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R de la Fuente Cid

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PubMed2006

[COPD, a public health problem].

The fundamental etiologic factor of COPD is tobacco. This has a 9% prevalence in Spain and although this rate is underestimated according to the last studies, COPD generates about 39,000 hospital admissions per year. It has a re-admission rate between 12% and 32%, infections being the fundamental cause. The average care cost per patient from its diagnostic to death is 27,500 euro and we should add a high percentage of employee absenteeism. Due to its chronic aspect, high health care cost and possible improvement of the quality of life of patient, the solution to the problem needs to have a more active involvement of the doctor who attends these patients.

Humans↗
PubMed2006

[Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis and epidermoid carcinoma of the pyriform].

Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis is a syndrome characterised by behaviour changes, short-term memory loss and seizures. We report on a case of a 62-year-old man, ex-smoker who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit with seizures, and who had previously experienced behaviour changes. Tests revealed nothing notable, except for the CSF examination which revealed elevated protein and MRI findings indicating temporal lobe abnormalities. Once other diagnoses had been ruled out, neoplasm screening was initiated. Conventional imaging failed to identify the tumour. Antineuronal anti-Hu antibodies were negative. Finally, fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) whole body -PET imaging was carried out revealing a pathologically increased glucose metabolism at the pharynx-larynx level. The biopsy showed an epidermoid carcinoma of the pyriform sinus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an epidermoid carcinoma of the pyriform sinus associated with paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis.

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell↗
PubMed2005

[Controversies in infective endocarditis].

The infective endocarditis is defined mainly as the infection of the internal surface of the heart, affecting to the cardiac valves although it can also do it to the septos, the tendinosas cords or endocardio mural. Around the origin, the diagnosis and the treatment of the disease, a considerable controversy has taken place. In this sense, basic criteria exist that they define to the infective endocarditis; however, particular situations are appraised in which the meticulous study is essential from the patient, doing special reference to the origin agents and, more in particular, to the fungal endocarditis.

Anti-Infective Agents↗