Revista clínica española
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Revista clínica española · Dec 2016
A survey to medical residents on the performance of diagnostic and therapeutic thoracenteses: a training gap?
Pleural fluid aspiration is a routine procedure for pulmonologists and internists. Our aim was to evaluate technical and methodological aspects of diagnostic and therapeutic thoracenteses performed by last two-year residents of Pulmonology and Internal Medicine. ⋯ This survey highlights gaps of knowledge and skills in conducting diagnostic and therapeutic thoracenteses.
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Revista clínica española · Oct 2015
Scientific production and bibliometric impact of a representative group of Spanish internists with established research careers.
To study the temporal evolution of the bibliometric indices of internists with established research experience in order to predict the future behavior of researchers and to assess whether output focused on a specific area of internal medicine helps obtain greater visibility than in general internal medicine. ⋯ The h-index is the factor that had the best adjustment and least variability and could therefore help predict the future scientific output and impact of internists. The specialist researchers achieved greater visibility than the general internists.