Publications by authors named "Montserrat Ortiz"
Objective: To analyze the factors associated with the activation of the severe trauma care team (STAT) in patients admitted to the ICU, to measure its impact on care times, and to analyze the groups of patients according to activation and level of anatomical involvement.
Design: Prospective cohort study of severe trauma admitted to the ICU. From June 2017 to May 2019.
Objectives: To analyze the use of intracranial pressure (ICP) and cerebral oximetry monitoring in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) according to the Spanish Trauma ICU Registry (RETRAUCI).
Methods: We included TBI patients with Glasgow Coma Scale score ≤ 8. Hypotheses were tested using the Student-T or Wilcoxon tests (quantitative variables) and the Chi-square test (categorical variables).
Objective: To evaluate factors influencing the deterioration of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in trauma patients admitted to an ICU.
Design: A prospective observational study was carried out.
Setting: The combined medical/surgical ICU in a university secondary hospital with 24-hour neurosurgery service.
Background And Objective: The aim of this arm of the ANESCAT 2003 study was to describe the use of emergency anesthesia in surgical specialties in Catalonia, Spain.
Patients And Method: The data analyzed came from a prospective study of the anesthetic procedures performed in 131 hospitals in Catalonia on 14 randomly chosen days in 2003. Emergency anesthetic procedures for surgery (excluding obstetrics and nonsurgical procedures) were selected and the following variables analyzed: type of hospital, patient characteristics, procedure, anesthetic technique, time used, postoperative care, and type of emergency (deferrable or not).