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Oral nutritional supplements in normally nourished or only mildly undernourished geriatric patients with hip fracture submitted to surgery may be of interest for patients with postoperative complications and long hospital stays.

Resumen: Esta investigación se plantea con el objetivo de analizar la relación entre los estilos educativos percibidos y la psicopatología y la personalidad, tal y como se defi nen desde el modelo de Millon, en una muestra clínica de adolescentes. Participaron en el estudio 123 pacientes ambulatorios, de edades comprendidas entre los 12 y los 19 años. Para obtener los datos de esta investigación se ha utilizado, por una parte, la escala ESPA-29, Escala de Estilos de Socialización en la Adolescencia (Musitu y García, 2004), que permitió evaluar los estilos educativos percibidos y las dimensiones subyacentes a tales estilos; y, por otra parte, la escala MACI, Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (Millon, 1993), para la evaluación de la psicopatología y personalidad de los adolescentes. Los resultados obtenidos muestran una relación entre la baja aceptación e implicación parental y la depresión adolescente y entre el estilo autoritario y las alteraciones externalizantes. Palabras clave. Estilos parentales percibidos, MACI, psicopatología, adolescentes. Perceived parental styles, psychopathology and personality in adolescenceAbstract. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between perceived parental styles and psychopathology and personality, as defi ned by Millon´s model, in a clinical sample of adolescents. One hundred and twenty three outpatients from 12 to 20 years participated. Two different scales were used to obtain the data of this study. On the one hand, the ESPA-29 Scale (Musitu y García, 2004) served to assess parental styles and their underlying domensions. On the other hand, the MACI Scale (Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory, Millon, 1993) in order to assess the teenagers´ psychopathology and personality. The results obtained show an association between parental low acceptance/involvement and depression, and between authoritarian style and externalizing disorders.

Chronic secondary hyperparathyroidism after biliopancreatic diversion in patients with normal levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D is not dependent on vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that community infection control measures during the COVID-19 outbreak have modified the number and natural history of acute surgical inflammatory processes (ASIP—appendicitis, cholecystitis, diverticulitis and perianal abscesses) admissions. This study aims to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation and treatment ASIP and quantify the effect of COVID-19 infection on the outcomes of ASIP patients. This was a multicentre, comparative study, whereby ASIP cases from 2019, 2020 and 2021 (March 14th to May 2nd) were analyzed. Data regarding patient and disease characteristics as well as outcomes, were collected from sixteen centres in Madrid, and one in Seville (Spain). The number of patients treated for ASIP in 2019 was 822 compared to 521 in 2020 and 835 in 2021. This 1/3rd reduction occurs mainly in patients with mild cases, while the number of severe cases was similar. Surgical standards suffered a step back during the first wave: Lower laparoscopic approach and longer length of stay. We also found a more conservative approach to the patients this year, non-justified by clinical circumstances. Luckily these standards improved again in 2021. The positive COVID-19 status itself did not have a direct impact on mortality. Strikingly, none of the 33 surgically treated COVID positive patients during both years died postoperatively. This is an interesting finding which, if confirmed through future research with a larger sample size of COVID-19 positive patients, can expedite the recovery phase of acute surgical services.