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Objective: Risk assessment of patients with chest pain is based on clinical parameters; however, without a scoring system, such as risk stratification scales, estimates are less precise and accurate. The aim of this paper was to compare the HEART, GRACE score and clinical parameters in the prediction of major cardiovascular events (cardiovascular mortality or acute myocardial infarction) during hospitalization, in patients with chest pain attended in the emergency department., Methods: A descriptive observational study of patients with ischemic chest pain, who attended to the Miguel Servet University Hospital emergency department (Zaragoza, Spain) during one year was carried out. HEART and GRACE scores were calculated retrospectively from clinical history. Quantitative variables were expressed as mean (±standard deviation), and qualitative variables as frequencies and percentages. A bivariate analysis was carried out using the chi-square test. The performance of the scales and clinical parameters was compared by calculating the area under the curve. The primary outcome was the occurrence of a major cardiovascular event (cardiovascular mortality or acute myocardial infarction) during hospital admission., Results: 306 patients were registered (66.3% men, n=203), with a mean age of 71.45±12.85 years and a 48.7% history of ischemic heart disease. The areas under the curve for HEART scales, GRACE and clinical parameters were 0.80 (95% CI: 0.73-0.86), 0.79 (95% CI: 0.72-0.85) and 0.74 (95% CI: 0.68-0.80), respectively. During hospitalization, the incidence of the primary event was 13.4% and no low-risk patient, in both scales, presented a major cardiovascular event., Conclusions: In patients with ischemic chest pain attended in the emergency department, the GRACE and HEART scale have a greater area under curve than clinical parameters.

Objective: The risk that health personnel have of being assaulted in the workplace is not homogeneous. Factors such as professional category, level of care or service, modulate their probability. The objective of this work was to analyze the aggressions registered by the Servicio Aragonés de Salud professionals, comparing the characteristics of those that occurred in primary care with those that took place in specialized care during 2018., Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was made, carried out using the information available in the Aragon aggression registry database, during the year 2018. The study variables included sociodemographic characteristics of the people attacked, type of aggression, level of assistance and sick leave. Frequencies and percentages were calculated for the qualitative variables and mean and standard deviation for the quantitative ones; the relationship between the variables was made using the Mann-Whitney and Chi-Square tests., Results: 236 assaults were registered, of which 75.4% took place in AE. The average age was 45 years. Doctors were more attacked in primary care, while nursing staff was more attacked in specialized care. In primary there were more verbal attacks, while in specialized there were more physical attacks., Conclusions: Occupational violence suffered by health professionals change depending on the level of care, where a higher incidence of assaults is observed in specialized care. It is necessary to establish improvements in the registry of aggressions in Aragón, to improve the prevention and safety of workers., Competing Interests: Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

Objective: Sex is a determining factor in the differences with which men and women are treated in the emergency room. The objective was to analyze the profile in patients with chest paint attended in emergency department, and the gender inequalities in the diagnosis and treatment., Methods: Descriptive observational study of patients, who attended to the Miguel Servet University Hospital emergency department, with ischemic chest pain during 2017. Sociodemographic and clinical variables of treatment and evolution were analyzed. Bivariate and multivariate analysis was performed through the statistical program SPSS., Results: 351 cases were registered (235 men and 116 women). The women were older (median age 75.5 years, against, 71.4 years in men, p=0.003), went to the hospital during summer time (p=0.021) and took most often of benzodiazepines (p=0.001), antidepressants (p<0.001) and diuretics drugs (p=0.039). The women had greater proportion of arterial hypertension (p=0.001). The men came more to the emergency department during autumn period (p=0.008), and had more history of ischemic heart disease (p=0.003) and percutaneous coronary intervention (p<0.001). The time of completion of the first electrocardiogram was greater in women (p<0.001), and were diagnosed with a higher frequency of atypical chest pain (p=0.003), unlike men, more diagnosed of acute coronary syndrome (p=0.028) and subjected to invasive treatment (p<0.001)., Conclusions: There are differences according to sex in the antecedents, delay in performing the first electrocardiogram and use of invasive treatment. Its consideration from the emergency department, without influence of value judgments and with the determination of values disaggregated by sex, can improve the attention and evolution of these patients.

