20 research outputs found
A922 Sequential measurement of 1 hour creatinine clearance (1-CRCL) in critically ill patients at risk of acute kidney injury (AKI)
Meeting abstrac
Modelling human choices: MADeM and decision‑making
Research supported by FAPESP 2015/50122-0 and DFG-GRTK 1740/2. RP and AR are also part of the Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics FAPESP grant (2013/07699-0). RP is supported by a FAPESP scholarship (2013/25667-8). ACR is partially supported by a CNPq fellowship (grant 306251/2014-0)
Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries
Abstract
Background
Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres.
Methods
This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries.
Results
In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia.
Conclusion
This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries
Fungal Communities Associated with Bark Beetles in <i>Pinus radiata</i> Plantations in Northern Spain Affected by Pine Pitch Canker, with Special Focus on <i>Fusarium</i> Species
Fusarium spp., as well as other endophytic or pathogenic fungi that form communities, have been reported to be phoretically associated with bark beetles (Coleoptera; Scolytinae) worldwide. This applies to Fusarium circinatum Nirenberg and O’Donnell, the causal agent of pine pitch canker (PPC), which threatens Pinus radiata D. Don plantations in northern Spain. The main objective of this study was to study the fungal communities associated with bark beetles and their galleries in stands affected by PPC, with special attention given to Fusarium species. Funnel traps and logs were placed in a P. radiata plot known to be affected by F. circinatum. The traps were baited with different attractants: four with (E)-pityol and six with ethanol and α-Pinene. In addition, fresh green shoots with Tomicus piniperda L. feeding galleries were collected from the ground in 25 P. radiata plots affected by PPC. Extracts of whole insects and gallery tissues were plated on agar medium to isolate and identify the associated fungi. A total of 24 different fungal species were isolated from the bark beetle galleries constructed in logs and shoots, while 18 were isolated from the insect exoskeletons. Ten different Fusarium species were isolated from tissue and insects. Fusarium circinatum was isolated from bark beetle exoskeletons (1.05% of the Pityophthorus pubescens Marsham specimens harboured F. circinatum) and from the galleries (3.5% of the T. piniperda feeding galleries harboured the pathogen). The findings provide information about the fungal communities associated with bark beetles in P. radiata stands in northern Spain
A systematic review of cognitive behavioral therapy-based interventions for comorbid chronic pain and clinically relevant psychological distress
Objective: Chronic pain frequently co-occurs with clinically relevant psychological distress. A systematic review was conducted to identify the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy-based interventions for patients with these comorbid conditions. Methods: The systematic search was carried out in Medline, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and Scopus up to March 18th, 2023. Four reviewers independently conducted screenings, extraction, and quality assessment. Results: Twelve randomized controlled trials and one non-randomized controlled trial involving 1,661 participants that examined the efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (nine studies), Mindfulness-based Interventions (three studies), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (one study), and Behavioral Activation Therapy for Depression (one study) were included. Compared to treatment as usual, six out of eight studies of traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy reported significant differences in the reduction of depressive symptoms at post-treatment (d from 1.31 to 0.18) and four out of six at follow-up (d from 0.75 to 0.26); similarly, five out of six reported significant differences in the reduction of anxiety symptoms at post-treatment (d from 1.08 to 0.19) and three out of four at follow-up (d from 1.07 to 0.27). Overall, no significant differences between traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and treatment as usual were reported at post-treatment and follow-up in the studies exploring pain intensity and pain catastrophizing. Conclusion: The available evidence suggests that traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy may produce significant benefits for the improvement of depression, anxiety, and quality of life, but not for pain intensity and pain catastrophizing. More evidence is needed to determine the effects of MBI, ACT, and BATD
