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Ruiz-Huerta C, Canto MV, Ruiz C, González I, Lozano-Montoya I, Quezada-Feijoo M, Gómez-Pavón FJ. COVID-19 Mortality in Patients Aged 80 and over Residing in Nursing Homes-Six Pandemic Waves: OCTA-COVID Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19:ijerph191912019. [PMID: 36231321 PMCID: PMC9565141 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191912019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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During the first COVID-19 pandemic wave in Spain, 50% of deaths occurred in nursing homes, making it necessary for some hospitals to support these facilities with the care of infected patients. This study compares origin, characteristics, and mortality of patients admitted with COVID-19 during six pandemic waves in the Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja in Madrid. It is a retrospective observational study of patients ≥80 years old, admitted with an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, with a total of 546 patients included, whose final outcome was death or discharge. During the first wave, those from nursing homes had a higher risk of death than those from home; during the two successive waves, the risk was higher for those from home; and in the last two waves, the risk equalized and decreased exponentially in both groups. Men had 72% higher risk of death than women. For each year of age, the risk increased by 4% (p = 0.036). For each Charlson index point, the risk increased by 14% (p = 0.019). Individuals in nursing homes, despite being older with higher comorbidity, did not show a higher overall lethality. The mortality decreased progressively in each successive wave due to high vaccination rates and COVID-19 control measures in this population.
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Affiliation(s)
- Claudia Ruiz-Huerta
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, 28003 Madrid, Spain
- Faculty of Medicine, “Alfonso X el Sabio” University, 28691 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, 28003 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, 28003 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, 28003 Madrid, Spain
- Faculty of Medicine, “Alfonso X el Sabio” University, 28691 Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine, “Alfonso X el Sabio” University, 28691 Madrid, Spain
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, 28003 Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine, “Alfonso X el Sabio” University, 28691 Madrid, Spain
- Department of Cardiology, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, 28003 Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine, “Alfonso X el Sabio” University, 28691 Madrid, Spain
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, 28003 Madrid, Spain
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Quezada-Feijoo M, Ramos M, Lozano-Montoya I, Sarró M, Cabo Muiños V, Ayala R, Gómez-Pavón FJ, Toro R. Elderly Population with COVID-19 and the Accuracy of Clinical Scales and D-Dimer for Pulmonary Embolism: The OCTA-COVID Study. J Clin Med 2021; 10:5433. [PMID: 34830715 PMCID: PMC8619636 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10225433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Revised: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Elderly COVID-19 patients have a high risk of pulmonary embolism (PE), but factors that predict PE are unknown in this population. This study assessed the Wells and revised Geneva scoring systems as predictors of PE and their relationships with D-dimer (DD) in this population. METHODS This was a longitudinal, observational study that included patients ≥75 years old with COVID-19 and suspected PE. The performances of the Wells score, revised Geneva score and DD levels were assessed. The combinations of the DD level and the clinical scales were evaluated using positive rules for higher specificity. RESULTS Among 305 patients included in the OCTA-COVID study cohort, 50 had suspected PE based on computed tomography pulmonary arteriography (CTPA), and the prevalence was 5.6%. The frequencies of PE in the low-, intermediate- and high-probability categories were 5.9%, 88.2% and 5.9% for the Geneva model and 35.3%, 58.8% and 5.9% for the Wells model, respectively. The DD median was higher in the PE group (4.33 mg/L; interquartile range (IQR) 2.40-7.17) than in the no PE group (1.39 mg/L; IQR 1.01-2.75) (p < 0.001). The area under the curve (AUC) for DD was 0.789 (0.652-0.927). After changing the cutoff point for DD to 4.33 mg/L, the specificity increased from 42.5% to 93.9%. CONCLUSIONS The cutoff point DD > 4.33 mg/L has an increased specificity, which can discriminate false positives. The addition of the DD and the clinical probability scales increases the specificity and negative predictive value, which helps to avoid unnecessary invasive tests in this population.
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- Maribel Quezada-Feijoo
- Cardiology Departament, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; (M.R.); (R.A.)
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, Avda. De la Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28691 Madrid, Spain; (I.L.-M.); (F.J.G.-P.)