Background: The increase in violence in the health sector in recent years has had important consequences on the health of workers who have been attacked. This systematic review is proposed, whose objective was to update and systematically review the available scientific literature on the aggressions against workers in the health sector in Spain., Methods: A systematic review of the literature on aggressions to the health care personnel was carried out. The following database were searched: Scielo, Cuidatge, Medline, Cuiden, Scopus, Dialnet, Ibecs, Sciencedirect, Medes, Enfispo, Ibecs, Lilacs, CSIC and Embase databases. All original articles were included until April 2019, published in English or Spanish., Results: Twenty-three studies were included. The methodological quality of the included studies was good. The aggression that occur tend to follow the same pattern; they are mostly verbal and psychological aggressions, often accompanied by threats. Patients are the main aggressors, to normally doctors and nurses. The main causes are waiting times and delays, rarely the facts are reported or recorded., Conclusions: There is an increase in the magnitude of the phenomenon in recent years, in most cases the aggressors are men, whereas the aggressed professionals are mostly women. The variability in the records of aggression notifications and in the questionnaires used in the different studies, as well as the subjectivity and interpretation of these facts, make comparison between them difficult.

Introduction: In the setting of total parathyroidectomy (TPT) and parathyroid transplantation (PTx) for renal hyperparathyroidism (RHP), we evaluated long-term parathyroid graft function after subcutaneous presternal transplantation (SCPTx)., Hypothesis: Parathyroid glands are surrounded by fatty tissue. Therefore, we postulated that subcutaneous implantation of parathyroid tissue after TPT for RHP could be at least as effective as intramuscular grafting and would avoid the complications of the latter technique., Material and Method: We performed a study in a university hospital and its dialysis unit., Design: Prospective open efficacy study of a postoperative diagnostic monitoring method of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) in a cohort of surgical patients without loss to follow-up., Patients and Interventions: Thirty-five patients (19 women and 16 men) underwent TPT and SCPTx for RHP at the Department of General Surgery and Department of Nephrology, Donostia Hospital, San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain, from January 2002 to December 2005. Follow-up ranged from 6 to 42 months (mean, 15.4 months). Graft function was evaluated by measurement of plasma iPTH levels before surgery and 24 hours and 1, 3, 5, 15, 30, 60, 100 and 150 weeks after surgery. Reference values for PTH in our laboratory were 20-65 pg/mL., Results: The mean preoperative iPTH values were 1245 +/- 367.9 pg/mL (mean +/- SD) (range, 493-2160). After TPT and SCPTx, iPTH levels became undetectable in all patients at 24 hours. A value of 50 pg/mL was established as the criterion for adequate parathyroid graft function. The following values were obtained: 15.54 +/- 10.61 pg/mL (mean +/- SD) (range, 6-44) after 1 week, 57.2 +/- 1.9 pg/mL (mean +/- SD) (range, 43-74) after 5 weeks, 64.21 +/- 9.73 pg/mL (mean +/- SD) (range, 11.3-89) after 15 weeks, 75.12 +/- 9.05 pg/mL (mean +/- SD) (range, 24.6-104.2) after 30 weeks, 101.63 +/- 19.85 pg/mL (mean +/- SD) (range, 65-143) after 60 weeks, 121.63 +/- 27.85 pg/mL (mean +/- SD) (range, 62-179) after 100 weeks, 63 +/- 19.85 pg/mL (mean +/- SD) (range, 68-723) after 150 weeks and 102 +/- 18.65 pg/mL (mean +/- SD) (range, 68-113) after 200 weeks. The prevalence of hypoparathyroidism (serum iPTH level of < 20 pg/mL with a normal or low serum calcium concentration) was 2 out of 35 patients (5.71%) by week 60, with recovery of normal values by week 100. Graft-related recurrence occurred in one out of 35 patients (2.85%)., Conclusions: SCPTx after TPT and PTx for secondary RHP is an adequate method to replace muscular forearm parathyroid transplantation and avoid its complications. The functional results of TPT and SCPTx compare favorably with published data on other surgical techniques proposed for the treatment of RHP. Long-term follow-up of this series is currently being performed.

This article is based on a presentation given by the author at a conference in Lérida in 1995 which attempts, among other things, to clarify the significance of the term "diagnosis" as used by the nursing profession. Diagnosis implies many things to a nurse. For example, the diagnosis is one stage in the journey to a desired goal, the diagnosis is a process to produce a decision, a diagnosis can be the expressed product in a conclusion. Other though provoking ideas are also presented such as the need to develop a conceptual framework to guide our actions, the inherent complexity in the diagnostic process, and the necessity of critical thinking in our reasoning skills, etc.