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Medicine, General & Internal
Victor Moreno-Torres, Carlos Tarin, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, Raquel Castejon, Angela Gutierrez-Rojas, Ana Royuela, Pedro Duran-del Campo, Susana Mellor-Pita, Pablo Tutor, Silvia Rosado, Enrique Sanchez, Maria Martinez-Urbistondo, Carmen de Mendoza, Miguel Yebra, Juan-Antonio Vargas
Summary: Over the past two decades, there has been an increase in admissions for SLE patients, however, the percentage of SLE as a cause of admission has decreased. On the contrary, cardiovascular disease, infections, and neoplasm have become the main reasons for admissions and mortality.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Juan Carlos Pineiro-Fernandez, Ramon Rabunal-Rey, Ana Maseda, Eva Romay-Lema, Roi Suarez-Gil, Sonia Pertega-Diaz
Summary: This study describes the distribution and temporal trends of the centenarian population and their hospital admissions in Spain over the past two decades. It found a significant increase in the centenarian population and hospital admissions, with regional and sex-based differences. Women represented a larger proportion of centenarians and hospital admissions. Understanding these trends and differences is crucial for implementing interventions that ensure adequate healthcare for centenarians.
ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS
(2024)
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Samuel W. Reinhardt, Fouad Chouairi, P. Elliott Miller, Katherine A. A. Clark, Bradley Kay, Michael Fuery, Avirup Guha, James V. Freeman, Tariq Ahmad, Nihar R. Desai, Daniel J. Friedman
Summary: Research on HF hospitalizations in the US from 2008 to 2017 showed an increasing prevalence of AF among HF patients, with higher mortality rates and costs associated with AF. Despite a decrease in in-hospital mortality over time, there was a significant increase in hospital charges for HF admissions with AF.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2021)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Estelle M. Everett, Timothy P. Copeland, Tannaz Moin, Lauren E. Wisk
Summary: The rate of pediatric DKA admissions in the United States has increased by 40% between 2006 and 2016, with higher rates observed in 18- to 20-year-old females, Black youth, those without private insurance, with lower incomes, and from nonurban areas. There is a need for further studies to understand the challenges faced by these vulnerable groups in order to develop interventions to reduce their DKA risk and address the rising national DKA rates.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
(2021)
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Jacqueline C. Lee, Carol E. DeSantis, Sheree L. Boulet, Jennifer F. Kawwass
Summary: This study examines the trends and outcomes of embryo donation cycles in the United States from 2004 to 2019. It provides valuable information for patients and providers when considering the use of donated embryos.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
(2023)
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Clinical Neurology
Gmerice Hammond, R. J. Waken, Daniel Y. Johnson, Amytis Towfighi, Karen E. Joynt Maddox
Summary: This study reveals significant racial and rural-urban disparities in stroke outcomes. Black patients from rural areas have poorer access to advanced stroke care and experience impaired poststroke functional status. Rural White patients have the highest in-hospital mortality rates.
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Sergio Palacios-Fernandez, Mario Salcedo, Gregorio Gonzalez-Alcaide, Jose-Manuel Ramos-Rincon
Summary: From 2000 to 2015, the number of hospital discharges for patients aged 85 and older in Spain has been steadily increasing, with a higher proportion being male. The mortality rate and average length of hospital stay have been decreasing. Heart failure, pneumonia, other respiratory diseases, and other urinary tract diseases are the most common primary diagnoses for these very elderly patients.