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- Cardiology Departament, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; (M.R.); (R.A.)
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, Avda. De la Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28691 Madrid, Spain; (I.L.-M.); (F.J.G.-P.)
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, Avda. De la Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28691 Madrid, Spain; (I.L.-M.); (F.J.G.-P.)
- Geriatric Departament, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain
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- Radiology Departament, Hospital Central de La Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain;
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- Biochemistry Laboratory, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain;
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- Cardiology Departament, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; (M.R.); (R.A.)
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, Avda. De la Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28691 Madrid, Spain; (I.L.-M.); (F.J.G.-P.)
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, Avda. De la Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28691 Madrid, Spain; (I.L.-M.); (F.J.G.-P.)
- Geriatric Departament, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain
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- Biomedical Research and Innovation Institute of Cádiz (INiBICA), Research Unit, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, Av/Ana de Viya 21, 11009 Cádiz, Spain;
- Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Cádiz University, Edificio Andrés Segovia 30 Floor, C/Dr Marañón S/N, 21001 Cádiz, Spain
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O'Mahony D, Gudmundsson A, Soiza RL, Petrovic M, Jose Cruz-Jentoft A, Cherubini A, Fordham R, Byrne S, Dahly D, Gallagher P, Lavan A, Curtin D, Dalton K, Cullinan S, Flanagan E, Shiely F, Samuelsson O, Sverrisdottir A, Subbarayan S, Vandaele L, Meireson E, Montero-Errasquin B, Rexach-Cano A, Correa Perez A, Lozano-Montoya I, Vélez-Díaz-Pallarés M, Cerenzia A, Corradi S, Soledad Cotorruelo Ferreiro M, Dimitri F, Marinelli P, Martelli G, Fong Soe Khioe R, Eustace J. Corrigendum to: Prevention of adverse drug reactions in hospitalized older patients with multi-morbidity and polypharmacy: the SENATOR* randomized controlled clinical trial. Age Ageing 2021; 50:e10-e11. [PMID: 34166483 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afab120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Denis O'Mahony
- University College Cork School of Medicine-Medicine Cork Ireland, Cork University Hospital Group, Cork, Ireland
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- NHS Grampian, University of Aberdeen Institute of Applied Health Sciences-Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research, Aberdeen, UK
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- University of Ghent-Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Geriatrics and Geriatrics Emergency Care, Ancona, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Cork University Hospital-Geriatric Medicine, Cork, Ireland
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- University College Cork, School of Medicine-Geriatrics, Cork, Ireland
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- University College Cork, School of Medicine-Geriatrics, Cork, Ireland
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- University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Pharmaceutical Care Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Cork Ireland
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- Royal College of Surgeons, School of Pharmacy, Dublin, Ireland
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- University College Cork, Clinical Research Facility, Cork, Ireland
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- University College Cork, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Cork, Ireland
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- Landspitali University Hospital, Geriatric Medicine Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Geriatrics and Geriatrics Emergency Care, Ancona, Italy
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- Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Geriatrics and Geriatrics Emergency Care, Ancona, Italy
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- Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Geriatrics and Geriatrics Emergency Care, Ancona, Italy
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- Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Geriatrics and Geriatrics Emergency Care, Ancona, Italy
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- Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Geriatrics and Geriatrics Emergency Care, Ancona, Italy
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- University College Cork, National University of Ireland-Clinical Research Facility, Cork, Ireland
