Digestive and Liver Diseases

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Overview

The Digestive & Liver Diseases research area is composed by four groups, whose main goal is the study of the Digestive System diseases. In the Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Digestive Tract group, the gastroenterology line investigates the integrated function of the intestinal tract including secretion, motility and absorption in health and disease. It also studies the interactions of intestinal inflammation with some aspects of enteric flora in inflammatory bowel disease. The liver diseases group deals with viral hepatitis and liver cirrhosis and its complications. And the digestive transplants group studies mostly liver transplantation and the quality of life after it.

This area includes as well the health care research group. The aim of this group is to generate knowledge in the specific area of activity of nurses and collaborate with other health professionals to improve care given to patients.

Publications

115
total
678.821
impact factor
5.868
average impact factor

Director: Carme Fuentelsaz Gallego

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Research Areas

In 2017, the research group in health care has continued to work on its research areas. The group has different projects that are being finalized:
Bueno-López has obtained the title of doctor the program of program of Sciences nurses. University of Barcelona (june 2017): Efficacy of the modified Sims position in the rotation of persistent occipitoposterior fetal positions during labor in women with epidural analgesia; Bueno-López has obtained the Prize of Research of Catalan Association of Midwives, Barcelona, 29 march 2017. Gallart-Vivé has obtained the title of doctor the program of program of Sciences nurses. University of Lleida (june 2017): Quality of life related to health and results sensitive to nursing interventions in patients admitted to intensive care under mechanical ventilation; Fuentelsaz-Gallego has obtained the Prize of Research of ICS (Lleida, june 2017).

VHIR Annual Report 2017

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