Frequency and factors associated with misuse of hospital emergency services.

Background: Situations that affect the saturation of emergency services mention their misuse by patients. Identifying factors associated with this phenomenon will allow us to develop strategies to optimize its operation.

Methods: We conducted an observational study.

[Procedures performed by emergency medicine residents in a Mexico City medical facility].

Objective: To determine the amount and type of procedures performed by three groups of emergency medicine residents in an emergency service in a Mexico City campus.

Methods: We carried out an observational study using a sampling type census with the authorization of the local internal review board (IRB). We followed 33 emergency medicine residents working in Mexico City during the 2007-2008 academic year.

[Approaches to medical training among physicians who teach; analysis of two different educational strategies].

Objective: Compare the outreach of a promotional educational strategy that focuses on active participation and compare it with a more traditional approach to medical training.

Methods: A quasi-experimental design was approved by the research committee. We compared the outreach of two different approaches to medical training.

Reanimation Unit experience of a second-level hospital in Mexico City.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the clinical characteristics of patients who presented to the Reanimation Unit (RU) of a second-level hospital during one year, and the number and type of emergency procedures performed.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed that enrolled all patients >15 years of age who presented to the RU from 01 January through 31 December 2003. The age, gender, diagnosis, site of origin, and disposition of each patient was recorded, as well as the distribution by time of day, the number and type of emergency procedures performed, complications, and mortality rate.