Efficiency and demographics of a high-yield dairy ewe farm with two managing systems involving 5 or 10 lambings per year
This study assessed milk productivity, demographic characteristics and workload distribution on a single high-yield dairy ewe farm in Spain (Avila, Spain; continental climate, latitude of 40.90 N, altitude of 900 m) over a 7-year period considering a transition from a herd management system involving five lambings per year (5LY) to a system involving 10 lambings per year (10LY). The 5LY system was practiced on the farm from 2010 to 2012 and the 10LY system from 2014 to 2015, with 2009 and 2013 being considered transition years. During this period, 27 415 lactations were recorded from an average of 3746 Lacaune sheep/year. Several productivity parameters were higher in 2014 to 2015 than in 2010 to 2012: milk yield/lactation (370±156 v. 349±185 l), lactation length (218±75 v. 192±75 days) and dry period length (53.5±38.3 v. 69.1±34.8 days) (all P<0.0001). During 2014 to 2015, investment in new lambing facilities was possible, workload was distributed more uniformly throughout the year, workload per worker was smaller, rate of ewe culling was lower (35.39±0.53% v. 42.51±7.51%), ewe longevity was greater and higher-order lactations were more numerous (P<0.0001). On the other hand, during 2010 to 2012, daily production was higher (1.73±1.66 v. 1.70±0.62 l/day; P=0.038), the interlambing period was shorter (283±50 v. 302±44 days; P<0.0001) and lambings/ewe per year were greater (1.42±0.01 v. 1.30±0.01; P<0.05). These results suggest that a 10LY herd management system can be compatible with profitability, productivity and good animal and worker's welfare on a high-yield dairy farm, and may even be associated with better outcomes than a 5LY system.Sin financiación2.026 JCR (2018) Q1, 9/61 Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science, 20/141 Veterinary Sciences0.791 SJR (2018) Q1, 66/429 Animal Science and ZoologyNo data IDR 2018UE
Use of Different Food Classification Systems to Assess the Association between Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Cardiometabolic Health in an Elderly Population with Metabolic Syndrome (PREDIMED-Plus Cohort)
The PREDIMED-Plus trial was supported by the European Research Council (Advanced
Research grant 2014–2019; agreement #340918; granted to M.Á.M.-G.); the official Spanish institutions
for funding scientific biomedical research, CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición
(CIBEROBN) and Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) through the Fondo de Investigación para
la Salud (FIS) which is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (coordinated FIS
projects led by J.S-S. and J.V., including the following projects: PI13/00673, PI13/00492, PI13/00272,
PI13/01123, PI13/00462, PI13/00233, PI13/02184, PI13/00728, PI13/01090, PI13/01056, PI14/01722,
PI14/00636, PI14/00618, PI14/00696, PI14/01206, PI14/01919, PI14/00853, PI14/01374, PI14/00972,
PI14/00728, PI14/01471, PI16/00473, PI16/00662, PI16/01873, PI16/01094, PI16/00501, PI16/00533,
PI16/00381, PI16/00366, PI16/01522, PI16/01120, PI17/00764, PI17/01183, PI17/00855, PI17/01347,
PI17/00525, PI17/01827, PI17/00532, PI17/00215, PI17/01441, PI17/00508, PI17/01732, PI17/00926,
PI19/00957, PI19/00386, PI19/00309, PI19/01032, PI19/00576, PI19/00017, PI19/01226, PI19/00781,
PI19/01560, PI19/01332), and the Especial Action Project “Implementación y evaluación de una
intervención intensiva sobre la actividad física Cohorte PREDIMED-Plus” (J.S.-S.); the Recercaixa
(grant number 2013ACUP00194) (J.S.-S.). Moreover, J.S-S. gratefully acknowledges the financial
support by ICREA under the ICREA Academia program; the SEMERGEN grant; Department of
Health of the Government of Navarra (61/2015), the Fundació La Marató de TV (Ref. 201630.10);
the AstraZeneca Young Investigators Award in Category of Obesity and T2D 2017 (D.R.); grants
from the Consejería de Salud de la Junta de Andalucía (PI0458/2013; PS0358/2016; PI0137/2018),
the PROMETEO/2017/017 grant from the Generalitat Valenciana, the SEMERGEN grant; grant of
support to research groups 35/2011 (Balearic Islands Government; FEDER funds) (J.A.T.). R.S.-C.
