Man

Gerard Urrútia Cuchí

Professor - Researcher

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

Barcelona, España

Líneas de Investigación


Evidence base Medicine - Public Health - Bioethics

Educación

  •  Médico, UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA. España, 2003
  •  Medicina, UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA. España, 2011
  •  Salud Pública, UNIVERSIDAD DE BARCELONA. España, 1993

Experiencia Académica

  •   Professor Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE BARCELONA

    Medicina

    Barcelona, España

    2002 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Physician Part Time

    l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    2000 - A la fecha

  •   Professor Part Time

    Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    2002 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


I have trained and mentored students from undergraduate programs and doctorate students as well.
Some of the PhD theses I have supervised as a director are:

“Evaluación del efecto de los ejercicios de core stability para mejorar el equilibrio en sedestación y control de tronco en los pacientes que han sufrido un ictus”. Rosa Cabanas. Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. Fecha de la defensa: 17 de Julio de 2015. Sobresaliente Cum Laude.

“Análisis y generación de evidencias en reproducción médicamente asistida”. Rosa Gutarra. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Programa de metodología de la investigación y salud pública. Fecha de la defensa: 29 de Octubre de 2015. Sobresaliente Cum Laude.

“Tratamiento de la fascitis plantar crónica mediante ondas de choque: ¿Influye la apariencia externa del equipo en los resultados clínicos? Ensayo clínico controlado aleatorizado". Antoni Morral Fernández. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Programa de metodología de la investigación y salud pública. Fecha de la defensa: 5 de Diciembre de 2015. Sobresaliente Cum Laude.

“Análisis de aspectos metodológicos relacionados con los ensayos clínicos aleatorizados para determinar su relevancia científica y posibles sesgos”. Héctor Pardo. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Programa de metodología de la investigación y salud pública. Fecha de la defensa: 20.12.17. Sobresaliente Cum Laude

“Evidencias científicas relacionadas con los accidentes de tráfico y el manejo clínico del trauma craneoencefálico: Estudio comparativo, Revisión Sistemática y Evaluación de Guías de Práctica Clínica". José Domingo Alarcón. Programa de metodología de la investigación y salud pública. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Fecha de la defensa: 4 de Diciembre de 2018. Sobresaliente Cum Laude.

“Retos y Oportunidades de la Diseminación de la Investigación Clínica del Cáncer”. Mónica Ballesteros Programa de metodología de la investigación y salud pública. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Fecha de la defensa: 22 de Julio de 2019. Sobresaliente Cum Laude.

“Evidencias científicas sobre las estrategias utilizadas para la prevención de reacciones adversas asociadas a la transfusión de concentrados de glóbulos rojo”. Daniel Simancas Resines. Programa de metodología de la investigación y salud pública. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Fecha de la defensa: 5 de Noviembre de 2019. Sobresaliente Cum Laude.

"Tamizaje de la enfermedad renal crónica y uso de eritropoyetina para el manejo de la anemia en pacientes en diálisis”. Jorge Coronado. Programa de metodología de la investigación y salud pública. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Fecha de la defensa: 13 de Diciembre de 2019. Sobresaliente Cum Laude.

All these theses have been originated indexed publications.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Doctor Honoris Causa

    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

    Chile, 2019

    I was awarded as 'Doctor Honoris Causa' in Medicine by the Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile.


 

Article (72)

