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Blanco S, Valdez M, Stollak I, Westgate CC, Herrera A, Perry HB. Reducing inequities in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala through the CBIO+ Approach of Curamericas: 3. Expansion of population coverage of key interventions. Int J Equity Health 2023; 21:196. [PMID: 36855129 PMCID: PMC9976355 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-022-01755-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND This is the third in a series of 10 articles describing the Curamericas/Guatemala Maternal and Child Health Project, 2011-2015, and its effectiveness in improving the health and well-being of 15,327 children younger than 5 years of age and 32,330 women of reproductive age in the Department of Huehuetenango in180 communities that make up the municipalities of San Sebastian Coatán, Santa Eulalia, and San Miguel Acatán. The Project combined the Census-Based, Impact-Oriented (CBIO) Approach with the Care Group Approach and the Community Birthing Center (Casa Materna Rural) Approach. This combined approach we refer to as CBIO+. The Project trained women volunteers every two weeks (in Care Groups) to provide health education to neighboring households. Messages focused on the promotion of maternal and newborn health, nutrition, prevention and treatment of acute respiratory infection and diarrhea in children, and immunizations. METHODS Household knowledge, practice and coverage (KPC) surveys were executed at baseline in January 2011 and at endline in June 2015 to measure changes in levels of knowledge of danger signs, key household practices (such as Essential Newborn Care and handwashing), and health service utilization (such as antenatal care and care seeking for a child with signs of pneumonia) in two separate Project Areas (Area A with 41 months and Area B with 20 months of full intervention implementation). RESULTS For the 24 indicators of the interventions under the Project's control, statistically significant improvements were observed for 21 in Area A and 19 in Area B. However, for some of the interventions that required support from the government's Extension of Coverage Program (immunization, family planning, and vitamin A administration) no improvements were noted because of the cessation of the program by the government after Project implementation began. In both Areas A and B one-half of the indicators improved by at least two-fold. CONCLUSION This community-based Project has been effective in quickly achieving marked improvements in indicators for interventions that are important for the health of mothers and children. These achievements are notable in view of the challenging context in which the Project was implemented.
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- Stanley Blanco
- Consejo de Salud Rural Andino/Curamericas, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Curamericas/Guatemala, Calhuitz, San Sebastián Coatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
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- Curamericas Global, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Health Systems Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Perry HB, Valdez M, Blanco S, Llanque R, Martin S, Lambden J, Gregg C, Leach K, Olivas E, Muffoletto B, Wallace J, Modanlo N, Pfeiffer E, Westgate CC, Lesnar B, Stollak I. Reducing inequities in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala through the CBIO+ approach of Curamericas: 2. Study site, design, and methods. Int J Equity Health 2023; 21:195. [PMID: 36855098 PMCID: PMC9976360 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-022-01754-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The Curamericas/Guatemala Maternal and Child Health Project, 2011-2015, included implementation research designed to assess the effectiveness of an approach referred to as CBIO+ , composed of: (1) the Census-Based, Impact-Oriented (CBIO) Approach, (2) the Care Group Approach, and (3) the Community Birthing Center Approach. This is the second paper in a supplement of 10 articles describing the implementation research and its findings. Paper 1 describes CBIO+ , the Project Area, and how the Project was implemented. OBJECTIVE This paper describes the implementation research design and details of how it was carried out. METHODS We reviewed the original implementation research protocol and the methods used for all data collection related to this Project. The protocol and methods used for the implementation research related to this Project were all standard approaches to the monitoring and evaluation of child survival projects as developed by the United States Agency for International Development Child Survival and Health Grants Program (CSHGP) and the CORE Group. They underwent independent peer review supervised by the CSHGP before the implementation research began. RESULTS The study area was divided into two sets of communities with a total population of 98,000 people. Project interventions were implemented in Area A from 2011 until the end of the project in 2015 (44 months) and in Area B from late 2013 until 2015 (20 months). Thus, Area B served as a quasi-comparison area during the first two years of Project implementation. The overarching study question was whether the CBIO+ Approach improved the health and well-being of children and mothers. The outcome indicators included (1) changes in population coverage of evidence-based interventions, (2) changes in childhood nutritional status, (3) changes in the mortality of children and mothers, (4) quality of care provided at Community Birthing Centers, (5) the impact of the Project on women's empowerment and social capital, (6) stakeholder assessment of the effectiveness of the CBIO+ Approach, and (7) the potential of wider adoption of the CBIO+ Approach. CONCLUSION The implementation research protocol guided the assessment of the effectiveness of the CBIO+ Approach in improving the health and well-being of children, mothers, and their communities.
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- Henry B Perry
- Health Systems Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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- Curamericas/Guatemala, Calhuitz, San Sebastián Coatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
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- Consejo de Salud Rural Andino/Curamericas, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Consejo de Salud Rural Andino/Curamericas, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans (LSUHSC-NO), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Student, PhD Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Independent Consultant, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Program Coordinator for Research Engagement, AVAC (Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention), New York City, New York, USA
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- Curamericas Global, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Perry HB, Stollak I, Llanque R, Blanco S, Jordan-Bell E, Shindhelm A, Westgate CC, Herrera A, Valdez M. Reducing inequities in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala through the CBIO+ Approach of Curamericas: 4. Nutrition-related activities and changes in childhood stunting, wasting, and underweight. Int J Equity Health 2023; 21:197. [PMID: 36855101 PMCID: PMC9973244 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-022-01756-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND This is the fourth paper in our supplement on improving the health and well-being of rural indigenous Maya mothers and children in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, where the prevalence of stunting is the highest in Latin America and among the highest in the world. Reducing childhood undernutrition was one of the objectives of the Maternal and Child Health Project, 2011-2015, implemented by Curamericas/Guatemala. The implementation research portion of the Project attempted to determine if there were greater improvements in childhood nutritional status in the Project Area than in comparison areas and whether or not a dose-response effect was present in terms of a greater improvement in the Project Area with a longer duration of interventions. METHODS: The Project provided nutrition-related messages to mothers of young children, cooking sessions using locally available nutritious foods, a lipid-based nutrient supplement (Nutributter®) for a short period of time (4 months), anti-helminthic medication, and repeated growth monitoring and nutrition counseling. Measures of height and weight for calculating the prevalence of underweight, stunting, and wasting in under-2 children were analyzed and compared with the anthropometric data for children in the rural areas of the Northwestern Region and in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. RESULTS The prevalence of stunting declined in Area A from 74.5% in September 2012 to 39.5% in June 2015. Area A comprised approximately one-half of the Project Area and was the geographic area with the greatest intensity and duration of nutrition-related Project interventions. Minimal improvements in stunting were observed in the Northwestern Region, which served as a comparison area. Improvements in multiple output and outcome indicators associated with nutritional status were also observed in Areas A and B: infant and young child feeding practices, routine growth monitoring and counseling, and household practices for the prevention and treatment of diarrhea. CONCLUSION The Project Area in which Curamericas/Guatemala implemented the CBIO+ Approach experienced a reduction in the prevalence of stunting and other measures of undernutrition in under-2 children. Given the burden of undernutrition in Guatemala and other parts of the world, this approach merits broader application and further evaluation.