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Lozano-Montoya I, Quezada-Feijoo M, Jaramillo-Hidalgo J, Garmendia-Prieto B, Lisette-Carrillo P, Gómez-Pavón FJ. Mortality risk factors in a Spanish cohort of oldest-old patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in an acute geriatric unit: the OCTA-COVID study. Eur Geriatr Med 2021; 12:1169-1180. [PMID: 34287813 PMCID: PMC8294271 DOI: 10.1007/s41999-021-00541-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Aim The objective of this study is to describe the baseline characteristics of oldest-old patients admitted with COVID-19 to an acute geriatric unit and to determine the factors associated with in-hospital mortality. Findings Dementia, incident delirium, and the CURB-65 score ≥ 3 are independent mortality risk factors. The concurrent use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors is a protective factor. Message Recognition of geriatric syndromes may be useful to help clinicians establish the prognosis of oldest-old patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19. Purpose To determine predictors of in-hospital mortality related to COVID-19 in oldest-old patients. Design Single-center observational study. Setting and participants Patients ≥ 75 years admitted to an Acute Geriatric Unit with COVID-19. Methods Data from hospital admission were retrieved from the electronic medical records: demographics, geriatric syndromes (delirium, falls, polypharmacy, functional and cognitive status) co-morbidities, previous treatments, clinical, laboratory, and radiographic characteristics. Cox proportional hazard models were used to evaluate in-hospital mortality. Results Three hundred patients were consecutively included (62.7% females, mean age of 86.3 ± 6.6 years). Barthel Index (BI) was < 60 in 127 patients (42.8%) and 126 (42.0%) had Charlson Index CI ≥ 3. Most patients (216; 72.7%) were frail (Clinical Frailty Scale ≥ 5) and 134 patients (45.1%) had dementia of some degree. The overall in-hospital mortality rate was 37%. The following factors were associated with higher in-hospital mortality in a multi-variant analysis: CURB-65 score = 3–5 (HR 7.99, 95% CI 3.55–19.96, p < 0.001), incident delirium (HR 1.72, 1.10–2.70, p = 0.017) and dementia (HR 3.01, 95% CI 1.37–6.705, p = 0.017). Protective factors were concurrent use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (HR 0.42, 95% CI 0.25–0.72, p = 0.002) or prescription of hydroxychloroquine (HC 0.37 95% CI 0.22–0.62, p < 0.001) treatment during admission. Conclusions and implications Our findings suggest that recognition of geriatric syndromes together with the CURB-65 score may be useful tools to help clinicians establish the prognosis of oldest-old patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19.
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- Isabel Lozano-Montoya
- Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003, Madrid, Spain.
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Avda. de La Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28691, Madrid, Spain.
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Avda. de La Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28691, Madrid, Spain
- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003, Madrid, Spain
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Avda. de La Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28691, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003, Madrid, Spain
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Avda. de La Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28691, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003, Madrid, Spain
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Avda. de La Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28691, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003, Madrid, Spain
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Avda. de La Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28691, Madrid, Spain
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Quezada-Feijoo M, Ramos M, Lozano-Montoya I, Toro R, Jaramillo-Hídalgo J, Fernández de la Puente E, Garmendia B, Carrillo P, Cristofori G, Goñi Rosón S, Ayala R, Sarro M, Gómez-Pavón FJ. Predictive Factors of Pulmonary Embolism in Older Patients with SARS-CoV-2: The OCTA-COVID-19 Study. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10132998. [PMID: 34279483 PMCID: PMC8268742 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10132998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background: The risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) has not been studied in older patients affected by COVID-19. We aimed to assess PE incidence and risk factors in a population of older patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. Methods: An ambispective, observational cohort study. A total of 305 patients ≥ 75 years old had the SARS-CoV-2 infection from March to May 2020. The incidence rate of PE was estimated as the proportion of new cases within the whole sample. Youden’s index was used to assess the cutoff point of D-dimer. To select factors associated with the risk of PE, time-to-event analyses were performed using cause-specific hazard models. Results: In total, 305 patients with a median age of 87 years (62.3% female) were studied; 67.9% were referred from nursing homes and 90.4% received any type of anticoagulation. A total of 64.9% showed frailty and 44% presented with dementia. The PE incidence was 5.6%. The cutoff value of a D-dimer level over 2.59 mg/L showed a sensitivity of 82.4% and specificity of 73.8% in discriminating a PE diagnosis. In the multivariate analysis, the factors associated with PE were previous oncological events and D-dimer levels. Conclusions: The PE incidence was 5.6%, and major risk factors for PE were oncological antecedents and increased plasma D-dimer levels.
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- Maribel Quezada-Feijoo
- Cardiology Department, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; (M.R.); (R.A.)
- School of Medicine, Alfonso X El Sabio University, Avda. de la Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Callada, 28691 Madrid, Spain; (I.L.-M.); (J.J.-H.); (B.G.); (P.C.); (F.J.G.-P.)
