17 results match your criteria: "Hospital Universitario de Vic[Affiliation]"
Hipertens Riesgo Vasc
August 2024
MFyC, Southend Medical Centre, Southend on Sea, Reino Unido.
J Healthc Qual Res
January 2024
Unidad de Estancia Corta y Hospitalización a Domicilio, Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Doctor Balmis de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, España; En representación de la red SIESTA. Electronic address:
Objective: To investigate whether falls in people ≥65 years old are a prognostic factor for adverse events compared to the rest of older patients who consult emergency departments, and identify factors related to a worse long-term evolution.
Method: EDEN cohort that included patients ≥65 years old. Those patients who consulted for fall and the rest were distinguished.
Acta Ortop Bras
April 2023
Hospital Universitario de Vic, Vic, Vic, Spain.
Introduction: The aim of our work is to review those patients who underwent prosthetic hip revision surgery in our hospital considered to be patients at high risk of dislocation or recurrent dislocation, and who underwent a double mobility cemented cup (CMD). Analyzing the different ways to place these cups and the clinical results and reluxations.
Material And Methods: The 69 cases comprised 34 men and 35 women with a mean age of 77,39 years.
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand
May 2023
Servicio Navarro de Salud-Osasunbidea, Banco de Sangre y Tejidos, Pamplona, Spain.
Background: Preoperative anaemia is associated with poor outcomes in surgical patients, but the preoperative haemoglobin cut-off that determines lower morbidity in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA) is not well established.
Methods: Planned secondary analysis of data collected during a multicentre cohort study of patients undergoing THA and TKA in 131 Spanish hospitals during a single 2-month recruitment period. Anaemia was defined as haemoglobin <12 g dl for females and < 13 g dl for males.
Med Intensiva (Engl Ed)
January 2022
Transferencia de Conocimiento, Hospital Universitario de Vic-Consorcio Hospitalario de Vic, Spain; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Vic-Central de Cataluña, Spain.
Objective: To analyze the incidents related to patient safety (IRSP) and their risk factors during in-hospital transfer (IHT) of critical patients after the application of a protocol, and to evaluate safety during transfer using quality indicators.
Design: A prospective, observational and non-intervention cohort study was carried out.
Setting: A 10-bed multipurpose Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a second level university hospital.
Semergen
January 2022
Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario de Vic, Consorcio Hospitalario de Vic, Vic, Barcelona, España; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Vic, Central de Cataluña, Vic, Barcelona, España; Grupo de Investigación C3RG, España.
Objectives: To assess diagnosis and therapeutic decisions-making by General Practitioners (GP) using ApnealinkTM® (AL) in patients with high suspicion of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), in comparison with conclusions of Hospital Sleep Unit (HSU) specialists based on home respiratory polygraphy (PGR) results.
Methods: This study involved patients previously selected by HSU for sleep testing by PGR. After it, patients were offered to complete AL test.
J Clin Anesth
November 2021
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Introduction: Adherence to Enhanced Recovery Protocols (ERPs) is associated with faster functional recovery, better patient satisfaction, lower complication rates and reduced length of hospital stay. Understanding institutional barriers and facilitators is essential for improving adherence to ERPs. The purpose of this study was to identify institutional factors associated with adherence to an ERP for colorectal surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOpen Respir Arch
January 2021
Servicio de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, España.
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease which presents with a risk of exacerbations. Good patient management and continuous monitoring are crucial for good disease control, and pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions are essential for proper treatment. Nurses specialised in asthma can contribute to the correct management of asthmatic patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHipertens Riesgo Vasc
December 2021
Centre of Primary Care and Public Health, Queen Mary University of London, Londres, Reino Unido; Carnarvon Medical Centre, Southend-on-Sea, Reino Unido.
Psychosocial stress can be the result of a wide variety of causes and circumstances. The experience of stress is often unique and experienced in a very personal way, although with common physiological responses. Predictably, it will increase in the modern world, which is subject to vertiginous social, cultural and technological changes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMed Intensiva (Engl Ed)
July 2020
Transferencia de Conocimiento, Hospital Universitario de Vic-Consorcio Hospitalario de Vic, España; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Vic-Central de Cataluña, España.
Objective: To analyze the incidents related to patient safety (IRSP) and their risk factors during in-hospital transfer (IHT) of critical patients after the application of a protocol, and to evaluate safety during transfer using quality indicators.
Design: A prospective, observational and non-intervention cohort study was carried out.
Setting: A 10-bed multipurpose Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a second level university hospital.
Semergen
July 2021
Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España.
Unlabelled: Smoking is a public health problem that affects young people, and influenced by the environment and cultural level.
Objectives: To determine smoking prevalence among high-level baccalaureate students in the Autonomous Community of Madrid during the 2018-2019 academic year. To assess the influence of the socio-cultural environment on the onset of youth smoking.
Rev Iberoam Micol
May 2020
Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitari i Politécnic La Fe, Valencia, España.
Candida auris is a new species of Candida that causes nosocomial outbreaks in several countries around the world, including Spain. C.auris is resistant to fluconazole and multi- and pan-resistant strains have been described.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActa Ortop Bras
January 2019
Hospital Universitario de Vic, Orthopaedic Surgery, Vic, Barcelona, Spain.
Objectives: Severe pelvic deficiency presents a difficult problem in hip arthroplasty. Specifically, the goals are to restore the pelvic bone stock, place the acetabular component in the correct anatomical position, and optimize joint stability. Currently, many surgical techniques have been developed for prosthetic revision surgery for acetabular complex defects, but no consensus has been reached on the best treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRev Clin Esp (Barc)
December 2019
Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario de Vic, Vic, Barcelona, España.
Acta Ortop Mex
May 2019
Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Hospital Universitario de Vic, Barcelona, España.
The total hip arthroplasty with short stems to preserve bone is a good choice in young patients that expected future revision surgery, it is also a good choice when we use approaches for minimal invasive surgeries. In this study, we have evaluated, clinically and radiologically, our experience in total hip arthroplasty with the use of short stems and metaphyseal anchorage. In total we have involved 23 patients with a mean age of 50.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnferm Intensiva (Engl Ed)
September 2019
Hospital Universitario de Girona Dr. Josep Trueta, Girona, España.
Objectives: To assess non-invasive ventilation knowledge and skills among nurses and physicians in different contexts: equipment and contextual influences.
Method: Cross-sectional, descriptive study in 4 intensive care units (ICU) (1 surgical, 3 medical-surgical), 1 postsurgical recovery unit, 2 emergency departments (ED) and 3 wards, in 4 hospitals (3 university, 1 community) with 407 professionals. A 13-item survey, validated in the setting, was applied (Kappa index, 0.
Cir Esp
May 2017
Departamento de Cirugía General y Digestiva, Hospital Universitario de Vic, Vic, Barcelona, España.