Publications by authors named "Maria-Teresa Moreiro-Barroso"
Wound care is an important public health challenge that is present in all areas of the healthcare system, whether in hospitals, long term care institutions or in the community. We aimed to quantify the number of skin wounds reported after and during the COVID-19 pandemic. This descriptive longitudinal retrospective study compared of wound records in patients hospitalized in the internal medicine service during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic (from 1 March 2020, to 28 February 2021) and previous-year to the outbreak (from 1 January 2019, to 31 December 2019).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To explore the clinical burden and epidemiologic profile of hospitalized patients with wounds during the first wave of COVID-19.
Methods: A retrospective and observational study was conducted to analyze the inpatient episodes of wound care in the University Hospital of Salamanca (Spain) during the initial COVID-19 crisis from March 1, 2020, to June 1, 2020. Data were collected from nursing care reports and clinical discharge reports.
Background: Pressure Injuries (PIs) are major worldwide public health threats within the different health-care settings.
Objective: To describe and compare epidemiological and clinical features of PIs in COVID-19 patients and patients admitted for other causes in Internal Medicine Units during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
Design: A descriptive longitudinal retrospective study.
Article Synopsis
- The study developed a machine-learning model to predict which hospitalized Covid-19 patients are at higher risk for severe disease, using clinical and lab data from patient admissions.
- The model was trained on 918 patients, validated internally, and then tested on 352 patients from a different hospital, achieving strong accuracy rates (AUC of 0.85 and 0.83, respectively).
- Key predictive factors included blood oxygen levels, age, kidney function, and various inflammatory markers, and the model is now available as an open-source tool for risk assessment.
A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to clarify the effect of an early mobilisation programme on the prevention of hospital-acquired pressure injuries in an intensive care unit as opposed to standard care. We searched a total of 11 databases until 1 May 2020 and included seven studies (n = 7.520) related to the effect of early mobilisation protocol in the prevention of hospital-acquired pressure injuries (five quasi-experimental and two random comparative).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) outside the intensive wards has been evaluated in patients with no limitation on life-sustaining support. Our aim was to evaluate its usefulness in general wards for patients with NPPV as the ceiling of ventilator care when admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) has been withheld.
Materials And Methods: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation was used in 44 patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) and limitations to respiratory care- 22 with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations and 22 with acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema (CPE).