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Noé E, Gómez A, Bernabeu M, Quemada I, Rodríguez R, Pérez T, López C, Laxe S, Colomer C, Ríos M, Juárez-Belaúnde A, González C, Pelayo R, Ferri J. Guidelines: basic principles of neurorehabilitation for patients with acquired brain injury. Recommendations of the Spanish Society of Neurorehabilitation. Neurologia 2024; 39:261-281. [PMID: 37116696 DOI: 10.1016/j.nrleng.2023.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 04/30/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION We present the Spanish Society of Neurorehabilitation's guidelines for adult acquired brain injury (ABI) rehabilitation. These recommendations are based on a review of international clinical practice guidelines published between 2013 and 2020. DEVELOPMENT We establish recommendations based on the levels of evidence of the studies reviewed and expert consensus on population characteristics and the specific aspects of the intervention or procedure under research. CONCLUSIONS All patients with ABI should receive neurorehabilitation therapy once they present a minimal level of clinical stability. Neurorehabilitation should offer as much treatment as possible in terms of frequency, duration, and intensity (at least 45-60minutes of each specific form of therapy that is needed). Neurorehabilitation requires a coordinated, multidisciplinary team with the knowledge, experience, and skills needed to work in collaboration both with patients and with their families. Inpatient rehabilitation interventions are recommended for patients with more severe deficits and those in the acute phase, with outpatient treatment to be offered as soon as the patient's clinical situation allows it, as long as intensity criteria can be maintained. The duration of treatment should be based on treatment response and the possibilities for further improvement, according to the best available evidence. At discharge, patients should be offered health promotion, physical activity, support, and follow-up services to ensure that the benefits achieved are maintained, to detect possible complications, and to assess possible changes in functional status that may lead the patient to need other treatment programmes.
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- E Noé
- NEURORHB Servicio de Neurorrehabilitación de Hospitales Vithas, Fundación Hospitales Vithas, Valencia, Spain.
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- Centro Estatal de Atención al Daño Cerebral-CEADAC, Madrid, Spain
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- Red Menni de Daño Cerebral, Bilbao, Spain
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- Clínica San Vicente, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Lescer, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- NEURORHB Servicio de Neurorrehabilitación de Hospitales Vithas, Fundación Hospitales Vithas, Valencia, Spain
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- Unidad de Daño Cerebral, Hospital Beata María Ana, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Estatal de Atención al Daño Cerebral-CEADAC, Madrid, Spain
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- Institut Guttmann, Barcelona, Spain
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- NEURORHB Servicio de Neurorrehabilitación de Hospitales Vithas, Fundación Hospitales Vithas, Valencia, Spain
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García-Rudolph A, Laxe S, Cegarra B, Saurí-Ruiz J, Opisso E, Tormos JM, Bernabeu M. Inpatient rehabilitation of working-age adults with ischemic stroke: comparing men and women clinical and functional characteristics at admission and predicting functionality. Rev Neurol 2022; 74:69-77. [PMID: 35084731 DOI: 10.33588/rn.7403.2021297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The role of gender in functional independence for activities of daily living after ischemic stroke is still controversial. We aim to a) compare clinical characteristics of men and women at inpatient rehabilitation admission b) compare their functional independence at admission and discharge c) identify predictors of functional independence. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective observational cohort study. State-of-the-art variables were used for admission and discharge comparisons and to predict total FIM (Functional Independence Measure) at discharge, FIM gain, FIM efficiency and FIM effectiveness using multivariate linear regressions. RESULTS 144 patients (33% women) admitted to inpatient rehabilitation in a Spanish specialized center, with less than 3 weeks since ischemic stroke onset were included. Men were older (p = 0.039), 19.6% of men had diabetes mellitus (6.4% of women) (p = 0.038), with 52.6% of men being non-smokers (72.3% of women) (p = 0.022). No significant differences were observed in FIM at admission, discharge, FIM gain, efficiency or effectiveness (total, motor either cognitive FIM). Regression analysis identified sex (ß = -0.13), stroke severity (ß = -0.25) and admission total FIM (ß = -0.69) as significant predictors of total FIM gain (R2 = 0.42). The same variables predicted discharge total FIM: sex (ß = -0.12), severity (ß = -0.23) and admission total FIM (ß = 0.59) (R2 = 0.51). FIM efficiency was predicted by admission total FIM (ß = -0.64), severity (ß = -0.24), age (ß = -0.17) and length of stay (ß = -0.45) (R2 = 39.9%). FIM effectiveness model explained only 13.5% of the variance. CONCLUSIONS No functional differences between men and women in any independence measure were found. Sex was a significant predictor but leaving half of the variance unexplained.