Dual neoadjuvant blockade plus chemotherapy versus monotherapy for the treatment of women with non-metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Frequency of anticancer drug use at the end of life: a scoping review
Systematic mapping review of interventions to prevent blood loss, infection and relapse in orthognathic surgery
Systematic Mapping Review of Orthognathic Surgery (Protocol)
Systemic Oncological Treatments versus Supportive Care for Patients with Advanced Hepatobiliary Cancers: An Overview of Systematic Reviews
The value of sentinel lymph-node biopsy in women with node-positive breast cancer at diagnosis and node-negative tumour after neoadjuvant therapy: a systematic review
European clinical practice guidelines on the use of chemotherapy for advanced oesophageal and gastric cancers: a critical review using the AGREE II and the AGREE-REX instruments
Graphical Representation of Overlap for OVErviews: GROOVE tool
High-Sensitivity Troponin I after Cardiac Surgery and 30-Day Mortality
Influence of Core-Stability Exercises Guided by a Telerehabilitation App on Trunk Performance, Balance and Gait Performance in Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial
Mapping Chilean clinical research: a protocol for a scoping review and multiple evidence gap maps
Methods for developing and reporting living evidence synthesis
Systematic mapping review of orthognathic surgery
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses in surgery
Telerehabilitation for balance rehabilitation in the subacute stage of stroke: A pilot controlled trial
The value of sentinel lymph-node biopsy after neoadjuvant therapy: an overview
Available apps for stroke telerehabilitation during corona virus disease 2019 confinement in Spain
Efficacy of systemic oncological treatments in patients with advanced esophageal or gastric cancers at high risk of dying in the middle and short term: an overview of systematic reviews
Efficacy of systemic oncological treatments in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer at high risk of dying in the short or medium-term: overview of systematic reviews
Preoperative clinical model to predict myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery: a retrospective analysis from the MANAGE cohort in a Spanish hospital
Registered trials address questions already answered with high-certainty evidence: A sample of current redundant research
Sample size, study length, and inadequate controls were the most common self-acknowledged limitations in manual therapy trials: A methodological review
Sex as a prognostic factor for mortality in critically ill adults with sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sex as a Prognostic Factor in Systematic Reviews: Challenges and Lessons Learned
Stem cell therapy for dilated cardiomyopathy
Systematic review on long-term adverse effects of inhaled corticosteroids in the treatment of COPD
The Effectiveness of Additional Core Stability Exercises in Improving Dynamic Sitting Balance, Gait and Functional Rehabilitation for Subacute Stroke Patients (CORE-Trial): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
A methodological review revealed that reporting of trials in manual therapy has not improved over time
Association Between Myocardial Injury and Cardiovascular Outcomes of Orthopaedic Surgery A Vascular Events in Noncardiac Surgery Patients Cohort Evaluation (VISION) Substudy
Evaluation of the role of sex as a prognostic factor in critically ill adults with sepsis: systematic review protocol
The effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave therapy to reduce lower limb spasticity in stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Thromboprophylaxis in elective spinal surgery A protocol for systematic review
Thromboprophylaxis in elective spinal surgery: a systematic review
Civil unrest and Cochrane Colloquium cancelled
Evidence mapping and quality assessment of systematic reviews on therapeutic interventions for oral cancer
Evidence mapping based on systematic reviews of therapeutic interventions for soft tissue sarcomas
Gender Differences in Dose of Erythropoietin to Maintain Hemoglobin Target in Hemodialysis Patients
Prevention of postoperative bleeding in hip fractures treated with prosthetic replacement: efficacy and safety of fibrin sealant and tranexamic acid. A randomised controlled clinical trial (TRANEXFER study)
Quality assessment of clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: a systematic review
Radial extracorporeal shock wave device appearance does not influence clinical outcomes: A randomized controlled trial
Sex-mismatch influence on survival after heart transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
Myocardial Injury After Noncardiac Surgery (MINS) in Vascular Surgical Patients A Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Six-Month Outcomes after Restrictive or Liberal Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery
Troponin monitoring to detect myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery-a cost consequence analysis
BADERI: an online database to coordinate handsearching activities of controlled clinical trials for their potential inclusion in systematic reviews
Efficacy and safety of tiotropium and olodaterol in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Elevation of the head during intensive care management in people with severe traumatic brain injury
Evidence mapping based on systematic reviews of therapeutic interventions for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)
HESTAT: Study protocol for a phase II/III, randomized, placebo-controlled, single blind study to evaluate the new hemostatic agent TT-173 in total knee arthroplasty
Latin American Clinical Epidemiology Network Series - Paper 3: Cochrane develops widely in Latin America and strengthens ties with LatinCLEN
Long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial on additional core stability exercises training for improving dynamic sitting balance and trunk control in stroke patients
Restrictive or Liberal Red-Cell Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery
Social capital interventions targeting older people and their impact on health: a systematic review
Validation and reliability of the Spanish version of the Function in Sitting Test (S-FIST) to assess sitting balance in subacute post-stroke adult patients
Cancer randomized trials showed that dissemination bias is still a problem to be solved
DianaHealth.com, an On-Line Database Containing Appraisals of the Clinical Value and Appropriateness of Healthcare Interventions: Database Development and Retrospective Analysis
Efficacy of autologous platelet-rich plasma for the treatment of muscle rupture with haematoma: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial
Fentanyl as pre-emptive treatment of pain associated with turning mechanically ventilated patients: a randomized controlled feasibility study
The effect of additional core stability exercises on improving dynamic sitting balance and trunk control for subacute stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial
Validation of the Spanish version of the Trunk Impairment Scale Version 2.0 (TIS 2.0) to assess dynamic sitting balance and coordination in post-stroke adult patients
A randomized controlled trial of fentanyl in the pre-emptive treatment of pain associated with turning in patients under mechanical ventilation: research protocol
Early versus delayed erythropoietin for the anaemia of end-stage kidney disease
Efficacy and Safety of Oral or Nasal Fentanyl for Treatment of Breakthrough Pain in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review
Evidence-informed recommendations to reduce dissemination bias in clinical research: conclusions from the OPEN (Overcome failure to Publish nEgative fiNdings) project based on an international consensus meeting
Methylprednisolone in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (SIRS): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for fibromyalgia syndrome
Long-term effects of continuing adjuvant tamoxifen to 10 years versus stopping at 5 years after diagnosis of oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancer: ATLAS, a randomised trial
The Latin American ongoing clinical trial register (LATINREC)
OPEN Project Consortium. Opinions and potential solutions regarding dissemination bias from funding agencies of biomedical research in Europe
Placebo effect and therapeutic context: A challenge in clinical research
The Efficacy of the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) method in rehabilitation of stroke to improve basic activities of daily living and quality of life: a systematic review protocol
Using the template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) as a tool for improving the design and reporting of manual therapy interventions