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- Henry B Perry
- Health Systems Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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- Curamericas Global, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Consejo de Salud Rural Andino/Curamericas, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Consejo de Salud Rural Andino/Curamericas, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Curamericas Guatemala, Calhuitz, San Sebastián Coatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
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Matta A, Campelo-Parada F, Nader V, Lhermusier T, Bouisset F, Blanco S, Roncalli J, Carrié D. Long-term outcomes of conservative versus invasive approach of coronary aneurysm. Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.acvdsp.2022.10.012] [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: 01/01/2023]
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Blanco S, Morán P, Diz AP, Olabarria C, Vázquez E. Effects of short-term hyposalinity stress on four commercially important bivalves: A proteomic perspective. Environ Res 2022; 215:114371. [PMID: 36162473 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114371] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Increased heavy rainfall can reduce salinity to values close to 0 in estuaries. Lethal and sublethal physiological and behavioural effects of decreases in salinity below ten have already been found to occur in the commercially important clam species Venerupis corrugata, Ruditapes decussatus and R. philippinarum and the cockle Cerastoderma edule, which generate an income of ∼74 million euros annually in Galicia (NW Spain). However, studies of the molecular response to hyposaline stress in bivalves are scarce. This 'shotgun' proteomics study evaluates changes in mantle-edge proteins subjected to short-term hyposaline episodes in two different months (March and May) during the gametogenic cycle. We found evidence that the mantle-edge proteome was more responsive to sampling time than to hyposalinity, strongly suggesting that reproductive stages condition the stress response. However, hyposalinity modulated proteome profiles in V. corrugata and C. edule in both months and R. philippinarum in May, involving proteins implicated in protein folding, redox homeostasis, detoxification, cytoskeleton modulation and the regulation of apoptotic, autophagic and lipid degradation pathways. However, proteins that are essential for an optimal osmotic stress response but which are highly energy demanding, such as chaperones, osmoprotectants and DNA repair factors, were found in small relative abundances. In both months in R. decussatus and in March in R. philippinarum, almost no differences between treatments were detected. Concordant trends in the relative abundance of stress response candidate proteins were also obtained in V. corrugata and C. edule in the different months, but not in Ruditapes spp., strongly suggesting that the osmotic stress response in bivalves is complex and possibly influenced by a combination of controlled (sampling time) and uncontrolled variables. In this paper, we report potential molecular targets for studying the response to osmotic stress, especially in the most osmosensitive native species C. edule and V. corrugata, and suggest factors to consider when searching for biomarkers of hyposaline stress in bivalves.
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- S Blanco
- CIM - Centro de Investigación Mariña and Departamento de Bioquímica, Xenética e Inmunoloxía, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Spain.
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- CIM - Centro de Investigación Mariña and Departamento de Bioquímica, Xenética e Inmunoloxía, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Spain
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- CIM - Centro de Investigación Mariña and Departamento de Bioquímica, Xenética e Inmunoloxía, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Spain
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- CIM - Centro de Investigación Mariña and Departamento de Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal, Facultade de Ciencias do Mar, Universidade de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Spain
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- CIM - Centro de Investigación Mariña and Departamento de Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal, Facultade de Ciencias do Mar, Universidade de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Spain
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Matta A, Nader V, Canitrot R, Delmas C, Bouisset F, Lhermusier T, Blanco S, Parada FC, Elbaz M, Carrie D, Galinier M, Roncalli J. Myocardial bridging is significantly associated with myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.1458] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) is a common disorder characterized by the presence of clinical criteria for acute myocardial infarction in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease on angiography. We aim to investigate the relationship between myocardial bridging (MB) and MINOCA.
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An observational retrospective study was conducted on 15,036 patients who had been referred for coronary angiography and who fulfilled the Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction. The study population was divided into STEMI and non-STEMI patients, from which we defined two main groups: the MINOCA group and the coronary artery disease (CAD) group. Statistical analyses were carried out by using SPSS, version 20.
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The prevalence of angiographic MB among the groups was significantly greater in the MINOCA group (2.9% vs. 0.8%). MINOCA accounted for 14.5% of spontaneous myocardial infarction, and the clinical presentation was frequently NSTEMI rather than STEMI (84.3% vs. 15.7%). After adjusting for confounders, multivariate analyses showed a positive association between MB and MINOCA [OR=3.28, 95% CI (2.34; 4.61) p<0.001]. Cardiovascular risk factors were less common in the MINOCA population, which was younger and more often female.
