Validity of the "Roth score" for hypoxemia screening.

Introduction: The Roth score is an alternative strategy to estimate oxygen saturation by using a simple verbal test. We designed this clinical study to assess the validity of the Roth score (Spanish version) as a screening test for hypoxemia. A secondary objective was to evaluate the agreement and consistency between the oxygen saturation obtained via pulse oximetry (SpO) and arterial blood gas test (SaO).

Impact of football matches on number of visits to an emergency department.

Objectives: To analyze the impact of a local football team's matches on patient demand for hospital emergency department care in Bilbao, in the Spanish province of Biscay.

Material And Methods: Retrospective analysis. We retrieved the number of patients coming to the emergency department on the days and hours of matches played by Bilbao's Athletic Club during the 2017-2019 and 2018-2019 seasons and compared the caseloads with those on the same days of the weeks before and after the matches (control days).

Quality of dispatcher-assisted vs. automated external defibrillator-guided cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a randomised simulation trial.

Background: Quality of hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an important determinant of resuscitation outcome for cardiac arrest patients cared for by lay rescuers. We designed a simulation trial to assess and compare the quality of CPR among untrained lay people under two different scenarios: automated external defibrillator (AED)-guided and dispatcher-assisted CPR.

Patients And Methods: A simulation study was performed involving 42 volunteers selected by non-probabilistic sampling.

Development and validation of a weight estimation tool for paediatric emergency care.

Objective: To develop and validate a weight estimation tool applicable in paediatric emergency care.

Methods: Using anthropometric data from a computerized database of the primary health care paediatric services, Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain), linear regression models were developed with the objective of estimating weight from height. Subsequently, these models were prospectively validated using a consecutive sample of children attended in the emergency department of two tertiary hospitals.

Validity of approaches to estimating weight in children attended in the emergency department.

Objectives: To determine the validity of different ways of estimating body weight in children attended in the emergency department.

Material And Methods: Prospective cross-sectional study of a series of patients between 1 month and 14 years of age attended in 2 tertiary care hospitals in the Basque Country, Spain. We used 9 different ways to estimate body weight and compared the estimates to real weight by calculating the mean intraclass correlation coefficient, the mean difference between real and estimated weights, and the proportion of measurements within 10% and 20% of the real weight.

Alternatives to subcutaneous injection of amino-amide or amino-ester anesthetics before arterial puncture for blood gas analysis: a systematic review.

Objectives: Arterial puncture for blood gas analysis is a painful procedure in the emergency department (ED). Local subcutaneous injection of anesthetics containing amino amides or esters is the usual painrelief technique applied before arterial puncture, but it is little used in some care settings, such as the ED. We aimed to analyze the literature on anesthetic approaches other than the traditional one of local injection of amino-amide or amino-ester compounds for pain relief during arterial puncture and to assess the efficacy of the alternatives.

Pain scores for intravenous cannulation and arterial blood gas test among emergency department patients.

Objectives: To analyse vein catheterisation and blood gas test-related pain among adult patients in the emergency department and to explore pain score-related factors.

Method: An observational and multicentre research study was performed. Patients undergoing vein catheterisation or arterial puncture for gas test were included consecutively.

[Ethyl chloride aerosol spray for local anesthesia before arterial puncture: randomized placebo-controlled trial].

Objectives: To compare the efficacy of an ethyl chloride aerosol spray to a placebo spray applied in the emergency department to the skin to reduce pain from arterial puncture for blood gas analysis.

Material And Methods: Single-blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial in an emergency department of Hospital de Basurto in Bilbao, Spain. We included 126 patients for whom arterial blood gas analysis had been ordered.

[Relationship between migrant status and social support and quality of life in Moroccans in the Basque Country (Spain)].

Objective: To analyze the effect of birth place, migrant status and the modulatory role of social support on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and the presence of anxiety/depression symptoms.

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study of three samples composed of 2,776 persons: 1,239 Moroccans in Morocco, 149 Moroccans in the Basque Country (Spain) and 1,388 autochthonous individuals. HRQoL and the presence of anxiety/depression symptoms were evaluated using the Short-Form-36 (SF-36) and the Mental Health Inventory-5 (MHI-5).

[Chronic pathologies among cleaning and administrative personnel].

Workers' health is of vital importance in order for workers to work at their utmost on their jobs. The prevalence of specific pathologies affects the normal functioning of workers, provoking incapacities and absences from work. The authors measure the prevalence of chronic type illnesses among cleaning and administrative personnel.