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- A García-Rudolph
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, España
- Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Guttmann-UAB, Badalona, España
- Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, España
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- Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, España
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- Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Guttmann-UAB, 08916 Badalona, España
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, España
- Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, España
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- Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Guttmann-UAB, 08916 Badalona, España
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, España
- Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, España
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- Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Guttmann-UAB, 08916 Badalona, España
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, España
- Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, España
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- Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Guttmann-UAB, 08916 Badalona, España
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, España
- Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, España
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- Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Guttmann-UAB, Badalona, España
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, España
- Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, España
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García-Rudolph A, Cegarra B, Saurí J, Opisso E, Tormos JM, Bernabeu M. [The impact of educational level on cognitive assessments in young patients admitted to rehabilitation after ischaemic stroke]. Rehabilitacion (Madr) 2021; 56:264-273. [PMID: 34702593 DOI: 10.1016/j.rh.2021.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE We propose to assess the impact of educational level on cognitive tests at admission and discharge after a period of cognitive rehabilitation in young patients after ischaemic stroke. MATERIALS AND METHODS We considered secondary and higher education (group A) and less than 6 years of formal education (group B). We compared A and B using χ2 and Kruskal-Wallis. We studied A and B as predictors of verbal and working memory at discharge. Verbal and working memories were assessed at admission and discharge using Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) and DIGITS of the Barcelona Test respectively. RESULTS We analysed n=277 patients (55% belonging to A, mean age of 51 years) admitted to a specialised centre in Spain between 2009 and 2019. We found significant differences (P<.05) at admission, all in favour of A in the assessments of attention, inhibition, visuoperception, visuoconstruction, verbal fluency and comprehension. In DIGITS and RAVLT-learning we found differences at admission. In Digits and RAVLT-recognition we found differences at discharge, all in favour of A. We found no differences in age, severity, time at admission, or length of stay in hospital. Nor did we find differences in cognitive gains or treatment efficiency in memory tests. The groups A and B did not predict RAVLT (R2=.53) or DIGITS (R2=.48). CONCLUSIONS A scores better in 63% of tests at admission and in 75% of tests at discharge, A and B are similar in gains and efficiency on memory tests.
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- A García-Rudolph
- Recerca i Innovació Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona, Barcelona, España; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, España; Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut, Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, España
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- Recerca i Innovació Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona, Barcelona, España; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, España; Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut, Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, España; Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
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- Recerca i Innovació Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona, Barcelona, España; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, España; Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut, Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, España
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- Recerca i Innovació Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona, Barcelona, España; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, España; Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut, Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, España
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- Recerca i Innovació Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona, Barcelona, España; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, España; Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut, Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, España
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- Recerca i Innovació Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona, Barcelona, España; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, España; Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut, Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, España
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Noé E, Gómez A, Bernabeu M, Quemada I, Rodríguez R, Pérez T, López C, Laxe S, Colomer C, Ríos M, Juárez-Belaúnde A, González C, Pelayo R, Ferri J. Guía: Principios básicos de la neurorrehabilitación del paciente con daño cerebral adquirido. Recomendaciones de la Sociedad Española de Neurorrehabilitación. Neurologia 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2021.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Prieto A, Bernabeu M, Falgenhauer L, Chakraborty T, Hüttener M, Juárez A. Overexpression of the third H-NS paralogue H-NS2 compensates fitness loss in hns mutants of the enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strain 042. Sci Rep 2020; 10:18131. [PMID: 33093592 PMCID: PMC7582179 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75204-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Members of the H-NS protein family play a role both in the chromosome architecture and in the regulation of gene expression in bacteria. The genomes of the enterobacteria encode an H-NS paralogue, the StpA protein. StpA displays specific regulatory properties and provides a molecular backup for H-NS. Some enterobacteria also encode third H-NS paralogues. This is the case of the enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) strain 042, which encodes the hns, stpA and hns2 genes. We provide in this paper novel information about the role of the H-NS2 protein in strain 042. A C > T transition in the hns2 promoter leading to increased H-NS2 expression is readily selected in hns mutants. Increased H-NS2 expression partially compensates for H-NS loss. H-NS2 levels are critical for the strain 042 fitness. Under some circumstances, high H-NS2 expression levels dictated by the mutant hns2 promoter can be deleterious. The selection of T > C revertants or of clones harboring insertional inactivations of the hns2 gene can then occur. Temperature also plays a relevant role in the H-NS2 regulatory activity. At 37 °C, H-NS2 targets a subset of the H-NS repressed genes contributing to their silencing. When temperature drops to 25 °C, the repressory ability of H-NS2 is significantly reduced. At low temperature, H-NS plays the main repressory role.