- Correspondence:
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; (M.R.); (R.A.)
- School of Medicine, Alfonso X El Sabio University, Avda. de la Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Callada, 28691 Madrid, Spain; (I.L.-M.); (J.J.-H.); (B.G.); (P.C.); (F.J.G.-P.)
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- School of Medicine, Alfonso X El Sabio University, Avda. de la Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Callada, 28691 Madrid, Spain; (I.L.-M.); (J.J.-H.); (B.G.); (P.C.); (F.J.G.-P.)
- Geriatric Department, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; (E.F.d.l.P.); (G.C.); (S.G.R.)
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- Biomedical Research and Innovation Institute of Cadiz (INiBICA), Research Unit, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, Av/Ana de Viya 21, 11009 Cadiz, Spain;
- Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Cádiz University, Edificio Andrés Segovia 3º Floor, C/Dr Marañón S/N, 21001 Cadiz, Spain
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- School of Medicine, Alfonso X El Sabio University, Avda. de la Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Callada, 28691 Madrid, Spain; (I.L.-M.); (J.J.-H.); (B.G.); (P.C.); (F.J.G.-P.)
- Geriatric Department, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; (E.F.d.l.P.); (G.C.); (S.G.R.)
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- Geriatric Department, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; (E.F.d.l.P.); (G.C.); (S.G.R.)
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- School of Medicine, Alfonso X El Sabio University, Avda. de la Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Callada, 28691 Madrid, Spain; (I.L.-M.); (J.J.-H.); (B.G.); (P.C.); (F.J.G.-P.)
- Geriatric Department, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; (E.F.d.l.P.); (G.C.); (S.G.R.)
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- School of Medicine, Alfonso X El Sabio University, Avda. de la Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Callada, 28691 Madrid, Spain; (I.L.-M.); (J.J.-H.); (B.G.); (P.C.); (F.J.G.-P.)
- Geriatric Department, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; (E.F.d.l.P.); (G.C.); (S.G.R.)
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- Geriatric Department, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; (E.F.d.l.P.); (G.C.); (S.G.R.)
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- Geriatric Department, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; (E.F.d.l.P.); (G.C.); (S.G.R.)
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; (M.R.); (R.A.)
- School of Medicine, Alfonso X El Sabio University, Avda. de la Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Callada, 28691 Madrid, Spain; (I.L.-M.); (J.J.-H.); (B.G.); (P.C.); (F.J.G.-P.)
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- Radiology Department, Hospital Central de La Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain;
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- School of Medicine, Alfonso X El Sabio University, Avda. de la Universidad, 1, Villanueva de la Callada, 28691 Madrid, Spain; (I.L.-M.); (J.J.-H.); (B.G.); (P.C.); (F.J.G.-P.)
- Geriatric Department, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; (E.F.d.l.P.); (G.C.); (S.G.R.)
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Jaramillo-Hidalgo J, Lozano-Montoya I, Tornero-Torres O, Tejada-González P, Fuentes-Irigoyen R, Gómez-Pavón FJ. Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescription in community-dwelling patients with advanced dementia and palliative care needs. Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol 2021; 56:203-207. [PMID: 34001344 DOI: 10.1016/j.regg.2021.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To establish the prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescription (PIP) in older people with advanced dementia, monitored by a Geriatric Home Care Unit (GHC), as well as the associated risk factors and costs. METHODS Community-dwelling patients ≥65 years with an advanced dementia diagnosis (GDS-FAST≥7a) and poor 1-year vital prognosis (Frail-VIG≥0.6) were included. Pharmacotherapy history was reviewed retrospectively, collecting functional and cognitive status, on the first GHC visit, of patients assessed January 2016-January 2019. Potentially inappropriate medication was defined following STOPP-Frail criteria. RESULTS 100 patients included (76% women, 89.15±5.8 years). Total medications prescribed 760 (7.63±3.4 drugs per patient). 85% patients were given at least one drug considered to be PIP. 26% (196) of the total drugs registered were PIPs. Patients who were prescribed an inappropriate drug showed a higher number of total prescribed drugs (7.92±3.42 vs 6.00±2.24; p 0.04) and a higher frequency of polypharmacy (84.7% vs 60%; p 0.025). Risk of receiving inappropriate medication increased by 24% for each additional drug prescribed (OR 1.24; 95% CI 1.01-1.52; p 0.04). The costs associated with PIP were 113.99 euros per 100 patients/day; 41,606.35 euros per 100 patients/year. CONCLUSIONS Prescription of PIP to community-dwelling patients with severe dementia and poor vital prognosis is common and is associated with high economic impact in this population group.
