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Ramos F, Hermosín ML, Fuertes-Núñez M, Martínez P, Rodriguez-Medina C, Barrios M, Ibáñez F, Bernal T, Olave MT, Álvarez MÁ, Vahí M, Caballero-Velázquez T, González B, Altés A, García L, Fernández P, Durán MA, López R, Rafel M, Serrano J. Survival Outcomes and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults Diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia Receiving Frontline Therapy in Daily Practice. J Pers Med 2023; 13:1667. [PMID: 38138894 PMCID: PMC10744855 DOI: 10.3390/jpm13121667] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Acute myeloid leukemia has a poor prognosis in older adults, and its management is often unclear due to its underrepresentation in clinical trials. Both overall survival (OS) and health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) are key outcomes in this population, and patient-reported outcomes may contribute to patient stratification and treatment assignment. This prospective study included 138 consecutive patients treated in daily practice with the currently available non-targeted therapies (intensive chemotherapy [IC], attenuated chemotherapy [AC], hypomethylating agents [HMA], or palliative care [PC]). We evaluated patients' condition at diagnosis (Life expectancy [Lee Index for Older Adults], Geriatric Assessment in Hematology [GAH scale], HRQoL [EQ-5D-5L questionnaire], and fatigue [fatigue items of the QLQ-C30 scale]), OS, early death (ED), treatment tolerability (TT) and change in HRQoL over 12 months follow-up. The median OS was 7.1 months (IC not reached, AC 5.9, HMA 8.8, and PC 1.0). Poor risk AML category and receiving just palliative care, as well as a higher Lee index score in the patients receiving active therapy, independently predicted a shorter OS. The Lee Index and GAH scale were not useful for predicting TT. The white blood cell count was a valid predictor for ED. Patients' HRQoL remained stable during follow-up.
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- Fernando Ramos
- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario de León, 24008 Leon, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Jerez de la Frontera, 11407 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, 28041 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, 35010 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, 29010 Malaga, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, 46014 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, 33011 Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Clinico Lozano Blesa, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, 41014 Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, IBiS/Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, 38320 La Laguna, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu de Manresa—Fundació Althaia, 08243 Manresa, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), 15006 A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, 03010 Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Son Espases, 07120 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Medical Department, Hematology Area, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Celgene, 28050 Madrid, Spain
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- Medical Department, Hematology Area, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Celgene, 28050 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, IMIBIC UCO, 14004 Cordoba, Spain
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Thomas R, Santodomingo A, Parragué-Migone C, Portillo E, Barrios M, Venzal JM, Muñoz-Leal S. A novel Babesia sp. of the "Western Babesia group", detected in opossums from Guatemala. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2023; 14:102248. [PMID: 37660526 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102248] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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Babesia spp. are tick-borne protozoans that involve birds and mammals in their transmission cycles and cause babesiosis, a severe hemolytic malaria-like disease. Opossums of the genus Didelphis are recognized hosts of tick-borne pathogens. Therefore, exploring tick-borne agents in Didelphis species is important to understand the circulation of pathogens in areas where opossums occur. In this study, we targeted Anaplasmataceae, Babesia, Borrelia and Hepatozoon DNA in ticks, blood and organ samples collected from three hunted Didelphis marsupialis specimens in eastern Guatemala. While the samples were negative for Hepatozoon and bacterial DNA, sequences of Babesia 18S rDNA, cox1 and cytb genes were retrieved from two opossums. Ticks collected on the animals included Amblyomma parvum and an undetermined Ornithodoros sp. The Babesia sp. detected in this study (Babesia sp. THB1-2) clusters phylogenetically within the "Western Babesia group", which includes pathogenic species such as Babesia conradae, Babesia duncani, and Babesia negevi. Our results represent the first record of a Babesia sp. in Guatemala and highlight the importance of D. marsupialis as potential spreaders of ticks and pathogens in Central America.
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- Richard Thomas
- Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, Chillán, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, Chillán, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, Chillán, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Agrícolas, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Zacapa, Guatemala
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- Instituto de Investigaciones, Centro Universitario de Zacapa, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Zacapa, Guatemala
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- Laboratorio de Vectores y enfermedades transmitidas, CENUR Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República, Salto, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, Chillán, Chile.
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Mendoza SM, García-Moll MP, Fernandez VH, Barrios M, Mena R, Miriuka S, Cledon M. Microplastics in stomach contents of juvenile Patagonian blennies (Eleginops maclovinus). Sci Total Environ 2023; 894:164684. [PMID: 37315594 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Microplastics are one of the major environmental issues that need to be addressed because they are starting to impact food chains and are also affecting human populations. The size, colour, form, and abundance of microplastics in young blennies of the species Eleginops maclovinus were examined in the current study. While the stomach contents of 70 % of the studied individuals contained microplastics, 95 % of them included fibres. Individual size and the largest particle size that can be eaten, which ranges between 0.09 and 1.5 mm present no statistical correlation. The quantity of particles taken in by each individual does not change with size. The most present microfibers colours were blue and red. Sampled fibres were analysed with FT-IR and no natural fibres were detected, proving the synthetic origin of the detected particles. These findings suggest that protected coastlines create conditions that favour the encounter of microplastics increasing local wildlife exposure to microplastics, raising the danger of their ingestion with potential physiological, ecological, economical and human health consequences.
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- S M Mendoza
- CIMAS (CONICET, UnComa, Rio Negro), Güemes 1030, San Antonio Oeste, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- FI-TRACE group, Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
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- CIMAS (CONICET, UnComa, Rio Negro), Güemes 1030, San Antonio Oeste, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- CIMAS (CONICET, UnComa, Rio Negro), Güemes 1030, San Antonio Oeste, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- CIMAS (CONICET, UnComa, Rio Negro), Güemes 1030, San Antonio Oeste, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- CIMAS (CONICET, UnComa, Rio Negro), Güemes 1030, San Antonio Oeste, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- CIMAS (CONICET, UnComa, Rio Negro), Güemes 1030, San Antonio Oeste, Rio Negro, Argentina; FI-TRACE group, Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
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Mendoza SM, Fernandez VH, Barrios M, Mena R, Miriuka S, Cledon M. Microplastics in gut content of juveniles of the patagonic silverside fish Odontesthes sp. Mar Pollut Bull 2022; 182:113876. [PMID: 35872474 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2022] [Revised: 06/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- S M Mendoza
- CIMAS (CONICET, UnComa, Rio Negro), Güemes 1030, San Antonio Oeste, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- CIMAS (CONICET, UnComa, Rio Negro), Güemes 1030, San Antonio Oeste, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- CIMAS (CONICET, UnComa, Rio Negro), Güemes 1030, San Antonio Oeste, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- CIMAS (CONICET, UnComa, Rio Negro), Güemes 1030, San Antonio Oeste, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- CIMAS (CONICET, UnComa, Rio Negro), Güemes 1030, San Antonio Oeste, Rio Negro, Argentina
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- CIMAS (CONICET, UnComa, Rio Negro), Güemes 1030, San Antonio Oeste, Rio Negro, Argentina.
