Emergencias
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To estimate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the organization of Spanish hospital emergency departments (EDs). To explore differences between Spanish autonomous communities or according to hospital size and disease incidence in the area. ⋯ The COVID-19 pandemic led to organizational changes in EDs. Certain resources became scarce, and marked differences between autonomous communities were detected.
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To evaluate the anticholinergic burden on discharge of patients treated for constipation in an emergency department (ED) and to assess the effect on emergency revisiting within 30 days. ⋯ The prescription of drugs leading to a high anticholinergic burden was a factor associated with ED revisits within 30 days in patients treated for constipation.
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Multicenter Study
Implementation of the Spanish Triage System in the emergency departments of public health service hospitals in Andalusia, Spain.
To describe the process of implementing the Spanish Triage System (SET, in its Spanish abbreviation) in nonspecialist hospital emergency departments (EDs) in the public health service. ⋯ Implementing a structured triage approach like SET is a gradual process. Quality indicators must be followed over time so that the impact of a triage system on ED care processes can be assessed.