Safety and efficacy of electric cardioversion in the emergency department: analysis of associated factors according to gender.

Objective: To explore the safety and effectiveness of electric cardioversion to treat atrial fibrillation in a hospital emergency department (ED).

Methods: Retrospective observational study in a hospital ED. We reviewed episodes of atrial fibrillation in patients aged 18 years orolder treated with cardioversion in our ED or referred for scheduling of cardioversion.

Safety and efficiency of discharge to home hospitalization directly after emergency department care of patients with acute heart failure.

Objectives: To analyze whether discharge to home hospitalization (HHosp) directly from emergency departments (EDs) after care for acute heart failure (AHF) is efficient and if there are short-term differences in outcomes between patients in HHosp vs those admitted to a conventional hospital ward (CHosp).

Material And Methods: Secondary analysis of cases from the EAHFE registry (Epidemiology of Acute Heart Failure in Emergency Departments). The EAHFE is a multicenter, multipurpose, analytical, noninterventionist registry of consecutive AHF patients after treatment in EDs.

Emergency department direct discharge compared to short-stay unit admission for selected patients with acute heart failure: analysis of short-term outcomes.

Short stay unit (SSU) is an alternative to conventional hospitalization in patients with acute heart failure (AHF), but the prognosis is not known compared to direct discharge from the emergency department (ED). To determine whether direct discharge from the ED of patients diagnosed with AHF is associated with early adverse outcomes versus hospitalization in SSU. Endpoints, defined as 30-day all-cause mortality or post-discharge adverse events, were evaluated in patients diagnosed with AHF in 17 Spanish EDs with an SSU, and compared by ED discharge vs.

Renal transplantation in systemic lupus erythematosus: outcome and prognostic factors in 50 cases from a single centre.

Background: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Objectives: To analyze the outcome and prognostic factors of renal transplantation in patients with ESRD due to SLE from January 1986 to December 2013 in a single center.

Results: Fifty renal transplantations were performed in 40 SLE patients (32 female (80%), mean age at transplantation 36±10.

[Neurological examination in patients undergoing sedation with propofol: a descriptive study].

Introduction: The neurological examination is a resource used in evaluating patients who are in coma. Anaesthesia can be a factor that exerts an influence on the findings. We evaluated the examination of the comatose patient in the case of patients anaesthetised with propofol in order to define its clinical value.