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    • A GEE moving average analysis of the relationship between air pollution and mortality for asthma in Barcelona, Spain 

      Marc, Sáez; Aurelio, Tobias; Muñoz Gracia, María del Pilar; Campbell, M J (1999-08)
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      Several studies have assessed the association between air pollution and hospital admissions or emergency room visits for asthma. Because of both the presence of missing data and the small number of observations, the ...
    • Absolute mortality risk assessment of COVID-19 patients: the Khorshid COVID Cohort (KCC) study 

      Marateb, Hamid Reza; von Cube, Maja; Samí, Ramin; Javanmard, Shaghayegh Haghjooy; Mansourian Gharakozlou, Marjan; Amra, Babak; Soltaninejad, Forogh; Mortazavi, Mojgan; Adibi, Peyman; Khademi, Nilufar; Hosseini, Nastaran Sadat; Toghyani, Arash; Hassannejad, Razieh; Mañanas Villanueva, Miguel Ángel; Binder, Harald; Wolkewitz, Martin (2021-12-01)
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      Background: Already at hospital admission, clinicians require simple tools to identify hospitalized COVID-19 patients at high risk of mortality. Such tools can significantly improve resource allocation and patient management ...
    • Anàlisi de l’excés de mortalitat de l’1 de juny al 31 d’agost de 2022 a Catalunya 

      Mompart Penina, Anna; Freitas, Adriana; Pino González, David; Mendioroz, Jacobo; Coma, Ermengol; Fina Avilés, Francesc; Medina Peralta, Manuel (2023-02-15)
      Report de recerca
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      Aquest informe és fruit d’un treball col·laboratiu entre la Direcció General de Planificació i Recerca en Salut i la Secretaria de Salut Pública del Departament de Salut, l’Àrea de Sistemes d’Informació del Servei Català ...
    • Approximation model to analyze mortality rate: an application for the case of Europe 

      Seeram, Hima Sahiti (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-10)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
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      The study of mortality rates has a long history which has been used in the literature of fitting and forecasting. For Part-1, I have modelled mortality rates for 21 countries in Europe using three models: Lee-Carter (LC), ...
    • Are environmental pollution and biodiversity levels associated to the spread and mortality of COVID-19? A four-month global analysis 

      Fernández Martínez, Daniel; Giné Vázquez, Iago; Liu, Ivy; Yucel, Recai; Nai Ruscone, Marta; Morena, Marianthi; García Fernández, Víctor Gerardo; Haro, Josep Maria; Pan, William; Tyrovolas, Stefanos (2021-02-15)
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      On March 12th, 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. The collective impact of environ-mental and ecosystem factors, as well as biodiversity, on the spread of COVID-19 and its mortalityevolution remain empirically ...
    • Are pesticide residues associated to rice production affecting oyster production in Delta del Ebro, NE Spain? 

      Ochoa, Victoria; Riva Juan, Mª del Carmen; Faria, Melissa; López de Alda, Miren; Barceló Cullerés, Damià; Fernandez Tejedor, Margarita; Roque, Ana; Barata, Carlos (2012-09-15)
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      Pesticide usage in Delta del Ebro (NE Spain) during the rice growing season has been associated with oyster episodes of mortality that occur early in summer. However, there are no studies that have directly evaluated ...
    • Associations between fine and coarse particles and mortality in Mediterranean cities: results from the MED-PARTICLES project 

      Samoli, Evangelia; Stafoggia, Massimo; Rodopoulou, Sophia; Ostro, Bart; Declercq, Christophe; Alessandrini, Ester; Díaz, Julio; Karanasiou, Angeliki; Kelessis, Apostolos G.; Le Tertre, Alain; Pandolfi, Paolo; Randi, Giorgia; Scarinzi, Cecilia; Zauli-Sajani, Stefano; Katsouyanni, Klea; Forastiere, Francesco; Study Group, MED-PARTICLES; Agis Cherta, David (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2013-08-01)
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      Few studies have investigated the independent health effects of different size fractions of particulate matter (PM) in multiple locations, especially in Europe. We estimated the short-term effects of PM with aerodynamic ...
    • Cardiopulmonary Mortality and Fine Particulate Air Pollution by Species and Source in a National U.S. Cohort 

      Pond, Zachari A.; Hernandez, Carlos S.; Adams, Peter J.; Pandis, Spyros N.; Garcia, George R.; Karnezi, Eleni (American Chemical Society, 2021)
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      The purpose of this study was to estimate cardiopulmonary mortality associations for long-term exposure to PM2.5 species and sources (i.e., components) within the U.S. National Health Interview Survey cohort. Exposures ...
    • Circulating CD5L is associated with cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in individuals with chronic kidney disease 

      Castelblanco, Esmeralda; Sarrias, Maria Rosa; Betriu, Àngels; Soldevila, Berta; Barranco Altirriba, María; Franch Nadal, Josep; Valdivielso, Jose M.; Bermudez Lopez, Marcelino; Groop, Per Henrik; Fernández, Elvira; Alonso, Nuria; Mauricio, Didac (2021-10-15)
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      This study assessed the association of CD5L and soluble CD36 (sCD36) with the risk of a cardiovascular event (CVE), including CV death and all-cause mortality in CKD. We evaluated the association of CD5L and sCD36 with a ...
    • Dynamics of multimorbidity and frailty, and their contribution to mortality, nursing home and home care need: A primary care cohort of 1 456 052 ageing people 

