• Adecuación de ingresos hospitalarios por COVID-19 en la 2ª y 5ª fase de la pandemia 

      Fernández Chávez, Abelardo; de Vicente Guijarro, Jorge; San José Saras, Diego; Roncal Redín, Miriam; Estévez Rueda, María Jesús; Penedo Alonso, José Roberto; McGee-Laso, Amaranta; Alvarez León, Eva Elisa; Aranaz Andrés, Jesús María (Revista española de salud publica, 2022)
      Fundamentos: El aumento de la demanda asistencial hospitalaria producida por la COVID-19 supone una menor disponibilidad de recursos sanitarios e influye en la adecuación de su utilización. Debido a la variabilidad de la ...
    • Analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of rapid antigenic tests for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital outbreak situation 

      Aranaz Andrés, Jesús María; Fernández Chávez, Abelardo; McGee-Laso, Amaranta; Melanie Abreu, Paloma; Galán, Juan Carlos; Cantón, Rafael (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022)
      The reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) continues to be the reference diagnostic method for the confirmation of COVID-19 cases; however, rapid antigen detection tests (RADT) have recently been developed. ...
    • Effect of childhood pneumococcal vaccination and beta-lactam antibiotic use on the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in the adult population 

      Fernández Chávez, Abelardo; García Comas, Luis; Sanz Moreno, Juan Carlos; Canton Moreno, Rafael; Corral, Octavio Jorge ; Aranaz Andrés, Jesús María (European journal of clinical microbiology&infectious diseases, 2021)
      Describe the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in serotypes with reduced antibiotic sensitivity to penicillin (RAS-Pen) in adults over 59 years of age and its association with childhood anti-pneumococcal ...
    • How Does Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 Affect Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19? 

      Moreno-Nuñez, Paloma; Bueno-Cavanillas, Aurora; San José Saras, Diego; Vicente-Guijarro, Jorge; Fernández Chávez, Abelardo; Aranaz Andrés, Jesús María (Journal of Clinical Medicine, 07/2022)
      Background: The development of effective COVID-19 vaccines has reduced the impact of COVID-19 on the general population. Our study aims to analyze how vaccination modifies the likelihood of death and length of stay in ...
    • Impact of previous macrolide use on invasive pneumococcal disease due to erythromycin-resistant serotypes in adults over 59 years of age 

      Fernández Chávez, Abelardo; García Comas, Luis; Manzano Espinosa, Luis; Yuste Lobo, Jose; Corral, Octavio Jorge; Aranaz Andrés, Jesús María (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2022)
      The major goals of the study were to describe the invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) cases due to erythromycin-resistant serotypes and to evaluate the association between these cases and recent macrolide use in individuals ...
    • Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inappropriate Use of the Emergency Department 

      Fernández Chávez, Abelardo; Aranaz Andrés, Jesús María; Roncal Redín, Miriam; Roldán Moll, Fernando; Estévez Rueda, María Jesús; Alva García, Patricia; Aranda García, Yolanda; San José Saras, Diego (Microorganisms, 2023)
      Background: Inappropriate use of the emergency department (IEDU)—consisting of the unnecessary use of the resource by patients with no clinical need—is one of the leading causes of the loss of efficiency of the health ...
    • Impacto de la financiación pública de la vacuna frente a neumococo en el cumplimiento de la pauta vacunal 

      Fernández Chávez, Abelardo; Lasheras Carbajo, María Dolores; García Comas, Luis; Ordoñez León, Guillermo; Aranaz Andrés, Jesús María (NLM (Medline), 2021)
      Fundamentos: Es importante conocer el impacto de la financiación pública de la vacunación sistemática sobre el cumplimiento de la pauta vacunal. Se han realizado pocos estudios sobre este tema. El objetivo de este estudio ...