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Factors associated with depression and anxiety in adults ≥60 years old during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review
(MDPI, 2021)
COVID-19 represents a threat to public health and the mental health of the aged population. Prevalence and risk factors of depression and anxiety have been reported in previous reviews in other populations; ...
Correlation between tobacco control policies and mortality of haematological cancers across Europe: an ecological study
(European Publishing, 2021)
Introduction: To determine the correlation between tobacco control policies and mortality of haematological malignancies: leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma (MM). Methods: Ecological study with the ...
Genetic screening for TLR7 variants in young and previously healthy men with severe COVID-19
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2021)
Introduction: Loss-of-function TLR7 variants have been recently reported in a small number of males to underlie strong predisposition to severe COVID-19. We aimed to determine the presence of these rare ...
Effectiveness of an educational intervention to reduce the burden on home care workers and facilitating factors: A pre-post study
(Elsevier, 2022)
Aims: To determine if a training program, aimed at home care workers, for caring for the elderly and for providing their own self-care is effective for reducing workers burden in the short and long terms ...
Knowledge and opinions of healthcare professionals about thirdhand smoke: a multi-national, cross-sectional study
(MDPI, 2022)
There is scarce evidence on the knowledge and opinions about third-hand smoke (THS) of health care professionals. The main aim of this study was to explore the knowledge and opinions of health care ...
Cardiopulmonary coupling indices to assess weaning readiness from mechanical ventilation
(Springer Nature, 2021)
The ideal moment to withdraw respiratory supply of patients under Mechanical Ventilation at Intensive Care Units (ICU), is not easy to be determined for clinicians. Although the Spontaneous Breathing ...
The return of malonyl-CoA to the brain: cognition and other stories
(Elsevier, 2021-01)
Nutrients, hormones and the energy sensor AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) tightly regulate the intracel-lular levels of the metabolic intermediary malonyl-CoA, which is a precursor of fatty ...
The thrombotic risk in Cushing’s syndrome—questions, answers, and the algorithm to consider in its assessment: part I—thrombotic risk not related to surgery
(Frontiers Media, 2024)
Introduction: Recently, it has been reported that there is a great diversity in strategies used for thromboprophylaxis in patients with Cushing’s syndrome (CS). An aim of this review was to discuss these ...
The dermoscopic “chromosome arms sign” for terra firma-forme dermatosis
(Openventio Publishers, 2021)
Introduction: Terra firma-forme dermatosis (TFFD) belongs to the group of “dirty dermatoses” and represents a not well-known and surely underestimated skin condition. Clinical cases: We present 2 cases ...
Up-regulation of PARP1 expression significantly correlated with poor survival in mucosal melanomas
(MDPI, 2020)
Introduction: Mucosal melanoma is rare and associated with poorer prognosis in comparison to conventional melanoma subtypes. Little is known about the prognostic significance as well as possible ...