Abstract：
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:In the last years, a study is being conducted about exposure to asbestos among shipyards workers in order to know the diagnosis of the diseases associated with the exposure. Our goal was to know the asbestos pulmonary contents in this population. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We obtained autopsy pulmonary samples from individuals who had worked in Ferrol shipyards. We analyzed samples from both lungs in most cases. After removing the lung organic matter with sodium hypochlorite, the inorganic residue was analyzed with optic microscopy. Results were expressed as asbestos bodies (AB) per gram of dry tissue. We considered as disease causative levels those above 1,000 AB/g. RESULTS:We studied 30 males, with a mean age of 67 years (r: 56-89 years). Twenty-six were smokers or former smokers, and 4 had never smoked. All had a lung, pleural or peritoneal disease related to asbestos exposure (16 lung cancer, 6 mesothelioma, 25 benign pleural disease). Only in 6 out of the 16 lung cancer cases there was coexisting asbestosis. The median (interval) of AB was 6,171 (249-4,660,059) AB/g. Ninety-seven per cent of individuals had levels above 1,000 AB/g. There was a correlation between AB and age (r=.5676; P=.0011). CONCLUSIONS:Workers from Ferrol shipyards who were analyzed had increased pulmonary levels of asbestos. It is essential to raise clinical suspicion of asbestos as a factor that can potentially cause lung disease in this group.
journal_name
Med Clin (Barc)journal_title
Medicina clinicaauthors
Diego C,Velasco-García MI,Cruz MJ,Untoria MD,Morell F,Ferrer Jdoi
10.1016/j.medcli.2012.01.023subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-02-16 00:00:00pages
152-6issue
4eissn
0025-7753issn
1578-8989pii
S0025-7753(12)00136-4journal_volume
140pub_type
杂志文章相关文献
MEDICINA CLINICA文献大全abstract：BACKGROUND:The generation of the use of informed consent forms makes necessary to grant their legibility for patients. Up to now, we didn't have in Spain a suitable yardstick for evaluating the reading levels. METHODS:A sample of 10 texts of diverse procedence, 8 journals and 16 informed consent forms were collected. ...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-10-26 00:00:00
abstract：:Multiple sclerosis occurs in genetically susceptible individuals, in whom an unknown environmental factor triggers an immune response, giving rise to a chronic and disabling autoimmune disease. Currently, significant progress is being made in our knowledge of the frequency and distribution of multiple sclerosis and it...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/S0025-7753(15)30010-5
更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Although impaired diastolic function is frequently found in systemic hypertension, the diagnosis of hypertensive heart disease (HHD) is based on the demonstration of left ventricular (LV) growth. The aim of the current work was to investigate the potential interactions between diastolic functio...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1157/13078771
更新日期：2005-09-17 00:00:00
abstract：:Highly malignant non-Hodgkin lymphomas (HM-NHL) may sometimes develop clinical features simulating an epithelial carcinoma with metastatic dissemination. Conventional histopathological study may be insufficient to differentiate between both conditions. Two patients with HM-NHL are reported with a rapid general deterio...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-03-11 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if a more simplified medication regimen is associated with survival in polypathological patients. METHODS:Multicentre cohort study. We included polypathological patients admitted to internal medicine wards between March 1st and June 30rd, 2011. Patients that died during admission and readmission...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.medcli.2019.06.023
更新日期：2020-04-10 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:To study the factors associated with prolonged hospitalization in patients admitted for acute heart failure (AHF) in Spanish short-stay units (SSUs). PATIENTS AND METHODS:This was a multicentre, multipurpose cohort study with prospective follow-up including all patients admitted for AHF in the...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/j.medcli.2013.06.028
更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Hemolytic disease by cold-reacting antibodies is a rare form of hemolytic anemia. In most cases a subjacent cause is found. This disease is generally related with reactive lymphoproliferative processes (infections by the Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus) or uncontrolled lymphoproliferative disorders (lymphomas, ...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-04-04 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to assess the frequency of fungal colonization and/or infection in critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) and to describe the characteristics and risk factors of those patients in whom fungi had been isolated. PATIENTS AND METHOD:Observational, multic...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/s0025-7753(03)73891-3
更新日期：2003-07-05 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is an inherited autosomal dominant disorder. The molecular defect responsible for the disease is the expansion of a CTG triplet at the 3' end of the DM gene. We report the analysis of the gene expansion, its correlation with the clinical severity and with the phenomenon of anticipatio...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1993-03-13 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Our purpose was to provide information about static and dynamic balance posturographic disorders in elderly people with recurrent falls, and to compare the results with a healthy elderly group. PATIENTS AND METHOD:We included 95 subjects: 57 patients who fell (86% women; age, 78.1 years) and 3...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1157/13071759
更新日期：2005-02-19 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The suitable antibiotic(s) and duration of treatment for hip prosthesis acute infections (HPAIs) has not been clearly defined. PATIENTS AND METHOD:We studied 32 patients whose HPAI was diagnosed within 2 months after surgery. All patients underwent debridement and samples were taken for cultur...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0025-7753(03)73863-9
更新日期：2003-06-21 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:To know the utilization of the screening mammography among women from 25 to 65 years old in an urban health zone, where there is not an specific screening program for breast cancer. To detect the demographic and risk determinants that are involved in the mammography screening use. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:A sam...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-05-24 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:We aimed to evaluate the prognostic impact of the degree and time-point of arterial recanalization during the first 24h after tPA administration in patients with acute middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusions. PATIENTS AND METHOD:We prospectively studied consecutive ischemic stroke patients tre...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.medcli.2008.06.029
