Appropriateness of urinary catheterization in the hospital setting: A multicenter observational study.

Objective: The objective of this study is to analyze the appropriateness of the indication for urinary catheterization (UC) in hospitalized patients and to analyze possible associated factors.

Methods: Cross-sectional observational study conducted in 15 hospitals. Patients over the age of 18 with UC were included in the study.

[Risk and Mortality Factors for Pleural Effusions Requiring Diagnostic Thoracentesis].

Introduction: Occurrence of malignant pleural effusion (PE) is known to be associated with a poor prognosis, but the mortality of patients with non-malignant effusions has not been sufficiently studied. Our objective was to describe the clinical course and explore risk factors associated with all-cause mortality at 1, 5 and 10 years in patients who develop a PE.

Methods: Retrospective observational study of patients undergoing diagnostic thoracentesis during the decade 2008-2017 in a pulmonology service.

Gender-Based Analysis of the Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Workers in Spain.

This study aims to analyze from a gender perspective the psychological distress experienced by the medical workforce during the peak of the pandemic in Spain. This is a single-center, observational analytic study. The study population comprised all associated health workers of the Cruces University Hospital, invited by email to participate in the survey.

Multicentre study: reliability and repeatability of Scheimpflug system measurement in keratoconus.

Purpose: To assess the repeatability and reliability of the most important tomographic parameters for characterising keratoconus measured with a Pentacam HR (high resolution).

Methods: Overall, 230 eyes in 158 patients with keratoconus were analysed. We performed five consecutive corneal tomography examinations for each eye with a Pentacam HR in patients with keratoconus.

[Implementation of NeoKissEs in Spain: A validated surveillance system for nosocomial sepsis in very low birth weight infants].

Background: Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are the most frequent nosocomial infections in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), especially in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants (birth weight ≤ 1500g). An epidemiologic surveillance system may contribute to the prevention of infection by continuous monitoring of its frequency and associated risk factors. The aim of this article was to describe the implementation of the NeoKissEs surveillance system for BSIs in VLBW newborns in a group of Spanish NICUs.

Evaluation of the Reliability and Repeatability of Scheimpflug System Measurement in Keratoconus.

Purpose: To assess the reliability and repeatability of the parameters obtained using a Scheimpflug system (Pentacam HR-high resolution) for monitoring progression in eyes with keratoconus.

Methods: A prospective study was conducted based on measurements taken with the Pentacam HR in 82 eyes with keratoconus. We calculated the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and the repeatability limit for topographic and aberrometric parameters.