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Computer Science, Information Systems
Jakob Petersen, Jens Kandt, Paul A. Longley
Summary: The use of a names-based ethnicity classification tool has significantly improved the completeness of ethnicity records in hospital inpatient care data, especially in England. This tool can help address the historical lack of ethnicity information in healthcare records and inform decisions on analyzing ethnic groups in healthcare data.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS
(2021)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Sara D. Turbow, Tegveer S. Uppal, J. Sonya Haw, Puneet Chehal, Gail Fernandes, Megha Shah, Swapnil Rajpathak, Mohammed K. Ali, K. M. Venkat Narayan
Summary: Nationally, diabetes-related hospitalization rates decreased overall from 2008 to 2016/2017, but significant differences were found across demographic groups and states. While diabetes-specific admissions among older patients declined, they increased among young adults, and rural patients saw a decrease in some states.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Peter B. Smulowitz, A. James O'Malley, Hazar Khidir, Lawrence Zaborski, J. Michael McWilliams, Bruce E. Landon
Summary: The study shows a significant decrease in emergency department visits during the COVID-19 pandemic, with patients presenting with more serious illnesses, possibly due to delays in seeking care. Early increase in hospitalizations and relative risk for thirty-day mortality were also observed, indicating potential consequences of avoidance or delay in seeking emergency care.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Spencer J. Fox, Michael Lachmann, Mauricio Tec, Remy Pasco, Spencer Woody, Zhanwei Du, Xutong Wang, Tanvi A. Ingle, Emily Javan, Maytal Dahan, Kelly Gaither, Mark E. Escott, Stephen I. Adler, S. Claiborne Johnston, James G. Scott, Lauren Ancel Meyers
Summary: Forecasting the burden of COVID-19 is challenging due to data limitations, but combining hospital admissions with mobility data can reliably predict transmission rates and healthcare demand. The relationship between mobility and transmission weakened as precautionary behaviors increased in public spaces.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Aasim Afzal, Johanna van Zyl, Tariq Nisar, Aaron Y. Kluger, Aayla K. Jamil, Joost Felius, Shelley A. Hall, Parag Kale
Summary: This study investigated the trends in systolic and diastolic heart failure, finding an increase in admissions for diastolic heart failure. Overall, there was a decreasing trend in length of stay for heart failure, with a greater decrease observed in diastolic heart failure. Inpatient mortality decreased during the study period but stabilized in later years. Systolic heart failure was associated with higher mortality compared to diastolic heart failure. The study also found that the hospitalization costs for systolic heart failure were higher.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2022)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Alex Rocha Bernardes da Silva, Laura Christina Martinez, Marcelo de Medeiros Pinheiro, Vera Lucia Szejnfeld
Summary: This retrospective observational study in Brazil from 2004 to 2013 found stable hip fracture rates with regional differences. The hip fracture rate was lower than in other studies, which should be taken into consideration for FRAX calibration in Brazil.
ARCHIVES OF OSTEOPOROSIS
(2022)
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Engineering, Civil
C. Juez, N. Garijo, E. Nadal-Romero, S. M. Vicente-Serrano
Summary: By studying data from the Upper Arag'on catchment in central Spain, it was found that abandonment of land has led to a significant increase in forest and broadleaf coverage, with a slight increase in temperature and moderate decrease in precipitation. This has resulted in a sharp decline in discharge in the catchment, with changes in dynamics and variability. The study indicates that land use and land cover changes dominate river discharge dynamics, while climate trends play a secondary role.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Stuart Redding, Catia Nicodemo, Raphael Wittenberg
Summary: Despite concerns and efforts to control the growth in hospital admissions in England, this study finds that the increase in elective admissions is mainly due to period effects. Elective bed-days are decreasing due to a shift towards day-cases, while emergency bed-day rates remain consistent due to healthier cohorts balancing out the effects of an aging population. These results suggest demographic factors are not the primary drivers of hospital use growth, indicating a potential role for well-designed policies to influence current trends.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2021)
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Rehabilitation
Raquel Fernandez-Blanco, David Rincon-Garcia, Raquel Valero-Alcaide, Maria Angeles Atin-Arratibel, Javier De Miguel-Diez, Ricardo Corrochano-Cardona, Rodrigo Torres-Castro, Maria Nieves Moro-Tejedor
Summary: This study analyzed the effects of preoperative respiratory therapy on postoperative air leak and pain in patients undergoing surgery for lung cancer. The results showed that preoperative respiratory therapy could reduce the number of patients with postoperative air leak and alleviate pain.
