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I Vitoria Miñana

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PubMed2004

[Drinking water in infants].

We review types of public drinking water and bottled water and provide recommendations on the composition of water for infants. Water used with any of the commercial infant formulas in Spain should contain less than 25 mg/l of sodium. Drinking water must be boiled for a maximum of one minute (at sea level) to avoid excessive salt concentration. Bottled water need not be boiled. Fluoride content in drinking water should be less than 0.3 mg/l in first year of life to prevent dental fluorosis. Nitrate content in water should be less than 25 mg/l to prevent methemoglobinemia. Water with a calcium concentration of between 50 and 100 mg/l is a dietary source of calcium since it provides 24-56 % of the required daily intake in infancy.

Beverages↗
PubMed1993

[Single or double dose of vaccine needed for the eradication of measles in Spain?].

A descriptive and retrospective epidemiological study of measles vaccinations was realized. This study involved 112 children hospitalized in Valencia (Spain) for measles during the period from January 1983 to December 1988. We compared children that had received vaccination and those children that had not. Statistically significant differences were observed in regards to the age of the child (p < 0.025) and the year in which the cases were diagnosed (p < 0.05). The evolution of measles in Spain and in the United States shows the need for revaccinations, as well as the need to augment the coverage of vaccinations in order to eradicate this disease.

Age Factors↗
PubMed1992

[Epidemiologic study of 245 cases of children hospitalized with measles].

OBJECTIVE: The object of the present study is an analysis of the characteristics common to children hospitalised because of measles. DESIGN: A retrospective descriptive study was made of all the children in hospital with measles over a six month period. SITE. The study was carried out in the Hospital Infantil La Fe, in Valencia. PATIENTS OR OTHERS PARTICIPANTS: All of the children taken into hospital between January 1983 and December 1988, with diagnosed measles as a stated factor in their hospitalisation, aged between 4 months and ten years. INTERVENTION: Treatments were extremely varied, depending on the symptoms of the patient. In most cases an antithermic or analgesic was administered (70%). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The data was compiled from clinical histories. We note two epidemics, in 1983 and 1987. 58% of the children were less than 3 years old, and the average age observed was 2.73 years (SD = 2.40). The standard rate of body mass, (PE-IMC) in 81% of the cases, averaged -1.129, and the SD was 1.431, significant with respect to the general population (p 0.001). Only 14% of the children had been previously vaccinated. 76% of the children presented complications. CONCLUSIONS: New risk factors were not identified. Most notable was the importance of nutritional state and correct vaccination.

Child↗
PubMed1991

[Nitrates in drinking water in the Valencia community. Indirect risk of methemoglobinemia in infants].

An analysis is made of the concentration of nitrates in the public drinking water of the Valencia Community (Spain), corresponding to 467 municipalities and representing 99% of the population of the community. Concentration exceeded maximum tolerable levels according to Spanish legislation in 95 towns; of these, the concentrations were over double the maximum value in 32, and in a further 18 municipalities the levels were over 150 mg/l. The consumption of these waters on the part of infants appears to be contraindicated, in view of the risk of meta-hemoglobinemia involved.

Humans↗
PubMed1986

[Chondrodysplasia punctata. 3 new cases and review of the Spanish literature].

Authors report three new cases of "chondrodysplasia punctata" two of them probably corresponding to Conradi-Hunerman's type and the third to rhizomelic type of Spranger. Series of cases published in Spain are reviewed. They conclude that clinic types of illness accepted according to Spranger (1971), in majority of spanish cases, have difficult application--own authors' opinion--because this differentiation does not solve clinic heterogeneity of illness. Genetics aspects of reviewed cases do not agree with expected and accepted results, probably because familiar antecedents were not well studied or genetics aspects are not yet well known.

Chondrodysplasia Punctata↗
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[Toxic habits in relation to cancer of the larynx].

Various modifiable toxic risk factors for cancer of the larynx were evaluated in our geographic area in a retrospective epidemiological study of a sample of 373 patients diagnosed as cancer of the larynx chosen randomly at the La Fe Hospital of Valencia Spain over a 5-year period. A "z" test of the contrast of proportions of the laryngeal cancer series studied and the results of a National Health Survey showed significant differences between the two study populations (p < 0.05). Compared with the National Health Survey, smoking had an odds ratio (OR) of 72.21 (33.10 < OR < 166.31) (p < 0.05, Mantel-Haenszel test). The association between smoking and cancer of the larynx increased with the dose. Alcohol consumption had an OR: 1.52 (1.09 < OR < 2.11) (p < 0.05, Mantel-Haenszel test). Smoking carried a risk of 71.21 and had an etiological fraction of 98.61% (IC 95%: 65.17-100%), thus representing 98.61% of all etiological factors. Control of smoking could have prevented 65.17-100% of cases of cancer of the larynx (243 cases in our series). Alcohol consumption had a risk of 0.52 and etiological fraction of 34.21% (IC 95%: 2.38-100%). Control of alcohol use could have prevented cancer of the larynx in 2.38-100% of cases (9 cases in our series).

Adolescent↗