María Escasany’s research while affiliated with Hospital General De Aguidos Juan A. Fernandez and other places

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Metabolic Syndrome in Nurses
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January 2014

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Revista Espanola de Nutricion Humana y Dietetica

María Escasany

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María José Tumminello

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Graciela Aída González

Objetivos: Estimar la prevalencia de síndrome metabólico (SM) entre las enfermeras del Hospital Juan A. Fernández (HJAF) y determinar si trabajo, descanso, dieta y estado de salud son sus predictores. Material y métodos: Para el primer objetivo, el diseño del estudio es descriptivo, observacional y transversal. Para el segundo, comparación de muestras independientes, multivariable, observacional y transversal. Se estudió a 192 enfermeras entre octubre de 2008 y marzo de 2009. Se les realizó una encuesta autoaplicable con indicadores que podrían ser predictores de SM. Se tomaron mediciones antropométricas, presión arterial y extracción sanguínea para analizar glucemia en ayunas, colesterol unido a lipoproteínas de alta densidad y triglicéridos plasmáticos. Resultados: El 35 y el 41% del personal de enfermería tenían sobrepeso y obesidad respectivamente. Un 92% del total tenía obesidad centroabdominal. La prevalencia de SM hallada es del 33,3% (intervalo de confianza del 95%, 26,7%-40,5%). Las afectas de SM tenían una media de edad de 53 ± 9 años. En el análisis bivariable se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre el SM y las variables edad, tiempo de ejercicio profesional, tiempo trabajado en turno de noche y estudios realizados. Conclusiones: La prevalencia de SM de enfermeras del HJAF fue de 64/192 (33,3%; intervalo de confianza del 95%, 26,7%-40,5%). Frente a la edad, los indicadores tiempo trabajado durante turno noche y estudios realizados no muestran diferencias estadísticamente significativas. Estos resultados indicarían que la edad es la variable más relevante para predecir la aparición de SM en la población de enfermeras.

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Síndrome metabólico en personal de enfermería

July 2012

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Revista Espanola de Nutricion Humana y Dietetica

Objectives To estimate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in female nurses in the Hospital Juan A. Fernandez (HJAF), Buenos Aires, Argentina, and to determine whether work, rest, diet, and health, are predictive of it.Materials and methodsFor the first objective, a descriptive, observational and cross-sectional study was conducted, and for the second, a multivariate cross-sectional observational multivariate analysis was made comparing independent samples. A total of 192 nurses were studied between October 2008 and March 2009. They completed a questionnaire that include indicators that could be predictors of MS. Anthropometric measurements, including blood pressure were taken, was well as a blood sample to analyze fasting glucose, HDL-C and plasma triglycerides.ResultsIt was found that 35% and 41% of nurses were overweight and obese, respectively. A total of 92% had centro-abdominal obesity. The prevalence of MS found was 33.3% (95%CI, 26.7 to 40.5). Those who had this disease were between 53±9 years. Statistically significant differences were found in the bivariate analysis between MS and the variables, age, length of service, time worked during night shift, and academic studies.Conclusions The prevalence of MS was 64/192 in HJAF nurses (33.3% I 95%CI, 26.7–40.5). There were no statistically significant differences with the indicators of, age, “time worked during night shift”, and “studies”. These results suggest that age is the most important variable in predicting the onset of MS in the population of nurses.


Celiac disease in 3 patients with Takayasu's arteritis

December 2011

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Nicolás Di Benedetto

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Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a chronic vasculitis of unknown etiology. Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disease caused by the ingestion of gluten. TA and CD have been associated with many other autoimmune conditions. However, only five cases with this association have been reported. In this series, three patients with TA and CD were included; all were female, 21, 30 and 54 years old. TA clinical manifestations preceded CD diagnosis in all patients. Aortic arch branches were affected in all of them. Serologic markers were positive and a small intestine biopsy showed typical findings of CD in the three patients. Special attention should be given to this possible association because these entities may be asymptomatic; the recognition of new disease variants modifies treatment, and sometimes CD constitutes a differential diagnosis of mesenteric ischemia.


Enfermedad celíaca en 3 pacientes con arteritis de Takayasu

July 2011

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Reumatología Clínica

Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a chronic vasculitis of unknown etiology. Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disease caused by the ingestion of gluten. TA and CD have been associated with many other autoimmune conditions. However, only five cases with this association have been reported. In this series, three patients with TA and CD were included; all were female, 21, 30 and 54 years old. TA clinical manifestations preceded CD diagnosis in all patients. Aortic arch branches were affected in all of them. Serologic markers were positive and a small intestine biopsy showed typical findings of CD in the three patients. Special attention should be given to this possible association because these entities may be asymptomatic; the recognition of new disease variants modifies treatment, and sometimes CD constitutes a differential diagnosis of mesenteric ischemia.

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... [84] it was found that higher levels of night shifts per month were associated with an increased risk of obesity. In this scenario, literature described direct evidence of the high frequency of overweight and obesity conditions among female nurses and highlighted an additional Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) risk for them, which was assessed about 2 times higher than for the general population [85]. Nurses, faced with the heavy workload, stress of caring for patients, long working hours, and shifts appeared to be at a higher risk of adverse health effects, which included MetS [86]. ...

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Correlations between Insomnia and Sex, Work Experience, Shift and Body Max Index in Italian Nurses: A Scoping Profile Statement
Metabolic Syndrome in Nurses

Revista Espanola de Nutricion Humana y Dietetica

... There are other variables such as gender and the time an individual has done shift work that influence the BMI of healthcare workers. In terms of gender, the study by Escasany, Tumminello, and González (2008) confirmed that 35% of women working at night were overweight and 41% were obese. ...

Síndrome metabólico en personal de enfermería
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  • July 2012

Revista Espanola de Nutricion Humana y Dietetica