[Importance of outpatient medical consultation prior to going to the hospital emergency department in patients over 65 years of age: Impact on hospitalization results].

Objective: Investigate factors associated with a previous outpatient medical consultation (POMC), to the health center or another physician, before attending a hospital emergency department (ED), in patients aged >65 and its impact on the hospitalization rate and variables related to ED stay. SITE: Fifty-two Spanish EDs.

Participants: Patients over 65 years consulting an ED.

Clinical relevance of pharmacist intervention in an emergency department.

Objectives: To evaluate the clinical relevance of pharmacist intervention on patient care in emergencies, to determine the severity of detected errors. Second, to analyse the most frequent types of interventions and type of drugs involved and to evaluate the clinical pharmacist's activity.

Methods: A 6-month observational prospective study of pharmacist intervention in the Emergency Department (ED) at a 400-bed hospital in Spain was performed to record interventions carried out by the clinical pharmacists.

[Analysis of the concordance of antibiotic treatment for patients with severe sepsis in emergencies].

Objectives: Antibiotic treatment is vital in patients with severe sepsis/septic shock. The objectives were to assess the degree of concordance between antibiotic prescribed in emergencies and post requirements; to relate it to health outcomes (mortality) and to analyze the reasons for disagreement.

Material And Methods: Retrospective descriptive study of antibiotic treatment prescribed in emergencies and the subsequent treatment in patients with criteria of severe sepsis/septic shock in 2013.