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- Javier Jaramillo-Hidalgo
- Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, Av/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Av de la Universidad, 1, 28691- Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain.
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- Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, Av/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Av de la Universidad, 1, 28691- Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Farmacia, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, Av/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Farmacia, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, Av/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Farmacia, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, Av/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, Av/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Av de la Universidad, 1, 28691- Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
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Lozano-Montoya I, Quezada-Feijoo M, Jaramillo-Hidalgo J, Gómez-Pavón FJ. Atypical symptoms of COVID-19 in hospitalised oldest old adults. Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol 2020; 56:120-121. [PMID: 33388172 PMCID: PMC7833752 DOI: 10.1016/j.regg.2020.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Isabel Lozano-Montoya
- Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Avda. de la Universidad, 1, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain.
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Avda. de la Universidad, 1, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain; Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Avda. de la Universidad, 1, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, C/Reina Victoria, 24, 28003 Madrid, Spain; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Avda. de la Universidad, 1, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
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O'Mahony D, Gudmundsson A, Soiza RL, Petrovic M, Cruz-Jentoft AJ, Cherubini A, Fordham R, Byrne S, Dahly D, Gallagher P, Lavan A, Curtin D, Dalton K, Cullinan S, Flanagan E, Shiely F, Samuelsson O, Sverrisdottir A, Subbarayan S, Vandaele L, Meireson E, Montero-Errasquin B, Rexach-Cano A, Correa Perez A, Lozano-Montoya I, Vélez-Díaz-Pallarés M, Cerenzia A, Corradi S, Soledad Cotorruelo Ferreiro M, Dimitri F, Marinelli P, Martelli G, Fong Soe Khioe R, Eustace J. Prevention of adverse drug reactions in hospitalized older patients with multi-morbidity and polypharmacy: the SENATOR* randomized controlled clinical trial. Age Ageing 2020; 49:605-614. [PMID: 32484850 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afaa072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Multi-morbidity and polypharmacy increase the risk of non-trivial adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in older people during hospitalization. Despite this, there are no established interventions for hospital-acquired ADR prevention. METHODS We undertook a pragmatic, multi-national, parallel arm prospective randomized open-label, blinded endpoint (PROBE) controlled trial enrolling patients at six European medical centres. We randomized 1,537 older medical and surgical patients with multi-morbidity and polypharmacy on admission in a 1:1 ratio to SENATOR software-guided medication optimization plus standard care (intervention, n = 772, mean number of daily medications = 9.34) or standard care alone (control, n = 765, mean number of daily medications = 9.23) using block randomization stratified by site and admission type. Attending clinicians in the intervention arm received SENATOR-generated advice at a single time point with recommendations they could choose to adopt or not. The primary endpoint was occurrence of probable or certain ADRs within 14 days of randomization. Secondary endpoints were primary endpoint derivatives; tertiary endpoints included all-cause mortality, re-hospitalization, composite healthcare utilization and health-related quality of life. RESULTS For the primary endpoint, there was no difference between the intervention and control groups (24.5 vs. 24.8%; OR 0.98; 95% CI 0.77-1.24; P = 0.88). Similarly, with secondary and tertiary endpoints, there were no significant differences. Among attending clinicians in the intervention group, implementation of SENATOR software-generated medication advice points was poor (~15%). CONCLUSIONS In this trial, uptake of software-generated medication advice to minimize ADRs was poor and did not reduce ADR incidence during index hospitalization.
