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Surgeon-led 7-VINCut antibiotic stewardship intervention decreases duration of treatment and carbapenem use in a general surgery service
(MDPI, 2021)
Antibiotic stewardship programs optimize the use of antimicrobials to prevent the development of resistance and improve patient outcomes. In this prospective interventional study, a multidisciplinary ...
Eccentric hamstring muscle strength during home confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and football competition resumption in professional football referees: a prospective observational study
(MDPI, 2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced a major disruption for professional football leagues that has affected the physical preparation of both football players and referees. In Spain, health authorities ...
Mobility Difficulties, Physical Activity, and All-cause Mortality Risk in a Nationally representative Sample of Older Adults
(Gerontological Society of America by Oxford University Press, 2018)
This study sought to determine the association between levels of physical activity and mobility difficulties and time to death while accounting for the effect of several confounders. We also examined ...
ALCAM shedding at the invasive front of the tumor is a marker of myometrial infiltration and promotes invasion in endometrioid endometrial cancer
(Impact Journals, 2018-03-30)
Endometrial cancer (EC) is the sixth deadliest cancer in women. The depth of myometrial invasion is one of the most important prognostic factors, being directly associated with tumor recurrence and ...
High-intensity vs. sham inspiratory muscle training in patients with chronic heart failure: a prospective randomized trial
(Wiley, 2014)
Aims: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness, feasibility, and safety of a 4-week high-intensity inspiratory muscle training (hi-IMT) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). ...
Rapid increase of oral bacteria in nasopharyngeal microbiota after antibiotic treatment in children with invasive pneumococcal disease
(Frontiers Media, 2021)
Introduction: Antibiotics are commonly prescribed to young children for treating bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Despite the obvious ...
Multidisciplinary approach and long-term follow-up in a series of 640 consecutive patients with sarcoidosis: Cohort study of a 40-year clinical experience at a tertiary referral center in Barcelona, Spain
(Wolters Kluwer, 2017-07)
Cohort studies of large series of patients with sarcoidosis over a long period of time are scarce. The aim of this study is to report a 40-year clinical experience of a large series of patients at ...
Opinión de los responsables de los servicios de urgencias hospitalarios de Cataluña acerca de la creación de la especialidad de Medicina de Urgencias y Emergencias
(Sociedad Española de Medicina de Urgencias y Emergencias, 2015)
Objetivo. Conocer la opinión de los responsables de los servicios de urgencias hospitalarios (SUH) de Cataluña respecto al soporte e impacto que tendría la creación de la especialidad primaria de Medicina ...
Antiretroviral therapy suppressed participants withlow CD4RT-cell counts segregate according toopposite immunological phenotypes
(Wolters Kluwer, 2016-09)
Background:The failure to increase CD4þT-cell counts in some antiretroviral therapysuppressed participants (immunodiscordance) has been related to perturbed CD4þT-cell homeostasis and impacts clinical ...
Effects and safety of hypertonic saline combined with airway clearance in non-hospitalized children with recurrent wheezing
(World Scientific Publishing, 2023)
Background: The International Study of Wheezing in Infants defines recurrent wheezing as the presence of three or more medically documented episodes of wheezing within one year. To date, there is no ...