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J Bellido Casado

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PubMed2006

[Type 2 diabetes mellitus and health-related quality of life: results from the Hortega Study].

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate which health-related quality of life (HRQOL) aspects are affected by type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and influence of glycemic control and associated cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF). METHOD: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in the health coverage area of our hospital. Following a multiphase sampling a final sample of 495 people, representative of the general population, was analyzed. HRQOL was evaluated with the Short-Form 36 (SF-36). RESULTS: After adjustment for sociodemographic variables (age, sex, education level, marital status, number of persons residing together, labor situation, social class and rural or urban ambience), comorbidity and CVRF (smoking, systolic blood pressure, LDL-cholesterol level and body mass index), the patients with DM presented lower scores on four SF-36 scales: physical function, bodily pain, general health and vitality. Among people with diabetes systolic blood pressure, body mass index and glycosylated hemoglobin, but not lipid levels, were negatively correlated to some SF-36 scores. CONCLUSIONS: In our population patients with DM present a poorer HRQOL, specifically in the physical dimensions, but neither their social function nor their mental health was affected. Hypertension, obesity and poor glycemic control are associated with worst subjective state of health.

Aged↗
PubMed2001

[Smoking in the general population: a description of prevalence, degree of consolidation and phase of cessation].

Smoking is a risk factor associated with high and preventable mortality and morbidity. An understanding of smoking consolidation and the desire to quit in specific subgroups of the general population will facilitate appropriate planning of health care resource utilization. We performed a multistage, random, stratified cross-sectional study in the general population of Valladolid (Spain) during 1998 and 1999 as part of a cardiovascular disease risk survey. Data collected by questionnaire and interview included number of cigarettes smoked per day, nicotine dependence and stage in the process of smoking cessation. Venous carboxyhemoglobin was also measured. The percentage of reported smokers in the general population was 29.3% (95% CI: 25.7-32.9%). Prevalence was 41.8% (95% CI: 39.2-44.5%) in the 26-to-45-year-old age group and fell to 6% (95% CI: 5.6-6.5%) among subjects over 66 years of age. Analysis by sex, 31.2% (95% CI: 26.1-36.4%) of men and 27.4% (95% CI: 24.1-30.7%) of women were smokers. In rural areas the percentage of smokers was 26.9% (95% CI: 20.2-33.5%) whereas the percentage in urban areas was 31.2% (95% CI: 26.1-36.4%). The number of cigarettes/day, venous carboxyhemoglobin and nicotine dependence differed by age range, sex and place of residence and helped to describe the degree of consolidation of smoking by strata. Phases of cessation were distributed similarly by age range but not by sex. The prevalence of smoking is still high, particularly among young people and women, although it is tending to decrease. Smoking is better established in the 26-45 year-old age range, among men, among those living in rural areas and among older smokers who, probably, can not quit smoking alone.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1997

[Long-course pneumonia as manifestation of transphrenic migration of a calcified hydatid cyst].

The hydatidosis disease, which is caused by the larva of the granulosus equinococcus, is still a common zoonosis in countries like Spain. The observation of a calcified hydatid cyst of the liver in an asymptomatic patient suggest a very long clinical latency period of the disease. Acute complications have been reported. We present the case of a patient with clinical symptoms of nonresolving pneumonia and an old calcified hydatid cyst of the liver. The first approach to the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia was inconclusive. The high clinical suspect of equinococcus infection added to the bronchoscopy findings, computed tomographic (CT) study and serological test, permitted the correct preoperative diagnosis. The surgical removal confirmed the diagnosis of transphrenic migration of a hydatid cyst ruptured to the bronchial tree.

Calcinosis↗
PubMed1996

[Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma].

We studied 14 patients with bronchioalveolar carcinoma during the last 14 years. In all cases we evaluated the clinical history, the radiologic presentation, and the diagnostic procedures. The mean age of presentation of the illness was 58.5 years. The incidence of smokers was 35%. The time interval from clinical manifestations to diagnosis was 3,3 months. The most frequent symptoms were cough (57%) and dyspnea (43%). The 21% of the cases were asymptomatic. Two patients (14%) had copious amounts of sputum (bronchorrhea). The most revealing radiologic pattern was of alveolar type (43%), followed by multiple pulmonary nodules (29%) and solitary pulmonary nodule pattern (21%). The diagnosis was based in specimen obtained from transbronchial biopsy, bronchoalveolar lavage, transthoracic aspiration biopsy, thoracotomy, or during the necropsy study. Transbronchial biopsy was a sensitive diagnostic method. The 64% of patients were in a extent disease when the diagnosis was established.

Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar↗