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Florez D, Barrios M, de la Hoz-Valle J. Re: Peripartum echocardiographic changes in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2022; 60:296. [PMID: 35913378 DOI: 10.1002/uog.26025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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- D Florez
- Subdirección de Estudios Clínicos y Epidemiología Clínica, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Subdirección de Estudios Clínicos y Epidemiología Clínica, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Subdirección de Estudios Clínicos y Epidemiología Clínica, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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Alcántara I, Somma A, Chalar G, Fabre A, Segura A, Achkar M, Arocena R, Aubriot L, Baladán C, Barrios M, Bonilla S, Burwood M, Calliari DL, Calvo C, Capurro L, Carballo C, Céspedes-Payret C, Conde D, Corrales N, Cremella B, Crisci C, Cuevas J, De Giacomi S, De León L, Delbene L, Díaz I, Fleitas V, González-Bergonzoni I, González-Madina L, González-Piana M, Goyenola G, Gutiérrez O, Haakonsson S, Iglesias C, Kruk C, Lacerot G, Langone J, Lepillanca F, Lucas C, Martigani F, Martínez de la Escalera G, Meerhoff M, Nogueira L, Olano H, Pacheco JP, Panario D, Piccini C, Quintans F, Teixeira de Mello F, Terradas L, Tesitore G, Vidal L, García-Rodríguez F. A reply to "Relevant factors in the eutrophication of the Uruguay River and the Río Negro". Sci Total Environ 2022; 818:151854. [PMID: 34826482 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
A recent paper by Beretta-Blanco and Carrasco-Letelier (2021) claims that agricultural eutrophication is not one of the main causes for cyanobacterial blooms in rivers and artificial reservoirs. By combining rivers of markedly different hydrological characteristics e.g., presence/absence and number of dams, river discharge and geological setting, the study speculates about the role of nutrients for modulating phytoplankton chlorophyll-a. Here, we identified serious flaws, from erratic and inaccurate data manipulation. The study did not define how erroneous original dataset values were treated, how the variables below the detection/quantification limit were numerically introduced, lack of mandatory variables for river studies such as flow and rainfall, arbitrary removal of pH > 7.5 values (which were not outliers), and finally how extreme values of other environmental variables were included. In addition, we identified conceptual and procedural mistakes such as biased construction/evaluation of model prediction capability. The study trained the model using pooled data from a short restricted lotic section of the (large) Uruguay River and from both lotic and reservoir domains of the Negro River, but then tested predictability within the (small) Cuareim River. Besides these methodological considerations, the article shows misinterpretations of the statistical correlation of cause and effect neglecting basic limnological knowledge of the ecology of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and international research on land use effects on freshwater quality. The argument that pH is a predictor variable for HABs neglects overwhelming basic paradigms of carbon fluxes and change in pH because of primary productivity. As a result, the article introduces the notion that HABs formation are not related to agricultural land use and water residence time and generate a great risk for the management of surface waterbodies. This reply also emphasizes the need for good practices of open data management, especially for public databases in view of external reproducibility.
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- I Alcántara
- Ud. Bioestadística, Departamento de Salud Pública, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Polo de Ecología Fluvial, CENUR Litoral Norte sede Paysandú, Universidad de la República, Paysandú, Uruguay; Unidad Usinas de Montevideo, Área Tratamiento - Obras Sanitarias del Estado, Aguas Corrientes, Canelones, Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- ITR Suroeste, Universidad Tecnológica, La Paz, Colonia, Uruguay
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- Modelización y Análisis de Recursos Naturales, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Rocha, Uruguay
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- LDSGAT, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Maldonado, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Maldonado, Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Maldonado, Uruguay
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- Sección Oceanografía y Ecología Marina, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Maldonado, Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- UNCIEP, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratory of Environmental Analysis, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Modelización y Análisis de Recursos Naturales, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Rocha, Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Ministerio de Ambiente - Dirección Nacional de Calidad y Evaluación Ambiental, Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- LDSGAT, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Maldonado, Uruguay
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- Polo de Ecología Fluvial, CENUR Litoral Norte sede Paysandú, Universidad de la República, Paysandú, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Maldonado, Uruguay; Unidad Usinas de Montevideo, Área Tratamiento - Obras Sanitarias del Estado, Aguas Corrientes, Canelones, Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Maldonado, Uruguay
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- UNCIEP, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Maldonado, Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay; Modelización y Análisis de Recursos Naturales, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Rocha, Uruguay
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- Ecología Funcional de Sistemas Acuáticos, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
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- Unidad Usinas de Montevideo, Área Tratamiento - Obras Sanitarias del Estado, Aguas Corrientes, Canelones, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Polo de Ecología Fluvial, CENUR Litoral Norte sede Paysandú, Universidad de la República, Paysandú, Uruguay
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- Área Hidrobiología, Gerencia de Gestión de Laboratorios, OSE, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Maldonado, Uruguay; Department of Biosciences, Aarhus University, Silkeborg, Denmark
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- Unidad Usinas de Montevideo, Área Tratamiento - Obras Sanitarias del Estado, Aguas Corrientes, Canelones, Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Maldonado, Uruguay
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- UNCIEP, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Maldonado, Uruguay
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- UNCIEP, IECA, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Maldonado, Uruguay
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- Área Hidrobiología, Gerencia de Gestión de Laboratorios, OSE, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Geociencias, Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República, Rocha, Uruguay; Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, Brazil.
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Castellanos-Ortega A, Broch M, Barrios M, Fuentes-Dura M, Sancerni-Beitia M, Vicent C, Gimeno R, Ramírez P, Pérez F, García-Ros R. Análisis de la aceptación y validez de los métodos utilizados para la implementación de un programa de formación basado en competencias en un servicio de Medicina Intensiva de un hospital universitario de referencia. Med Intensiva 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2019.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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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Castellanos-Ortega A, Broch MJ, Barrios M, Fuentes-Dura MC, Sancerni-Beitia MD, Vicent C, Gimeno R, Ramírez P, Pérez F, García-Ros R. Acceptance and validity of the methods used to implement a competency based medical education programme in an Intensive Care Department of a teaching referral center. Med Intensiva 2021; 45:411-420. [PMID: 34563341 DOI: 10.1016/j.medine.2019.12.011] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES 1. To determine the satisfaction of tutors and residents with a specific methodology used to implement CoBaTrICE. 2. To determine the reliability and validity of the global rating scales designed ad hoc to assess the performance of the residents for training purposes. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS All the residents and tutors of the ICU Department of the Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe de Valencia. INTERVENTION CoBaTrICE implementation started in March 2016, it was based on: (1) Training the tutors in feedback techniques; (2) Performing multiple objective and structured work based assessments to achieve the competences of the program; and (3) The use of an electronic portfolio to promote learning reflection and to collect the evidence that learning was taking place. METHODS The acceptance of CoBaTrICE was explored through a satisfaction survey conducted after 9 months of implementation of the training program. The 15 residents and 5 tutors of the ICU Department were asked about the methodology of the formative assessments, the quality of the feedback, self-learning regulation and the electronic portfolio usefulness. The validity of the global rating scales was assessed through the tests alfa de Cronbach, reliability and generalizability indexes, and intraclass correlation coefficient. RESULTS The implementation of CoBaTrICE was satisfactory in all the dimensions studied. The global rating scales used for formative purposes showed reliability and validity. CONCLUSIONS The methodology used to implement CoBaTrICE was highly valued by tutors and residents. The global rating scales used for formative purposes showed reliability and validity.
