Publications by authors named "Eduard Anton Poch-Ferrer"
Epidemiological and clinical management aspects of pneumonias diagnosed in the emergency department in elderly patients in Spain: Results of the EDEN-29 study.
Sandra Cuerpo Sira Aguiló María Florencia Poblete-Palacios Guillermo Burillo-Putze Aitor Alquézar-Arbé Eduard Anton Poch-Ferrer
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study estimates pneumonia incidence in elderly patients in Spanish emergency departments, finding an annual rate of 18.4 cases per 1000 inhabitants.
- A significant 78% of these patients required hospitalization, with 30-day mortality at 14.2% and in-hospital mortality at 12.9%.
- Factors like functional dependency and severe comorbidity were closely linked to adverse events, while common biomarkers showed only moderate predictive ability for outcomes.
Objectives: To study baseline factors associated with hypo- and hypernatremia in older patients attended in emergency departments (EDs) and explore the association between these dysnatremias and indicators of severity in an emergency.
Material And Methods: We included patients attended in 52 Spanish hospital EDs aged 65 years or older during a designated week. All included patients had to have a plasma sodium concentration on record.