Revista de libros

Se reseñan los siguientes libros: * Osvaldo Loudet: Humanistas y médicos en el Renacimiento. Ed. Nova, Buenos Aires, 1961. Vol. rústica, 130 págs. * Max Scheler: Metafísica de la libertad. Traducción de Walter Liebling y otros. Buenos Aires, Nova, 1960. Vol. rústica de 277 págs. * Alfred North Whitehead: El Devenir de la Religión. Traducción directa y estudio preliminar “La Filosofía de la Religión de W.”, de Armando Asti Vera. Editorial Nova. Buenos Aires, 1961. Vol. rústica, 112 págs. * Henri Gouhier: La obra teatral. Traducción de María Martínez Sierra. Control técnico por el Dr. Raúl H. Castagnino. Eudeba, Buenos Aires, 1961, 223 págs. * Alberto Palcos: Historia de Echeverría. Editorial Emecé, Buenos Aires, 1960, 259 págs. * Cien años de la novela chilena (Homenaje de la Universidad de Concepción al Sesquicentenario de la Independencia de Chile). Ediciones Revista Atenas, Universidad de Concepción, Chile, 1961, 259 págs. * Maurice Debesse: Cómo estudiar a los adolescentes. Examen crítico de confidencias juveniles. Traducción de María Elena Vela. Biblioteca “Nova” de Educación. Buenos Aires, Editorial Nova, 1961, 1 Vol. rústica de 154 págs. * Raúl H. Castagnino: El análisis literario. Introducción metodológica a la estilística integral. Tercera edición aumentada. Editorial Nova, Buenos Aires, 1961. * Revista de Filosofía. (Departamento de Filosofía de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata). N° 10. La Plata, 1961. Vol. de 158 págs.Universidad Nacional de La Plat

Revista de libros

Se reseñan las siguientes obras: * Alejandro Korn: El pensamiento argentino. Ed. Nova, Buenos Aires, 1961; volumen rústica, 260 páginas. * David Bohm: Causalidad y azar en la física moderna. Traducción de Daisy Learn. Prólogo de Louis de Broglie. Edición de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. México, 1959; vol. rústica, 254 págs. * Claude A. Villee: Biología. Traducción del doctor Jorge E. Wright. Revisión técnica a cargo de la doctora M. Blei y del traductor Ed. EUDEBA, Buenos Aires, 1961; vol. rústica, 719 págs. * Alonso Zamora Vicente: Lope de Vega. Vida y obra. Madrid. Editorial Gredos, 1961, vol. rústica, 296 págs. * Hans Reichenbach: El sentido del tiempo. Traducción de Ana S. de Liberman. Prefacio de María Reichenbach. Edición de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. México, 1960, 390 páginas. * Max Müller: Crisis de la metafísica. Versión castellana y notas del profesor Ansgar Klein. Editorial Sur, Buenos Aires, 1961, vol. rústica, 171 págs. * Max Scheller: El santo, el genio, el héroe. Editorial Nova, Buenos Aires, 1961. (Traducción de Elsa Tabernig); Vol. rústica, 169 págs. * Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla: Ontología del Conocimiento. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Facultad de Humanidades y Educación. Instituto de Filosofía. Caracas, 1960. Encuadernado en tela, 454 págs. * C. G. Jung: Sobre cosas que se ven en el cielo. Traducción de Alberto Luis Bixio. Editorial Sur. Colección Ensayos. Buenos Aires, 1961. Vol. rústica, 206 págs. * Archivo del Coronel Doctor Marcos Paz. Publicación encomendada al Instituto de Historia Argentina de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, por ordenanza del Consejo Universitario, 24 de agosto de 1956, con introducción de Carlos Heras, director del Instituto, Tomo I (1835-1854), 1959; 387 páginas. Tomo II (1858-1862), 1961, 384 páginas, La Plata. * Archivos de Ciencias de la Educación. (Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata). Nº 1 (Tercera época). La Plata, 1961. Vol. de 132 págs.Universidad Nacional de La Plat

Revista de libros

El documento compila reseñas de los siguientes libros: "Tratado de Sociología" (1962) de Georges Gurvitch, "Manual para el examen psicológico del niño" (1963) de René Zazzo, "De la vida a la existencia en la filosofía contemporánea" (1964) de Emilio Estiú, "Filosofía en el mundo de hoy" (1963) de José Ferrater Mora, "Filosofía de la Civilización" (1962) de Albert Schweitzer, "Tratado de Psicología General" (1962) de Maurice Pradines, "Victoria Ocampo" (1963) de Fryda Schultz de Mantovani, "Poesía y sociedad" (1964) de Georges Mounin, "Filosofía de la Historia" de Immanuel Kant, "Química General" (1963) de Carlos E. Prélat, "Compendio de Didáctica General" (1963) de Luiz Alves de Mattos, "Salud y Enfermedad. Problemas de medicina social en América Latina" (1963) de Hernán San Martín, Diccionario de alfánimos y seudónimos en la Argentina. 1800-1930" (1962) de Vicente Osvaldo Cutolo, "Salud, medicina y desarrollo económico-social" (1964) de Abraam Sonis y "Revolución on the pampas. A Social History on Argentine Wheat, 1860-1910" (1964) de James R. Scobie.Material digitalizado en SEDICI gracias a la colaboración de la Biblioteca de la Facultad de Ingeniería (UNLP).Universidad Nacional de La Plat

"Delirium Day": A nationwide point prevalence study of delirium in older hospitalized patients using an easy standardized diagnostic tool