Conclusion
MB is a risk factor for MINOCA. Because MB prevalence differed significantly between the controls (CAD group) and cases (MINOCA group), which were positively associated to MB, it seems likely that MB would be a potential cause of MINOCA. Investigations for MB in MINOCA cases and especially in NSTEMI patients seem necessary.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Public hospital(s). Main funding source(s): Rangueil Hospital
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- A Matta
- Rangueil Hospital of Toulouse , Toulouse , France
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- Rangueil Hospital of Toulouse , Toulouse , France
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- Rangueil Hospital of Toulouse , Toulouse , France
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- Rangueil Hospital of Toulouse , Toulouse , France
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- Rangueil Hospital of Toulouse , Toulouse , France
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- Rangueil Hospital of Toulouse , Toulouse , France
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- Rangueil Hospital of Toulouse , Toulouse , France
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- Rangueil Hospital of Toulouse , Toulouse , France
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- Rangueil Hospital of Toulouse , Toulouse , France
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- Rangueil Hospital of Toulouse , Toulouse , France
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- Rangueil Hospital of Toulouse , Toulouse , France
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- Rangueil Hospital of Toulouse , Toulouse , France
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Matta A, Nader V, Canitrot R, Delmas C, Bouisset F, Lhermusier T, Blanco S, Parada F, Elbaz M, Carrié D, Galinier M, Roncalli J. Myocardial Bridging is Significantly Related to Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease. Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.acvdsp.2021.09.018] [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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Matta A, Lhermusier T, Parada F, Bouisset F, Ronan C, Nader V, Blanco S, Elbaz M, Roncalli J, Carrié D. Impact of Coronary Artery Disease and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.acvdsp.2021.09.016] [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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Matta A, Lhermusier T, Bouisset F, Parada F, Elbaz M, Nader V, Blanco S, Roncalli J, Carrié D. Outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in nonagenarians compared to < 90 years patients. Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.acvdsp.2021.09.143] [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: 11/30/2022]
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Prieto-Peña D, Calderón-Goercke M, Adan A, Chamorro-López L, Maiz O, De Dios-Jiménez Aberásturi J, Veroz Gonzalez R, Blanco S, Santos JM, Navarro F, Gallego A, González-Suárez S, Conesa A, García-Valle A, Cordero-Coma M, Pardiñas-Barón N, Demetrio-Pablo R, Calvo-Río V, Mora-Cuesta VM, Castañeda S, Hernández JL, González-Gay MA, Blanco R. AB1055 CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL: A SAFE AND EFFICIENT TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH UVEITIS DURING PREGNANCY. Ann Rheum Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.1610] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Anti-TNFα agents are useful in uveitis(1-5).Certolizumab pegol (CZP) differs from other anti-TNFα agents due to its limited placental transfer.Objectives:To assess efficacy and safety of CZP in women with uveitis during pregnancy.Methods:Multicenter study of women with uveitis under CZP during pregnancy and their neonates.Results:14 women (23 eyes); mean age 34.3±5.5 yrs (TABLE 1). Pattern of uveitis: 10 anterior, 2 posterior, 1 intermediate, 1 panuveitis. Uveitis was bilateral in 9 and chronic in 7. CZP was started before conception in 10 patients and after in 4. All patients obtained or maintained ocular remission throughout pregnancy (FIGURE). Prednisone was reduced from a mean dose of 21.7±19.7 mg/day to 4.1±3.8 mg/day at 6 months (p=0.03), leading to complete discontinuation in 4. 15 healthy infants were born. Only 1 woman presented a mild infection. No infections or malformations were found in neonates after a follow-up of 6 months. 6 infants were breastfed and all received scheduled vaccinations without complications (TABLE 2).TABLE 1.AgeUnderlying diseaseImmunosuppressants before CZPCombined treatment134SpAMTX, AZA, ADAAZA237SpAMTX, AZA, IFX, ADA, GOLI339SpAAZA, ADAAZA446SpACyA, ETN, ADA, IFX, GOLI532SpASSZ, ADASSZ636SpAMTX, HCQ, ADA740SpAMTX, LFN, HCQ, IFX, ADA, GOLIHCQ831IdiopathicMTX, MMF, CyA, ADA933IdiopathicMTX, AZA, ADA, ETN1032RAMTXAZA1123Vogt-Koyanagi-HaradaAZA, ADAAZA1236Juvenil Idiopathic ArthritisADA1332Punctate inner choroidopathyADA1429BehcetCyA, IFX, ADAConclusion:CZP seems to be effective and safe in female patients with uveitis during pregnancy and neonates.References:[1]Llorenç V et al. Certolizumab Pegol, a New Anti-TNF-α in the Armamentarium against Ocular Inflammation. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2016;24(2):167-72. doi: 10.3109/09273948.2014.967779[2]Urruticoechea-Arana A et al. Efficacy and safety of biological therapy compared to synthetic immunomodulatory drugs or placebo in the treatment of Behçet’s disease associated uveitis: a systematic review. Rheumatol Int. 2019 Jan;39(1):47-58. doi: 10.1007/s00296-018-4193-z[3]Martín-Varillas JL et al. Successful Optimization of Adalimumab Therapy in Refractory Uveitis Due to Behçet’s Disease Ophthalmology. 2018 Sep;125(9):1444-1451. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2018.02.020[4]Santos-Gómez M et al. The effect of biologic therapy different from infliximab or adalimumab in patients with refractory uveitis due to Behçet’s disease: results of a multicentre open-label study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2016. Sep-Oct;34(6 Suppl 102): S34-S40[5]Calvo-Río V et al. Golimumab in refractory uveitis related to spondyloarthritis. Multicenter study of 15 patients.Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2016 Aug;46(1):95-101. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2016.03.002Disclosure of Interests:D. Prieto-Peña: None declared, Monica Calderón-Goercke: None declared, Alfredo Adan: None declared, Lillian Chamorro-López: None declared, Olga Maiz: None declared, JR De Dios-Jiménez Aberásturi: None declared, Raul Veroz Gonzalez: None declared, Soledad Blanco: None declared, José M Santos: None declared, Francisco Navarro: None declared, Adela Gallego: None declared, Senen González-Suárez: None declared, Arantxa Conesa: None declared, Andrea García-Valle: None declared, Miguel Cordero-Coma: None declared, Nieves Pardiñas-Barón: None declared, Rosalía Demetrio-Pablo: None declared, Vanesa Calvo-Río Grant/research support from: MSD and Roche, Speakers bureau: AbbVie, Lilly, Celgene, Grünenthal, UCB Pharma, Victor Manuel Mora-Cuesta: None declared, Santos Castañeda: None declared, J. Luis Hernández: None declared, Miguel A González-Gay Grant/research support from: Pfizer, Abbvie, MSD, Speakers bureau: Pfizer, Abbvie, MSD, Ricardo Blanco Grant/research support from: AbbVie, MSD, Roche, Consultant of: Abbvie, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Roche, Bristol-Myers, Janssen, UCB Pharma and MSD, Speakers bureau: Abbvie, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Roche, Bristol-Myers, Janssen, UCB Pharma. MSD
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Caballero SJ, Guerrero MA, Vargas LY, Ortiz CC, Castillo JJ, Gutiérrez JA, Blanco S. Electroanalytical determination of catechol by a biosensor based on laccase from Aspergillus oryzae immobilized on gold screen-printed electrodes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1119/1/012009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Vives M, Molina A, Danús M, Rebenaque E, Blanco S, París M, Sánchez A, Sabench F, Del Castillo D. Analysis of Gastric Physiology After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG) With or Without Antral Preservation in Relation to Metabolic Response: a Randomised Study. Obes Surg 2018; 27:2836-2844. [PMID: 28478583 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-017-2700-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [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: 01/19/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is one of the most common techniques in bariatric surgery, but there is no consensus on the optimal distance from the pylorus to start the gastric transection. The aim of this study is to determine the differences in gastric emptying, gastric distension and metabolic response between two starting distances. MATERIAL AND METHODS This is a prospective randomised study of 60 patients (30 patients with the section at 3 cm and 30 patients at 8 cm from the pylorus). We calculate at 6 and 12 months from surgery gastric emptying by scintigraphy (T1/2 min), gastric volume by CT scan (cc) and metabolic response by blood sample analysis (glucose, HbA1c, insulin, HOMA-IR, GLP-1, GIP and C-peptide). RESULTS Gastric emptying increases the speed significantly in both groups but is greater in the 3-cm group (p < 0.05). Dividing groups into type 2 diabetic patients and non-diabetic patients, the speed in non-diabetic patients is significantly higher for the 3-cm group. Residual volume increases significantly in both groups, and there are no differences between them. One year after surgery, there are significant improvements in the hyperinsulinaemia in the patients of the 3-cm group with respect to the 8-cm group, but only in diabetic patients. No differences between groups are found regarding changes in GLP-1 or GIP. CONCLUSIONS Gastric emptying is faster in patients with antrum resection. The distance does not influence the gastric emptying of diabetic patients. Other mechanisms may explain metabolic response besides GLP-1 and its association with improvements in diabetes via gastric emptying.