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- A Prieto
- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Schubertstrasse 81, 35392, Giessen, Germany.,German Center for Infection Research DZIF, Partner Site Giessen-Marburg-Langen, Campus, Giessen, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research DZIF, Partner Site Giessen-Marburg-Langen, Campus, Giessen, Germany.,Institute of Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig University, Schubertstrasse 81, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. .,Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.
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Prieto A, Bernabeu M, Aznar S, Ruiz-Cruz S, Bravo A, Queiroz MH, Juárez A. Evolution of Bacterial Global Modulators: Role of a Novel H-NS Paralogue in the Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Strain 042. mSystems 2018; 3:e00220-17. [PMID: 29577085 PMCID: PMC5861252 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00220-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2018] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bacterial genomes sometimes contain genes that code for homologues of global regulators, the function of which is unclear. In members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, cells express the global regulator H-NS and its paralogue StpA. In Escherichia coli, out of providing a molecular backup for H-NS, the role of StpA is poorly characterized. The enteroaggregative E. coli strain 042 carries, in addition to the hns and stpA genes, a third gene encoding an hns paralogue (hns2). We present in this paper information about its biological function. Transcriptomic analysis has shown that the H-NS2 protein targets a subset of the genes targeted by H-NS. Genes targeted by H-NS2 correspond mainly with horizontally transferred (HGT) genes and are also targeted by the Hha protein, a fine-tuner of H-NS activity. Compared with H-NS, H-NS2 expression levels are lower. In addition, H-NS2 expression exhibits specific features: it is sensitive to the growth temperature and to the nature of the culture medium. This novel H-NS paralogue is widespread within the Enterobacteriaceae. IMPORTANCE Global regulators such as H-NS play key relevant roles enabling bacterial cells to adapt to a changing environment. H-NS modulates both core and horizontally transferred (HGT) genes, but the mechanism by which H-NS can differentially regulate these genes remains to be elucidated. There are several instances of bacterial cells carrying genes that encode homologues of the global regulators. The question is what the roles of these proteins are. We noticed that the enteroaggregative E. coli strain 042 carries a new hitherto uncharacterized copy of the hns gene. We decided to investigate why this pathogenic E. coli strain requires an extra H-NS paralogue, termed H-NS2. In our work, we show that H-NS2 displays specific expression and regulatory properties. H-NS2 targets a subset of H-NS-specific genes and may help to differentially modulate core and HGT genes by the H-NS cellular pool.
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- A. Prieto
- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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Rigat-Brugarolas LG, Elizalde-Torrent A, Bernabeu M, De Niz M, Martin-Jaular L, Fernandez-Becerra C, Homs-Corbera A, Samitier J, del Portillo HA. A functional microengineered model of the human splenon-on-a-chip. Lab Chip 2014; 14:1715-1724. [PMID: 24663955 DOI: 10.1039/c3lc51449h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The spleen is a secondary lymphoid organ specialized in the filtration of senescent, damaged, or infected red blood cells. This unique filtering capacity is largely due to blood microcirculation through filtration beds of the splenic red pulp in an open-slow microcirculation compartment where the hematocrit increases, facilitating the recognition and destruction of unhealthy red blood cells by specialized macrophages. Moreover, in sinusal spleens such as those of humans, blood in the open-slow microcirculation compartment has a unidirectional passage through interendothelial slits before reaching the venous system. This further physical constraint represents a second stringent test for erythrocytes ensuring elimination of those cells lacking deformability. With the aim of replicating the filtering function of the spleen on a chip, we have designed a novel microengineered device mimicking the hydrodynamic forces and the physical properties of the splenon, the minimal functional unit of the red pulp able to maintain filtering functions. In this biomimetic platform, we have evaluated the mechanical and physiological responses of the splenon using human red blood cells and malaria-infected cells. This novel device should facilitate future functional studies of the spleen in relation to malaria and other hematological disorders.
