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Validation of the ICH score in patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage admitted to the intensive care unit in Southern Spain
Objective Validation of the intracerebral haemorrhage
(ICH) score in patients with a diagnosis of spontaneous ICH
admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Results A total of 336 patients were included. 105 of
whom underwent surgery. Median (IQR) age: 62 (50–70)
years. APACHE-II: 21(15–26) points, GCS: 7 (4–11)
points, ICH score: 2 (2–3) points. 11.1% presented with
bilateral mydriasis on admission (mortality rate=100%).
Intraventricular haemorrhage was observed in 58.9%
of patients. In-hospital mortality was 54.17% while
the APACHE-II predicted mortality was 57.22% with a
standardised mortality ratio (SMR) of 0.95 (95% CI 0.81 to
1.09) and a Hosmer-Lemenshow test value (H) of 3.62 (no
significant statistical difference, n.s.). 30-day mortality was
52.38% compared with the ICH score predicted mortality
of 48.79%, SMR: 1.07 (95% CI 0.91 to 1.23), n.s. Mortality
was higher than predicted at the lowest scores and lower
than predicted in the more severe patients, (H=55.89,
p<0.001), Gruppo Italiano per la Valutazione degli
Interventi in Terapia Intensiva calibration belt (p<0.001).
The area under a receiver operating characteristic (ROC)
curve was 0.74 (95% CI 0.69 to 0.79).
Conclusions ICH score shows an acceptable
discrimination as a tool to predict mortality rates in
patients with spontaneous ICH admitted to the ICU, but its
calibration is suboptimal
Evidencia de propiedades fractales en la sucesión de Fibonacci usando wavelets.
En este artículo mostramos la existencia de una estrecha relación entre la geometría fractal, la divina proporción y la sucesión de Fibonacci; mediante la utilización de Wavelets
Geometría fractal y transformada de Fourier
En este artículo mostramos la existencia de una estrecha relación entre la geometría fractal, las leyes de potencias y la transformada de Fourier. Usando para ello la densidad espectral de potencia de un objeto fractal
Evidencia de propiedades fractales en la sucesión de Fibonacci usando wavelets.
En este artículo mostramos la existencia de una estrecha relación entre la geometría fractal, la divina proporción y la sucesión de Fibonacci; mediante la utilización de Wavelets
Aproximación al criterio de Holmes-Melnikov
En este artículo se resuelve una integral impropia usando el teorema de los residuos y la transformada de Fourier. Esta integral resulta de la utilización del método de Melnikov en un sistema dinámico no linea
Aproximación al criterio de Holmes-Melnikov
En este artículo se resuelve una integral impropia usando el teorema de los residuos y la transformada de Fourier. Esta integral resulta de la utilización del método de Melnikov en un sistema dinámico no linea
Who does what the cardiologist recommends? Psychosocial markers of unhealthy behavior in coronary disease patients
Patients diagnosed with coronary heart disease should follow lifestyle recommendations that
can reduce their cardiovascular risk (e.g., avoid smoking). However, some patients fail to follow these recommendations and engage in unhealthy behavior. With the aim to identify psychosocial factors that characterize patients at high risk of repeated cardiovascular events,
we investigated the relationship between social support, mental health (coping, self-esteem,
and perceived stress), and unhealthy behavior. We conducted a cross-sectional study of
419 patients recently diagnosed with coronary heart disease (myocardial infarction or
angina) who participated in the National Health Survey in Spain (2018). Unhealthy behaviors
were defined according to the European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention.
Only 1% of patients reported no unhealthy behaviors, with 11% reporting one, 40% two, 35%
three, and 13% four or more unhealthy behaviors. In multiple regression controlling for
demographic and traditional risk factors, mental health was the only significant psychosocial
factor, doubling the odds of accumulated unhealthy behaviors, OR(high vs. low) = 2.03, 95%
CI [1.14, 3.64]. Mental health was especially strongly related to unhealthy behavior among
patients with obesity, OR(high vs. low) = 3.50, 95% CI [1.49, 8.45]. The relationship between
mental health and unhealthy behaviors suggests that a large proportion of patients may not
adhere to lifestyle recommendations not because they purposefully choose to do so, but
because they lack coping skills to maintain the recommended healthy behaviors. Low mental
well-being may be especially detrimental for behavior change of patients with obesity.Dafina Petrova is supported by a Juan de
la Cierva Fellowship (FJCI-2016-28279) from the
Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry, and
Competitiveness. The funders had no role in study
design, data collection and analysis, decision to
publish, or preparation of the manuscript
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