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Accelerated surgery in patients with a hip fracture is feasible, safe, and has benefits
Accelerated surgery in patients with a hip fracture is feasible, safe, and has benefits 1080 605 Guillem Cebrian

More than 40 professionals from Parc Taulí in the services of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Nursing, UFFIS, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy have participated in a clinical trial led at our center by Dr. Mariano Balaguer, from the TOC service, to evaluate the effectiveness of accelerated surgical treatment in patients with a hip fracture. The first results of this study, called HIP ATTACK, have been published in an article in the prestigious journal The…

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The 5 manifestations of COVID-19 on the skin
The 5 manifestations of COVID-19 on the skin 1080 644 Guillem Cebrian

On April 22, an investigation led by Dr. was published in Actas Dermosifiliográficas. Jorge Romaní (Parc Taulí Dermatology Service) on a hitherto atypical clinical picture of perniotic and acral lesions, and its probable link with COVID-19. Due, among other things, to this article, a multicenter rapid prospective nationwide consensus study was initiated with 375 cases. The resulting article was published on April 29 in the British…

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ANAIS Medical will participate in the CRAASH Barcelona 2020 program
ANAIS Medical will participate in the CRAASH Barcelona 2020 program 567 832 Anna Ullastres

We are very happy to announce that ANAIS Medical is one of the 11 projects selected to participate in CRAASH Barcelona, ​​a program that helps research teams to launch health innovations to improve health and patient care. CRAASH Barcelona is an EIT Health bootcamp organized by Biocat in collaboration with CIMIT from Boston, the most experienced health accelerator in the world. ANAIS team is led by the senior nephrologist Dr Ibeas, and it is composed…

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Central adrenal insufficiency is rare in adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome
Central adrenal insufficiency is rare in adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome 1080 675 Guillem Cebrian

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a disease of uncommon genetic origin considered, however, the most common cause of genetic obesity. According to data extracted from the web portal of the Spanish SPW Association, this disease affects one in 15.000 newborns. A scientific article on this disease was recently published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism with the participation of several international researchers who are experts in this syndrome. Among them is Dr.…

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Reflections on innovation and transfer to market in the COVID-19 environment
Reflections on innovation and transfer to market in the COVID-19 environment 1080 608 Xavier Gallego

The situation we are currently experiencing with the pandemic coronavirus is making us see how our work has changed in 24 hours. As an innovation unit we continue to carry out innovative projects and support the innovation ecosystem, but now, in a very different situation. In this international emergency environment, the evaluation of new ideas, and the development and implementation of innovative solutions cannot take 3 years, instead they need to be ready in 15…

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Pilot test to identify potential lung cancer nodules on x-rays using 'deep learning' technology
Pilot test to identify potential lung cancer nodules on x-rays using 'deep learning' technology 1080 608 Communication Parc Taulí

The LuCaDAlert project (Lung Cancer CAD Alert) is a collaboration between researchers from I3PT and the Eurecat technology center, in which algorithms have been developed capable of detecting lung cancer nodules in all the chest x-rays that are register with the RAIM PACS system.

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