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- Surgery Service, University Hospital of Sant Joan, Faculty of Medicine, IISPV, "Rovira i Virgili" University, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Surgery Service, University Hospital of Sant Joan, Faculty of Medicine, IISPV, "Rovira i Virgili" University, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Nuclear Medicine Service, University Hospital of Sant Joan, Faculty of Medicine, IISPV, "Rovira i Virgili" University, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Radiology Service, University Hospital of Sant Joan, Faculty of Medicine, IISPV, "Rovira i Virgili" University, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Surgery Service, University Hospital of Sant Joan, Faculty of Medicine, IISPV, "Rovira i Virgili" University, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Surgery Service, University Hospital of Sant Joan, Faculty of Medicine, IISPV, "Rovira i Virgili" University, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Surgery Service, University Hospital of Sant Joan, Faculty of Medicine, IISPV, "Rovira i Virgili" University, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Surgery Service, University Hospital of Sant Joan, Faculty of Medicine, IISPV, "Rovira i Virgili" University, Reus, Tarragona, Spain.
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- Surgery Service, University Hospital of Sant Joan, Faculty of Medicine, IISPV, "Rovira i Virgili" University, Reus, Tarragona, Spain.
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Pinacho P, Krin A, Pérez C, Zinn S, López JC, Blanco S, Schnell M. Microsolvated complexes of ibuprofen as revealed by high-resolution rotational spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:15635-15640. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp01088a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Four conformers of microsolvated ibuprofen have been characterized using high-resolution microwave spectroscopy.
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- P. Pinacho
- Departamento de Química Física y Química Inorgánica
- Facultad de Ciencias
- Universidad de Valladolid
- 47011 Valladolid
- Spain
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
- 22607 Hamburg
- Germany
- Max-Planck Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie
- Luruper Chaussee 149
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
- 22607 Hamburg
- Germany
- Max-Planck Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie
- Luruper Chaussee 149
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
- 22607 Hamburg
- Germany
- Max-Planck Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie
- Luruper Chaussee 149
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- Departamento de Química Física y Química Inorgánica
- Facultad de Ciencias
- Universidad de Valladolid
- 47011 Valladolid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física y Química Inorgánica
- Facultad de Ciencias
- Universidad de Valladolid
- 47011 Valladolid
- Spain
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
- 22607 Hamburg
- Germany
- Max-Planck Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie
- Luruper Chaussee 149
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Bouisset F, Blanco S, Bongard V, Sebai F, Billet S, Biendel C, Lairez O, Lhermusier T, Boudou N, Campelo-Parada F, Roncalli J, Galinier M, Elbaz M, Carrie D, Ferrieres J. P4697Prognosis impact of frailty assessed by the Edmonton Frail Scale in the setting of acute coronary syndrome in the elderly. Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx504.p4697] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Molina-Moya B, Lacoma A, García-Sierra N, Blanco S, Haba L, Samper S, Ruiz-Manzano J, Prat C, Arnold C, Domínguez J. PyroTyping, a novel pyrosequencing-based assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotyping. Sci Rep 2017; 7:6777. [PMID: 28754991 PMCID: PMC5533701 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06760-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We developed a novel method, PyroTyping, for discrimination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates combining pyrosequencing and IS6110 polymorphism. A total of 100 isolates were analysed with IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), spoligotyping, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units - variable number tandem repeats (MIRU-VNTR), and PyroTyping. PyroTyping results regarding clustering or discrimination of the isolates were highly concordant with the other typing methods performed. PyroTyping is more rapid than RFLP and presents the same discriminatory power, thus, it may be useful for taking timely decisions for tuberculosis control.
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- B Molina-Moya
- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Carretera del Canyet s/n, 08916, Badalona, Spain.,CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, 28029, Spain
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Carretera del Canyet s/n, 08916, Badalona, Spain.,CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, 28029, Spain
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Carretera del Canyet s/n, 08916, Badalona, Spain
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Carretera del Canyet s/n, 08916, Badalona, Spain.,CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, 28029, Spain
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Carretera del Canyet s/n, 08916, Badalona, Spain
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- CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, 28029, Spain.,Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain.,Fundación Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain
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- Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Carretera del Canyet s/n, 08916, Badalona, Spain.,CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, 28029, Spain
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Carretera del Canyet s/n, 08916, Badalona, Spain.,CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, 28029, Spain
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- Genomic Services and Development Unit, Public Health England, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, United Kingdom
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Carretera del Canyet s/n, 08916, Badalona, Spain. .,CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, 28029, Spain.
