CURB-65 as a predictor of 30-day mortality in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ecuador: COVID-EC study.

Objective: This article aims to assess the utility of CURB-65 in predicting 30-day mortality in adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

Methods: This work is a cohort study conducted between March 1 and April 30, 2020 in Ecuador.

Results: A total of 247 patients were included (mean age 60 ± 14 years, 70% men, overall mortality 41.

[CURB-65 as a predictor of 30-day mortality in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ecuador: COVID-EC study].

Objective: This article aims to assess the utility of CURB-65 in predicting 30-day mortality in adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

Methods: This work is a cohort study conducted between March 1 and April 30, 2020 in Ecuador.

Results: A total of 247 patients were included (mean age 60 ± 14 years, 70% men, overall mortality 41.

Lung ultrasound in heart failure.

The present article reviews the usefulness of lung ultrasound in the diagnosis, prognostic stratification and treatment of patients with heart failure. The article addresses the technical aspects when performing lung ultrasonography, as well as the importance of the presence of B-lines in the diagnosis and the prognostic value of pulmonary congestion. Moreover, the article reviews the most recently published evidence on the use of lung ultrasound in heart failure.

Therapeutic approach for patients with venous thromboembolism attended in emergency departments during routine clinical practice: the EDITH study.

Aim: To analyze treatment at discharge/follow-up of patients diagnosed with venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the emergency department (ED).

Materials & Methods: Ambispective study (50 Spanish centers) of consecutive patients (October-December 2014) with VTE diagnosed in ED.

Results: VTE was diagnosed in 775 patients (295 pulmonary embolism [PE] without deep vein thrombosis [DVT], 389 DVT without PE and 91 PE + DVT); 95.