaona E, Rivera T, Arreola M, Franco J, Molina N, Alvarez B, Azorín CG, Casian G. Exploratory survey of image quality on CR digital mammography imaging systems in Mexico. Appl Radiat Isot 2013; 83 Pt C:245-8. [PMID: 23938078 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2013] [Revised: 06/07/2013] [Accepted: 07/06/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to assess the current status of image quality and dose in computed radiographic digital mammography (CRDM) systems. Studies included CRDM systems of various models and manufacturers which dose and image quality comparisons were performed. Due to the recent rise in the use of digital radiographic systems in Mexico, CRDM systems are rapidly replacing conventional film-screen systems without any regard to quality control or image quality standards. Study was conducted in 65 mammography facilities which use CRDM systems in the Mexico City and surrounding States. The systems were tested as used clinically. This means that the dose and beam qualities were selected using the automatic beam selection and photo-timed features. All systems surveyed generate laser film hardcopies for the radiologist to read on a scope or mammographic high luminance light box. It was found that 51 of CRDM systems presented a variety of image artefacts and non-uniformities arising from inadequate acquisition and processing, as well as from the laser printer itself. Undisciplined alteration of image processing settings by the technologist was found to be a serious prevalent problem in 42 facilities. Only four of them showed an image QC program which is periodically monitored by a medical physicist. The Average Glandular Dose (AGD) in the surveyed systems was estimated to have a mean value of 2.4 mGy. To improve image quality in mammography and make more efficient screening mammographic in early detection of breast cancer is required new legislation.
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- E Gaona
- Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Calz. del Hueso 1100, 04960 México, D.F., Mexico
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