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Calderón-Castrat X, Blanco S, Santos-Durán J, Roncero-Riesco M. Giant periurethral condyloma acuminata in a 2-year-old girl: Successful treatment with carbon dioxide laser. Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition) 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.adengl.2016.10.009] [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] Open
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Valencia S, Respeito D, Blanco S, Ribeiro RM, López-Varela E, Sequera VG, Saavedra B, Mambuque E, Morillo MG, Bulo H, Cobelens F, Macete E, Alonso PL, Caminero JA, García-Basteiro AL. Tuberculosis drug resistance in Southern Mozambique: results of a population-level survey in the district of Manhiça. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2017; 21:446-451. [DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.16.0694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- S. Valencia
- ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Rossello, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigação em Saude de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Centro de Investigação em Saude de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Centro de Investigação em Saude de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Centro de Investigação em Saude de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Rossello, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigação em Saude de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Rossello, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigação em Saude de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Centro de Investigação em Saude de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Centro de Investigação em Saude de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Centro de Investigação em Saude de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centro de Investigação em Saude de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Rossello, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigação em Saude de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Servicio de Neumología, Hospital General de Gran Canaria Dr Negrin, Las Palmas, Spain; International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Rossello, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigação em Saude de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique; Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posadas E, Serejo M, Blanco S, Pérez R, García-Encina P, Muñoz R. Minimization of biomethane oxygen concentration during biogas upgrading in algal–bacterial photobioreactors. ALGAL RES 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2015.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [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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Blanco S, schwemler M, Roca L, Vas C, Ezquiaga A, Nieto G, Garcia A, Prost J. N200 non target responses in cognitive decline. J Neurol Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.09.103] [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: 10/22/2022]
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Moltrasio F, Brenna A, Bovo G, Sala E, Jaconi M, Blanco S, Grasso M, Leni D, Pagni F. Pathological features of Xp11 translocation renal cell carcinoma using urine liquid-based cytology with FISH. Cytopathology 2014; 26:325-8. [DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- F. Moltrasio
- Department of Pathology; San Gerardo Hospital; University Milan Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Pathology; San Gerardo Hospital; University Milan Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Pathology; San Gerardo Hospital; University Milan Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Pathology; San Gerardo Hospital; University Milan Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Pathology; San Gerardo Hospital; University Milan Bicocca; Monza Italy
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- Department of Urology; San Gerardo Hospital; Monza Italy
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- Department of Urology; San Gerardo Hospital; Monza Italy
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- Department of Radiology; San Gerardo Hospital; Monza Italy
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- Department of Pathology; San Gerardo Hospital; University Milan Bicocca; Monza Italy
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Garay A, Blanco S. Analysis of ciclic alternating patterns in Agrypnia Excitata (AE): Insights from a case of limbic autoinmune encephalopathy (AE-LAE). Sleep Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.11.299] [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: 11/27/2022]
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Blanco S, Goicolea J, Polindara C. A ROBUST NUMERICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MATERIAL FAILURE OF FIBRE REINFORCED SOFT TISSUE. J Biomech 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9290(12)70029-5] [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: 10/28/2022]
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The conformational landscape of crown ethers has constituted a central topic in the development of host-guest supramolecular chemistry. We report a high-resolution rotational study of a crown ether, 1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxacyclopentadecane (15-crown-5), by means of molecular beam Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy. The considerable size and the broad range of conformations allowed by the flexibility of the cyclic backbone of this ether pose important challenges to spectroscopy approaches. In this investigation, three stable rotamers of the 15-crown-5 ether have been identified and characterized through their rotational constants and centrifugal distortion coefficients. Ab initio quantum calculations at the MP2 level predict these conformers as the most stable ones for the title system and reproduce accurately their distinct structural features. The results pave the ground for an extensive survey of the conformational landscape of the 15-crown-5 and related cyclic ethers in the near term.
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- F Gámez
- †Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- †Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- ‡Grupo de Espectroscopía Molecular, Edificio Quifima, Área de Química Física, Campus Miguel Delibes, Universidad de Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- ‡Grupo de Espectroscopía Molecular, Edificio Quifima, Área de Química Física, Campus Miguel Delibes, Universidad de Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- ‡Grupo de Espectroscopía Molecular, Edificio Quifima, Área de Química Física, Campus Miguel Delibes, Universidad de Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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Gámez F, Martínez-Haya B, Blanco S, López JC, Alonso JL. Microwave spectroscopy and quantum chemical investigation of nine low energy conformers of the 15-crown-5 ether. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:12912-8. [PMID: 22898803 DOI: 10.1039/c2cp41635b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- F Gámez
- Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Seville, Spain
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Fuenzalida L, Blanco S, Prat C, Vivancos M, Dominguez MJ, Mòdol JM, Rodrigo C, Ausina V. Utility of the rapid antigen detection BinaxNOW Influenza A&B test for detection of novel influenza A (H1N1) virus. Clin Microbiol Infect 2011; 16:1574-6. [PMID: 20047602 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03160.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nasopharyngeal aspirates, collected during outbreaks, of the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus in Barcelona, were used to compare the accuracy of a rapid antigen-based test (Binax) with the real-time RT-PCR assay developed by the CDC. The sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value of the rapid test are higher in patients less than 18 years old and during the acute stage of the epidemic than in adult patients.
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- L Fuenzalida
- Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Department de Genètica i Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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Fuenzalida L, Fabrega J, Blanco S, Del Mar Martinez M, Prat C, Pérez M, Ramil C, Domínguez J, Ausina V, Rodrigo C. Usefulness of two new methods for diagnosing metapneumovirus infections in children. Clin Microbiol Infect 2011; 16:1663-8. [PMID: 20156218 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03192.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is associated with acute respiratory tract infections, mainly in paediatric patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of two new commercial techniques available for the detection of hMPV in clinical samples from children: an enzyme immunoassay, hMPV EIA (Biotrin International Ltd), and a molecular assay, real-time RT-PCR (Pro hMPV Real Time Assay Kit; Prodesse). A total of 184 nasopharyngeal aspirate specimens from 173 children aged less than 5 years who were hospitalized with acute wheezing were analysed. Respiratory syncytial virus was detected in 27% of the samples, followed by influenza A virus (6%), parainfluenza virus (PIV)3 (2.2%), adenovirus (2%), PIV1 (1.1%), PIV2 (1.1%), and influenza B virus (0.5%). The presence of hMPV was tested in all samples, using the real-time RT-PCR and EIA. Real-time RT-PCR detected 13 hMPV-positive samples (8%), and EIA detected 17 (9.3%). When the EIA results were compared with those of real-time RT-PCR for the detection of hMPV, a good correlation was found (94%). A relatively low co-infection rate (15%) was observed in our patients. RT-PCR and EIA provide robust methods for the diagnosis of hMPV infection in children.
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- L Fuenzalida
- Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
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Grabow JU, Mata S, Alonso JL, Peña I, Blanco S, López JC, Cabezas C. Rapid probe of the nicotine spectra by high-resolution rotational spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:21063-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c1cp22197c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Santos-García D, Macías M, LLaneza M, Fuster-Sanjurjo L, Echarri-Piudo A, Belmonte S, Blanco S. Experiencia con la infusión continua de levodopa intraduodenal (Duodopa®) en pacientes con enfermedad de Parkinson avanzada en un hospital de segundo nivel asistencial. Neurologia 2010; 25:536-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2010.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Received: 10/05/2009] [Accepted: 05/12/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Fuenzalida L, Blanco S, Prat C, Vivancos M, Dominguez M, Mòdol J, Rodrigo C, Ausina V. Utility of the rapid antigen detection BinaxNOW Influenza A&B test for detection of novel influenza A (H1N1) virus. Clin Microbiol Infect 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03160.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Blanco S, Bécares E. Are biotic indices sensitive to river toxicants? A comparison of metrics based on diatoms and macro-invertebrates. Chemosphere 2010; 79:18-25. [PMID: 20163819 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.01.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2009] [Revised: 01/18/2010] [Accepted: 01/28/2010] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Biotic indices based on macro-invertebrates and diatoms are frequently used to diagnose ecological quality in watercourses, but few published works have assessed their effectiveness as biomonitors of the concentration of micropollutants. A biological survey performed at 188 sites in the basin of the River Duero in north-western Spain. Nineteen diatom and six macro-invertebrate indices were calculated and compared with the concentrations of 37 different toxicants by means of a correlation analysis. Several chemical variables analysed correlated significantly with at least one biotic index. Sládecek's diatom index and the number of macro-invertebrate families exhibited particularly high correlation coefficients. Methods based on macro-invertebrates performed better in detecting biocides, while diatom indices showed stronger correlations with potentially toxic elements such as heavy metals. All biotic indices, and particularly diatom indices, were especially sensitive to the concentration of fats and oils and trichloroethene.
