Increase in hospital care at the end of life: Retrospective analysis of the last 20 years of life of a cohort of patients.

Background: There is an increasing need for end-of-life care due to society's progressive aging. This study aimed to describe how hospitalizations evolve long-term and in the last months life of a cohort of deceased patients.

Methods: The study population were those who died in one year who lived in a district in southern Spain.

Ethnicity and Clinical Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 in Spain: Results from the Multicenter SEMI-COVID-19 Registry.

(1) Background: This work aims to analyze clinical outcomes according to ethnic groups in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in Spain. (2) Methods: This nationwide, retrospective, multicenter, observational study analyzed hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 in 150 Spanish hospitals (SEMI-COVID-19 Registry) from 1 March 2020 to 31 December 2021. Clinical outcomes were assessed according to ethnicity (Latin Americans, Sub-Saharan Africans, Asians, North Africans, Europeans).

The role of clinical pharmacists in the optimisation of medication prescription and reconciliation on admission in an emergency department.

Objectives: To describe a clinical pharmacist's (CP) activity in an emergency department (ED) regarding medication reconciliation and optimisation of pharmacotherapy of patients at hospital admission.

Methods: A 1-year prospective observational study was conducted to analyse the activity of a CP in the ED of a 350-bed hospital in Spain. The CP reviewed home medications and medical prescriptions of patients to perform medication reconciliation if required and intervene if medication errors were detected.

[Bed rest or early mobilization as treatment of deep vein thrombosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis].

Background And Objective: We aimed to know if treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) with early mobilisation is as safe and effective as bed rest.

Material And Method: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane library (CCTR), Spanish Medical Index, and MD-Consult Virtual Library databases were searched. We also cross-checked bibliographies of the retrieved articles.