F Lameiro

Publications (4)3.48 Total impact

• Article: [Outbreak of toxic anterior segment syndrome after vitreous surgery].

  J Andonegui, L Jiménez-Lasanta, D Aliseda, F Lameiro
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  ABSTRACT: CASE REPORT: An outbreak of Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome after vitreoretinal surgery is reported. Two patients underwent exclusively vitrectomy while the other three patients were operated of vitrectomy and some other anterior segment procedure. DISCUSSION: Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome is a sterile postoperative inflammation due to any non infectious substance that reaches the anterior segment during surgery. It occurs in outbreaks and while most of the cases have been reported after anterior segment procedures, this case demonstrates that development after vitreoretinal surgery is also a possibility.
  Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia 09/2009; 84(8):403-5.
• Article: A large Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Pamplona, Spain: early detection, rapid control and no case fatality.

  J Castilla, A Barricarte, J Aldaz, M García Cenoz, T Ferrer, C Pelaz, S Pineda, B Baladrón, I Martín, B Goñi, P Aratajo, J Chamorro, F Lameiro, L Torroba, I Dorronsoro, V Martínez-Artola, M J Esparza, M A Gastaminza, P Fraile, P Aldaz
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  ABSTRACT: An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease was detected in Pamplona, Spain, on 1 June 2006. Patients with pneumonia were tested to detect Legionella pneumophila antigen in urine (Binax Now; Binax Inc., Scarborough, ME, USA), and all 146 confirmed cases were interviewed. The outbreak was related to district 2 (22 012 inhabitants), where 45% of the cases lived and 50% had visited; 5% lived in neighbouring districts. The highest incidence was found in the resident population of district 2 (3/1000 inhabitants), section 2 (14/1000). All 31 cooling towers of district 2 were analysed. L. pneumophila antigen (Binax Now) was detected in four towers, which were closed on 2 June. Only the strain isolated in a tower situated in section 2 of district 2 matched all five clinical isolates, as assessed by mAb and two genotyping methods, AFLP and PFGE. Eight days after closing the towers, new cases ceased appearing. Early detection and rapid coordinated medical and environmental actions permitted immediate control of the outbreak and probably contributed to the null case fatality.
  Epidemiology and Infection 07/2008; 136(6):823-32. · 2.84 Impact Factor
• Article: [Prevalence of nosocomial infection in Navarre. Aggregated data of the EPINE study for 2005].

  M García-Cenoz, J Chamorro, J Vidán, I Lanzeta, F Lameiro, J M Urtasun, I Otermin
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  ABSTRACT: Nosocomial infection is a serious problem of morbidity and mortality that, according to the 2003 national prevalence data affected 6,5-7% of all the patients admitted in Spanish hospitals. Our aim is to assess the prevalence of nosocomial infection in Navarre, from the aggregated data of each participant in the EPINE (Study of Prevalence of Nosocomial Infection in Spain) in 2005, and to analyse different features of the nosocomial infections to compare them with the global data for Spain. The prevalence of patients with nosocomial infection was 5,6% and the prevalence of patients with community infection was 13,2%. The prevalence of nosocomial infection, excluding those that acquired the nosocomial infection in a previous admission to the hospital, was 6,2%. The prevalence of community infection was 14,2%.
  Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra 30(1):89-99. · 0.32 Impact Factor
• Article: [Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the working population of Navarra].

  M A Martínez-González, I Hernández, M J Zabala, M Alzugaray, M J Duaso, A Ferrer, F Lameiro
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  ABSTRACT: A high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors (RFs) has been reported in Spain. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of the principal RFs of coronary heart disease (hypercholesterolaemia, low HDL, smoking, arterial hypertension, hyperglycaemia, obesity and sedentary behaviour) in the working population of Navarra. The present study represents the first baseline evaluation of a randomised intervention of primary prevention. The sample under study consisted of 790 workers (742 men and 48 women). Information was gathered on each worker by means of a standardised questionnaire, by the company medical service, and a physical check up was carried out. Total cholesterol and HDL were measured in venous blood by enzymatic autoanalyser. A description was made of the data (percentages of the risk factors and estimation of means for continuous variables). 67.2% of the sample had total cholesterol values higher than 200 mg/dl and 26.3% had HDL levels below 35 mg/dl. 37.1% were regular smokers. The prevalence of high blood pressure was 7.6%. 72.1% reached a body mass index above 25 Kg/m2 and 20.6% classified themselves as sedentary as they did not participate in any physical activity during their leisure time. The prevalence of hyperglycaemia was 1.4%. Only 4.2% of the workers were free of the risk factors under study. A high prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia was detected, and overweight, which supports the pertinence of establishing intervention programs of primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases at the work-site.
  Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra 22(1):25-31. · 0.32 Impact Factor