1. Annual report 2024
  2. Research
  3. GRECOCAP

GRECOCAP

Clinical Ultrasound Research Group in Primary Care

Ours is a multidisciplinary group made up of 23 researchers (4 doctors) with 12 family doctors, 9 Primary Care nurses and 2 research technicians. In 2012, a group of family doctors began to provide training in ultrasound in primary care; this training was implemented as a regular practice in clinical care in different consultations of PC centers in the province of Lleida.

Subsequently, a hospital rotation was agreed upon as an improvement, with the radiology service of the Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital in Lleida, with validation of agreement in the examinations carried out by a family doctor and a radiologist, being the reason for the publication of an article in an international journal.

At the same time, we continued to promote more specific training and expand our knowledge base and professionals involved, including primary care nurses and more recently, paediatricians

Group projects

  • Clinical and echographic characteristics associated with prognosis in patients with sars-cov-2 pneumonia. (PIC-23/9). Jordi Gol i Gurina Primary Care Research Institute (IDIAPJGol). 2023-2024. PI: Noemí Fàbrega Ramon.
  • X-ray of the first wave of covid-19 from primary care. Study of the variable "living in a nursing home". Institut d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol). 2022-2024. IP: Javier Martínez Redondo.
  • Impact of dietary modification in women with primary dysmenorrhea. 2024-2026. IP: Sandra Alexandre Lozano. 
  • Multicenter study on the impact of the SARSCoV-2 pandemic on the health care and status of people aged 75 years or older and their care (CUIDAMOS+75). Health Research Fund (FIS), Carlos III Health Institute (PI21/00190, PI21/00648 and PI21CIII/00015). 2021-2026 PI: Milagros Rico Blázquez.
  • Vascular ultrasound as a motivational tool for smoking cessation in smokers in Primary Care. 2024-2027. PI: Júlia Roigé Chesa.
  • Evaluation of Point-of-Care Ultrasound along with C-Reactive Protein-Point of care tests impact on clinical decision-making and perceived usefulness in routine healthcare use in patients with lower respiratory tract infection. Correlation between C-Reactive Protein concentrations and Lung Ultrasound findings. 2024-2026. IP: Anna Llinàs Vaquer.
  • Clinical ultrasound in Primary Care: patient knowledge, acceptance and satisfaction. 2023-2026. PI: Marta Ortega Bravo.
  • Evaluation of a training program to implement cardiac echocoscopy in the care activity of doctors specializing in family and community medicine. 2023-2026. IP: Mònica Solanes Cabús.
  • Effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of ultrasound-guided infiltration in Primary Care to improve pain and quality of life in people with upper limb pathology (Q-EPICAP). (PROJ-22/13). Institut d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol). 2023-2025. PI: José María Palacín Peruga.
  • Use of ultrasound by advanced practice nurses in the assessment of complex and long-term wounds in primary care. (PIC-23/21). 2023-2025. PI: Álvaro Vilela Pájaro.
  • Impact of institutionalization in a geriatric center and rurality on the risk of infection and mortality from COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic. 2021-2024. PI: Javier Martínez Redondo.

Group publications

  • Ramon NF, Bravo MO, Cortada GT, Culleré JS, Cabús MS, Peruga JMP. Clinical and ultrasound characteristics in patients with sars-cov-2 pneumonia, associated with hospitalization prognosis. e-covid project. BMC Pulm Med. 2024; 24(1):638-638. PMID:39741236.
  • Fernandez Camins B, Vlacho B, Canudas A, Ortega M, Granado Casas M, Perera LLuna A et al. Characterisation of type 2 diabetes subgroups at diagnosis: the COPERNICAN prospective observational cohort study protocol. BMJ Open. 2024; 14(12):PMID:39675821.
  • Martínez Redondo J, Pons MC, Llevadot AM, Salud JP, Comas C. Rurality and COVID-19 Outcomes: Unraveling the Impact of Nursing Home Residency Using Bayesian Analysis. J Clin Med. 2024; 13(23):PMID:39685704.
  • García Serrano C, Mirada G, Estany P, Sol J, Ortega Bravo M, Artigues Barberà E. Analysis of Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Catalonia Based on SIDIAP. J Clin Med. 2024; 13(21):PMID:39518620.
  • Llinas A, Paredes E, Sol J, Palacin JM, Solanes M, Martinez J et al. Impact of Lung Ultrasound along with C-Reactive Protein Point-of-Care Testing on Clinical Decision-Making and Perceived Usefulness in Routine Healthcare for Patients with Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: Protocol for Analytical Observational Study. J Clin Med. 2024; 13(19):PMID:39407829.
  • Costa Menén MA, Gimeno Pi I, Martin Servet G, García Martínez E, Porté Llotge M, Blanco J. Facilitators and barriers in the implementation of a fall prevention program based on physical activity for elderly people living in the community: A qualitative study. Public Health Nurs. 2024; 41(6):1425-1435. PMID:39206474.
  • Luque V, Feliu A, Closa Monasterolo R, Muñoz Hernando J, Ferré N, Gutiérrez Marín D et al. Impact of the motivational interviewing for childhood obesity treatment: The Obemat2.0 randomized clinical trial. Pediatr Obes. 2024; 19(7):PMID:38733242.
  • Salinas Roca B, Sánchez E, Bermúdez López M, Valdivielso JM, Farràs Sallés C, Pamplona R et al. Association between adherence to the mediterranean diet, physical activity, and sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) in a middle-aged population with cardiovascular risk: Insights from the ILERVAS cohort. Sleep Med. 2024;11619-26. PMID:38408422.
  • Sol J, Ortega Bravo M, Portero Otín M, Pinol Ripoll G, Ribas Ripoll V, Artigues Barberà E et al. Human lifespan and sex-specific patterns of resilience to disease: a retrospective population-wide cohort study. BMC Med. 2024; 22(1):17-17. PMID:38185624.
  • Rico-Blazquez M, Esteban-Sepúlveda S, Sánchez-Ruano R, Aritztegui-Echenique AM, Artigues-Barbera EM, Brito-Brito PR, Casado-Ramirez E, Cidoncha-Moreno MÁ, Fabregat-Julve MI, Feria-Raposo I, Hernandez-Pascual M, Lozano-Hernández C, Moreno-Casbas MT, Otones-Reyes P, Palmar-Santos AM, Pedraz-Marcos A, Romero-Rodriguez EM, Solé-Agustí MC, Taltavull-Aparicio JM, Vidal-Thomas MC, Gonzalez-Chorda VM and Cuidamos+75 Group (2024) Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the self-care and health condition of the older adults. CUIDAMOS+75. A mixed methods study protocol. Front. Public Health 12:1389641. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.138964
  • Alexandre-Lozano, Sandra, López-Alayeto, Cristina, Gimeno-Pi, Iraida, Marquilles-Bonet, Carme, Bernis-Domenech, Mercè. Integrative assessment of the patient with wounds. Regarding a case of alteration of microcirculation. Gerokomos 2024; 35(2):127-130. doi.org/10.4321/s1134-928x2024000200011.Object[ProceedingsPapersGroup]
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