• Hepatitis C hospitalizations in Spain and impact of new curative antiviral therapies 

      Ramos-Rincón, José-Manuel; Pinargote-Celorio, Héctor; de Mendoza, Carmen; Ramos-Belinchón, Clara; Barreiro, Pablo; Gómez-Gallego, Felix; Corral, Octavio Jorge; Soriano, Vicente (Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 2022)
      Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is major cause of decompensated cirrhosis and liver cancer. The advent of curative new antiviral therapies since year 2015 has dramatically improved the prognosis of HCV patients. ...
    • Hepatitis delta in patients hospitalized in Spain (1997-2018) 

      Ramos-Rincón, José-Manuel; Pinargote-Celorio, Héctor; Ramos-Belinchón, Clara; de Mendoza, Carmen; Aguilera, Antonio; Soriano, Vicente (NLM (Medline), 2021)
      BACKGROUND: Hepatitis delta is the most aggressive form of chronic viral hepatitis. We examined the clinical burden, epidemiological features and time trends for hepatitis delta patients hospitalized in Spain during the ...
    • Impact of potent nucleos(t)ide therapy on hepatitis B hospitalisations in Spain 

      Ramos-Rincón, José-Manuel; Pinargote-Celorio, Héctor; de Mendoza, Carmen; Ramos-Belinchón, Clara; Barreiro, Pablo; Treviño, Ana; Corral, Octavio Jorge; Soriano, Vicente (Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2023)
      Background: Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major cause of decompensated cirrhosis and liver cancer worldwide. Newborn HBV vaccination was implemented in Spain two decades ago, and potent oral antivirals ...
    • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admissions due to viral hepatitis in Spain 

      Ramos-Rincón, José-Manuel; Pinargote-Celorio, Héctor; de Mendoza, Carmen; Ramos-Belinchón, Clara; Moreno-Torres, Víctor; Treviño, Ana; Barreiro, Pablo; Corral, Octavio Jorge; Soriano, Vicente (Journal of Clinical Virology, 2023)
      Background: Before the advent of COVID-19 vaccines, hospitalizations due to SARS-CoV-2 infection during 2020 collapsed most medical centers worldwide. Disruptions in health care for clinical conditions other than COVID-19 ...
    • Liver cancer and hepatic decompensation events in patients hospitalized with viral hepatitis in Spain 

      Ramos-Rincón, José-Manuel; Pinargote-Celorio, Héctor; de Mendoza, Carmen; Ramos-Belinchón, Clara; Barreiro, Pablo; Treviño, Ana; Corral, Octavio Jorge; Soriano, Vicente (Hepatology International, 2022)
      Background: Chronic viral hepatitis B, C, and D are the main causes of decompensated cirrhosis and liver cancer worldwide. Newborn HBV vaccination was implemented more than 2 decades ago in most EU countries. Furthermore, ...
    • Trends in hospitalizations and deaths in HIV-infected patients in Spain over two decades 

      Ramos-Rincón, José-Manuel; Menchi-Elanzi, Maroune; Pinargote-Celorio, Héctor; Mayoral, Asunción; González-Alcaide, Gregorio; de Mendoza, Carmen; Barreiro, Pablo; Gómez-Gallego, Felix ; Corral, Octavio Jorge ; Soriano, Vicente (AIDS, 02/2022)
      Background: The prognosis of HIV infection dramatically improved after the introduction of triple antiretroviral therapy 25 years ago. Herein, we report the impact of further improvements in HIV management since then, ...