Clinical ultrasonography in systemic autoimmune diseases
Publication date: Available online 10 November 2019Source: Revista Clínica Española (English Edition)Author(s): G. Serralta San Martín, J. Canora Lebrato, en representación del Grupo de Trabajode Ecografía Clínica y del Grupo de Trabajo de Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistémicas de la Sociedad Españ ola de Medicina InternaAbstractClinical ultrasonography should be considered a complementary examination that can change clinical practice, as well as a tool to add to the medical history.Systemic autoimmune diseases (SAD) can involve numerous structures and organs. Ultrasonography has broad applied utility in detecting com...
Source: Revista Clinica Espanola - November 10, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Epiploic appendagitis as unusual cause of acute abdominal pain: Clinical and radiologic features of 7 patients
Publication date: Available online 6 November 2019Source: Revista Clínica Española (English Edition)Author(s): F. Moreno Obregón, C. Bermúdez López, D. León Jiménez, E. Ugarriza Lado (Source: Revista Clinica Espanola)
Source: Revista Clinica Espanola - November 6, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Do we properly fill out death certificates? The importance of knowing the basic aspects involved in completing the certificates
Publication date: Available online 6 November 2019Source: Revista Clínica Española (English Edition)Author(s): G.J. Palacios García-Cervigón (Source: Revista Clinica Espanola)
Source: Revista Clinica Espanola - November 6, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Completion of the medical certificate of cause of death in Madrid: a descriptive cross-sectional study
ConclusionsWe propose possible improvements to the official document so that it meets the legal requirements, facilitates its completion and fulfils its function. We also offer recommendations for hospitals that have their own document and suggestions for improving its completion.ResumenIntroducciónEl certificado médico de defunción es un documento con una doble función: registro oficial del fallecimiento de una persona y análisis estadístico de las causas de muerte de la población. La cumplimentación de este documento en la práctica clínica genera grandes conflictos.ObjetivosAnalizar la cumplimentación y detect...
Source: Revista Clinica Espanola - November 4, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Visceral Kaposi’s sarcoma
Publication date: Available online 4 November 2019Source: Revista Clínica Española (English Edition)Author(s): I. Solares, J. Salas Jarque, M.A. Pérez-Jacoiste Asín (Source: Revista Clinica Espanola)
Source: Revista Clinica Espanola - November 4, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Clinical pathway to reduce feeding tube insertions in patients with advanced dementia
Publication date: Available online 2 November 2019Source: Revista Clínica Española (English Edition)Author(s): F.J. Mena-Martín, M.M. Cobos-Siles, P. Cubero-Morais, I. Arroyo Jiménez (Source: Revista Clinica Espanola)
Source: Revista Clinica Espanola - November 4, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Sarcopenia in internal medicine: Time to act?
Publication date: November 2019Source: Revista Clínica Española (English Edition), Volume 219, Issue 8Author(s): M. Bernabeu-Wittel, J. García-Alegría (Source: Revista Clinica Espanola)
Source: Revista Clinica Espanola - October 29, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Low levels of coagulation inhibitors: a high-risk thrombotic factor in thalassemic patients
ConclusionAccording to the findings of present work, significant changes in the PRC, PRS and AT-III which could be observed in multi transfused β-TM patients may attribute as critical risk factors for the development of upcoming thromboembolic events in their future life. (Source: Revista Clinica Espanola)
Source: Revista Clinica Espanola - October 26, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Prevalence of acute poisoning treated in 3 hospitals in Southeast Spain
ConclusionsThe number of cases and the type of poisoning varied according to hospital location, season, patient sex and patient age.ResumenObjetivoEvaluar las características de las intoxicaciones agudas atendidas en urgencias hospitalarias durante cinco años.MétodoEstudio retrospectivo de las intoxicaciones agudas asistidas en tres hospitales entre 2013 y 2017 y análisis de las características demográficas, tipos de intoxicación, variaciones estacionales, asistencia recibida y reincidencia.ResultadosEl 0,51% de los casos atendidos en los tres hospitales se correspondieron a intoxicaciones agudas. Los porcentajes va...
Source: Revista Clinica Espanola - October 19, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Risk of thrombosis in patients with β-thalassemia
Publication date: Available online 16 October 2019Source: Revista Clínica Española (English Edition)Author(s): J. Criado-García, Á. Blanco-Molina (Source: Revista Clinica Espanola)
Source: Revista Clinica Espanola - October 18, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
The dilemma of reducing treatment for patients with moderate-severe controlled asthma
Publication date: Available online 16 October 2019Source: Revista Clínica Española (English Edition)Author(s): S. Marín Romero, L. Jara Palomares (Source: Revista Clinica Espanola)
Source: Revista Clinica Espanola - October 18, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Simplification of the Barthel scale for screening for frailty and severe dependency in polypathological patients
ConclusionsPPPs in hospital settings have a high rate of functional impairment. The measure for feeding achieved the highest NPV and can therefore be employed for diagnosing severe dependence. The combination of the measures for walking and going up and down stairs achieved the highest PPV and can therefore be employed to propose frailty screening for PPPs.ResumenObjetivosAnalizar la sensibilidad (S), la especificidad (E) y los valores predictivos positivo (VPP) y negativo (VPN) de cada dimensión del índice de Barthel (IB) con respecto al cuestionario completo en pacientes pluripatológicos (PPP).MétodosEstudio transver...
Source: Revista Clinica Espanola - October 14, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Clinical ultrasonography in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
This study summarises the most important evidence regarding this approach and proposes future scenarios for the use of ultrasonography that will help improve the diagnosis, prognostic estimations and the selection of the optimal treatment for this type of patient.ResúmenLa EPOC es una enfermedad con una elevada prevalencia y representa uno de los motivos más frecuentes de ingreso en los servicios de Medicina Interna. Además, presenta una importante morbimortalidad asociada. En los últimos años la ecografía clínica multiórgano (pulmonar, cardiaca y vascular), ha surgido como una herramienta de gran utilidad en el ma...
Source: Revista Clinica Espanola - October 10, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Primary sternal osteomyelitis due to coagulase-negative staphylococci
Publication date: Available online 2 October 2019Source: Revista Clínica Española (English Edition)Author(s): Y. Aydin, H. Ogul, A. Eroglu (Source: Revista Clinica Espanola)
Source: Revista Clinica Espanola - October 3, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Metformin-induced lactic acidosis: should we be more careful with renal dysfunction?
Publication date: Available online 2 October 2019Source: Revista Clínica Española (English Edition)Author(s): A.L. Blanco Taboada, J. Castilla Yélamos, S. Delgado Romero, J.L. García Garmendia (Source: Revista Clinica Espanola)
Source: Revista Clinica Espanola - October 3, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