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- S Blanco
- Department of Environmental Management and Biodiversity, University of Leon, Faculty of Biology, E-24071 León, Spain.
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Basaras M, Arrese E, Blanco S, Ruiz P, Cisterna R. Genotypes and reverse transcriptase variability in asymptomatic chronic hepatitis B virus. Int J Infect Dis 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.1997] [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: 11/29/2022] Open
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Santos-García D, Macías M, Llaneza M, Fuster-Sanjurjo L, Echarri-Piudo A, Belmonte S, Blanco S. Experience with continuous levodopa enteral infusion (Duodopa®)in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease in a secondary level hospital. Neurología (English Edition) 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s2173-5808(20)70101-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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Garay A, Blanco S. 179 WHY MODELLING? MATHEMATICAL MODELS GIVES NEW INSIGHTS ON THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA. Sleep Med 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1389-9457(09)70181-9] [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: 10/20/2022]
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Díaz Roca AB, Calderón A, Blanco S, Ruiz P, Ortiz de Zárate J, Menéndez F, Baranda A, Bravo M, Hijona L, Orive V. [Retrospective presentation of 255 episodes of acute cholangitis in our context]. Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2009; 101:298-299. [PMID: 19492909 DOI: 10.4321/s1130-01082009000400013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Andreo F, Prat C, Ruiz-Manzano J, Lores L, Blanco S, Cuesta MA, Giménez M, Domínguez J. Persistence of Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen excretion after pneumococcal pneumonia. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2008; 28:197-201. [DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0606-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2008] [Accepted: 07/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Blanco S, Prat C, Sánchez MD, Ferrer D, Pellicer T, Haba L, Latorre I, Vilaplana C, Ausina V, Domínguez J. Evaluation of a Legionella urinary antigen enzyme immunoassay for rapid detection of Legionella pneumophila in water samples. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2008; 211:168-71. [PMID: 17392021 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2007.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2006] [Revised: 12/12/2006] [Accepted: 02/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Despite advances in medium formulations and pretreatment techniques, recovery of Legionella from water samples can still be quite low, difficult and time consuming. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of a Legionella urinary antigen enzyme immunoassay (Bartels ELISA, Trinity Biotech, Ireland) for the detection of Legionella in water samples. Reference ATCC Legionella strains were used to spike water samples to a final concentration of 10(4)-10(5)cfu/ml. The lower detection limit of the test for all Legionella pneumophila serogroups was assessed by serial dilutions of spiked water samples. Legionella antigen was detected in all filtered samples except for those spiked with L. bozemanii and L. longbeachae. The lower detection limit for soluble L. pneumophila serogroup 1 antigen was 780cfu/ml. Bartels ELISA could be a useful method for antigen detection in water samples when a high recovery of L. pneumophila is suspected. The test could be used as a rapid screening method for the detection of Legionella in a large number of samples. However, the low sensitivity of the test requires to keep on performing conventional culture for isolation and for further studies on isolated bacteria.
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- S Blanco
- Departament de Genètica i Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Casellas E, Gautrais J, Fournier R, Blanco S, Combe M, Fourcassié V, Theraulaz G, Jost C. From individual to collective displacements in heterogeneous environments. J Theor Biol 2008; 250:424-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2007] [Revised: 10/02/2007] [Accepted: 10/10/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Moreno T, Querol X, Pey J, Minguillón MC, Pérez N, Alastuey A, Bernabé RM, Blanco S, Cárdenas B, Eichinger W, Salcido A, Gibbons W. Spatial and temporal variations in inhalable CuZnPb aerosols within the Mexico City pollution plume. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 10:370-8. [DOI: 10.1039/b716507b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [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] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Basaras M, Arrese E, Blanco S, Sota M, de las Heras B, Cisterna R. Characterization of hepatitis B virus genotypes in chronically infected patients. Rev Esp Quimioter 2007; 20:442-445. [PMID: 18563218] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Genomic mutations occurring during reverse transcription of hepatitis B virus (HBV) could explain its genetic diversity and account for 8 genetically distinct genotypes that are geographically distributed quite differently. The main objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B virus genotypes in patients with chronic hepatitis B and to see if there was a relationship between genotypes and risk factors for transmission based on HBeAg status. A total of 14 serum samples were analyzed using INNO-LIPA HBV genotyping assay. Genotype D was the most prevalent (64.3%) followed by genotype A (28.6%). There was one case of co-infection (D/E genotypes) that was confirmed by PCR sequencing. All patients except one were HBeAg-negative and anti-HBe-positive. The risk factors for HBV transmission were unknown in half of the cases; in the other half, sexual, transfusion, maternal or interfamilial transmission were observed. The results show that genotype D is the most prevalent genotype in our hospital, followed by genotype A. On the other hand, no relationship was found between HBeAg status and genotype.
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- M Basaras
- Departamento de Inmunología, Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain.
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Navarro-Muñoz M, Bonet J, Bayés B, Lauzurica R, Blanco S, Romero R. Atorvastatin Treatment in the Short Term: Does It Induce Renoprotection or Vasculoprotection in Renal Transplantation? Transplant Proc 2007; 39:2259-63. [PMID: 17889157 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Proteinuria and dyslipidemia are nonimmune risk factors implicated in the deterioration of kidney function and associated with an increased risk of accelerated atherogenesis. Statin therapy, used for cholesterol reduction, has shown a renoprotective effect in animal models, particularly in cases of proteinuria. This may occur through lipid-independent mechanisms, such as improved endothelial dysfunction/vascular biology, reduced inflammatory cytokine production (transforming growth factor-beta 1 [TGF-beta1]), and regulation of fibrogenic responses. We studied mechanisms of action of agents, such as statins, to change proteinuria, inflammatory parameters, and TGF-beta1 plasma levels in relation to vascular tone. METHODS Fifty-six kidney transplant recipients (30 men and 26 women of overall mean age 54 +/- 13 years) were treated posttransplantation with atorvastatin (10 mg/d) for 12 weeks without renin-angiotensin-system blockade drugs. Inflammatory variables, biochemical parameters, lipid profile, renal function, and TGF-beta1 levels were determined at baseline and at 3 months. Vascular stiffness was evaluated using pulse wave velocity (PWV). RESULTS Baseline TGF-beta1 plasma levels were higher among transplant recipients than healthy controls, namely 8.12 ng/mL (range, 5.82-13.12) to 2.55 (range, 1.78- 4.35) (P < .01). Furthermore, the levels remained higher after the treatment with atorvastatin, namely, 7.59 (range, 4.97-12.35) to 2.55 (range, 1.78-4.35) ng/mL (P < .01). Atorvastatin treatment significantly decreased total cholesterol as well as low-density lipoprotein cholesterol plasma levels, but did not modify mean blood pressure (MBP), proteinuria, creatinine clearance, or inflammatory factors. Reduction in TGF-beta1 plasma levels was statistically significant among patients with PWV >9.75 (m/s) (pathology reference value) namely, from 10.7 ng/mL (range, 7.02-13.98) to 6.7 (range, 3.96-11.94) (P = .038). Among older patients, atorvastatin significantly decrease TGF-beta1 plasma levels: from 9.5 ng/mL (range, 6.45-14.44) to 5.65 (range, 3.63-9.48; P < .05). The decreased TGF-beta1 was not related to changes in lipid profiles. CONCLUSIONS Atorvastatin (10 mg/d) improved the lipid profile and moreover among older patients with worse PWV (>9.75 m/s), TGF-beta1 levels were significantly reduced. Our results suggested that statins displayed potent actions distinct from their hypolipidemic effects.