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- A Castellanos-Ortega
- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Metodología de Ciencias del Comportamiento, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Metodología de Ciencias del Comportamiento, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
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Paiva B, Vidriales MB, Sempere A, Tarín F, Colado E, Benavente C, Cedena MT, Sánchez J, Caballero-Velazquez T, Cordón L, Garces JJ, Simoes C, Martínez-Cuadrón D, Bernal T, Botella C, Grille S, Serrano J, Rodríguez-Medina C, Algarra L, Alonso-Domínguez JM, Amigo ML, Barrios M, García-Boyero R, Colorado M, Pérez-Oteyza J, Pérez-Encinas M, Costilla-Barriga L, Sayas MJ, Pérez O, González-Díaz M, Pérez-Simón JA, Martínez-López J, Sossa C, Orfao A, San Miguel JF, Sanz MÁ, Montesinos P. Impact of measurable residual disease by decentralized flow cytometry: a PETHEMA real-world study in 1076 patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 2021; 35:2358-2370. [PMID: 33526859 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-021-01126-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
The role of decentralized assessment of measurable residual disease (MRD) for risk stratification in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains largely unknown, and so it does which methodological aspects are critical to empower the evaluation of MRD with prognostic significance, particularly if using multiparameter flow cytometry (MFC). We analyzed 1076 AML patients in first remission after induction chemotherapy, in whom MRD was evaluated by MFC in local laboratories of 60 Hospitals participating in the PETHEMA registry. We also conducted a survey on technical aspects of MRD testing to determine the impact of methodological heterogeneity in the prognostic value of MFC. Our results confirmed the recommended cutoff of 0.1% to discriminate patients with significantly different cumulative-incidence of relapse (-CIR- HR:0.71, P < 0.001) and overall survival (HR: 0.73, P = 0.001), but uncovered the limited prognostic value of MFC based MRD in multivariate and recursive partitioning models including other clinical, genetic and treatment related factors. Virtually all aspects related with methodological, interpretation, and reporting of MFC based MRD testing impacted in its ability to discriminate patients with different CIR. Thus, this study demonstrated that "real-world" assessment of MRD using MFC is prognostic in patients at first remission, and urges greater standardization for improved risk-stratification toward clinical decisions in AML.
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- Bruno Paiva
- Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada (CIMA), IDISNA, CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00369, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Salamanca (HUS/IBSAL), CIBERONC (CB16/12/002333) and Center for Cancer Research-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00284, Valencia, Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Universitario Oncológico del Principado de Asturias (ISPA / IUOPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Hopsital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina (IBIS / CSIC / CIBERONC), Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00284, Valencia, Spain
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- Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada (CIMA), IDISNA, CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00369, Pamplona, Spain
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- Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada (CIMA), IDISNA, CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00369, Pamplona, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00284, Valencia, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Universitario Oncológico del Principado de Asturias (ISPA / IUOPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Hospital de Clinicas. Montevideo, Uruguay, Spain
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- Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Malaga, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Salamanca (HUS/IBSAL), CIBERONC (CB16/12/002333) and Center for Cancer Research-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Hopsital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de Biomedicina (IBIS / CSIC / CIBERONC), Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Cancer Research Center (IBMCC-CSIC/USAL-IBSAL); Cytometry Service (NUCLEUS) and Department of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,(USAL) Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer, Instituto Carlos III, Salamanca, Spain.,CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00400, Salamanca, Spain
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- Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada (CIMA), IDISNA, CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00369, Pamplona, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00284, Valencia, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00284, Valencia, Spain.
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Ramírez P, Gordón M, Martín-Cerezuela M, Villarreal E, Sancho E, Padrós M, Frasquet J, Leyva G, Molina I, Barrios M, Gimeno S, Castellanos Á. Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to COVID-19. Clinical and prognostic features from a medical Critical Care Unit in Valencia, Spain. Med Intensiva 2021; 45:27-34. [PMID: 38620897 PMCID: PMC7836701 DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2020.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [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: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Objective Information from critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients is limited and in many cases coming from health systems approaches different from the national public systems existing in most countries in Europe. Besides, patient follow-up remains incomplete in many publications. Our aim is to characterize acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients admitted to a medical critical care unit (MCCU) in a referral hospital in Spain. Design Retrospective case series of consecutive ARDS COVID-19 patients admitted and treated in our MCCU. Setting 36-bed MCCU in referral tertiary hospital. Patients and participants SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed by real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay of nasal/pharyngeal swabs. Interventions None. Main variables of interest Demographic and clinical data were collected, including data on clinical management, respiratory failure, and patient mortality. Results Forty-four ARDS COVID-19 patients were included in the study. Median age was 61.50 (53.25 - 67) years and most of the patients were male (72.7%). Hypertension and dyslipidemia were the most frequent co-morbidities (52.3 and 36.4% respectively). Steroids (1mg/Kg/day) and tocilizumab were administered in almost all patients (95.5%). 77.3% of the patients needed invasive mechanical ventilation for a median of 16 days [11-28]. Prone position ventilation was performed in 33 patients (97%) for a median of 3 sessions [2-5] per patient. Nosocomial infection was diagnosed in 13 patients (29.5%). Tracheostomy was performed in ten patients (29.4%). At study closing all patients had been discharged from the CCU and only two (4.5%) remained in hospital ward. MCCU length of stay was 18 days [10-27]. Mortality at study closing was 20.5% (n 9); 26.5% among ventilated patients. Conclusions The seven-week period in which our MCCU was exclusively dedicated to COVID-19 patients has been challenging. Despite the severity of the patients and the high need for invasive mechanical ventilation, mortality was 20.5%.
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- P Ramírez
- Critical care department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Critical care department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Critical care department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Critical care department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Critical care department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Critical care department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Critical care department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Critical care department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Critical care department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Critical care department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Critical care department, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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Cabeza M, Papaccio F, Gutierrez Bravo M, Gambardella V, Alfaro-Cervello C, Martínez-Ciarpaglini C, Garzón-Lloría Z, Rentero-Garrido P, Zúñiga-Trejos S, Seda-García E, Gimeno-Valiente F, Peña A, Barrios M, Tarazona N, Roda D, Cervantes A, Fleitas T, Castillo J. 1471P 3D patient-derived gastric cancer organoids as a tool for functional precision medicine for gastric cancer patients. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.1977] [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: 10/23/2022] Open
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Sobas M, Talarn-Forcadell MC, Martínez-Cuadrón D, Escoda L, García-Pérez MJ, Mariz J, Mela-Osorio MJ, Fernández I, Alonso-Domínguez JM, Cornago-Navascués J, Rodríguez-Macias G, Amutio ME, Rodríguez-Medina C, Esteve J, Sokół A, Murciano-Carrillo T, Calasanz MJ, Barrios M, Barragán E, Sanz MA, Montesinos P. PLZF-RAR α, NPM1-RAR α, and Other Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Variants: The PETHEMA Registry Experience and Systematic Literature Review. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12051313. [PMID: 32455804 PMCID: PMC7281281 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12051313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 05/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
It has been suggested that 1–2% of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) patients present variant rearrangements of retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARα) fusion gene, with the promyelocytic leukaemia zinc finger (PLZF)/RARα being the most frequent. Resistance to all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) and arsenic trioxide (ATO) has been suggested in PLZF/RARα and other variant APLs. Herein, we analyze the incidence, characteristics, and outcomes of variant APLs reported to the multinational PETHEMA (Programa para el Tratamiento de Hemopatias Malignas) registry, and we perform a systematic review in order to shed light on strategies to improve management of these extremely rare diseases. Of 2895 patients with genetically confirmed APL in the PETHEMA registry, 11 had variant APL (0.4%) (9 PLZF-RARα and 2 NPM1-RARα), 9 were men, with median age of 44.6 years (3 months to 76 years), median leucocytes (WBC) 16.8 × 109/L, and frequent coagulopathy. Eight patients were treated with ATRA plus chemotherapy-based regimens, and 3 with chemotherapy-based. As compared to previous reports, complete remission and survival was slightly better in our cohort, with 73% complete remission (CR) and 73% survival despite a high relapse rate (43%). After analyzing our series and performing a comprehensive and critical review of the literature, strong recommendations on appropriate management of variant APL are not possible due to the low number and heterogeneity of patients reported so far.
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- Marta Sobas
- Blood Neoplasms and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Hematology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wrocław, Poland;
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitari I Politècnic La Fe, 46-009 Valencia, Spain; (D.M.-C.); (M.A.S.)