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- L G Rigat-Brugarolas
- Nanobioengineering Group, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Baldiri Reixac, 10-12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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García-Molina A, Tormos JM, Bernabeu M, Junqué C, Roig-Rovira T. Do traditional executive measures tell us anything about daily-life functioning after traumatic brain injury in Spanish-speaking individuals? Brain Inj 2012; 26:864-74. [PMID: 22583177 DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2012.655362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between traditional executive function measures and everyday competence in Spanish-speaking individuals with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS AND PROCEDURES Thirty-two TBI patients (24 men, eight women) with an age range of 17-59 years (mean age = 30.73 years; SD = 13.34) were administered a battery of performance-based executive function measures. Such measures included the Trail Making Test part B, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Stroop Colour Word Interference Test, Controlled Oral Word Association Test and Letter-Number Sequencing. Behavioural manifestations of executive deficits were assessed by the Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult version (BRIEF-A). Patient's everyday functioning was examined with the Patient Competency Rating Scale (PCRS). MAIN OUTCOMES AND RESULTS Traditional performance-based executive measures correlated significantly, although moderately, with the PCRS; this relationship was more significant in the Controlled Oral Word Association Test and Trail Making Test part B. A significant correlation was obtained between the BRIEF-A clinical scales and patient's everyday competence as measured by the PCRS. CONCLUSIONS The current findings suggest that traditional performance-based executive measures reveal some degree of ecological validity or real-world relevance, providing relevant information for predicting everyday competence after moderate-to-severe TBI.
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- A García-Molina
- Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Guttmann-UAB, Badalona, Spain.
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Bernabeu M, Lopez FJ, Ferrer M, Martin-Jaular L, Razaname A, Corradin G, Maier AG, Del Portillo HA, Fernandez-Becerra C. Functional analysis of Plasmodium vivax VIR proteins reveals different subcellular localizations and cytoadherence to the ICAM-1 endothelial receptor. Cell Microbiol 2011; 14:386-400. [PMID: 22103402 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2011.01726.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The subcellular localization and function of variant subtelomeric multigene families in Plasmodium vivax remain vastly unknown. Among them, the vir superfamily is putatively involved in antigenic variation and in mediating adherence to endothelial receptors. In the absence of a continuous in vitro culture system for P. vivax, we have generated P. falciparum transgenic lines expressing VIR proteins to infer location and function. We chose three proteins pertaining to subfamilies A (VIR17), C (VIR14) and D (VIR10), with domains and secondary structures that predictably traffic these proteins to different subcellular compartments. Here, we showed that VIR17 remained inside the parasite and around merozoites, whereas VIR14 and VIR10 were exported to the membrane of infected red blood cells (iRBCs) in an apparent independent pathway of Maurer's clefts. Remarkably, VIR14 was exposed at the surface of iRBCs and mediated adherence to different endothelial receptors expressed in CHO cells under static conditions. Under physiological flow conditions, however, cytoadherence was only observed to ICAM-1, which was the only receptor whose adherence was specifically and significantly inhibited by antibodies against conserved motifs of VIR proteins. Immunofluorescence studies using these antibodies also showed different subcellular localizations of VIR proteins in P. vivax-infected reticulocytes from natural infections. These data suggest that VIR proteins are trafficked to different cellular compartments and functionally demonstrates that VIR proteins can specifically mediate cytoadherence to the ICAM-1 endothelial receptor.
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- M Bernabeu
- Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain
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Lima FPS, Lima MO, Leon D, Lucareli PRG, Falcon C, Cogo JC, Bargalló N, Vidal J, Bernabeu M, Junqué C. fMRI of the sensorimotor cortex in patients with traumatic brain injury after intensive rehabilitation. Neurol Sci 2011; 32:633-9. [PMID: 21607756 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0604-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2009] [Accepted: 04/23/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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For evaluating the patterns of brain activation in sensorimotor areas following motor rehabilitation, seven male patients diagnosed with TBI underwent an fMRI study before and after being subjected to motor rehabilitation. Six patients showed a reduction in the BOLD signal of their motor cortical areas during the second fMRI evaluation. A decrease in cerebellum activation was also observed in two patients. Newly activated areas, were observed in four patients after treatment. In addition, an increase in the activation of the supplementary motor area (SMA) following rehabilitation was observed in only one test subject. The findings show that motor rehabilitation in TBI patients produces a decrease in the BOLD signal for the sensorimotor areas that were activated prior to treatment. In addition, we observed the recruitment of different brain areas to compensate for functional loss due to TBI in line with the cortical reorganisation mechanism.
