Teaching and learning musical instruments through ICT: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

The COVID-19 lockdown in education institutions required music teachers to use ICT to continue teaching. This research study, with the use of a Likert type online questionnaire, analyses the ICT activities carried out during this period and the learning conceptions they reflect. The questionnaire consisted of the description of activities which varied, depending on the learning promoted (reproductive or constructive), the learning outcomes (verbal, procedural, or attitudinal), the type of assessment to which the activities were directed, and the presence of cooperative activities. The teachers had to indicate the frequency with which they carried out these activities. The questionnaire was completed by 254 instrumental music teachers from different types of institutions and different levels. The main study outcome was that teachers used reproductive activities more frequently than constructive ones. We also found that most activities were those favouring verbal learning and assessment. The cooperative activities were the least frequent. Finally, through a cluster analysis, we identified three teaching profiles depending on the frequency and type of ICT used: Passive, Active, and Interpretative. The variable that produced the most consistent differences was previous ICT use.

[Acute myocardial infarction in the intensive care unit. Survival analysis]. / El infarto agudo de miocardio en la unidad de cuidados intensivos. Análisis de supervivencia.

INTRODUCTION: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is caused by total occlusion of the coronary artery lumen. Ischemic heart disease is the main cause of death in industrialized countries, it being more frequent in men, although more fatal in women. Its mortality rate increases after fifty years of age. OBJECTIVES: To perform a survival analysis of the patients with AMI diagnosis in the ICU of the Hospital of Cabueñes; to learn the relationship existing between the mortality rate, site and types of AMI. Patients and method. Retrospective descriptive study of 253 patients diagnosed of AMI in the year 2001 by review of clinical records and telephone follow-up. The variables used were age, gender, site and type of AMI. The SPSS statistical program was used to obtain the results. RESULTS: Age above 65 years and anterior site of AMI increase mortality. No significant differences are observed in regards to gender and electrocardiographic type. Post-infarction mortality is very high in the first days, followed by a progressive decrease in the follow-up. CONCLUSION: Mortality is not conditioned by the different types of AMI and it is seen to be greater during the stay in the ICU.

El infarto agudo de miocardio enla unidad de cuidados intensivos.Análisis de supervivencia / Acute myocardial infarction in the intensive care unit. Survival analysis

Introducción. El infarto agudo de miocardio (IAM) se origina por la oclusión total de la luz de una arteria coronaria. La cardiopatía isquémica constituye la principal causa de muerte en los países industrializados, es más frecuente en varones aunque más letal en mujeres, y aumenta su tasa de mortalidad a partir de los cincuenta años. Objetivos. Análisis de supervivencia de los pacientes con diagnóstico de IAM en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI) del Hospital de Cabueñes; relación existente entre la tasa de mortalidad, localización y tipos de IAM. Pacientes y método. Estudio descriptivo retrospectivo de 253 pacientes con diagnóstico de IAM en el año 2001, mediante revisión de historias clínicas y seguimiento telefónico. Las variables utilizadas fueron edad, sexo, localización y tipo de IAM. Para obtener los resultados se empleó el programa estadístico SPSS. Resultados. La edad por encima de los 65 años y la localización anterior del IAM aumenta la mortalidad. No se aprecian diferencias significativas en cuanto al sexo y tipo electrocardiográfico. La mortalidad postinfarto es muy elevada en los primeros días, seguida de un descenso progresivo en el seguimiento. Conclusión. La mortalidad no viene condicionada por los diferentes tipos de IAM y se aprecia que es mayor durante la estancia en la UCI (AU)