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- M Navarro-Muñoz
- Department of Nephrology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain.
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Vázquez-Iglesias JL, Alonso-Aguirre PA, Centeno A, López E, Rodríguez T, Blanco S. Riesgo de perforación en la mucosectomía esofágica con banda: estudio experimental con dos modelos de ligadores. Rev esp enferm dig 2007; 99:84-7. [PMID: 17417919 DOI: 10.4321/s1130-01082007000200004] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE endoscopic mucosal resection with ligation (EMRL) is considered an efficient, safe method for the treatment of some esophageal, gastric and colorectal tumors. We conducted this study using a porcine model in order to compare the safety of esophageal EMRL with two multiband ligation systems, since many centers only use these ligator models in EMRL (commercialized for varix ligation). METHODS eight pigs were used, which were submitted to 23 esophageal resections without previous injection. Ten resections were conducted using the Six Shooter Saeed model, and 13 resections used the Speedband Superview Super 7 model. The technique was also compared by making random cuts either above or below the band. RESULTS five perforations occurred, all of them using the Speedband model. This represents 38.5% of total in the Speedband model group. No perforation occurred when using the Six Shooter model (p = 0.046). On the contrary, no significant differences were found regarding frequency of perforation when cutting above or below the band. CONCLUSIONS esophageal EMRL using the Speedband model without previous injection leads to perforation in a high percentage of cases in an experimental animal model. Further studies are required to find out whether a previous injection may increase the safety of this technique with this ligator model.
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- J L Vázquez-Iglesias
- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo, La Coruña.
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Pérez-García R, Rodríguez Benítez P, Jofre R, López-Gómez JM, Villaverde MT, Blanco A, Blanco S, Sánchez M. [Resistance index to epoetin alpha and to darbepoetin-alpha in chronic hemodialysis patients: a cohort study]. Nefrologia 2007; 27:340-9. [PMID: 17725454] [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: 05/16/2023] Open
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The effectiveness of the erythropoietic response can be evaluated using the resistance index (RI) to erythropoietic agents (EA) that measures the relationship between the dose administered and the hemoglobin levels attained. In a hemodialysis population, the RI is associated with several clinical and biochemical parameters, such as albumin levels, C-reactive protein (CRP), body mass index (BMI) and Kt/V. This index therefore reflects an important group of parameters that indicate comorbidities and measures the effectiveness of the treatment received. A substantial proportion of chronic hemodialysis patients show a relative resistance to human recombinant erythropoietin (rHuEPO) and require high doses to reach hemoglobin levels above 11 g/dl. Darbepoetin alpha is a new erythropoietic agent with a longer half-life than rHuEPO and greater biological activity in vivo. Furthermore, it remains at clinically effective plasma levels for much longer than rHuEPO. This study evaluated the effect on RI of switching from epoetin alpha to darbepoetin alpha in hemodialysis patients requiring i.v. rHuEPO at either high ( >10,000 UI/w) or low ( <4,000 UI/w) doses, compared to a control group receiving epoetin alpha. Unlike the control group, both groups of patients who switched to darbepoetin alpha showed a reduction in RI and a progressive reduction in the dose required of darbepoetin alpha with respect to the equivalent dose at treatment conversion. In the group requiring high doses, darbepoetin alpha RI (DRI) at week 24 was a significant 23.9% lower than epoetin alpha RI (ERI) at conversion (week 0) (p <0.01). In the group requiring low doses, DRI at week 24 was 13.4% lower than the ERI at conversion (p = NS). In both control groups, ERI at week 24 was higher than ERI at week 0. All groups showed stable hemoglobin levels across the study, with mean levels between 11.5 and 13.3 g/dl. CRP at week 24 was significantly related to albumin levels (p <0.001). In conclusion, switching hemodialysis patients from epoetin alpha to darbepoetin alpha was associated with a significant improvement in RI in the group of patients with high doses of EA, which we consider to be an important indicator of the effectiveness and quality of the treatment administered.
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- R Pérez-García
- Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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Domínguez J, Andreo F, Blanco S, Ruiz-Manzano J, Prat C, Latorre I, Galí N, Rivelo R, Matas L, Ausina V. Rapid detection of pneumococcal antigen in serum samples for diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia. J Infect 2006; 53:21-4. [PMID: 16269180 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2005] [Revised: 09/12/2005] [Accepted: 09/13/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of the study is to assess the usefulness of C polysaccharide and polysaccharide capsular antigen detection by immunochromatography (ICT) and enzyme immunoassay (EIA), respectively, in serum samples for diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia. METHODS Adult patients included in the study were classified in the following groups: In group 1 we studied 101 serum samples from patients with pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae. In 53 cases the pneumonia was bacteremic. The second group contained 113 serum samples from patients with no pneumococcal pneumonia. Group 3 was made up of 40 serum samples from healthy subjects with no clinical or radiological signs of pneumonia. RESULTS Using ICT, antigen was detected in 50% of patients with pneumococcal pneumonia, in 64.3 and 40.9% of patients with bacteremic and non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia, respectively. Using EIA, antigens were detected in 35.8% of patients with pneumococcal pneumonia, in 45 and 22.2% of patients with bacteremic and non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia, respectively. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, the sensitivity of the tests is low. However, in special situations, where obtaining large volume of urine is difficult, they could be a complementary method in the rapid diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia.