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- F P S Lima
- Universidade do Vale do Paraíba, Urbanova São Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil.
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Corrias A, Jie X, Romero L, Bishop MJ, Bernabeu M, Pueyo E, Rodriguez B. Arrhythmic risk biomarkers for the assessment of drug cardiotoxicity: from experiments to computer simulations. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2010; 368:3001-25. [PMID: 20478918 PMCID: PMC2944395 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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In this paper, we illustrate how advanced computational modelling and simulation can be used to investigate drug-induced effects on cardiac electrophysiology and on specific biomarkers of pro-arrhythmic risk. To do so, we first perform a thorough literature review of proposed arrhythmic risk biomarkers from the ionic to the electrocardiogram levels. The review highlights the variety of proposed biomarkers, the complexity of the mechanisms of drug-induced pro-arrhythmia and the existence of significant animal species differences in drug-induced effects on cardiac electrophysiology. Predicting drug-induced pro-arrhythmic risk solely using experiments is challenging both preclinically and clinically, as attested by the rise in the cost of releasing new compounds to the market. Computational modelling and simulation has significantly contributed to the understanding of cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias over the last 40 years. In the second part of this paper, we illustrate how state-of-the-art open source computational modelling and simulation tools can be used to simulate multi-scale effects of drug-induced ion channel block in ventricular electrophysiology at the cellular, tissue and whole ventricular levels for different animal species. We believe that the use of computational modelling and simulation in combination with experimental techniques could be a powerful tool for the assessment of drug safety pharmacology.
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- A. Corrias
- Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD, UK
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- Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD, UK
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- Instituto de Investigación Interuniversitario en Bioingeniería y Tecnología Orientada al Ser Humano, 6 Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (I3BH ), Valencia, Spain
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- Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD, UK
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- Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD, UK
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- Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD, UK
- Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón (I3A), Universidad de Zaragoza, Saragossa, Spain
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- Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD, UK
- Author for correspondence ()
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Garcia-Molina A, Roig-Rovira T, Enseñat-Cantallops A, Sanchez-Carrion R, Pico-Azanza N, Bernabeu M, Tormos JM. Neuropsychological profile of persons with anoxic brain injury: Differences regarding physiopathological mechanism. Brain Inj 2009; 20:1139-45. [PMID: 17123930 DOI: 10.1080/02699050600983248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE To determine the neuropsychological profile of persons with anoxic brain injury. METHODS AND PROCEDURES A retrospective study on a population of persons with anoxic brain injury admitted to a Brain Injury Unit (Institut Guttmann, Spain) from 1995-2003. The sample was divided according to physiopathological mechanisms in two sub-groups: ischemic anoxia (21 cases) and hypoxemic anoxia (11 cases). Functions assessed included orientation, attention, language, visuo-perceptive and visuo-constructive processing and verbal memory. RESULTS Neuropsychological assessment showed diffuse cognitive impairment in all assessed functions. Episodes of ischemic anoxia caused more severe verbal memory and learning problems than episodes of hypoxemic anoxia. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that memory problems are the most prominent and relevant impairment, although all other cognitive functions are also impaired, affecting both memory itself and general behaviour. Statistical analysis also provides preliminary evidence on the different profile of memory impairment whether cerebral anoxia had hypoxic or ischemic origin.
