Mortality after hospitalization for COPD

P Almagro, E Calbo, AO de Echaguïen, B Barreiro… - Chest, 2002 - Elsevier
Objectives To identify variables associated with mortality in patients admitted to the hospital
for acute exacerbation of COPD. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Acute-care …

Effect of CPAP on blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and resistant hypertension: the HIPARCO randomized clinical trial

…, J Durán-Cantolla, F Aizpuru, E Mañas, B Barreiro… - Jama, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance More than 70% of patients with resistant hypertension have obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA). However, there is little evidence about the effect of continuous positive airway …

Differential diagenesis of strontium in archaeological human dental tissues

P Budd, J Montgomery, B Barreiro, RG Thomas - Applied geochemistry, 2000 - Elsevier
The investigation of prehistoric human migration from the measurement of Sr-isotope ratios
within preserved tissue is critically dependent on the preservation of biogenic Sr. A number …

Monazite U-Pb dating of staurolite grade metamorphism in pelitic schists

HA Smith, B Barreiro - Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 1990 - Springer
A study of the occurrence of and relations between rare-earth element (REE) minerals in
pelitic schists indicates that monazite forms at or near the P and T of the staurolite isograd. …

Two mantle plumes beneath the East African rift system: Sr, Nd and Pb isotope evidence from Kenya Rift basalts

…, JG Fitton, R George, M Smith, B Barreiro - Earth and Planetary …, 2000 - Elsevier
Major and trace element and radiogenic isotope ratios (Sr, Nd and Pb) are presented for a
suite of Neogene to Recent basalts (MgO>4 wt%) from the axial regions of the Kenya Rift. …

PRISM (Polarized Radiation Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission): an extended white paper

…, A Banday, D Barbosa, B Barreiro… - … of Cosmology and …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
… , where the most of the star formation in the universe took place, the faintest population of
which constitute the diffuse CIB (Cosmic Infrared Background);(3) a characterization of the B

Risk factors for hospital readmission in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

P Almagro, B Barreiro, A Ochoa de Echagüen… - Respiration, 2006 - karger.com
Background: Hospital readmissions for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) are one of the leading causes of healthcare expenditures worldwide. …

Regional O-, Sr-, and Pb-isotope relationships in late Cenozoic calc-alkaline lavas of the Andean Cordillera

RS Harmon, BA Barreiro, S Moorbath… - Journal of the …, 1984 - lyellcollection.org
Quaternary-Recent volcanism in the Andes has occurred in three regions: 45–33S, 28–16S
and 2S–5N, each of which has a distinct plate tectonic setting and contains volcanic suites …

Lamprophyre dike intrusion and the age of the Alpine fault, New Zealand

AF Cooper, BA Barreiro, DL Kimbrough… - …, 1987 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The orientations of intrusive rocks from a carbonatitic lamprophyre dike swarm and the history
of emplacement relative to country-rock schist structures are compatible with intrusion into …

Short-and medium-term prognosis in patients hospitalized for COPD exacerbation: the CODEX index

…, FJ Cabrera, R Boixeda, MB Alonso-Ortiz, B Barreiro… - Chest, 2014 - Elsevier
Background No valid tools exist for evaluating the prognosis in the short and medium term
after hospital discharge of patients with COPD. Our hypothesis was that a new index based on …