Background: To date, delirium prevalence in adult acute hospital populations has been estimated generally from pooled findings of single-center studies and/or among specific patient populations. Furthermore, the number of participants in these studies has not exceeded a few hundred. To overcome these limitations, we have determined, in a multicenter study, the prevalence of delirium over a single day among a large population of patients admitted to acute and rehabilitation hospital wards in Italy. Methods: This is a point prevalence study (called "Delirium Day") including 1867 older patients (aged 65 years or more) across 108 acute and 12 rehabilitation wards in Italian hospitals. Delirium was assessed on the same day in all patients using the 4AT, a validated and briefly administered tool which does not require training. We also collected data regarding motoric subtypes of delirium, functional and nutritional status, dementia, comorbidity, medications, feeding tubes, peripheral venous and urinary catheters, and physical restraints. Results: The mean sample age was 82.0 ± 7.5 years (58 % female). Overall, 429 patients (22.9 %) had delirium. Hypoactive was the commonest subtype (132/344 patients, 38.5 %), followed by mixed, hyperactive, and nonmotoric delirium. The prevalence was highest in Neurology (28.5 %) and Geriatrics (24.7 %), lowest in Rehabilitation (14.0 %), and intermediate in Orthopedic (20.6 %) and Internal Medicine wards (21.4 %). In a multivariable logistic regression, age (odds ratio [OR] 1.03, 95 % confidence interval [CI] 1.01-1.05), Activities of Daily Living dependence (OR 1.19, 95 % CI 1.12-1.27), dementia (OR 3.25, 95 % CI 2.41-4.38), malnutrition (OR 2.01, 95 % CI 1.29-3.14), and use of antipsychotics (OR 2.03, 95 % CI 1.45-2.82), feeding tubes (OR 2.51, 95 % CI 1.11-5.66), peripheral venous catheters (OR 1.41, 95 % CI 1.06-1.87), urinary catheters (OR 1.73, 95 % CI 1.30-2.29), and physical restraints (OR 1.84, 95 % CI 1.40-2.40) were associated with delirium. Admission to Neurology wards was also associated with delirium (OR 2.00, 95 % CI 1.29-3.14), while admission to other settings was not. Conclusions: Delirium occurred in more than one out of five patients in acute and rehabilitation hospital wards. Prevalence was highest in Neurology and lowest in Rehabilitation divisions. The "Delirium Day" project might become a useful method to assess delirium across hospital settings and a benchmarking platform for future surveys

Low in‑hospital mortality rate in patients with COVID‑19 receiving thromboprophylaxis: data from the multicentre observational START‑COVID Register

Abstract COVID-19 infection causes respiratory pathology with severe interstitial pneumonia and extra-pulmonary complications; in particular, it may predispose to thromboembolic disease. The current guidelines recommend the use of thromboprophylaxis in patients with COVID-19, however, the optimal heparin dosage treatment is not well-established. We conducted a multicentre, Italian, retrospective, observational study on COVID-19 patients admitted to ordinary wards, to describe clinical characteristic of patients at admission, bleeding and thrombotic events occurring during hospital stay. The strategies used for thromboprophylaxis and its role on patient outcome were, also, described. 1091 patients hospitalized were included in the START-COVID-19 Register. During hospital stay, 769 (70.7%) patients were treated with antithrombotic drugs: low molecular weight heparin (the great majority enoxaparin), fondaparinux, or unfractioned heparin. These patients were more frequently affected by comorbidities, such as hypertension, atrial fibrillation, previous thromboembolism, neurological disease,and cancer with respect to patients who did not receive thromboprophylaxis. During hospital stay, 1.2% patients had a major bleeding event. All patients were treated with antithrombotic drugs; 5.4%, had venous thromboembolism [30.5% deep vein thrombosis (DVT), 66.1% pulmonary embolism (PE), and 3.4% patients had DVT + PE]. In our cohort the mortality rate was 18.3%. Heparin use was independently associated with survival in patients aged ≥ 59 years at multivariable analysis. We confirmed the high mortality rate of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients in ordinary wards. Treatment with antithrombotic drugs is significantly associated with a reduction of mortality rates especially in patients older than 59 years

Method for the manufacture of perfluorovinylethers

The invention pertains to a method for the manufacture of a perfluorovinylether by hydrodehalogenation of a halofluoroether (HaloFE) having general formula (I-A) or RtO-CRt-'X-CRt-"Rt-"'X' (I-A. Said method comprising contacting said halofluoroether (HaloFE) with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising at least one transition metal (M) of group VI 11 B and tin

87Sr/86Sr isotopes in grapes of different cultivars: A geochemical tool for geographic traceability of agriculture products

87Sr/86Sr was determined on fresh red and white grapes, soils and rocks from three selected vineyards to verify the isotopic relationships between the fruit of the vine and geologic substrata of vineyards.87Sr/86Sr were determined on sampled grapes of four different harvest years and different grape varieties, on bioavailable fraction of soils, on whole soils, and on bedrocks from the geo-pedological substratum of the vineyards. The vineyards chosen for the experimental works belong to an organic farming winery and thus cultivation procedures were strictly controlled. Grapes were sampled during the harvests of four different but consecutive years with87Sr/86Sr that does not change reflecting the values of the soil bioavailable fraction. No variations among grapes from different vine cultivars were observed. A strict isotope relationship with soil bio-available fraction was observed. These findings demonstrate the reliability of87Sr/86Sr, even at a very small scale, for food products geographic origin assessment