Ciències de la Salut: Recent submissions
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Thermal and non-thermal effects of capacitive–resistive electric transfer application on different structures of the knee: a cadaveric study
(Scientific Reports, 2020)Capacitive–resistive electric transfer therapy is used in physical rehabilitation and sports medicine to treat muscle, bone, ligament and tendon injuries. The purpose is to analyze the temperature change ... -
Does the addition of manual therapy approach to a cervical exercise program improve clinical outcomes for patients with chronic neck pain in short -and mid-term? A randomized controlled trial
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020)Chronic neck pain is one of today’s most prevalent pathologies. The International Classification of Diseases categorizes four subgroups based on patients’ associated symptoms. However, this classification ... -
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1C negatively regulates the endocannabinoid hydrolase ABHD6 in mice, depending on nutritional status
(British Journal of Pharmacology, 2021-01)Background and Purpose: The enzyme α/β‐hydrolase domain containing 6 (ABHD6), a new member of the endocannabinoid system, is a promising therapeutic target against neuronal‐related diseases. However, ... -
Analysing the relationship between university students’ ecological footprint and their connection with nature and pro-environmental attitude
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020)In the last decade, universities worldwide have adopted various measures intended to promote sustainability in higher education and include it in the curriculum. However, although this paradigm shift ... -
La evaluación de las compresiones/ventilaciones al final de un curso de SVB-DEA: ¿debe hacerse aisladamente o sobre un caso simulado junto con los parámetros principales de la «cadena de supervivencia»?
(Medicina Clínica Práctica, 2020)Dada la facilidad y la objetividad actual de evaluar objetivamente el segundo eslabón de la cadena de supervivencia (compresiones torácicas y ventilaciones pulmonares) gracias a la tecnología de ... -
Comparación en la adquisición y retención de competencias en soporte vital entre formación uni o interdisciplinar. Estudio cuasiexperimental
(Atención Primaria, 2020-05)Se realizó un estudio prospectivo cuasiexperimental con el objetivo de evaluar las competencias de los estudiantes de enfermería después de un curso oficial en soporte vital básico (SVB) y uso del ... -
Direct extrusion of individually encapsulated endothelial and smooth muscle cells mimicking blood vessel structures and vascular native cell alignment
(Biofabrication, 2020)Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are considered the principal cause of worldwide death, being atherosclerosis the main etiology. Up to now, the predominant treatment for CVDs has been bypass surgery from ... -
Implication between genetic variants from APOA5 and ZPR1 and NAFLD severity in patients with hypertriglyceridemia
(Nutrients, 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 ... -
Smartphone and tablet usage during COVID-19 pandemic confinement in children under 48 months in Barcelona (Spain)
(Healthcare, 2021)Background: Total lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic might have potentially increased screen time in children. This study aims to describe the smartphone and tablets usage in children under 48 months ... -
Pragmatic, open-label, single-center, randomized, phase II clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of methylprednisolone pulses and tacrolimus in patients with severe pneumonia secondary to COVID-19: the TACROVID trial protocol
(Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2021-03)Introduction: Some COVID-19 patients evolve to severe lung injury and systemic hyperinflammatory syndrome triggered by both the coronavirus infection and the subsequent host-immune response. Accordingly, ... -
Genomic and serologic characterization ofenterovirus A71 brainstem encephalitis
(Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation, 2020)Objective: In 2016, Catalonia experienced a pediatric brainstem encephalitis outbreak caused by enterovirus A71 (EV-A71). Conventional testing identified EV in the periphery but rarely in CSF. Metagenomic ... -
Pneumonia in children admitted to the national referral hospital in Bhutan: a prospective cohort study
(International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020-06)Objectives: The study aim was to describe the etiological profile and clinical characteristics of pneumonia among children hospitalized in Thimphu, Bhutan. Methods: This prospective study enrolled ... -
Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriageamong Bhutanese children hospitalizedwith clinical pneumonia: serotypes andviral co-infection
(BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020-12)Background: Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonization (PNC) generally precedes pneumococcal disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of PNC and to identify the pneumococcal ... -
Pneumococcal serotypes in children, clinical presentation and antimicrobial susceptibility in the PCV13 era
(Epidemiology and Infection, 2020-11)The aim was to analyse invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) serotypes in children aged ⩽17 years according to clinical presentation and antimicrobial susceptibility. We conducted a prospective study ... -
Impact of the 13-valent conjugated pneumococcal vaccine on the direct costs of invasive pneumococcal disease requiring hospital admission in children aged < 5 years: a prospective study
(Vaccines, 2020)The lack of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) cost studies may underestimate the eect of pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugated vaccines (PCV). The objective of this study was to estimate the direct ... -
Rapid identification, capsular typing and molecular characterization of streptococcus pneumoniae by using whole genome nanopore sequencing
(BMC Microbiology, 2020)Background: Whole genome sequencing has emerged as a useful tool for identification and molecular characterization of pathogens. MinION (Oxford Nanopore) is a real-time third generation sequencer whose ... -
Reduction of direct health costs associated with pertussis vaccination with acellular vaccines in children aged 0–9 years with pertussis in Catalonia (Spain)
(PharmacoEconomics - Open, 2019)Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess direct health costs in children with pertussis aged 0–9 years who were vaccinated, partially vaccinated, and unvaccinated during childhood, and to assess ... -
Cerebrospinal fluid neopterin as a biomarker of neuroinflammatory diseases
(Scientific Reports, 2020)The elevation of neopterin in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has been reported in several neuroinflammatory disorders. However, it is not expected that neopterin alone can discriminate among different ... -
Validation of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal disease
(Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020-03-24)Current molecular PCR-based techniques used for detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae, the causative pathogen of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), are accurate but have a run time of several hours. We ... -
Serotype and clonal distribution dynamics of invasive pneumococcal strains after PCV13 introduction (2011-2016): surveillance data from 23 sites in Catalonia, Spain
(PLoS One, 2020-02)Background: The objective of this study is to describe incidence and shifts of serotype and clonal distribution of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae strains in four different age groups (<5 years, 5–17 ...