A multidisciplinary approach for patients with multiple chronic conditions: IMPACTO study.

Background And Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate the effects of a multidisciplinary intervention on the outcomes of polypathological patients (PP).

Methods: A multicenter quasi-experimental pre-post study with a 12-month follow up was performed. In-hospital, at discharge and outpatient clinics patients who met criteria of PP between March 2012 and October 2013 were included.

[An analysis of 182 enterococcal bloodstream infections: epidemiology, microbiology, and outcome].

Introduction: Enterococcal bloodstream infections have acquired considerable importance in recent years, mainly because of the increasing number of cases that occur during hospital admission.

Methods: Retrospective study of the clinical records of patients diagnosed with enterococcal bacteremia and hospitalized over a 12-year period (January 1994-April 2006), analyzing epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics, outcome and prognostic factors.

Results: A total of 182 episodes of bacteremia were recorded; 68% of them were nosocomial infections, accounting for 5% of the in-hospital bacteremia episodes in this period.