Introducción: la actividad quirúrgica ha cobrado un notable papel dentro del área de atención al paciente con situaciones cuyo peligro para la vida es inmediato o no. Sin embargo se cuenta con escasos estudios enfocados en el análisis de las mismas. Objetivo: caracterizar las intervenciones quirúrgicas de urgencia en el Hospital Provincial Universitario Clínico-Quirúrgico Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima de Cienfuegos, durante el primer trimestre del 2021. Método: se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo, retrospectivo de corte transversal sobre las intervenciones quirúrgicas de emergencias del primer trimestre del 2021 en Cienfuegos. El universo se conformó por 252 intervenciones y la muestra por 196. Se estudiaron variables: mes de la intervención, sexo, grupo etario, entidad nosológica, tipo de cirugía y código de color. Se recopilo la información a partir del informe operatorio individual. Resultados: el mes de marzo aportó 116 intervenciones (59 %). Predominó el sexo masculino con 103 casos (52,55 %) y el grupo etario 18-35 (59 pacientes, 30,10 %). La Apendicitis Aguda fue la entidad sobresaliente con 49 casos (25 %). Las cirugías limpias contaminadas representaron el 61,73 % (121 intervenciones). Los casos código amarillo fueron el 92,35 % del total (181 casos). Conclusiones: el mayor número de las complicaciones se localizaron en hombres jóvenes y adultos jóvenes, algunos casos se desplazaron hacia la mediana edad. La Apendicitis Aguda fue la manifestación sobresaliente de ahí el mayor número de cirugías limpias contaminadas y catalogadas como código amarillo según la escala de colores.

Introduction: The advancement of Anesthesiology depends to a large extent on scientific dissemination; developed countries present greater scientific production; In Latin America, the performance of bibliometric analyzes on the behavior of research in the specialty is imposed.Objective: to describe the trends, collaboration and impact of Latin American scientific production in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science between 2012 and 2021.Method: A metric analysis of the information was carried out on the articles published in the Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine research area in Scopus and Web of Science. 2,386 articles from Web of Science and 4,876 from Scopus were analyzed; Metric indicators were studied (Number of documents; percentage of documents; citations; types of collaboration; quartiles; journals; year of publication; country; institutions; author and H Index).Results: 2021 was the year with the highest volume of articles (12.96%). The most productive country was Brazil. The Mexican Journal of Anesthesiology obtained the highest publication frequency (935 articles). The University of São Paulo published 476 articles between 2012-2021. Carrillo-Esper R stood out with 86 articles. Brazil reached a higher frequency of documents in journals in all quartiles. 30.4% was national collaboration.Conclusions: The Latin American scientific production in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine behaved according to economic development, the number of scientific journals and related lines of research, institutional support and national collaboration.

Introduction: The Virtual Health Convention Center is dedicated to offering services related to scientific events. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the province of Cienfuegos has promoted several virtual activities, with the aim of maintaining the scientific momentum in the region.Objective: This study aims to characterize the scientific events carried out through the Virtual Health Convention Center.Methods: An observational, descriptive, quantitative-qualitative, cross-sectional, descriptive study was carried out. Six scientific events were examined in their entirety. The variables considered included: the scientific events held, the design and style of presentation of the papers, the category of the event according to its scope, modality and type, the central theme and year of the event, the number of papers presented, the participants, the comments and authors, the origin of the participants, and the types of research. Descriptive statistics were used for the analysis.Results: Six events were held that addressed highly relevant topics. The CovidCien2021 event stood out with 592 participants (49.04%). The province of Cienfuegos stood out with 496 delegates (41.09%). The most common research had three authors, with 104 papers (27.80%). The CovidCien2021 event also stood out with 174 researches (46.52%); bibliographic reviews were the most predominant. A total of 3293 comments were registered. A unique design was adopted for the submission of accepted papers on the event platforms.Conclusions: The use of virtual environments for the development of scientific activities has increased in popularity. These offer a higher rate of participation and presentation of papers, as well as the implementation of a unique and distinctive design in their development.

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