- CIBERONC Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28-020 Madrid, Spain;
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- Hospital of Tarragona “Joan XXIII”, Hematology-ICO, 43-005 Tarragona, Spain; (M.C.T.-F.); (L.E.)
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- Department of Hematology, Istituto Portugues de Oncologi IPO, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal;
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- Fundaleu, Department of Hematology, Buenos Aires 1114, Argentina; (M.J.M.-O.); (I.F.)
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- Fundaleu, Department of Hematology, Buenos Aires 1114, Argentina; (M.J.M.-O.); (I.F.)
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz IIS-FJD, 28-040 Madrid, Spain; (J.M.A.-D.); (J.C.-N.)
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz IIS-FJD, 28-040 Madrid, Spain; (J.M.A.-D.); (J.C.-N.)
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital de Cruces, 48-903 Barakaldo, Spain;
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrin, 35-010 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain;
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Clinic, 08-036 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Department of Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation, Oncology and Hematology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wrocław, Poland;
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- Department of Hematology, Clinica Universitaria de Navarra, 31-008 Pamplona, Spain;
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Carlos Haya, 29-014 Málaga, Spain;
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- CIBERONC Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28-020 Madrid, Spain;
- Department of Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hospital Universitari I Politècnic La Fe, 46-009 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitari I Politècnic La Fe, 46-009 Valencia, Spain; (D.M.-C.); (M.A.S.)
- CIBERONC Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28-020 Madrid, Spain;
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitari I Politècnic La Fe, 46-009 Valencia, Spain; (D.M.-C.); (M.A.S.)
- CIBERONC Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28-020 Madrid, Spain;
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Contreras-Bolívar V, Sánchez-Torralvo FJ, Ruiz-Vico M, González-Almendros I, Barrios M, Padín S, Alba E, Olveira G. GLIM Criteria Using Hand Grip Strength Adequately Predict Six-Month Mortality in Cancer Inpatients. Nutrients 2019; 11:nu11092043. [PMID: 31480635 PMCID: PMC6770834 DOI: 10.3390/nu11092043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [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: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 08/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Protein-calorie malnutrition is very frequent in cancer patients and is associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality. Recently, the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria were proposed to standardize the diagnosis of malnutrition. Nevertheless, these criteria were not validated in prospective studies. Our objective is to determine the prevalence of malnutrition in cancer inpatients using different diagnostic classifications, including GLIM criteria, and to establish their association with length of stay and mortality. Hence, we designed a prospective study. Within the first 24 hours of admission to the Inpatient Oncology Unit, subjective global assessment (SGA) was carried out, and anthropometric data (body mass index (BMI), mid-arm circumference (MAC), arm muscle circumference (AMC), fat-free mass index (FFMI)) and hand grip strength (HGS) were obtained to assess the reduction of muscle mass according to GLIM criteria. Length of stay, biomarkers (albumin, prealbumin, C-reactive protein (CRP)), and in-hospital and six-month mortality were evaluated. Regarding the 282 patients evaluated, their mean age was 60.4 ± 12.6 years, 55.7% of them were male, and 92.9% had an advanced-stage tumor (17.7% stage III, 75.2% stage IV). According to SGA, 81.6% of the patients suffered from malnutrition (25.5% moderate malnutrition, and 56.1% severe malnutrition), and, based on GLIM criteria, malnutrition rate was between 72.2 and 80.0% depending on the used tool. Malnourished patients (regardless of the tool used) showed significantly worse values concerning BMI, length of stay, and levels of CRP/albumin, albumin, and prealbumin than normally nourished patients. In logistic regression, adjusted for confounding variables, the odds ratio of death at six months was significantly associated with malnutrition by SGA (odds ratio 2.73, confidence interval (CI) 1.35–5.52, p = 0.002), and by GLIM criteria calculating muscle mass with HGS (odds ratio 2.72, CI 1.37–5.40, p = 0.004) and FFMI (odds ratio 1.87, CI 1.01–3.48, p = 0.047), but not by MAC or AMC. The prevalence of malnutrition in advanced-stage cancer inpatients is very high. SGA and GLIM criteria, especially with HGS, are useful tools to diagnose malnutrition and have a similar predictive value regarding six-month mortality in cancer inpatients.
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- Victoria Contreras-Bolívar
- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga/Universidad de Málaga, Instituto de investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29007 Málaga, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga/Universidad de Málaga, Instituto de investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29007 Málaga, Spain.
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Oncología Médica, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga/Universidad de Málaga, 29010 Málaga, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Hematología y Hemoterapia, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, 29010 Málaga, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga/Universidad de Málaga, Instituto de investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29007 Málaga, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Oncología Médica, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga/Universidad de Málaga, Instituto de investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29010 Málaga, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga/Universidad de Málaga, Instituto de investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29007 Málaga, Spain.
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Salamero O, Martínez-Cuadrón D, Sobas M, Benavente C, Vives S, De la Serna J, Pérez-Encinas M, Escoda L, Gil C, Brunet S, Ramos F, Esteve J, Amigo M, Krsnik I, Manso F, Arias J, González-Campos J, Serrano J, Oleksiuk J, Barrios M, García-Boyero R, Novo A, Sanz MA, Montesinos P. Real life outcomes of patients aged ≥75 years old with acute promyelocytic leukemia: experience of the PETHEMA registry. Leuk Lymphoma 2019; 60:2720-2732. [PMID: 31068052 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2019.1607327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
Acute promyelocytic leukemia is infrequent among patients aged ≥75 years old, a population that is rarely eligible for clinical protocols. This study aims to analyze the treatment strategies and clinical outcomes of very old APL patients reported to the international PETHEMA registry. Between 1997 and 2017, among 2501 APL cases registered 120 were ≥75 years old. Treatment approaches were: AIDA regimen, 79 patients; ATRA alone, 23; 16, supportive care (SC) and 2, other strategies. Patients treated with AIDA were younger, had better ECOG and lower leukocytes. Complete remission (CR) was achieved in 65% of AIDA-group vs. 45% in the ATRA-group, being infections followed by bleeding the most frequent causes of induction death. Patients in CR after AIDA showed 3-year DFS of 73%. Our real-life series of very old APL patients provides a reference basis for future treatment strategies aiming to improve clinical outcomes in this challenging population.