Abstract (1)

Sex-mismatch interaction and prognosis after heart transplantation. A clarifying meta-analysis

Proyecto (17)

Resultados centrados en el paciente y utilización de recursos después de la cirugía no cardíaca (España) (PACORUS-S)
Mapping of Chilean clinical health research through a systematic approach for identifying evidence gaps: a step towards evidence informed decision making and strategic research agendas
MSCA-IF-EF-ST (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships)
Comparing effectiveness of self-management interventions in 4 high priority chronic diseases in Europe - COMPAR-EU
Trabajo colaborativo en red para la capacitación y generación de evidencia científica para la toma de decisiones en Salud
“Eficàcia d’un programa d’exercicis d’estabilitat del core en l’equilibri dinàmic en sedestació, control de tronc i rehabilitació funcional en pacients amb ictus subagut: assaig clínic aleatoritzat.”
“Evaluación del grado de cumplimiento e impacto clínico de los protocolos de transfusión masiva (PTM).”
Predicting and preventing the major vascular complications of surgery
“Cohorte prospectiva internacional de evaluación de los eventos vasculares en pacientes sometidos a cirugía cardiaca (estudio CardioVISION)”
“OPEN - Overcome failure to Publish nEgative fiNdings”
“Traducción y validación al español de las escalas Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS) versión 2.0 y la Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke (PASS) para la evaluación del equilibrio dinámico y coordinación en sedestación en pacientes post-ictus”
“Ensayo clínico factorial de clonidina y aspirina en pacientes que van a ser sometidos a cirugía no cardiaca y que estén en riesgo moderado o alto de sufrir eventos cardíacos perioperatorios (Estudio POISE-2)”
“Prevención del sangrado postoperatorio: Ensayo clínico unicéntrico, aleatorizado, paralelo de cuatro brazos de tratamiento, que evalúa la eficacia de la cola de fibrina y el ácido tranexámico versus el tratamiento de hemostasia habitual en pacientes intervenidos de artroplastia total de rodilla”.
“Ensayo clínico sobre la evaluación de las estrategias de tratamiento diferido con antibióticos en las infecciones respiratorias agudas no complicadas en atención primaria (Estudio PDA)”
“Vascular events In noncardiac Surgery patIents Cohort evaluation study. The VISION study”.
“Revisión sistemática sobre los sistemas de calentamiento intraoperatorios activos para prevenir las complicaciones postquirúrgicas”
“Cohorte prospectiva de evaluación de las complicaciones vasculares mayores en pacientes sometidos a cirugía no cardiaca. Estudio multicéntrico internacional VISION”.

Review (3)

Early enteral nutrition (within 48 hours) versus delayed enteral nutrition (after 48 hours) with or without supplemental parenteral nutrition in critically ill adults (Review)
Leukodepleted Packed Red Blood Cells Transfusion in Patients Undergoing Major Cardiovascular Surgical Procedure: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Active body surface warming systems for preventing complications caused by inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in adults
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Gerard Urrútia

Professor - Researcher

Servicio de Epidemiología Clínica y Salud Pública, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

Barcelona, España

7
María José Martínez

Investigadora Clínica

Centro Cochrane Iberoamericano

Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Sant Pau

Barcelona, España

7
Eva Madrid

Profesor titular

Public Health

Universidad de valparaiso

Viña del mar, Chile

2
Juan Franco

Managing Editor

Centre for Health and Society

Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf, Alemania

1
Rodrigo Nuñez

Kinesiólogo

Kinesiología

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
gabriel rada

director

Centro Evidencia UC

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

santiago, Chile

1
Pablo Alonso

Investigador Principal

Centro Cochrane Iberoamericano

Barcelona, España

1
Bettina Müller

Jefe subrogante

Oncología Médica

Instituto Nacional del Cáncer

Santiago, Chile