Publications by authors named "Carme Boque"
Introduction And Objectives: Cardiac troponin, a marker of myocardial injury, is frequently observed in patients with COVID-19 infection. Our objective was to analyze myocardial injury and its prognostic implications in patients with and without COVID-19 infection treated in the same period of time.
Methods: The present study included patients treated in a university hospital with cardiac troponin I measurements and with suspected COVID-19 infection, confirmed or ruled out by polymerase chain reaction analysis.
Introduction And Objectives: Cardiac troponin, a marker of myocardial injury, is frequently observed in patients with COVID-19 infection. Our objective was to analyze myocardial injury and its prognostic implications in patients with and without COVID-19 infection treated in the same period of time.
Methods: The present study included patients treated in a university hospital with cardiac troponin I measurements and with suspected COVID-19 infection, confirmed or ruled out by polymerase chain reaction analysis.
Objectives: To describe the clinical management of palliative sedation and the characteristics of sedated patients in 11 Catalan hospital emergency departments.
Material And Methods: Prospective descriptive study of a cohort of patients given palliative sedation between April and July 2018. We registered patient demographic and disease data, the Charlson comorbidity index (CCI), patient's point of origin before emergency department arrival, times related to emergency care, and medications used.
Background: Tachyarrhythmias are very common in emergency medicine, and little is known about the long-term prognostic implications of troponin I levels in these patients.
Hypothesis: This study aimed to investigate the correlation of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) levels and long-term prognosis in patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) with a primary diagnosis of tachyarrhythmia.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted between January 2012 and December 2013, enrolling patients admitted to the ED with a primary diagnosis of tachyarrhythmia and having documented cTnI measurements.
Background: This study aimed to investigate the clinical features and prognosis of acute and chronic myocardial injury without clinical evidence of myocardial infarction in patients admitted to the emergency department.
Methods: We analyzed the clinical data of all consecutive patients admitted to the emergency department during the years 2012 and 2013 who had at least 2 determinations of troponin I (TnI Ultra Siemens, Advia Centaur) and without a diagnosis of myocardial infarction. Clinical events were evaluated in a 3-year follow-up.
Background: Despite adverse prognoses of type 2 myocardial infarction and myocardial injury, an effective, practical risk stratification method remains an unmet clinical need. We sought to develop an efficient clinical bedside tool for estimating the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events at 180 days for this patient population.
Methods: The derivation cohort included patients with type 2 myocardial infarction or myocardial injury admitted to a tertiary hospital between 2012 and 2013 (n = 611).
Background: Detectable troponin below the 99th percentile may reflect an underlying cardiac abnormality which might entail prognostic consequences. This study aimed to investigate the prognosis of patients admitted to an emergency department (ED) with detectable troponin below the 99th percentile reference limit who did not present with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
Methods: We analysed the clinical data of all consecutive patients admitted to the ED during the years 2012 and 2013 in whom cardiac troponin was requested by the attending clinician (cTnI Ultra Siemens, Advia Centaur).
Objectives: To study the prognostic role of elevated troponin I levels in patients discharged home directly from a hospital emergency department.
Material And Methods: Observational study of a retrospective cohort of all patients attended for any emergency for whom troponin I tests were ordered and who were discharged home directly from our hospital emergency department between January and December 2012. We collected demographic information, medical histories, symptoms related to the acute coronary event, and diagnosis on discharge.
Objective: To identify patients with type 2 myocardial infarction (MI) and patients with non-ischaemic myocardial injury (NIMI) and to compare their prognosis with those of patients with type 1 MI.
Methods: A retrospective observational study was performed in 1010 patients admitted to the emergency department of a university hospital with at least one troponin I test between 2012 and 2013. Participants were identified using laboratory records and divided into three groups: type 1 MI (rupture of atheromatous plaque), type 2 MI (imbalance between myocardial oxygen supply and/or demand) and NIMI (patients who did not meet diagnostic criteria for type 1 or type 2 MI).
Objectives: To understand the opinions of emergency department (ED) heads in Catalonia on their support for a residency program for specializing in emergency medicine (EM) and on their beliefs about the impact such a program would have.
Material And Methods: Heads of ED were asked if there would be support (from them, their staff, and their hospital) for a residency program to train specialists in EM. They were also asked their opinion on the impact that specialization would have on quality of care and costs in their department.