BARÓN-FRANCO , Bosco

Objetivos: Conocer si existe variabilidad en los programas formativos de los residentes de Medicina Interna ofertados en la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía y, en su caso, generar un documento de consenso con propuestas para disminuir la misma. Material y métodos Estudio transversal mediante encuestas de opinión a los tutores y residentes de...

Antecedentes y objetivo: En 2017 se desarrolló un cuestionario en italiano que tenía como objetivo deter minar las percepciones de los clínicos ante la desprescripción en población de edad avanzada. El objetivo fue traducir y adaptar transculturalmente al espanol ˜ este cuestionario de desprescripción. Métodos: Traducción directa y...

Background: This work aims to analyze clinical outcomes according to ethnic groups in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in Spain. (2) Methods: This nationwide, retrospective, multicenter, observational study analyzed hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 in 150 Spanish hospitals (SEMI-COVID-19 Registry) from 1 March 2020 to 31 December...

Abstract Background Using technologies of information and communication (TICs) is emerging in medical assistance. TICs application for medical assistance is promising. Its applicability in advanced heart and/or respiratory failure is still controversial because studies have shown methodological weakness which could put in danger their...

Objectives: Since the results of the RECOVERY trial, WHO recommendations about the use of corticosteroids (CTs) in COVID-19 have changed. The aim of the study is to analyse the evolutive use of CTs in Spain during the pandemic to assess the potential influence of new recommendations. Material and methods: A retrospective, descriptive, and...

The aim was to assess the ability of nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 viral load at frst patient's hospital evaluation to predict unfavorable outcomes. We conducted a prospective cohort study including 321 adult patients with confrmed COVID-19 through RT-PCR in nasopharyngeal swabs. Quantitative Synthetic SARS-CoV-2 RNA cycle threshold values were...