      Carrasco Ribelles, Lucía Amalia; Roso Llorach, Albert; Cabrera-Bean, Margarita; Costa Garrido, Anna; Zabaleta del Olmo, Edurne; Toran Monserrat, Pere; Orfila Pernas, Francesc; Violán Fors, Concepción (2022-10-01)
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      Background: Prevalence of both multimorbidity and frailty increases with age, but more evidence is needed to elucidate their relationship and their association with other health-related outcomes. We analysed the dynamics ...
    • Estimate of influenza cases using generalized linear, additive and mixed models 

      Oviedo de La Fuente, Manuel; Domínguez García, Angela; Muñoz Gracia, María del Pilar (Landes Bioscience, 2015-01-01)
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      We investigated the relationship between reported cases of influenza in Catalonia (Spain). Covariates analyzed were: population, age, data of report of influenza, and health region during 2010-2014 using data obtained from ...
    • Estudi de la mortalitat a Espanya i dels factors que afecten a l’esperança de vida 

      Reverter Palma, Laura (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Universitat de Barcelona, 2020-09)
      Treball Final de Grau
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      CA L'esperança de vida a Espanya no ha deixat d’augmentar al llarg dels anys i actualment té una de les poblacions més longeves del món. En aquest treball es fa un estudi de la mortalitat en la població espanyola tenint ...
    • Estudi demogràfic del present i passat de la població d’Andorra 

      Martorell Colom, Mireia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Universitat de Barcelona, 2020-06)
      Treball Final de Grau
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      [cat] Andorra és un país petit amb una població estimada de 77052 habitants, segons les últimes dades publicades pel Departament d’Estadística a l’agost de 2019. En aquest treball s’ha realitzat un anàlisi de l’evolució i ...
    • Government interventions and control policies to contain the first COVID-19 outbreak: An analysis of evidence 

      Fernández Martínez, Daniel; Giné Vázquez, Iago; Morena, Marianthi; Koyanagi, Ai; Janko, Mark M.; Haro, Josep Maria; Panagiotakos, Demosthenes; Molassiotis, Alex; Pan, William; Tyrovolas, Stefanos (2023-07)
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      Background: The overarching aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness over time of government interventions and policy restrictions and the impact of determinants on spread and mortality during the first-wave ...
    • Head-to-head comparison of contemporary heart failure risk scores 

      Codina, Pau; Lupón, Josep; Borrellas, Andrea; Spitaleri, Giosafat; Cediel, Germán; Buchaca, David (Wiley, 2021)
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      Abstract Aims Several heart failure (HF) web-based risk scores are currently used in clinical practice. Currently, we lack head-to-head comparison of the accuracy of risk scores. This study aimed to assess correlation and ...
    • Health & urban conditions : impact of urban conditions on health : assessing the effects of the built environment and urban trees on the UHI and pollution 

      Fall, Ché-Yacine (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-09-15)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
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      Rising temperatures, heat wave frequency, and anthropogenic pollution pose significant challenges to urban dwellers’ health. This study aimed to assess the effects of urban conditions on health in three sites in Barcelona, ...
    • Health outcomes from home hospitalization: multisource predictive modeling 

      Calvo, Mireia; González Benítez, Rubén; Seijas, Núria; Jané Campos, Raimon (JMIR, 2020-10-07)
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      Background: Home hospitalization is widely accepted as a cost-effective alternative to conventional hospitalization for selected patients. A recent analysis of the home hospitalization and early discharge (HH/ED) program ...
    • Impact of time to intubation on mortality and pulmonary sequelae in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a prospective cohort study 

      González Gutiérrez, Jessica; Benítez Iglesias, Iván D.; de Gonzalo Calvo, David; Torres Cortada, Gerard; Batlle, Jordi de; Gómez Falguera, Silvia; Moncusí Moix, Anna; Carmona, Paola; Santisteve, Sallya; Gort Paniello, Clara; Ferrer Roca, Ricard; Garcia Gasulla, Dario; Torres, Antoni; Barbé, Ferran; Monge Esqué, Aida; Zuil Moreno, María (Springer Nature, 2022-12)
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      We evaluated whether the time between first respiratory support and intubation of patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) due to COVID-19 was associated with mortality or pulmonary sequelae. Materials and ...
    • Incidence, determinants, and prognostic implications of true pleomorphism of ventricular tachycardia in patients with implantable cardioverter-defribillators: a substudy of the DATAS trial 

      Quesada, Aurelio; Navarro, Xavier; Cobo Valeri, Erik; Adragao, Pedro; Ricci, Renato; Hadid, Claudio; Almendral, Jesús; Ortiz, Mercedes; Schwab, Joerg Otto; Janko, Sabine; Mischke, Karl; Arribas, Fernando; Wolpert, Christian (2011)
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      Background— The occurrence of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (M-VT) with >1 QRS morphology during the same episode (pleomorphism [PL]) or in different episodes (multiple morphologies [MM]) has been described through ...
    • Machine Learning for Sensor Data Processing in Biomedical Applications 

      Rezaeirad, Mani (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-09-30)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
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      Machine Learning has become a part of our lives. In medicine, mainly, it is utilized more frequently to aid medical treatments. There are two separate areas within medicine where ML methods are studied today: medical imaging ...