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- Olga Salamero
- UAB-Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, VHIO, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain.,CIBERONC, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Blood Neoplasms and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- ICO-Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Jose Carreras Research Institute, Badalona, Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital General de Albacete, Albacete, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain
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- Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain
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- Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma, Spain
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- Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain.,CIBERONC, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain.,CIBERONC, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Ribera J, García O, Moreno M, Barba P, García‐Cadenas I, Mercadal S, Montesinos P, Barrios M, González‐Campos J, Martínez‐Carballeira D, Gil C, Ribera J, Vives S, Novo A, Cervera M, Serrano J, Lavilla E, Abella E, Tormo M, Amigo M, Artola M, Genescà E, Bravo P, García‐Belmonte D, García‐Guiñón A, Hernández‐Rivas J, Feliu E. Incidence and outcome after first molecular versus overt recurrence in patients with Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia included in the ALL Ph08 trial from the Spanish PETHEMA Group. Cancer 2019; 125:2810-2817. [DOI: 10.1002/cncr.32156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Revised: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Josep‐Maria Ribera
- Department of Clinical Hematology ICO Badalona‐Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona Badalona Spain
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- Department of Clinical Hematology ICO Badalona‐Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona Badalona Spain
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- Department of Hematology Hospital of the Virgen de la Victoria Malaga Spain
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- Department of Hematology Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Autonomous University of Barcelona Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Hematology ICO‐Hospital Duran i Reynals, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat Catalonia Spain
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- Department of Hematology Le Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital Valencia Spain
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- Department of Hematology Carlos Haya Hospital Malaga Spain
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- Department of Hematology General University Hospital of Alicante Alicante Spain
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- Department of Clinical Hematology ICO Badalona‐Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona Badalona Spain
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- Department of Clinical Hematology ICO Badalona‐Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona Badalona Spain
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- Department of Hematology Son Espases Hospital Palma de Mallorca Spain
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- Department of Hematology ICO‐Hospital Joan XXIII Tarragona Spain
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- Department of Hematology del Mar Hospital Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Hematology Clinical Hospital Valencia Spain
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- Department of Hematology Morales Meseguer University General Hospital Murcia Spain
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- Department of Clinical Hematology ICO Badalona‐Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona Badalona Spain
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- Department of Hematology Fuenlabrada University Hospital Madrid Spain
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- Department of Clinical Hematology ICO Badalona‐Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona Badalona Spain
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Valero-Garcia J, González-Espinosa MDC, Barrios M, Carmona-Antoñanzas G, García-Planells J, Ruiz-Lafora C, Fuentes-Gálvez A, Jiménez-Velasco A. Correction: Earlier relapse detection after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation by chimerism assays: Digital PCR versus quantitative real-time PCR of insertion/deletion polymorphisms. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0213966. [PMID: 30865717 PMCID: PMC6415894 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213966] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Lahaye L, Barrios M. PSXVI-23 Effects on nursery pig growth performance and economics of protease inclusion in feeds with and without matrix contribution. J Anim Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/jas/sky404.732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- L Lahaye
- Jefo,Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada
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Barrios M, Orozco LC, Stashenko EE. Cocoa ingestion protects plasma lipids in healthy males against ex vivo oxidative conditions: A randomized clinical trial. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2018; 26:1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2018.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Torres C, Barrios M, Cammarata R, Victoria M, Fernandez-Cassi X, Bofill-Mas S, Colina R, Blanco Fernández M, Mbayed V. A45 Merkel-cell polyomavirus and human polyomavirus 6 in Argentina, Uruguay, and Spain: Deep characterization of the South American types. Virus Evol 2018. [PMCID: PMC5905361 DOI: 10.1093/ve/vey010.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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- C Torres
- Virology Chair, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Virology Chair, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Virology Chair, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- University of the Republic, Salto, Uruguay
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- University of the Republic, Salto, Uruguay
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- Virology Chair, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Virology Chair, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Gonzalez-Perez V, Arana E, Cruz J, Barrios M, Blázquez F, Oliver L, Bosó C, Moratal D, Sánchez J, Chust M, Arribas L, Crispín V. EP-2080: Dual-energy computed tomography and prediction of response to radiotherapy treatment in lung cancer. Radiother Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(18)32389-2] [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: 10/14/2022]
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Motlló C, Ribera JM, Morgades M, Granada I, Montesinos P, Mercadal S, González-Campos J, Moreno MJ, Barba P, Cervera M, Barrios M, Novo A, Bernal T, Hernández-Rivas JM, Abella E, Amigo ML, Tormo M, Martino R, Lavilla E, Bergua J, Serrano A, García-Belmonte D, Guàrdia R, Grau J, Feliu E. Frequency and prognostic significance of additional cytogenetic abnormalities to the Philadelphia chromosome in young and older adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma 2017; 59:146-154. [DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2017.1326596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Cristina Motlló
- Department of Hematology, ICO-Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, ICO-Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, ICO-Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, ICO-Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- ICO-Hospital Duran i Reynals, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Palma, Spain
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- Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara, Cáceres, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, ICO – Hospital Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, ICO-Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, ICO-Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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González-Pérez V, Arana E, Cruz J, Barrios M, Blázquez F, Bartrés A, Oliver L, Campo V, Bosó C, Sanamaría P, Crispín V. EP-1680: Assessing tumour necrosis in lunvg cancer with dual energy CT quantitative imaging. Radiother Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(17)32212-0] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Barrios M, Guilera G, Pino O, Rojo E, Wright S, Gómez-Benito J. Functioning in Schizophrenia: Similarities and Differences Between Clinical, Patient and Expert Perspectives. Eur Psychiatry 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.325] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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IntroductionIn 2001, the World Health Organization (WHO) created the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to offer a comprehensive and universally accepted framework to describe functioning, disability and health. The ICF Core Sets (ICF-CS) are a selection of categories that serve as a minimal standard for the assessment of functioning and disability in a specific health condition. The ICF-CS for schizophrenia was created in 2015 based on four preliminary studies that intend to capture different perspectives.ObjectivesThe aim of this study is to describe the similarities (i.e. overlap) and discrepancies (i.e. unique contribution) between the clinical, patient and expert perspectives on the most relevant problems in functioning of individuals with schizophrenia, being focused on the European WHO region.MethodsForty-four experts from 14 European countries participated in an expert survey, patients with schizophrenia were involved in four focus groups, and health professionals assessed 127 patients in relation to daily life functioning. Information gathered from these three preliminary studies was linked to the ICF.ResultsData showed that although a considerable number of second-level ICF categories agreed on the three preparatory studies (n = 54, 27.7%), each perspective provided a unique set of ICF categories. Specifically, experts reported 65 unique ICF categories, patients 23 and health professionals 11.ConclusionsEven though there were similarities between perspectives, each one underlined different areas of functioning, showing the importance of including different perspectives in order to get a complete view of functioning and disability in individuals with schizophrenia.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Nuño L, Barrios M, Rojo E, Gomez-Benito J, Guilera G. The comprehensive Icf core set for schizophrenia from the perspective of psychiatrists: A content-validity study using the Delphi technique. Eur Psychiatry 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.1552] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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IntroductionSchizophrenia is a chronic mental illness associated with several functional impairments. There has been an increasing interest in the impact of schizophrenia on functioning. The development of the Comprehensive International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Set for schizophrenia, a shortlist of 97 ICF categories that are relevant for describing functioning and disability of people living with schizophrenia, has derived from this interest.ObjectivesThis study aims to explore the content validity of this core set from the perspective of psychiatrists.MethodsIn a 3-round Delphi survey, psychiatrists experienced in schizophrenia treatment were asked about patients’ problems, resources and environmental factors they treat in patients with schizophrenia.ResultsA total of 352 psychiatrists from 65 countries representing all six World Health Organization regions completed the first round questionnaire. The response rate at the third round was 86%. Answers were linked to 422 ICF categories. Of all these, 109 ICF categories reached consensus (≥ 75% agreement) at the third round. Eighty-seven out of the 97 ICF categories that form the comprehensive ICF core set for schizophrenia were represented in this list. All the comprehensive ICF core set for schizophrenia categories reached consensus except five categories.ConclusionsThe content validity of the comprehensive ICF core set for schizophrenia from the perspective of psychiatrists was largely supported. However, further research is needed including other health professionals (e.g., psychologists, nurses and occupational therapists) to further obtain new content validity evidences.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Bergua JM, Montesinos P, Martinez-Cuadrón D, Fernández-Abellán P, Serrano J, Sayas MJ, Prieto-Fernandez J, García R, García-Huerta AJ, Barrios M, Benavente C, Pérez-Encinas M, Simiele A, Rodríguez-Macias G, Herrera-Puente P, Rodríguez-Veiga R, Martínez-Sánchez MP, Amador-Barciela ML, Riaza-Grau R, Sanz MA. A prognostic model for survival after salvage treatment with FLAG-Ida +/− gemtuzumab-ozogamicine in adult patients with refractory/relapsed acute myeloid leukaemia. Br J Haematol 2016; 174:700-10. [DOI: 10.1111/bjh.14107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2015] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Juan M. Bergua
