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Baseline anaemia increases locally advanced rectal cancer mortality in older pa...
Rodrigues, D; Simões, J; Teixeira, L; Aires, F; Fernandes, C; Rey, C; Sarmento, C; Marques, MPurpose: The median diagnosis age of rectal cancer (RC) is 70 years old. The standard of care for locally advanced RC (LARC) is preoperative chemoradiation (CRT) followed by surgery. Anaemia is a frequent condition in older patients but is not a pure consequence of ageing. Methods: The patients aged 65 years or over, with clinical stage II/III LARC, and treated with preoperative concurrent CRT were retrospectiv...
Predicting non-invasive ventilation failure in children from the SpO₂/FiO₂ (SF)...
Mayordomo-Colunga, J; Pons, M; López, Y; Solana, MJ; Rey, C; Martı´nez-Camblor, P; Rodríguez-Núñez, A; López-Herce, J; Medina, A; Abadesso, CPURPOSE: Our objective was to assess whether SpO₂/FiO₂ (SF) ratio could be a useful NIV outcome predictor in children with acute respiratory failure (ARF) and tried to develop a predictive model of NIV failure. METHODS: Prospective, observational, multicenter study. Episodes of ARF-fulfilling inclusion criteria from 15 January 2010 to 14 January 2011 were treated with NIV according to a pre-established protocol...