Revista clínica española
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Revista clínica española · Oct 1995
Review Comparative Study[Superficial mycoses in immunosuppressed patients].
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Revista clínica española · Oct 1995
[The effect of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis and the timing of its administration on the risk of surgical wound infection].
Clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of surgical prophylaxis (SP). Nevertheless, how the timing of antibiotic administration influences the risk of infection in clinical praxis has scarcely been studied. In this study an assessment was made of whether the non administration of antibiotic, or its administration longer than 2 hours preoperatively, or only postoperatively, are associated with a higher rate of infection of the surgical wound (SWI) compared with antibiotic administration within the two hours prior to surgery in our setting. ⋯ The administration of SP is inappropriate in a high percentage of cases. The administration of SP within the 2 hours prior to surgery reduces the risk of SWI, compared with the administration 2 hours or longer prior to intervention or only postoperatively.
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Revista clínica española · Aug 1995
Comparative Study[Clinical and serological manifestations of 307 Spanish patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Comparison with other ethnic groups].
There is evidence suggesting that clinical manifestations and severity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are associated with age, sex and ethnicity. The influence of genetic factors, particularly HLA antigens, on disease expression is revealed by the diversity of clinical conditions in patients from different ethnic groups. The aim of this work was to analyze the impact of demographic factors on SLE expression in the Spanish population. ⋯ Patients older than 50 had a higher frequency of pleuropericarditis, but without renal involvement. Our ethnic group expressed a disease with a severity similar to that observed in north-european caucasians, higher than in north-american caucasians and lower than in south-american caucasians, asiatic and africans. In conclusion, patients with SLE from the south-european ethnic groups express a clinical picture with characteristics and severity similar to those observed in europeans from other latitudes and different from those reported in other ethnic groups.
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Revista clínica española · Jun 1995
Review Comparative Study[Complications of oxygen therapy by a transtracheal catheter].