Publications by authors named "Julian Alcaraz-Martinez"
Background: The WHO recognises patient safety as a serious public health problem. The COVID-19 pandemic affected adult EDs (AEDs) and paediatric EDs (PEDs) differently. We compared the culture of safety in the adult AED and PED before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To characterize safety incidents in paediatric emergency departments (PEDs): frequency, sources, root causes, and consequences.
Materials And Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, observational and descriptive study in the PED of the Clinical University Hospital XX (blinded for review). Patients were recruited through opportunity sampling and the data were collected during care delivery and one week later through a telephone survey.
Objectives: Identifying early markers of poor prognosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is mandatory. Our purpose is to analyze by chest radiography if rapid worsening of COVID-19 pneumonia in the initial days has predictive value for ventilatory support (VS) need.
Methods: Ambispective observational ethically approved study in COVID-19 pneumonia inpatients, validated in a second outpatient sample.
Objective: The delay caused to provide an appointment and the uncertainty of the expected waiting time, are cause for discontent in the patients. The object of this work was to improve the accessibility to the consultation of specialized attention in our health area, decreasing the average waiting time and reduce the number of claims for this reason.
Methods: To measure the quality of the service provided, 5 criteria were developed and evaluated, by means of a cross section, in December 2015 for all patients pending appointment in the Area.