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- J Domínguez
- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Andreo F, Domínguez J, Ruiz-Manzano J, Prat C, Blanco S, Lores L, Sánchez MD, Latorre I, Giménez M, Ausina V. Usefulness of pneumococcal antigen detection in pleural fluid samples by immunochromatographic assay for diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia. Clin Microbiol Infect 2006; 12:682-4. [PMID: 16774569 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01484.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This study investigated the utility of an immunochromatographic test (ICT) for the detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae antigens in pleural fluid. Antigen was detected in 15 of 19 (79%) patients with pneumococcal pneumonia. The ICT was always negative in patients with non-pneumococcal pneumonia, but was positive in three cases with a non-infectious aetiology. In patients with pneumonia for which no pathogen was identified, antigen was detected in one of 24 pleural fluids tested. The ICT can be a valuable tool for the management of pneumonia because it can detect pneumococcal antigen in pleural effusion samples.
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- Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital de Sant Boi, Barcelona, Spain
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Domínguez J, Forné M, Blanco S, Prat C, Galí N, Latorre I, Viver JM, Ausina V. Comparison of a monoclonal with a polyclonal antibody-based enzyme immunoassay stool test in diagnosing Helicobacter pylori infection before and after eradication therapy. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2006; 23:1735-40. [PMID: 16817917 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02936.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Detection of Helicobacter pylori antigen in stool samples has been a subject of controversy. However, it has been included in several clinical guidelines as a recommended non-invasive testing procedure in dyspeptic patients. AIM To compare a monoclonal enzyme immunoassay for detection of H. pylori stool antigen (Amplified IDEIA HpStAR, DakoCytomation) with a polyclonal enzyme immunoassay (HpSA test, Premier Platinum HpSA, Meridian Diagnostics) in diagnosing infection and in determining H. pylori status after eradication treatment. METHODS We evaluated stool samples of 198 patients diagnosed with H. pylori infection and of 41 patients without infection. The results of the monoclonal enzyme immunoassay HpStAR were compared with those of the polyclonal enzyme immunoassay HpSA. RESULTS The sensitivity and specificity of HpStAR were 91.9% and 70.7%, while those of HpSA were 89.4% and 80.5%, respectively. In the 126 patients evaluated 6 weeks after eradication therapy, the overall agreement between urea breath test and HpStAR was 90.5% (P = 0.710) and between urea breath test and HpSA was 76.9% (P = 0.410). CONCLUSIONS HpStAR is a rapid and easy-to-perform test with similar sensitivity to HpSA in the diagnosis of H. pylori infection, although it had lower specificity. In contrast, HpStAR is more accurate after eradication therapy than HpSA.
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- J Domínguez
- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Departament de Genètica i Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Tovalin H, Valverde M, Morandi MT, Blanco S, Whitehead L, Rojas E. DNA damage in outdoor workers occupationally exposed to environmental air pollutants. Occup Environ Med 2006; 63:230-6. [PMID: 16556741 PMCID: PMC2078085 DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.019802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Health concerns about the exposure to genotoxic and carcinogenic agents in the air are particularly significant for outdoor workers in less developed countries. AIMS To investigate the association between personal exposure to a group of air pollutants and severity of DNA damage in outdoor workers from two Mexican cities. METHODS DNA damage (Comet assay) and personal exposure to volatile organic compounds, PM(2.5), and ozone were investigated in 55 outdoor and indoor workers from México City and Puebla. RESULTS In México City, outdoor workers had greater DNA damage, reflected by a longer tail length, than indoor workers (median 46.8 v 30.1 mum), and a greater percentage of highly damaged cells (cells with tail length > or =41 microm); in Puebla, outdoor and indoor workers had similar DNA damage. There were more alkali labile sites in outdoor than indoor workers. The DNA damage magnitude was positively correlated with PM(2.5) and ozone exposure. Outdoor and indoor workers with > or =60% of highly damaged cells (highly damaged workers) had significantly higher exposures to PM(2.5), ozone, and some volatile organic compounds. The main factors associated with the highly damaged workers were ozone, PM(2.5), and 1-ethyl-2-methyl benzene exposure. CONCLUSIONS With this approach, the effects of some air pollutants could be correlated with biological endpoints from the Comet assay. It is suggested that the use of personal exposure assessment and biological endpoints evaluation could be an important tool to generate a more precise assessment of the associated potential health risks.
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- H Tovalin
- División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, FES-Zaragoza, UNAM, México D.F., México
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Galí N, Domínguez J, Blanco S, Prat C, Alcaide F, Coll P, Ausina V. Use of a mycobacteriophage-based assay for rapid assessment of susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to isoniazid and influence of resistance level on assay performance. J Clin Microbiol 2006; 44:201-5. [PMID: 16390970 PMCID: PMC1351944 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.44.1.201-205.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We standardized and assessed the performance of an in-house microtiter assay for determining the susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates to isoniazid based on mycobacteriophage amplification technology. Seventy isolates (43 resistant and 27 sensitive according to the BACTEC 460 radiometric method and MIC determination) were studied. The isoniazid resistance molecular mechanism was previously determined by sequencing the entire katG gene and the mabA-inhA regulatory region. The sensitivity of the mycobacteriophage-based assay in detecting isoniazid resistance was 86.1%, the specificity achieved was 92.6%, and the overall accuracy was 88.6%. In order to assess the possible influence of resistance levels on the mycobacteriophage-based-assay sensitivity, the results were analyzed according to the isoniazid MICs. All the isolates exhibiting high-level resistance (MIC > or = 2 microg/ml) were scored as resistant by the mycobacteriophage-based assay (100% concordance), and 95% showed mutations or deletions in the catalytic domain of the katG gene. In contrast, 26.1% of the low-level-resistance strains (MICs, 0.25 to 1 microg/ml) were misclassified, and 66.7% had alterations in the mabA-inhA regulatory region. The mycobacteriophage-based assay could be used as a rapid method to detect the isoniazid susceptibility pattern, although data from those areas with high rates of low-level-resistance strains should be interpreted with caution. The features of the assay make it suitable for widespread application due to its low technical demand and cost.
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- N Galí
- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Ctra. del Canyet, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
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Ruiz P, Ortiz de Zárate J, Blanco S, Varela JI, Calderón A, Polo F, Cabezudo P, Marcé L, Díaz AB, Orive V. [Utility of covered self-expanding prostheses in benign gastroesophageal disease]. Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006; 29:107-8. [PMID: 16448614 DOI: 10.1157/13083910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ortiz de Zarate J, Calderón AJ, Ruiz P, Díaz AB, Cabezudo P, Polo F, Marcé L, Blanco S, Orive V. Uso de pegamento y clips metálicos para el sellado endoscópico de perforación gástrica yatrógena. Gastroenterología y Hepatología 2006; 29:109-10. [PMID: 16448616 DOI: 10.1157/13083922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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