Acute-to-Chronic Glycemic Ratio as a Predictor of COVID-19 Severity and Mortality.

Objective: To evaluate the association between acute-to-chronic (A/C) glycemic ratio and mortality and severity outcomes for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Research Design And Methods: A total of 91 patients were included. We measured glycemia at admission and estimated the average chronic glucose levels to calculate the A/C glycemic ratio.

A comparative cost analysis between two quick diagnosis units of different levels of complexity.

To compare by micro-costing the costs incurred by quick diagnosis units of tertiary and second-level hospitals. We included 407 patients from a tertiary and secondary hospital unit. A bottom-up approach was applied.

Quick diagnosis units: predictors of time to diagnosis and costs.

Financial crisis has forced health systems to seek alternatives to hospitalization-based healthcare. Quick diagnosis units (QDUs) are cost-effective compared to hospitalization, but the determinants of QDU costs have not been studied.We aimed at assessing the predictors of costs of a district hospital QDU (Hospital Plató, Barcelona) between 2009 and 2016.

[Vitamin D deficiency and related factors in patients with osteoporotic hip fracture].

Background And Objective: Hypovitaminosis D is frequent in the elderly, and it is especially prevalent among patients with hip fracture. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its related factors are not well known in our population. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in patients with osteoporotic hip fracture and to analyze which factors are associated with this deficit.