• Diagnosis delay and follow-up strategies in colorectal cancer. Prognosis implications: a study protocol 

      Pita-Fernández, Salvador; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; López-Calviño, Beatriz; González-Santamaría, Paloma; Seoane-Pillado, Teresa; Arnal-Monreal, Francisco; Maciá, Francesc; Sánchez Calavera, María Antonia; Espí, Alejandro; Valladares-Ayerbes, Manuel; Pazos, A.; Reboredo, Margarita; González Saez, Luis; Ramos Montserrat, María; Segura, Josep M.; Monreal Aliaga, Isabel; González-Luján, Luis; Martín-Rabadán, María; Murta Nascimento, Cristiane; Pueyo, Olga; Boscá-Watts, Marta M.; Cabeza Irigoyen, Elena; Casmitjana Abella, Montserrat; Pinilla, Marina; Costa-Alcaraz, Ana; Ruiz Torrejón, Amador; Burón Post, Andrea; García Aranda, Concepción; Lluc Bennasar, María de; Lafita, Sergio; Novella, Maite; Manzano, Hermini; Vadell, Catalina; Falcó, Esther; Esteva, Magdalena (BioMed Central, 2010-10-05)
      [Abstract] Background: Controversy exists with regard to the impact that the different components of diagnosis delay may have on the degree of invasion and prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer. The follow-up ...
    • Suicide attempts and related factors in patients admitted to a general hospital: a ten-year crosssectional study (1997-2007) 

      Alberdi-Sudupe, Jesús; Pita-Fernández, Salvador; Gómez Pardiñas, Sonia María; Iglesias-Gil-de-Bernabé, Fernando; García-Fernández, Jorge; Martínez-Sande, Gonzalo; Lantes-Louzao, Sara; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia (BioMed Central, 2011-03-31)
      [Abstract] Background: Suicide and suicide attempts represent a severe problem for public health services. The aim of this study is to determine the socio-demographic and psychopathological variables associated with suicide ...
    • Incidence of cardiovascular events after kidney transplantation and cardiovascular risk scores: study protocol 

      Pita-Fernández, Salvador; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Valdés-Cañedo, Francisco; Seijo-Bestilleiro, Rocío; Seoane-Pillado, Teresa; Fernández-Rivera, Constantino; Alonso-Hernández, Ángel; Lorenzo-Aguiar, Dolores; López-Calviño, Beatriz; López-Muñiz, Andrés (BioMed Central, 2011-06-10)
      [Abstract] Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the major cause of death after renal transplantation. Not only conventional CVD risk factors, but also transplant-specific risk factors can influence the development ...
    • Effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in Spain 

      Martiñón-Torres, Federico; Bouzón Alejandro, Marta; Redondo Collazo, Lorenzo; Sánchez-Lastres, Juan Manuel; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Seoane-Pillado, Teresa; Mantiñón Sánchez, José María (Taylor & Francis, 2011-07-01)
      [Abstract] With the aim of determining rotavirus vaccine effectiveness (RVVE) in Spain, from Oct-2008/Jun-2009, 467 consecutive children below 2 years old with acute gastroenteritis (AGE) were recruited using a pediatric ...
    • Evaluation of the adenocarcinoma-associated gene AGR2 and the intestinal stem cell marker LGR5 as biomarkers in colorectal cancer 

      Valladares-Ayerbes, Manuel; Blanco, Moisés; Reboredo, Margarita; Lorenzo-Patiño, María J.; Iglesias-Díaz, Pilar; Haz, Mar; Díaz-Prado, Silvia; Medina, Vanessa; Santamarina, Isabel; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Figueroa, Angélica; Antón-Aparicio, Luis M. (MDPI, 2012-04-05)
      [Abstract] We aim to estimate the diagnostic performances of anterior gradient homolog-2 (AGR2) and Leucine-rich repeat-containing-G-protein-coupled receptor 5 (LGR5) in peripheral blood (PB) as mRNA biomarkers in colorectal ...
    • Electrocardiographic abnormalities in centenarians: impact on survival 