更新日期：2009-05-02 00:00:00
abstract：:The case of a 74-year-old woman with a carotid-cavernous fistula is reported. She was admitted to hospital with oliguria and generalized edema. After improvement of the edematous condition she suddenly presented intense, pulsatile, frontal cephalea. It was more intense on the right side and was accompanied by nausea a...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1979-03-25 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:We aimed to know the prevalence of classical cardiovascular risk factors, hyperinsulinism, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome (MS) in a population with coronary heart disease (CHD) as compared with a population without personal or familial history of cardiovascular risk factors. SUBJECT...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0025-7753(03)73907-4
更新日期：2003-07-12 00:00:00
abstract：:Friedreich's ataxia (FA) is a progressive degenerative disease involving both central and peripheral nervous system. It is an autosomal recessive hereditary disorder, which begins around puberty and has an unknown genetic basis and biochemical defect. The recent mapping of FA locus in human chromosome 9 by means of th...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-05-05 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of typhoid fever in Spain from January 1982 to December 1993 was studied with the aim of analyzing how the disease has evolved over these years and predict its future behavior in order to facilitate prevention by the public health care organizations and centers. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The Box-Je...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-05-11 00:00:00
abstract：:The authors present a study of 50 patients with adenocarcinomas of the colon and rectum, patients with gastric adenocarcinomas, and 30 healthy individuals as a control group. In all subjects the following parameters were determined: total number of lymphocytes in the peripheral blood, T lymphocytes, T-active lymphocyt...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1979-12-15 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (PAH-SLE) is a rare disease with a low incidence rate. In this study, PAH related genes and genetic modifiers were characterised molecularly in patients with PAH-SLE. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Three patients diagnosed with...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.medcli.2018.01.023
更新日期：2018-08-10 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasing in last years. Studies performed out of Spain have reported rates of CAM use of 40-50% among IBD patients. There are no available data on drug abuse among IBD patients. The aims of our study were to evaluate the rate and asso...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1157/13097468
更新日期：2007-01-20 00:00:00
abstract：:A series of eight patients with cerebral tuberculoma seen between 1980 and 1990 is reported. Headache was the leading clinical finding, followed by focal neurological findings and seizures. Papilledema was the most uniform examination finding associated with intracranial hypertension. Five patients had another localiz...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-07-06 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:To review the series of patients with pheochromocytoma diagnosed in this institution from 1976 to 1990. METHODS:The main clinical features and presentation of 21 patients (13 women and 8 males) with mean age 40 +/- 13 years were reviewed. Urinary excretion of vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) and total catecholam...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-11-02 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:To evaluate anti-IgE (ie, omalizumab) efficacy on severe allergic asthma in order to achieve the efficacy of this treatment on severe allergic asthma progress by means of asthma control questionnaire (ACQ), asthma quality of life questionnaire (AQLQ) as well as pulmonary function (FEV1) and ph...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.medcli.2009.07.011
更新日期：2009-10-03 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent advances in sensitivity and specificity of hormone immunoanalysis and their automatization have brought about changes in clinical laboratories that led us to review the need for some endocrine dynamic tests. The specific aim of this study was to determine the basal cortisol values predicting a normal ...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0025-7753(02)72415-9
更新日期：2002-04-06 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:We have not found any study assessing the sensitivity of different frequencies of nosocomial infection surveillance (NIS). The objective of this study is to contribute to the ascertainment of the frequency of the NIS surveillance in surgical patients, where NIS has shown to be most efficient. METHODS:A pros...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-02-08 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Anal intraepithelial neoplasia is considered a precursor lesion of anal squamous carcinoma. The population with increased risk of this conditions are immunocompromised individuals, especially HIV-infected, with anal sex practices. The aim of this study was to describe the sexual habits of patients who were s...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.medcli.2013.05.047
更新日期：2014-02-20 00:00:00
abstract：:We have evaluated the close contacts of 191 patients diagnosed of tuberculosis in our center between 1984 and 1987. The overall number of evaluated contacts was 666, and the mean number of contacts for each index case was 3.7. In 55% of the evaluated population PPD reaction was positive, and their mean age was 33.3 ye...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-04-22 00:00:00
abstract：:It is the aim of this manuscript to take into account the peculiarities and specific characteristics of elderly patients with chronic ischaemic heart disease from a multidisciplinary perspective, with the participation of the Spanish Society of Cardiology (sections of Geriatric Cardiology and Ischaemic Heart Disease/A...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 共识发展会议,杂志文章,实务指引
doi：10.1016/j.medcli.2016.01.014
更新日期：2016-04-15 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was the assessment of the scientific production and impact on academic and/or hospital promotion ob sabbatical leaves of medical staff from a University hospital. POPULATION AND METHODS:A matched case-control design was used. The Mantel-Haenszel odds ratio (ORMH) and its 95% confidence...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-10-03 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Our goal was to investigate the epidemiological characteristics and etiology of an outbreak of food-borne disease caused by Norwalk-like viruses, genogroup II. PATIENTS AND METHOD:We performed a historical cohort study on the consumption of 21 food items and clinical symptoms. We assessed RNA Norwalk-like v...
journal_title：Medicina clinica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0025-7753(02)73298-3
更新日期：2002-06-08 00:00:00
