Publications by authors named "Lluis Torralba"
Objective: To know the current situation on the implementation of the patient identification systems in hospital centres in Catalonia.
Methods: Interviews carried out with nurse managers of Catalonian hospitals on patient identification systems, implementation in the different hospital services and data used in the system.
Results: Of the 75 centres studied, 90.
Objective: To identify the differential features of positive blood alcohol level (BAL) in people injured in road crashes who were attended an acute care service.
Methods: Cross-sectional study of persons aged 18 years old or older injured in motor vehicle crashes who were attended in the Traumatology Emergency Department of Vall d'Hebron Hospital (Spain) between July 2001 and February 2002.
Results: The study sample included 431 patients.