PHYSIOTHERAPY RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ana Lopez-de-Andres, Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia, David Carabantes-Alarcon, Valentin Hernandez-Barrera, Jose M. De-Miguel-Yanes, Javier De-Miguel-Diez, Jose J. Zamorano-Leon, Jose L. Del-Barrio, Natividad Cuadrado-Corrales
Summary: This study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with diabetes undergoing cardiac procedures in Spain. Comparing 2019 and 2020, a decrease in the number of cardiac procedures was observed in 2020. In-hospital mortality rates were higher for all procedures in 2020. Female sex and comorbidity were identified as risk factors for in-hospital mortality among patients with diabetes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Javier De Miguel-Diez, Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia, Valentin Hernandez-Barrera, David Carabantes-Alarcon, Jose J. J. Zamorano-Leon, Natividad Cuadrado-Corrales, Ricardo Omana-Palanco, Francisco Javier Gonzalez-Barcala, Ana Lopez-de-Andres
Summary: This study examined the clinical characteristics and hospital outcomes of COPD patients undergoing lung transplantation in Spain from 2016 to 2020, and assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number and outcomes of lung transplantations. The results showed a continuous increase in the number of lung transplantations from 2016 to 2019, but a significant decrease in 2020. Nearly half of the patients experienced complications, with lung transplant rejection and infection being the most common. The study received a rating of 8 out of 10.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Ruth Gil-Prieto, Nizar Allouch, Isabel Jimeno, Valentin Hernandez-Barrera, Raquel Arguedas-Sanz, Angel Gil-de-Miguel
Summary: Pneumococcal infection in Spain has a high impact on health, with 253,899 hospitalizations occurring from 2016 to 2020. The average age of patients was 67 years old and the average length of hospitalization was 12.72 days. The annual hospitalization rate was 10.84 per 10,000 population, increasing with age and reaching 65.75 per 10,000 population in individuals aged over 85. The case-fatality rate was 14.07%, with the highest rates seen in sepsis. The annual cost of hospitalizations exceeded EUR 359 million.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Javier de Miguel-Diez, Ana Lopez-de-Andres, Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia, Valentin Hernández-Barrera, David Carabantes-Alarcon, Jose J. Zamorano-Leon, Ricardo Omana-Palanco, Francisco Javier Gonzalez-Barcala, Natividad Cuadrado-Corrales
Summary: This study aimed to assess the prevalence and effects of dementia on hospital outcomes among patients hospitalized with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AE-COPD) in Spain from 2011 to 2020. The study found that the prevalence of any type of dementia remained stable from 2011 to 2015, but increased significantly from 2016 to 2020. The in-hospital mortality (IHM) among patients with dementia remained stable until 2020, when it increased significantly, possibly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Women had a lower risk of dying in the hospital compared to men in all subgroups.
RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Carlos Llamas-Saez, Teresa Saez-Vaquero, Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia, Ana Lopez-de-Andres, David Carabantes-Alarcon, Jose J. Zamorano-Leon, Natividad Cuadrado-Corrales, Napoleon Perez-Farinos, Julia Warnberg
Summary: This study aimed to assess the time trend in the prevalence of physical activity among people with diabetes from 2014 to 2020, identify gender differences and factors associated with physical activity, and compare physical activity levels between people with and without diabetes. The results showed that the physical activity level among people with diabetes improved but was still insufficient. Male participants with diabetes reported higher levels of physical activity than females, and overall, the physical activity level was lower compared to those without diabetes.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Belen Lopez-Muniz Ballesteros, Ana Lopez-de-Andres, Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia, Jose J. Zamorano-Leon, David Carabantes-Alarcon, Natividad Cuadrado-Corrales, Jose L. Del-Barrio, Napoleon Perez-Farinos, Javier De Miguel-Diez
Summary: This study analyzed the temporal trends in incidence, patient's characteristics, complications, length of hospital stay, and in-hospital mortality among patients with and without idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) undergoing lung transplantation (LTx) from 2016 to 2020. The number of LTx admissions increased over time, but a reduction was observed from 2019 to 2020. The overall incidence of complications increased, but there was no change in in-hospital mortality.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Jose M. de-Miguel-Yanes, Ana Lopez-de-Andres, Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia, Jose Javier Zamorano-Leon, David Carabantes-Alarcon, Ricardo Omana-Palanco, Valentin Hernandez-Barrera, Jose Luis del-Barrio, Javier de-Miguel-Diez, Natividad Cuadrado-Corrales
Summary: This study analyzed the association between hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and in-hospital mortality (IHM) during hospital admission for solid organ transplant in Spain from 2004 to 2021. The results showed that HAP persisted and was associated with higher IHM, despite a decrease in IHM over time.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Javier De Miguel-Diez, Ana Lopez-de-Andres, Francisco J. Caballero-Segura, Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia, Valentin Hernandez-Barrera, David Carabantes-Alarcon, Jose J. Zamorano-Leon, Ricardo Omana-Palanco, Natividad Cuadrado-Corrales
Summary: According to a study in Spain, the number of hospitalizations for pediatric anaphylaxis remained stable from 2016 to 2019, decreased in 2020, and recovered in 2021. Boys were more likely to be hospitalized, and food consumption was the most common trigger. In-hospital mortality rate was low and stable. The incidence of hospitalizations for anaphylaxis was higher in children with asthma compared to those without asthma, but there was no difference in the occurrence of severe anaphylaxis between them.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Cristhian Alonso Correa-Gutierrez, Zichen Ji, Patricia Aragon-Espinosa, Sarah Rodrigues-Oliveira, Luyi Zeng, Olalla Meizoso-Pita, Cristina Sevillano-Collantes, Julio Hernandez-Vazquez, Luis Puente-Maestu, Javier de Miguel-Diez
Summary: During severe exacerbations of COPD, nutritional and endocrinological comorbidities can negatively affect symptom deterioration and quality of life.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Natividad Cuadrado-Corrales, Ana Lopez-de-Andres, Valentin Hernandez-Barrera, David Carabantes-Alarcon, Jose J. Zamorano-Leon, Ricardo Omana-Palanco, Jose L. Del-Barrio, Javier De-Miguel-Diez, Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia, Juan J. Montoya
Summary: This study assessed diagnostic procedures, comorbidities, length of hospital stay, costs, and in-hospital mortality associated with epidermolysis bullosa (EB). The study found a high prevalence of comorbidities, particularly digestive disorders and infectious diseases. Age was found to be a factor affecting hospital stay and mortality rates.
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Primary Health Care
C. De Burgos-Lunar, I Del Cura-Gonzalez, J. Cardenas-Valladolid, P. Gomez-Campelo, J. C. Abanades-Herranz, A. Lopez-de Andres, M. Sotos-Prieto, V Iriarte-Campo, M. A. Salinero-Fort
Summary: The study aims to validate the diagnoses of atrial fibrillation (AF) recorded in primary care electronic medical records and estimate the prevalence of AF in primary care consultations. The study found a high prevalence of AF, especially in older patients.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Natalia Gutierrez-Albaladejo, Ana Lopez-de-Andres, Natividad Cuadrado-Corrales, Romana Albaladejo-Vicente, Rosa Villanueva-Orbaiz, Francisco Carricondo, Barbara Romero-Gomez, Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia, Napoleon Perez-Farinos
Summary: This study aims to investigate the differences in the prevalence of pain disorders between individuals with and without asthma, and to identify variables associated with the specific types of pain in asthma patients.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)