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Red blood cell distribution width as a prognostic factor of mortality in elderly patients firstly hospitalized due to heart failure
(Medycyna Praktyczna, 2019-04-29)
Background: Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a risk factor related to adverse outcome in patients with heart failure (HF). Less is known about its role in patients in their first hospitalization ...
Study design of heart failure events reduction with remote monitoring and eHealth support (HERMeS)
(John Wiley & Sons, 2020)
Aims: The role of non‐invasive telemedicine (TM) combining telemonitoring and teleintervention by videoconference (VC) in patients recently admitted due to heart failure (HF) (‘vulnerable phase’ HF ...
Effectiveness of a Surgery Admission Unit for patients undergoing major elective surgery in a tertiary university hospital
(Springer Nature, 2010-01-22)
Background: The increasing demand on hospitalisation, either due to elective activity from the waiting lists or due to emergency admissions coming from the Emergency Department (ED), requires looking ...
Standardizing admission and discharge processes to improve patient flow: a cross sectional study
(Springer Nature, 2012-06-28)
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate how hospital capacity was managed focusing on standardizing the admission and discharge processes. Methods: This study was set in a 900-bed university ...
Prevalence of prediabetes and associated factors in the oldest old: a cross sectional study in the octabaix cohort
(Elsevier, 2017-06)
Background: The leading high-risk state for diabetes mellitus (DM) – prediabetes – is increasing; however, a lack of information exists in oldest old subjects. The objective of this study is to describe ...
Prevalence of sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults using the updated EWGSOP2 definition according to kidney function and albuminuria
(Springer Nature, 2020-10-02)
Background: Loss of muscle mass and function may be more pronounced in older adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and with albuminuria. Thus, we investigated the prevalence of sarcopenia among ...
Chronic kidney disease in the context of multimorbidity patterns: the role of physical performance: the screening for CKD among older people across Europe (SCOPE) study
(Springer Nature, 2020-10-02)
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is known to be associated with several co-occurring conditions. We aimed at exploring multimorbidity patterns associated with CKD, as well as the impact of ...
Perception of quality of care of patients with potentially severe diseases evaluated at a distinct quick diagnostic delivery model: a cross-sectional study
(Springer Nature, 2015-09-30)
Background: Although hospital-based outpatient quick diagnosis units (QDU) are an increasingly recognized cost-effective alternative to hospitalization for the diagnosis of potentially serious diseases, ...
Gender differences in health-related quality of life in patients with systolic heart failure: results of the VIDA multicenter study
(MDPI, 2020-08-31)
Previous studies have shown that heart failure is associated with worse health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The existence of differences according to gender remains controversial. We studied 1028 ...
Implication between genetic variants from APOA5 and ZPR1 and NAFLD severity in patients with hypertriglyceridemia
(MDPI, 2021)
Background: Lipid metabolism disorders, especially hypertriglyceridemia (HTG), are risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, the association between genetic factors related ...