Medicina ClinicaPub Date : 2024-11-19DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2024.10.001
Josep Arimany-Manso, Francesc Torralba, Ana Isabel Lima, María Die Trill
{"title":"A comprehensive approach to end-of-life care. Medical-legal, ethical, social, psychological and care aspects.","authors":"Josep Arimany-Manso, Francesc Torralba, Ana Isabel Lima, María Die Trill","doi":"10.1016/j.medcli.2024.10.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medcli.2024.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18578,"journal":{"name":"Medicina Clinica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142681894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Increasing prevalence of psoriasis in Spain: A population-based study (2018-2022).","authors":"Lucía Cayuela, José-Juan Pereyra-Rodríguez, Juan-Carlos Hernández-Rodríguez, Lourdes Rodríguez Fernandez-Freire, Aurelio Cayuela","doi":"10.1016/j.medcli.2024.08.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medcli.2024.08.019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of psoriasis in Spain from 2018 to 2022 and analyze trends by sex and age groups.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used the Primary Care Clinical Database (BDCAP) to identify individuals coded with psoriasis (S91) during the study period. Population data for calculating rates was obtained from the Primary Care Information System (SIAP). Crude, age- and sex-specific, and standardized prevalence rates were calculated. Joinpoint analysis assessed annual percentage change (APC) in prevalence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The estimated psoriasis prevalence in Spain in 2022 was 1.9%. Psoriasis prevalence increased substantially by 43.3% (from 692,317 to 991,832 cases) over the study period. We observed a clear increase in both crude and standardized prevalence rates for men (7.2% annual increase) and women (8.3% annual increase) throughout the study period. Men consistently had slightly higher prevalence rates than women. Prevalence increased with age, reaching a peak in the 70-74 age group for men and 60-64 for women, before declining in older age groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study revealed a concerning increase in psoriasis prevalence in Spain, independent of population aging. Increased disease awareness, improved diagnostics, and greater treatment seeking behavior are potential explanations. Further research is needed to explore the underlying causes of this rise and inform public health interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":18578,"journal":{"name":"Medicina Clinica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142676318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicina ClinicaPub Date : 2024-11-18DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2024.10.002
Alejandro Blanco-Verea, Ángel Carracedo, María Brion
{"title":"Challenges of genetics in the diagnosis of sudden cardiac death. Interest of forensic and legal medicine.","authors":"Alejandro Blanco-Verea, Ángel Carracedo, María Brion","doi":"10.1016/j.medcli.2024.10.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medcli.2024.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sudden cardiac death is the leading cause of death in developed countries and a small but significant number of cases cannot be explained after a thorough autopsy process. Cases of sudden cardiac death in people under 40years of age are mainly due to structural heart disease or cardiomyopathies and arrhythmogenic diseases or channelopathies. In these cases, the search for associated genetic factors through molecular autopsy may help to find the cause of unexplained sudden cardiac death, through genetic diagnosis of previously undiagnosed channelopathies or cardiomyopathies. The finding of genetic variants classified as pathogenic associated with cardiac pathology would conclude the autopsy result and provide the possibility of genetic screening in other family members.</p>","PeriodicalId":18578,"journal":{"name":"Medicina Clinica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142676317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicina ClinicaPub Date : 2024-11-15DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2024.04.030
Javier Velasco Montes , Silvia González Díez , Elena Rivas Cilleros
{"title":"¿Se tiene en cuenta la ingesta de etanol?","authors":"Javier Velasco Montes , Silvia González Díez , Elena Rivas Cilleros","doi":"10.1016/j.medcli.2024.04.030","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.medcli.2024.04.030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18578,"journal":{"name":"Medicina Clinica","volume":"163 9","pages":"Page 475"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141563756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicina ClinicaPub Date : 2024-11-15DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2024.06.003
Robert Güerri-Fernández , Josep Benet , César Vargas