      Rabuñal, Juan R.; Monte Secades, Rafael; Gómez-Gigirey, Adriana; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Testa-Fernández, Ana; Pita-Fernández, Salvador; Casariego Vales, Emilio (BioMed Central, 2012-04-20)
      [Abstract] Background: The centenarian population is gradually increasing, so it is becoming more common to see centenarians in clinical practice. Electrocardiogram abnormalities in the elderly have been reported, but ...
    • Exposure to paracetamol and asthma symptoms 

      González-Barcala, Francisco-Javier; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Pérez-Castro, Teresa-Rosalía; Sampedro-Campos, Manuel; Sánchez-Lastres, Juan Manuel; San-José-González, Miguel-Ángel; Bamonde-Rodríguez, Luis; Garnelo-Suárez, Luciano; Valdés Cuadrado, Luis; Carreira, J.M.; Moure, J.D.; López-Silvarrey-Varela, Ángel (Oxford Academic, 2012-05-29)
      [Abstract] Background: Paracetamol is one of the factors that have been associated with the observed increase in asthma prevalence in the last few years. The influence of environmental or genetic factors in this disease ...
    • Factors related with symptom duration until diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic colorectal cancer 

      Esteva, Magdalena; Leiva, Alfonso; Ramos, María; Pita-Fernández, Salvador; González-Luján, Luis; Casamitjana, Montse; Sánchez, María A.; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Ruiz, Amador; González-Santamaría, Paloma; Martín-Rabadán, María; Costa-Alcaraz, Ana M.; Espí, Alejandro; Maciá, Francesc; Segura, Josep M.; Lafita, Sergio; Arnal-Monreal, Francisco; Amengual, Isabel; Boscá-Watts, Marta M.; Hospital, Angels; Manzano, Hermini; Magallón, Rosa (BioMed Central, 2013-02-23)
      [Abstract] Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) survival depends mostly on stage at the time of diagnosis. However, symptom duration at diagnosis or treatment have also been considered as predictors of stage and survival. ...
    • Impact of parental smoking on childhood asthma 

      González-Barcala, Francisco-Javier; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Sampedro-Campos, Manuel; Sánchez-Lastres, Juan Manuel; San-José-González, Miguel-Ángel; Bamonde-Rodríguez, Luis; Garnelo-Suárez, Luciano; Pérez-Castro, Teresa-Rosalía; Valdés Cuadrado, L.; Carreira, J.M.; Moure, J.D.; López-Silvarrey-Varela, Ángel (Elsevier, 2013-04-26)
      [Abstract] Objective: To evaluate the exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) of the childhood population in this community and its relationship with asthma symptoms. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted ...
    • Utility of brief questionnaires of health-related quality of life (Airways Questionnaire 20 and Clinical COPD Questionnaire) to predict exacerbations in patients with asthma and COPD 

      Blanco-Aparicio, Marina; Vázquez, Isabel; Pita-Fernández, Salvador; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Verea-Hernando, Héctor (BioMed Central, 2013-05-27)
      [Abstract] Background: There is some evidence that quality of life measured by long disease-specific questionnaires may predict exacerbations in asthma and COPD, however brief quality of life tools, such as the Airways ...
    • Seroprevalence of HCV and HIV infections by year of birth in Spain: impact of US CDC and USPSTF recommendations for HCV and HIV testing 

      Mena, Álvaro; Moldes, Luz; Meijide, Héctor; Cañizares, Angelina; Castro-Iglesias, Ángeles; Delgado, Manuel; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Pedreira, José D.; Bou, Germán; Poveda, Eva (PLoS ONE, 2014-12-01)
    • Clinical-pathological characteristics and prognosis of a cohort of oesophageal cancer patients: a competing risks survival analysis 

      Rodríguez-Camacho, Elena; Pita-Fernández, Salvador; López-Calviño, Beatriz; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Seoane-Pillado, Teresa (Japan Epidemiological Association, 2015-01-19)
      [Abstract] Background: To determine the clinical course, follow-up strategies, and survival of oesophageal cancer patients using a competing risks survival analysis. Methods: We conducted a retrospective and prospective ...
    • Trends on epidemiological, virological, and clinical features among newly diagnosed HIV-1 persons in Northwest Spain over the last 10 years 

      Pernas, Berta; Mena, Álvaro; Cañizares, Angelina; Grandal, Marta; Castro-Iglesias, Ángeles; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Pedreira, José D.; Poveda, Eva (Wiley, 2015-03-16)
      [Abstract] To describe temporal trend and characteristics of newly HIV-diagnosed patients in a medical care area in Northwest Spain over the last 10 years. All newly diagnosed patients for HIV-infection from 2004 to 2013 ...
    • Any impact of blips and low-level viraemia episodes among HIV-infected patients with sustained virological suppression on ART? 