- Department of Haematology; Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara; Cáceres Spain
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- Department of Haematology; University Hospital La Fe; Valencia Spain
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- Department of Haematology; Hospital Doctor Peset; Valencia Spain
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- Department of Haematology; General Hospital Castellón; Castellón Spain
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- Department of Haematology; Hospital Carlos Haya; Málaga Spain
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- Department of Haematology; University Hospital La Fe; Valencia Spain
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González-Pérez V, Arana E, Bartrés A, Oliver S, Pellicer B, Cruz J, Barrios M, Rubio L. EP-2050: The assessment of fractal dimension with Dual Energy CT gives information on lung cancer biomarkers. Radiother Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(16)33301-1] [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: 10/21/2022]
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Guilera G, Barrios M, Pino O, Salas D, Gómez-Benito J. Internet-based survey applied to experts in schizophrenia: Socio-demographic and professional variables associated to response pattern. Eur Psychiatry 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.2112] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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IntroductionIn the framework of the development of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Set for schizophrenia, we conducted a cross-sectional, internet-based survey using open-ended questions. An international pool of experts from diverse health care disciplines was surveyed to identify problems in functioning experienced by individuals with schizophrenia.ObjectivesThe purpose of the study is to explore possible associations between experts’ socio-demographic and professional profiles, and whether they answered or not the survey.MethodsOut of 307 invited experts, 189 (61.56%) filled in the survey. However, 37 experts were excluded in the data analysis as they had completed only a part of the questionnaire. Thus, there were 152 of the experts classified as “respondents” and the remaining 155 as “non-respondents”. The association between the response pattern and the socio-demographic and professional variables (i.e., gender, World Health Organization region, discipline, and years of experience) was analysed by means of Chi2 tests.ResultsThere was a statistically significant association between the response pattern and the gender of the expert (χ2(1) = 4.927, P = 0.026; V = 0.127), showing that 56.3% of female and 43.6% of male experts answered the survey. When comparing the response pattern in terms of discipline, a statistically significant association was also found (χ2(4) = 10.101, P = 0.039; V = 0.183), showing that those who tend to answer the survey are occupational therapists (71.4%), followed by psychologists (58.0%), social workers (52.6%), nurses (52.0%), and psychiatrists (41.3%).ConclusionsFemales and occupational therapists presented the higher response rate to the expert survey.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Diaz J, Garcia-Soto A, Barrios M, Schroeder E, Estape R, Lopez K, Estape R. Outcomes of robotic secondary cytoreductive surgery for recurrent ovarian carcinoma. Gynecol Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2015.01.327] [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: 11/27/2022]
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Diaz J, Schroeder E, Garcia-Soto A, Lopez K, Barrios M, Estape R, Estape R. Safety and efficacy of robotic cytoreductive surgery in the management of recurrent ovarian carcinoma. Gynecol Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2015.01.328] [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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Dutton SM, Mendell MJ, Chan WR, Barrios M, Sidheswaran MA, Sullivan DP, Eliseeva EA, Fisk WJ. Evaluation of the indoor air quality minimum ventilation rate procedure for use in California retail buildings. Indoor Air 2015; 25:93-104. [PMID: 24809924 DOI: 10.1111/ina.12125] [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: 12/30/2013] [Accepted: 05/02/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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This research assesses benefits of adding to California Title-24 ventilation rate (VR) standards a performance-based option, similar to the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers 'Indoor Air Quality Procedure' (IAQP) for retail spaces. Ventilation rates and concentrations of contaminants of concern (CoC) were measured in 13 stores. Mass balance models were used to estimate 'IAQP-based' VRs that would maintain concentrations of all CoCs below health- or odor-based reference concentration limits. An intervention study in a 'big box' store assessed how the current VR, the Title 24-prescribed VR, and the IAQP-based VR (0.24, 0.69, and 1.51 air changes per hour) influenced measured IAQ and perceived of IAQ. Neither current VRs nor Title 24-prescribed VRs would maintain all CoCs below reference limits in 12 of 13 stores. In the big box store, the IAQP-based VR kept all CoCs below limits. More than 80% of subjects reported acceptable air quality at all three VRs. In 11 of 13 buildings, saving energy through lower VRs while maintaining acceptable IAQ would require source reduction or gas-phase air cleaning for CoCs. In only one of the 13 retail stores surveyed, application of the IAQP would have allowed reduced VRs without additional contaminant-reduction strategies.
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- S M Dutton
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Schreppler S, Spethmann N, Brahms N, Botter T, Barrios M, Stamper-Kurn DM. Optically measuring force near the standard quantum limit. Science 2014; 344:1486-9. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1249850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Dacosta-Aguayo R, Graña M, Savio A, Fernández-Andújar M, Millán M, López-Cancio E, Cáceres C, Bargalló N, Garrido C, Barrios M, Clemente IC, Hernández M, Munuera J, Dávalos A, Auer T, Mataró M. Prognostic value of changes in resting-state functional connectivity patterns in cognitive recovery after stroke: A 3T fMRI pilot study. Hum Brain Mapp 2014; 35:3819-31. [PMID: 24523262 PMCID: PMC4282459 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [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: 06/05/2013] [Revised: 11/02/2013] [Accepted: 11/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Resting‐state studies conducted with stroke patients are scarce. First objective was to explore whether patients with good cognitive recovery showed differences in resting‐state functional patterns of brain activity when compared to patients with poor cognitive recovery. Second objective was to determine whether such patterns were correlated with cognitive performance. Third objective was to assess the existence of prognostic factors for cognitive recovery. Eighteen right‐handed stroke patients and eighteen healthy controls were included in the study. Stroke patients were divided into two groups according to their cognitive improvement observed at three months after stroke. Probabilistic independent component analysis was used to identify resting‐state brain activity patterns. The analysis identified six networks: frontal, fronto‐temporal, default mode network, secondary visual, parietal, and basal ganglia. Stroke patients showed significant decrease in brain activity in parietal and basal ganglia networks and a widespread increase in brain activity in the remaining ones when compared with healthy controls. When analyzed separately, patients with poor cognitive recovery (n = 10) showed the same pattern as the whole stroke patient group, while patients with good cognitive recovery (n = 8) showed increased activity only in the default mode network and fronto‐temporal network, and decreased activity in the basal ganglia. We observe negative correlations between basal ganglia network activity and performance in Semantic Fluency test and Part A of the Trail Making Test for patients with poor cognitive recovery. A reverse pattern was observed between frontal network activity and the abovementioned tests for the same group. Hum Brain Mapp 35:3819–3831, 2014. © 2014 The Authors. Human Brain Mapping published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- R Dacosta-Aguayo
- Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of CCIA, Group of Computational Intelligence, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, San Sebastian, Spain
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Smalyuk VA, Tipton RE, Pino JE, Casey DT, Grim GP, Remington BA, Rowley DP, Weber SV, Barrios M, Benedetti LR, Bleuel DL, Bradley DK, Caggiano JA, Callahan DA, Cerjan CJ, Clark DS, Edgell DH, Edwards MJ, Frenje JA, Gatu-Johnson M, Glebov VY, Glenn S, Haan SW, Hamza A, Hatarik R, Hsing WW, Izumi N, Khan S, Kilkenny JD, Kline J, Knauer J, Landen OL, Ma T, McNaney JM, Mintz M, Moore A, Nikroo A, Pak A, Parham T, Petrasso R, Sayre DB, Schneider MB, Tommasini R, Town RP, Widmann K, Wilson DC, Yeamans CB. Measurements of an ablator-gas atomic mix in indirectly driven implosions at the National Ignition Facility. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:025002. [PMID: 24484021 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.025002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We present the first results from an experimental campaign to measure the atomic ablator-gas mix in the deceleration phase of gas-filled capsule implosions on the National Ignition Facility. Plastic capsules containing CD layers were filled with tritium gas; as the reactants are initially separated, DT fusion yield provides a direct measure of the atomic mix of ablator into the hot spot gas. Capsules were imploded with x rays generated in hohlraums with peak radiation temperatures of ∼294 eV. While the TT fusion reaction probes conditions in the central part (core) of the implosion hot spot, the DT reaction probes a mixed region on the outer part of the hot spot near the ablator-hot-spot interface. Experimental data were used to develop and validate the atomic-mix model used in two-dimensional simulations.
