Executive summary of the consensus document for the training and development of clinical ultrasound in Internal Medicine: Recommendations from the Clinical Ultrasound Working Group of the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine (GTECO-SEMI).

Introduction: Given the increasing adoption of clinical ultrasound in medicine, it is essential to standardize its application, training, and research.

Objectives And Methods: The purpose of this document is to provide consensus recommendations to address questions about the practice and operation of clinical ultrasound units. Nineteen experts and leaders from advanced clinical ultrasound units participated.

[Analysis of infectious diseases care in Spanish hospitals from 2016-2020, including the first year of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic].

Aims: This work aimed to review patients discharged from Spanish hospitals with a principal diagnosis of infection during a 5-year period, including the first year of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Materials And Method: This work analyzed the Basic Minimum Data Set (CMBD) of patients discharged during the 2016-2020 period from hospitals in the Spanish National Health Service in order to identify cases with a principal diagnosis of an infectious disease according to the ICD-10-S code. All patients older than 14 years of age admitted to a conventional ward or intensive care unit, excluding labor and delivery, were included in the analysis and were evaluated based on the discharging department.

Analysis of infectious diseases care in Spanish hospitals from 2016 to 2020, including the first year of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Aims: This work aimed to review patients discharged from Spanish hospitals with a principal diagnosis of infection during a 5-year period, including the first year of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Materials And Method: This work analyzed the Basic Minimum Data Set (CMBD) of patients discharged during the 2016⬜2020 period from hospitals in the Spanish National Health Service in order to identify cases with a principal diagnosis of an infectious disease according to the ICD-10-S code. All patients older than 14 years of age admitted to a conventional ward or intensive care unit, excluding labor and delivery, were included in the analysis and were evaluated based on the discharging department.