IDIBAPS: Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer: Envíos recientes
Mostrando ítems 181-200 de 3163
Effect of systemic corticosteroid therapy for acute heart failure patients with elevated C-reactive protein
The current study explores whether degree of inflammation, reflected by C-reactive protein (CRP) level, modifies the effect of intravenous (IV) corticosteroid administered in the emergency department (ED) on clinical ...
Serological autoimmune profile of systemic lupus erythematosus in deep and non-deep endometriosis patients
Several studies have reported a high prevalence of autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in endometriosis patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the SLE autoimmune antibody profile in ...
Differences in Inflammatory Cytokine Profile in Obesity-Associated Asthma: Effects of Weight Loss
Obesity and asthma are associated with systemic inflammation maintained by mediators released by adipose tissue and lung. This study investigated the inflammatory serum mediator profile in obese subjects (O) (n = 35), ...
Classifying Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia using machine learning with cross-sectional and longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging data
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are common causes of dementia with partly overlapping, symptoms and brain signatures. There is a need to establish an accurate diagnosis and to obtain markers for ...
Hypothalamic Control of Systemic Glucose Homeostasis: The Pancreas Connection
Maintenance of glucose homeostasis is mandatory for organismal survival. It is accomplished by complex and coordinated interplay between glucose detection mechanisms and multiple effector systems. The brain, in particular ...
Analysis of Three-Dimensional Scar Architecture and Conducting Channels by High-Resolution Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Chagas Heart Disease
We aimed to describe the morphology of the border zone of viable myocardium surrounded by scarring in patients with Chagas heart disease and study their association with clinical events.Adult patients with Chagas heart ...
What to expect and when: benznidazole toxicity in chronic Chagas' disease treatment
Background: Benznidazole is one of the two most effective antiparasitic drugs for Chagas' disease treatment. However, knowledge about its toxicity profile is mostly based on ...
Cost-effectiveness of Alzheimer's disease CSF biomarkers and amyloid-PET in early-onset cognitive impairment diagnosis
This study aimed at determining the cost-effectiveness of amyloid-positron emission tomography (PET) compared to Alzheimer's disease (AD) cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers (amyloid-?42, total-Tau and phosphorylated-Tau) ...
Delusional beliefs in adolescents with anorexia nervosa, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or first-episode psychosis: A comparative study
Delusional thinking is a key symptom of first-episode psychosis (FEP), but it has also been studied in obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD) and anorexia nervosa (AN). This study aimed to analyze the psychometric properties ...
Coronary Microvascular Angina: A State-of-the-Art Review
Up to 60-70% of patients, undergoing invasive coronary angiography due to angina and demonstrable myocardial ischemia with provocative tests, do not have any obstructive coronary disease. Coronary microvascular angina due ...
Geolocation with respect to personal privacy for the Allergy Diary app - A MASK study
Background: Collecting data on the localization of users is a key issue for the MASK (Mobile Airways Sentinel networK: the Allergy Diary) App. Data anonymization is a method of sanitization for privacy. The European ...
An overview of treatment options for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma and renal impairment
Renal impairment (RI) is a relatively common complication of multiple myeloma, which increases in frequency as disease becomes more advanced and recovery of renal function becomes less likely as patients progress through ...
Impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on vascular liver diseases
Vascular liver diseases (VLD) are represented mainly by portosinusoidal vascular disease (PSVD), non-cirrhotic splanchnic vein thrombosis (SVT) and Budd Chiari syndrome (BCS). It is unknown whether patients with VLD ...
New Perspectives on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide; many recent advances have been made in many aspects of the disease. The aim of this article is to illustrate and discuss ...
Generation of human colon organoids from healthy and inflammatory bowel disease mucosa
Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) of unknown cause characterized by a relapsing-remitting behavior. Growing evidence supports the idea that the epithelial barrier plays a ...
Impact of Sexualized Substance Use and Other Risk Practices on HCV Microelimination in gbMSM Living with HIV: Urgent Need for Targeted Strategies
In the original publication of the article, the article funding note was incorrectly published, the correct one should read as: This study has been funded by Instituto de Salud Carlos III through the project ‘‘PI18/00583’’ ...
Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Previous Lobectomy or Partial Lung Resection: Long-Term Results of an International Multicenter Study
Introduction: Data regarding the efficacy of catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and patients' previous history of pulmonary lobectomy/pneumonectomy are scanty. We sought to evaluate the efficacy ...
Relevance of Fc Gamma Receptor Polymorphisms in Cancer Therapy With Monoclonal Antibodies
Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), including immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), are an important breakthrough for the treatment of cancer and have dramatically changed clinical outcomes in a wide variety of tumours. ...
Bridging the critically ill patient with acute to chronic liver failure to liver transplantation
Liver transplantation (LT) has emerged as an effective therapy for severe forms of acute-onchronic liver failure (ACLF), an entity characterized by the development of multiorgan failure and high short-term mortality. The ...