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- V A Smalyuk
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- AWE Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 4PR, United Kingdom
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- General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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Roman-Gomez J, Jimenez-Velasco A, Agirre X, Cervantes F, Sanchez J, Garate L, Barrios M, Castillejo JA, Navarro G, Colomer D, Prosper F, Heiniger A, Torres A. Retraction Note: Promoter hypomethylation of the LINE-1 retrotransposable elements activates sense/antisense transcription and marks the progression of chronic myeloid leukemia. Oncogene 2013; 32:804. [DOI: 10.1038/onc.2012.592] [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: 11/09/2022]
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Haredasht SA, Taylor CJ, Maes P, Verstraeten WW, Clement J, Barrios M, Lagrou K, Van Ranst M, Coppin P, Berckmans D, Aerts JM. Model-Based Prediction of Nephropathia Epidemica Outbreaks Based on Climatological and Vegetation Data and Bank Vole Population Dynamics. Zoonoses Public Health 2012; 60:461-77. [DOI: 10.1111/zph.12021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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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Izumi N, Ma T, Barrios M, Benedetti LR, Callahan D, Cerjan C, Edwards J, Glenn S, Glenzer S, Kilkenny J, Kline J, Kyrala G, Landen OL, Regan S, Springer P, Suter L, Tommasini R, Town R, Mackinnon AJ, Bell P, Bradley DK. Measurement of electron temperature of imploded capsules at the National Ignition Facility. Rev Sci Instrum 2012; 83:10E121. [PMID: 23126943 DOI: 10.1063/1.4738660] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The electron and ion temperatures of the imploded core plasma are two of the most important metrics of inertial confinement fusion experiments. We have developed a technique for inferring electron temperatures from the contrast of x-ray images observed through a group of x-ray filters. Generally, the plasma electron temperature exhibits spatial and temporal variations, so time-averaged and time-resolved measurements are expected to yield somewhat different results. By analyzing the intensity of images observed with both a time-integrated detector (imaging plates) and a time-resolved detector (gated micro-channel plate), we found the electron temperature observed from x-ray images to be systematically higher than the ion temperature inferred from fusion neutron spectroscopy.
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- N Izumi
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA.
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Ribera JM, García O, Montesinos P, Brunet S, Abella E, Barrios M, González-Campos J, Bravo P, Amigo ML, Hernández-Rivas JM. Treatment of young patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia using increased dose of imatinib and deintensified chemotherapy before allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Br J Haematol 2012; 159:78-81. [PMID: 22823211 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2012.09240.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2012] [Accepted: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The main outcomes of the Programa Español para Tratamiento de Hemopatías (PETHEMA)-acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)-Ph-08 trial were described and compared with those of the historical PETHEMA-CSTIBES02 trial. The trials differed in imatinib dose (600 vs. 400 mg/d) and amount of chemotherapy (one vs. two consolidation cycles) before stem cell transplantation (SCT). All patients (n = 29) enrolled in the ALL-Ph-08 trial achieved complete remission (CR) (vs. 90% in CSTIBES02), and SCT was performed in CR in 90% (vs. 78%). The reduction in early death, relapse before SCT and transplant-related mortality observed in the ALL-Ph-08 trial resulted in an improved 2-year event-free survival (63% vs. 37%, P = 0·009).
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- Josep-María Ribera
- Department of Haematology, ICO-Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Jose Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Barrios M, Taylor P, Rodríguez-Acosta A, Sánchez EE, Arocha-Piñango CL, Gil A, Salazar AM, Carvajal Z, Abad MJ, Guerrero B. A mouse model to study the alterations in haemostatic and inflammatory parameters induced by Lonomia achelous caterpillar haemolymph. Toxicon 2012; 59:547-54. [PMID: 22310207 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Received: 12/03/2011] [Revised: 01/17/2012] [Accepted: 01/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A mouse model was established to reproduce the haemorrhagic syndrome which occurs in humans after accidental contact with the hairs of the caterpillar Lonomia achelous (LA) and measures the haemostatic and inflammatory alterations that occur as a result of this contact. Mice were injected intradermally with different doses (0.4, 0.8 and 1.6 mg/animal) of L. achelous haemolymph (LAH). Haematological (haemoglobin, haematocrit, platelet count, differential leukocyte count), haemostatic (fibrinogen, plasminogen, factor XIII [FXIII], fibrinolytic activity) and inflammatory parameters (tumour necrosis factor alpha [TNF-α], nitric oxide [NO]) were measured at different times up to 48 h. C57BL/6 mice responded to LAH injection, in terms of these parameters, in a manner similar to that seen in humans, whereas the BALB/c mice were unresponsive. In C57BL/6 mice injected with LAH, time course measurements showed: a) a reduction in the haemoglobin, haematocrit, fibrinogen, FXIII and plasminogen levels, b) no effect on the platelet count and c) immediate leukocytosis and an increase in the fibrinolytic activity in plasma. An inflammatory response (TNF-α) was observed within 1 h post-injection, followed by a more persistent increase in serum NO. These findings suggest that C57BL/6 mice represent a useful model of the haemorrhagic syndrome observed in humans who have suffered contact with the caterpillar, permitting a deeper understanding of the role of the inflammatory response in the haematological and haemostatic manifestations of this syndrome.
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- M Barrios
- Laboratorio de Fisiopatología-Coagulación Sanguínea, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, IVIC Apartado 20632, Caracas 1020A, Venezuela
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Quintero A, Fabbro R, Maillo M, Barrios M, Milano MB, Fernández A, Williams B, Michelangeli F, Rangel HR, Pujol FH. Inhibition of hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) replication by Warscewiczia coccinea (Vahl) Kl. (Rubiaceae) ethanol extract. Nat Prod Res 2011; 25:1565-9. [PMID: 21827337 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.535164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The primary objective of this study was to search for natural products capable of inhibiting hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication. The research design, methods and procedures included testing hydro-alcoholic extracts (n = 66) of 31 species from the Venezuelan Amazonian rain forest on the cell line HepG2 2.2.15, which constitutively produces HBV. The main outcomes and results were as follows: the species Euterpe precatoria, Jacaranda copaia, Jacaranda obtusifolia, Senna silvestris, Warscewiczia coccinea and Vochysia glaberrima exerted some degree of inhibition on HBV replication. The leaves of W. coccinea showed a significant antiviral activity: 80% inhibition with 100 µg mL⁻¹ of extract. This extract also exerted inhibition on covalently closed circular deoxyribonucleic acid (cccDNA) production and on HIV-1 replication in MT4 cells (more than 90% inhibition with 50 µg mL⁻¹ of extract). Initial fractionation using organic solvents of increasing polarity and water showed that the ethanol fraction was responsible for most of the antiviral inhibitory activities of both the viruses. It was concluded that Warscewiczia coccinea extract showed inhibition of HBV and HIV-1 replication. Bioassay-guided purification of this fraction may allow the isolation of an antiviral compound with inhibitory activity against both viruses.