{"title":"Aspectos medicolegales en las enfermedades infecciosas","authors":"Robert Güerri-Fernández , Josep Benet , César Vargas","doi":"10.1016/j.medcli.2024.06.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.medcli.2024.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article reviews the medico-legal aspects associated with infectious diseases, highlighting their complexity and the challenges they pose. Infectious diseases cause not only an increase in morbidity and mortality in the healthcare setting but also involve complex legal issues. Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) represent a growing risk with the increase in invasive procedures and can lead to patient complications and legal claims against healthcare professionals and institutions. The consequences of medical malpractice in this context are discussed, such as diagnostic delays, inappropriate use of treatments, and lack of adequate testing, which can have serious sequelae or even result in the patient's death.</div><div>The review focuses on highlighting the importance of prevention, considering that healthcare-associated infections can be difficult to avoid, posing complex legal challenges.</div><div>It concludes that managing infectious diseases and their legal consequences requires careful consideration of clinical practice guidelines, prevention and control strategies, and effective communication with patients. An integrated and evidence-based approach is advocated to address these challenges, emphasizing continuous education, the use of advanced diagnostic technologies, and interdisciplinary collaboration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18578,"journal":{"name":"Medicina Clinica","volume":"163 9","pages":"Pages e98-e102"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142145964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicina ClinicaPub Date : 2024-11-15DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2024.04.022
Sichen Li, Yuxia Zhua, Xi Liu
{"title":"Parkinsonism in liver diseases or dysfunction","authors":"Sichen Li, Yuxia Zhua, Xi Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.medcli.2024.04.022","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.medcli.2024.04.022","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Parkinsonism in liver diseases or dysfunction, mainly including neurological manifestations in hereditary liver diseases and neurological complications of advanced liver diseases, occur in isolation or in combination with other movement disorders, and progress along disease course. Prominent akinetic-rigidity syndrome, various onset and progression, poor levodopa<span> response and metabolism abnormalities reflected by serum biomarkers and neuroimaging, make this atypical parkinsonism recognizable and notable in clinical practice. Different susceptibility of brain areas, especially in basal ganglia, to manganese, iron, copper, ammonia overload, together with subsequent oxidative stress, neurotransmitter alterations, disturbed glia-neuron homeostasis and eventually neurotoxicity, contribute to parkinsonism under the circumstances of insufficient liver clearance ability. These mechanisms are interrelated and may interact collectively, adding to the complexity of clinical manifestations and treatment responses. This review summarizes shared clinical features of parkinsonism in liver diseases or dysfunction, depicts their underlying mechanisms and suggests practical flowchart for differential diagnosis.</span></div></div>","PeriodicalId":18578,"journal":{"name":"Medicina Clinica","volume":"163 9","pages":"Pages 461-468"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141492598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hipertensión arterial pulmonar asociada a lupus eritematoso sistémico: descripción de una serie de casos","authors":"Rossio Gardenia Ortuño Lobo, Marina Garcia Carrasco, Gustavo Medina","doi":"10.1016/j.medcli.2024.05.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.medcli.2024.05.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18578,"journal":{"name":"Medicina Clinica","volume":"163 9","pages":"Pages 480-481"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141603881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicina ClinicaPub Date : 2024-11-15DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2024.05.006
Eva González Martínez, Maite Misis del Campo, Fidel Nuñez Marín
{"title":"Mielitis por Listeria en adulto inmunocompetente con respuesta favorable a gentamicina intratecal","authors":"Eva González Martínez, Maite Misis del Campo, Fidel Nuñez Marín","doi":"10.1016/j.medcli.2024.05.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.medcli.2024.05.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18578,"journal":{"name":"Medicina Clinica","volume":"163 9","pages":"Pages 479-480"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141603880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicina ClinicaPub Date : 2024-11-15DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2024.05.012
Jiangtao Wu , Bin Liu , Zhou Zhou
{"title":"Genetic analysis of a family with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia caused by a novel frameshift deletion mutation of the endoglin (ENG) gene","authors":"Jiangtao Wu , Bin Liu , Zhou Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.medcli.2024.05.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.medcli.2024.05.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18578,"journal":{"name":"Medicina Clinica","volume":"163 9","pages":"Pages 473-474"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141723902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medicina ClinicaPub Date : 2024-11-15DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2024.08.018
María José Abenza Abildúa, Patricia González-Ruano Pérez, Luis Moreno-Dominguez
{"title":"Inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone as an initial clinical manifestation of neurocysticercosis.","authors":"María José Abenza Abildúa, Patricia González-Ruano Pérez, Luis Moreno-Dominguez","doi":"10.1016/j.medcli.2024.08.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medcli.2024.08.018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18578,"journal":{"name":"Medicina Clinica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142644019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}