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- A Garcia-Molina
- Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Guttmann-UAB, Badalona, Spain
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Clave P, Terre´ R, De Kraa M, Girvent M, Farre´ R, Pradas J, Martinell M, Bernabeu M, Serra M. Therapeutic effect of increasing bolus viscosity in neurogenic dysphagia. Clin Nutr 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(03)80309-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Caballero-Granado FJ, Becerril B, Cuberos L, Bernabeu M, Cisneros JM, Pachón J. Attributable mortality rate and duration of hospital stay associated with enterococcal bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis 2001; 32:587-94. [PMID: 11181122 DOI: 10.1086/318717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2000] [Revised: 07/12/2000] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The mortality rate of patients with cases of enterococcal bacteremia is high, although it has often been related to the patients' underlying conditions rather than to the infection itself. To analyze the attributable prognosis of enterococcal bacteremia (assessed by its attributable mortality rate and duration of hospital stay), a prospective, matched case-control study was done. All adults with an episode of enterococcal bacteremia without endocarditis were included. A control patient was randomly selected for every case patient and matched by sex, age and hospital ward. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed. A total of 122 pairs were included, and incidence of enterococcal bacteremia was 2.3 episodes/1000 discharges. Crude 30-day mortality rates for case patients and control patients were 23% and 17%, respectively (P=.29); thus, the estimated attributable mortality rate was 6% (95% confidence interval, -4% to 16%). The mean duration of hospital stay of case patients and control patients were 38 and 17 days, respectively (P<.001); thus, the estimated attributable duration of hospital stay was 21 days (95% CI, 7-32 days). Enterococcal bacteremia without endocarditis does not increase risk of death by itself but extends the duration of hospital stay of patients who develop it.
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- F J Caballero-Granado
- Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain.
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Bascuñana H, Villarreal I, Alfonso S, Terré R, Bernabeu M. [Agitation in head injury. II. Treatment with antidepressant, sympathomimetic, beta blocker , dopaminergic and other drugs]. Rev Neurol 2000; 30:1044-7. [PMID: 10904951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To review the literature of the past 20 years, using the articles indexed in MEDLINE, on the drug treatment of agitation in traumatic head injury. DEVELOPMENT The treatment of agitation in traumatic head injury should be based on well-designed, randomised, placebo-controlled studies which justify any particular decision regarding drug use. However, care of the agitated traumatic head injury patient is based on the management of other related disorders, on the response of similar patient populations and clinical experience based on empirical observation. Amongst the drugs available, carbamazepine is the most widely used for post-traumatic agitation, followed by antidepressants and as a third option propranolol. We discuss other drugs which are used less frequently in post-traumatic agitation. CONCLUSIONS Many drugs are used and there is little agreement on the subject. However, with regard to certain characteristics of the agitation, different pharmacological treatments may be recommended.
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- H Bascuñana
- Unidad de Lesión Cerebral, Institut Guttmann, Barcelona, España.
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Bascuñana H, Villarreal I, Alfonso S, Bernabeu M, Terré R. [Agitation in head injury. I. Definition and treatment with anxiolytic neuroleptics and antiepileptic drugs]. Rev Neurol 2000; 30:850-4. [PMID: 10870200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To carry out a bibliographic review of articles indexed in MEDLINE over the past 20 years concerning the pharmacological treatment of agitation in head injury. DEVELOPMENT Head injury may cause different behaviour changes, of which agitation is the most dramatic. The incidence of agitation after severe head injury varies from 11% to 50% depending on the study involved. This incidence is high enough to warrant specific management. Drug treatment has variable results. When there is imminent danger of harm to the patient himself or to others, or when aggressive behaviour makes medical management difficult, the benzodiazepines have been found useful. Antipsychotic drugs are only indicated in head injury when the agitation causes a clinical emergency, and in such a case the more potent drugs such as haloperidol are best, since they have less sedative effect. They are also effective when the clinical features are similar to those of classical schizophrenia. Antiepileptic drugs have been used successfully for treating agitation-aggressiveness, specially in paroxystic behaviour disorders. We also consider other treatments used for posttraumatic agitation. CONCLUSION There is no general agreement amongst doctors as to the best treatment for posttraumatic agitation in head injury. However, with regard to certain characteristics of agitation different drugs may be recommended for treatment.
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- H Bascuñana
- Unidad de Lesión Cerebral, Institut Guttmann, Barcelona, España.
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Herrero M, Jiménez-Mejías ME, Alberca R, Luque-Barona R, Pichardo C, Bernabeu M. [Febrile syndrome evolved over a long period and dementia]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2000; 18:187-8. [PMID: 10932398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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- M Herrero
- Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla
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Bernabeu M, Krupp P, Wiskott E. Long-term safety of cyclosporine in renal transplant recipients: worldwide experience. Transplant Proc 1993; 25:17-9. [PMID: 8351707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- M Bernabeu
- Medical Information Department, Sandoz, Basel, Switzerland
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