Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiología clínica
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Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. · Aug 2021
Circulating Bcl-2 concentrations and septic patient mortality.
There are not data on blood B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) concentrations (one of the antiapoptotic molecules of the Bcl-2 family in the intrinsic apoptosis pathway) in septic patients. Therefore, this study was carried with the aims to explore whether blood Bcl-2 concentrations at diagnosis of sepsis are different in survivor and non-survivor septic patients, are associated with mortality, and are useful for the mortality prediction. ⋯ In our study appears novel findings such as higher blood Bcl-2 concentrations in survivor than in non-survivor septic patients, the association between low blood Bcl-2 concentrations and mortality of septic patients, and the ability of blood Bcl-2 concentrations for the prediction of septic patient mortality.
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Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. · Sep 2020
Association of serum soluble Fas concentrations and mortality of septic patients.
Scarce data on Fas, one of the main receptors that activates the apoptosis extrinsic pathway, in septic patients exists. Higher blood soluble Fas (sFas) concentrations in non-survivor septic patients compared with survivors have been found in small studies; however, the association of blood sFas concentrations with mortality controlling for sepsis severity has not been stablished due to this small sample size in those studies. Thus, our main objective study was to determine whether an association between blood sFas concentrations and sepsis mortality controlling for sepsis severity exists. ⋯ That an association between blood sFas concentrations and sepsis mortality controlling for sepsis severity exists was our main new finding study.
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Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. · Dec 2020
Can "YouTube" help healthcare workers for learning accurate donning and doffing of personal protective equipments?
Healthcare workers have a high risk of cross-infection during the care of Covid-19 cases. Personal protective equipment can reduce the risk. However, healthcare workers must be trained for the proper use of personal protective equipment to decrease exposure risk. This study aimed to investigate whether videos available on YouTube, presenting procedures of donning and doffing personal protective equipment, can be a useful learning resource for healthcare workers. ⋯ During a pandemic, YouTube might be a resource for learning donning and doffing of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers if an appropriate selection process applied for determining educationally useful videos.
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Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. · Jan 2016
Observational Study[Diagnostic usefulness of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in the Emergency Department for predicting bacterial meningitis in the elderly].
To analyse and compare procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) as tools for detecting bacterial meningitis (BM) in the elderly (>74 years of age). ⋯ For all patients with acute meningitis in the emergency department, PCT has a high diagnostic power, outperforming CRP and Leukocytes for detection of bacterial etiology, but CPR is of not useful in the elderly.
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Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. · May 2016
Multicenter Study Observational StudyTrends in nosocomial infections and multidrug-resistant microorganisms in Spanish pediatric intensive care units.
Nosocomial infections (NI) are a major healthcare problem. National surveillance systems enable data to be compared and to implement new measures to improve our practice. ⋯ The local surveillance systems provide information for dealing with nosocomial infections rates.