      Pernas, Berta; Grandal, Marta; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Cañizares, Angelina; Castro-Iglesias, Ángeles; Mena, Álvaro; Rodríguez-Osorio, Iria; Tabernilla, Andrés; Pedreira, José D.; Poveda, Eva (Oxford University Press, 2015-12-24)
      [Abstract] Objectives. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of blips and risk of virological failure (VF) among HIV-infected patients with sustained virological suppression (HIV-RNA <50 copies/mL) on ...
    • Valoración clínica del dolor en unidades de cuidados intensivos neonatales españolas 

      Ávila-Álvarez, Alejandro; Carbajal, Rocío; Courtois, Emilie; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Anand, Kanwaljeet J.S.; Muñiz, Javier (Elsevier, 2016)
      [Resumen] Introducción. Las escalas clínicas son hoy en día el mejor método para evaluar el dolor en el neonato, dada la imposibilidad de autorreporte en este grupo de edad. Se diseñó un estudio con el objetivo de determinar ...
    • A randomized clinical trial to determine the effectiveness of CO-oximetry and anti-smoking brief advice in a cohort of kidney transplant patients who smoke: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial 

      Pita-Fernández, Salvador; Seijo Bestilleiro, Rocío; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Alonso-Hernández, Ángel; Fernández-Rivera, Constantino; Cao, Mercedes; Seoane-Pillado, Teresa; López-Calviño, Beatriz; González-Martín, Cristina; Valdés-Cañedo, Francisco (BioMed Central, 2016-04-01)
      [Abstract]Background: The cardiovascular risk in renal transplant patients is increased in patients who continue to smoke after transplantation. The aim of the study is to measure the effectiveness of exhaled carbon monoxide ...
    • Long-term clinical experience with darunavir (2007–2015) in a large cohort of HIV-infected patients in Spain authors 

      Pernas, Berta; Grandal, Marta; Tabernilla, Andrés; Cid-Silva, Purificación; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Castro-Iglesias, Ángeles; Mena, Álvaro; Margusino-Framiñán, Luis; Pedreira, José D.; Poveda, Eva (Wiley, 2016-06-06)
      [Abstract] The clinical experience with the protease inhibitor darunavir/ritonavir (DRV/r) was retrospectively evaluated in a cohort of 173 HIV+ patients who initiated antiretroviral treatment including DRV/r (period ...
    • Effect of diagnostic delay on survival in patients with colorectal cancer: a retrospective cohort study 

      Pita-Fernández, Salvador; González-Sáez, Luis; López-Calviño, Beatriz; Seoane-Pillado, Teresa; Rodríguez-Camacho, Elena; Pazos, A.; González Santamaría, María Paloma; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia (BioMed Central, 2016-08-22)
      [Abstract] Background. Disparate and contradictory results make studies necessary to investigate in more depth the relationship between diagnostic delay and survival in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. The aim of this ...
    • Rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury 

      Galeiras, Rita; Mourelo-Fariña, Mónica; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Lista, Amanda; Ferreiro-Velasco, María Elena; Salvador-de-la-Barrera, S.; Montoto Marqués, Antonio; Rodríguez, Antonio (Wolters Kluwer, 2016-09)
      [Abstract] Background: Patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCIs) exhibit factors that, in other populations, have been associated with rhabdomyolysis. Purpose: The aim of the study is to determine the ...
    • Prevalence and associated factors for musculoskeletal pain and disability among spanish music conservatory students 

      Rodríguez-Romero, Beatriz; Pérez-Valiño, Coral; Ageitos-Alonso, Beatriz; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia (Science & Medicine, 2016-12)
      [Abstract] OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of and factors associated with musculoskeletal pain (MSP) and neck and upper limb disability among music conservatory students. METHODS: An observational study in two Spanish ...