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- A Quintero
- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, CMBC, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela
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Haredasgt SA, Barrios M, Maes P, Clement J, Lagrou K, Ranst MV, Coppin P, Berckmans D, Aerts JM. P1-387 Time series analysis performed on nephropathia epidemica in Belgium. Br J Soc Med 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/jech.2011.142976f.78] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Miralbell J, Soriano JJ, López-Cancio E, Arenillas JF, Dorado L, Barrios M, Cáceres C, Alzamora MT, Torán P, Pera G, Dávalos A, Mataró M. [Vascular risk factors and cognitive performance in patients 50 to 65 years-old]. Neurologia 2010; 25:422-429. [PMID: 20964988] [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: 05/30/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Vascular risk factors (VRF) have been related to cognitive deficits and an increased risk of dementia. Cognitive impairment is considered to be one of the earliest manifestations of cerebrovascular disease. In Spain there is a high prevalence of VRF, but also one of the lowest incidences of cerebrovascular disease in Europe. This is the first study that investigates the relationship between VRF and cognition in a Spanish sample. METHODS A total of 90 people aged between 50-65 years with a low-to-moderate cardiovascular risk underwent a neuropsychological evaluation. None of them had a history of cardiovascular disease. The battery included tests assessing executive, attentional, mnesic, visuospatial and motor-speed/coordination functions. We used correlation and inter-groups comparison to relate VRF to multiple cognitive domains0120. RESULTS Higher stroke risk was significantly related to a lowered profile in visuo-constructive functions and motor-speed/coordination. Moreover, the group with moderate cardiovascular risk showed a lower performance in visuoconstructive functions compared to the low-risk group. After statistical adjustment for age, sex and years of scholarship VRF were only related to motor-speed/coordination. CONCLUSIONS In healthy, middle-aged adults, VRF are related with impairment in two cognitive domains. This effect is slight and tends to appear in people with moderate cardiovascular risk.
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- J Miralbell
- Departamento de Psiquiatría y Psicobiología Clínica, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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Miralbell J, Soriano J, López-Cancio E, Arenillas J, Dorado L, Barrios M, Cáceres C, Alzamora M, Torán P, Pera G, Dávalos A, Mataró M. Factores de riesgo vascular y rendimiento cognitivo en personas de 50 a 65 años. Neurologia 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2010.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Jiménez-Velasco A, Barrios M, Alcalá M, Heiniger AI. Chronic myeloid leukemia: how can minimal cytogenetic response after 3 months of treatment be classified according to the new European LeukemiaNet recommendations? J Clin Oncol 2010; 28:e310; author reply e311. [PMID: 20479423 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.9884] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Daskalaki M, Rojo P, Marin-Ferrer M, Barrios M, Otero JR, Chaves F. Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections among children in an emergency department in Madrid, Spain. Clin Microbiol Infect 2010; 16:74-7. [PMID: 19519839 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02830.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [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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Fifty-three children who attended the emergency department with community-associated (CA) Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) were enrolled in the study. Seven cases of infection (13.2%) were due to methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Twelve of 46 available isolates (26.1%) were Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive. PVL-positive S. aureus SSTIs were more frequently associated with abscesses and cellulitis (75% vs. 38%, p 0.028), and more commonly required incision and drainage (75% vs. 21%, p 0.001). Most PVL-positive CA-MRSA isolates belonged to a single multilocus sequence type (ST8). In contrast, PVL-positive methicillin-susceptible S. aureus isolates belonged to four different sequence types (ST8, ST30, ST80, ST120).
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- M Daskalaki
- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Avenida de Cordoba sn, Madrid, Spain
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Urbina F, Sudy E, Barrios M. Foliculitis por tracción: seis casos producidos por diferentes tipos de peinado tirante. Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0001-7310(09)71598-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Roman-Gomez J, Castillejo JA, Jimenez A, Barrios M, Heiniger A, Torres A. The Role of DNA Hypermethylation in the Pathogenesis and Prognosis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma 2009; 44:1855-64. [PMID: 14738136 DOI: 10.1080/1042819031000116689] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The hallmark of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a progressive appearance of malignant cell behavior that is triggered by the evolution of altered gene function. ALL has traditionally been viewed as a genetic disease, however, epigenetic defects also play an important role. DNA promoter methylation has gained increasing recognition as an important mechanism for transcriptional silencing of cancer related genes. The hypermethylation-associated inactivation affects virtually all of the pathways in the ALL cellular network, such as the cell cycle, apoptosis and adhesion. The identification of these methylation abnormalities and elucidation of the mechanistic events surrounding them are of prime importance, as the methylation status of ALL cells can be used as prognostic biomarker and also can be manipulated in vivo with demethylating agents.
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- Jose Roman-Gomez
- Department of Hematology, Reina Sofia Hospital, 14004 Cordoba, Spain.
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Urbina F, Sudy E, Barrios M. [Traction folliculitis: 6 cases caused by different types of hairstyle that pull on the hair]. Actas Dermosifiliogr 2009; 100:503-506. [PMID: 19709556] [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: 05/28/2023] Open
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Excessive hair traction caused by hairstyles that pull the hair too tightly may cause noninfectious mechanical and irritant folliculitis known as traction folliculitis. We present a series of 6 cases of traction folliculitis caused by different hairstyles. All patients were women aged between 12 and 26 years old. Their hairstyles were braids, ponytails, pigtails, cornrows, and hair extensions in 2 patients. The lesions consisted of small, slightly painful, follicular pustules confined to the sites of maximum hair traction and surrounded by erythema. Only in 1 case were the lesions associated with traction alopecia. In 2 cases in which bacterial cultures were done, Staphylococcus aureus was isolated. All patients improved after undoing their hairstyle and treatment with oral flucloxacillin. We assume that the role of S aureus is secondary and opportunistic, given that only follicles subject to traction and not the adjacent ones were affected.
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Moliner-Martínez Y, Barrios M, Cárdenas S, Valcárcel M. Comparative study of carbon nanotubes and C60 fullerenes as pseudostationary phases in electrokinetic chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2008; 1194:128-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2008.04.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2008] [Revised: 04/08/2008] [Accepted: 04/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Roman-Gomez J, Jimenez-Velasco A, Barrios M, Prosper F, Heiniger A, Torres A, Agirre X. Poor prognosis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia may relate to promoter hypermethylation of cancer-related genes. Leuk Lymphoma 2007; 48:1269-82. [PMID: 17613754 DOI: 10.1080/10428190701344899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The hallmark of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a progressive appearance of malignant cell behavior that is triggered by the evolution of altered gene function. ALL has traditionally been viewed as a genetic disease; however, epigenetic defects also play an important role. DNA promoter methylation has gained increasing recognition as an important mechanism for transcriptional silencing of tumor-suppressor genes. Hypermethylation may contribute to the pathogenesis of leukemias providing an alternative route to gene mutation. We have reported that gene methylation in ALL cells is the most important way to inactivate cancer-related genes in this disease. In fact, this epigenetic event can help to inactivate tumor-suppressive apoptotic or growth-arresting responses and has prognostic impact in B- and T-ALL. The presence in individual tumors of multiple genes simultaneously methylated is an independent factor of poor prognosis in both childhood and adult ALL in terms of disease-free survival and overall survival. Moreover, methylation status is able to redefine the prognosis of selected ALL groups with well-established prognostic features.
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Roman-Gomez J, Jimenez-Velasco A, Agirre X, Castillejo JA, Navarro G, Garate L, Jose-Eneriz ES, Cordeu L, Barrios M, Prosper F, Heiniger A, Torres A. Promoter hypermethylation and global hypomethylation are independent epigenetic events in lymphoid leukemogenesis with opposing effects on clinical outcome. Leukemia 2006; 20:1445-8. [PMID: 16688225 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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