acknowledges financial support from the Juan de la Cierva Program Training Grants of the Spanish
State Research Agency of the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación y Ministerio de Universidades
(FJC2018-038168- I). N.B.-T. acknowledges financial support from the Juan de la Cierva
Formación Program Training Grants of the Spanish State Research Agency of the Spanish Ministerio
de Ciencia e Innovación y Ministerio de Universidades (FJC2018-036016-I). M.R.B.-L. was supported
by “Miguel Servet Type I” program (CP15/00028) from the ISCIII-Madrid (Spain), cofinanced by
the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional-FEDER. S.K.N. acknowledges financial support from
the Canadian Institute for Health Research, CIHR Fellowship. J.K. was supported by the ‘FOLIUM’
programme within the FUTURMed project from the Fundación Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria
Illes Balears (financed by 2017 annual plan of the sustainable tourism tax and at 50% with charge to
the ESF Operational Program 2014–2020 of the Balearic Islands. C.M.-P. was financially supported
by a joint grant from the Community of Madrid and the European Social Fund (grant PEJD-2019-
POST/SAL-15892). The METHYL-UP project was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and
Innovation (RTI2018-095569-B-I00, Programa de Proyectos Orientados a los Retos de la Sociedad
“Projects Toward Society Challenges Program”).The association between ultra-processed food (UPF) and risk of cardiometabolic disorders
is an ongoing concern. Different food processing-based classification systems have originated
discrepancies in the conclusions among studies. To test whether the association between UPF
consumption and cardiometabolic markers changes with the classification system, we used baseline
data from 5636 participants (48.5% female and 51.5% male, mean age 65.1 4.9) of the PREDIMEDPlus
(“PREvention with MEDiterranean DIet”) trial. Subjects presented with overweight or obesity
and met at least three metabolic syndrome (MetS) criteria. Food consumption was classified using a
143-item food frequency questionnaire according to four food processing-based classifications: NOVA,
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), International Food Information Council (IFIC)
and University of North Carolina (UNC). Mean changes in nutritional and cardiometabolic markers
were assessed according to quintiles of UPF consumption for each system. The association between
UPF consumption and cardiometabolic markers was assessed using linear regression analysis. The
concordance of the different classifications was assessed with intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC3,
overall = 0.51). The highest UPF consumption was obtained with the IARC classification (45.9%)
and the lowest with NOVA (7.9%). Subjects with high UPF consumption showed a poor dietary
profile. We detected a direct association between UPF consumption and BMI (p = 0.001) when using the NOVA system, and with systolic (p = 0.018) and diastolic (p = 0.042) blood pressure when using
the UNC system. Food classification methodologies markedly influenced the association between
UPF consumption and cardiometabolic risk markers.European Research Council (ERC)
European Commission #340918Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red-Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutricion PI16/00473, PI16/00662, PI16/01873, PI16/01094, PI16/00501, PI16/00533, PI16/00381, PI16/00366, PI16/01522, PI16/01120, PI17/00764, PI17/01183, PI17/00855, PI17/01347, PI17/00525, PI17/01827, PI17/00532, PI17/00215, PI17/01441
PI13/00673, PI13/00492, PI13/00272, PI13/01123, PI13/00462, PI13/00233, PI13/02184, PI13/00728, PI13/01090, PI13/01056, PI14/01722, PI14/00636, PI14/00618, PI14/00696, PI14/01206, PI14/01919, PI14/00853, PI14/01374, PI14/00972, PI14/00728, PI14/01471
PI17/00508, PI17/01732, PI17/00926, PI19/00957, PI19/00386, PI19/00309, PI19/01032, PI19/00576, PI19/00017, PI19/01226, PI19/00781, PI19/01560, PI19/0133
Potential interactions between invasive Fusarium circinatum and other pine pathogens in Europe
Pines are major components of native forests and plantations in Europe, where they have both economic significance and an important ecological role. Diseases of pines are mainly caused by fungal and oomycete pathogens, and can significantly reduce the survival, vigor, and yield of both individual trees and entire stands or plantations. Pine pitch canker (PPC), caused by Fusarium circinatum (Nirenberg and O'Donnell), is among the most devastating pine diseases in the world, and is an example of an emergent invasive disease in Europe. The effects of microbial interactions on plant health, as well as the possible roles plant microbiomes may have in disease expression, have been the focus of several recent studies. Here, we describe the possible effects of co-infection with pathogenic fungi and oomycetes with F. circinatum on the health of pine seedlings and mature plants, in an attempt to expand our understanding of the role that biotic interactions may play in the future of PPC disease in European nurseries and forests. The available information on pine pathogens that are able to co-occur with F. circinatum in Europe is here reviewed and interpreted to theoretically predict the effects of such co-occurrences on pine survival, growth, and yield. Beside the awareness that F. circinatum may co-occurr on pines with other pathogens, an additional outcome from this review is an updating of the literature, including the so-called grey literature, to document the geographical distribution of the relevant pathogens and to facilitate differential diagnoses, particularly in nurseries, where some of them may cause symptoms similar to those induced by F. circinatum. An early and accurate diagnosis of F. circinatum, a pathogen that has been recently introduced and that is currently regulated in Europe, is essential to prevent its introduction and spread in plantings and forests