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- Denis O'Mahony
- University College Cork School of Medicine-Medicine Cork Ireland, Cork University Hospital Group, Cork, Ireland
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- NHS Grampian, University of Aberdeen Institute of Applied Health Sciences-Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research, Aberdeen, UK
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- University of Ghent-Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Geriatrics and Geriatrics Emergency Care, Ancona, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Cork University Hospital-Geriatric Medicine, Cork, Ireland
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- University College Cork, School of Medicine-Geriatrics, Cork, Ireland
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- University College Cork, School of Medicine-Geriatrics, Cork, Ireland
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- University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Pharmaceutical Care Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Cork Ireland
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- Royal College of Surgeons, School of Pharmacy, Dublin, Ireland
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- University College Cork, Clinical Research Facility, Cork, Ireland
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- University College Cork, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Cork, Ireland
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- Landspitali University Hospital, Geriatric Medicine Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Geriatrics and Geriatrics Emergency Care, Ancona, Italy
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- Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Geriatrics and Geriatrics Emergency Care, Ancona, Italy
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- Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Geriatrics and Geriatrics Emergency Care, Ancona, Italy
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- Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Geriatrics and Geriatrics Emergency Care, Ancona, Italy
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- Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Geriatrics and Geriatrics Emergency Care, Ancona, Italy
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- University College Cork, National University of Ireland-Clinical Research Facility, Cork, Ireland
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Abraha I, Rimland JM, Lozano-Montoya I, Dell'Aquila G, Vélez-Díaz-Pallarés M, Trotta FM, Cruz-Jentoft AJ, Cherubini A. Simulated presence therapy for dementia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020; 4:CD011882. [PMID: 32311774 PMCID: PMC7170711 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd011882.pub3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Dementia is a common and serious neuropsychiatric syndrome, characterised by progressive cognitive and functional decline. The majority of people with dementia develop behavioural disturbances, also known as behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). Several non-pharmacological interventions have been evaluated to treat BPSD in people with dementia. Simulated presence therapy (SPT), an intervention that uses video or audiotape recordings of family members played to the person with dementia, is a possible approach to treat BPSD. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of SPT on behavioural and psychological symptoms and quality of life in people with dementia. SEARCH METHODS We searched ALOIS (the Specialised Register of the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group), CENTRAL (The Cochrane Library) (9 April 2020), MEDLINE Ovid SP (1946 to 9 April 2020), Embase Ovid SP (1972 to 9 April 2020), PsycINFO Ovid SP (1806 to 9 April 2020), CINAHL via EBSCOhost (1980 to 9 April 2020), LILACS via BIREME (all dates to 9 April 2020), ClinicalTrials.gov (ClinicalTrials.gov) (all dates to 9 April 2020), and the World Health Organization (WHO) Portal (apps.who.int/trialsearch) (all dates to 9 April 2020). We also checked the reference lists of relevant articles to identify any additional studies. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomised and quasi-randomised controlled trials, including cross-over studies, that evaluated the efficacy of SPT, consisting of personalised audio or videotape recordings of family members, in people with any form of dementia. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two authors independently selected studies, assessed risk of bias and extracted data. No meta-analyses were conducted because of substantial heterogeneity among the included studies. MAIN RESULTS Three trials with 144 participants met the inclusion criteria. Two of the trials had a randomised cross-over design, one was a cross-over trial which we classified as quasi-randomised. Participants in the included studies were people with dementia living in nursing homes. They were predominantly women and had a mean age of over 80 years. SPT was performed using an audio or video recording prepared by family members or surrogates. It varied in its content, frequency of administration and duration. All the studies compared multiple treatments. In one study, SPT was compared with two other interventions; in the other two studies, it was compared with three other interventions. Specifically, SPT was compared to usual care, personalised music (two studies), a 'placebo' audiotape containing the voice of a person (two studies), and one-to-one social interaction performed by trained research assistants (one study). In terms of outcomes evaluated, one study considered agitation and withdrawn behaviour (both assessed with three methods); the second study evaluated verbal disruptive behaviour (assessed with three methods); and the third study evaluated physically agitated behaviour and verbally agitated behaviour (the method used was not clearly described). According to the GRADE criteria, the overall quality of the evidence was very low due to very small numbers of participants and risk of bias in the included studies; (none of the trials was at low risk of selection bias; all the trials were at high risk of performance bias; one trial was at high risk of attrition bias; and all had unclear selective reporting). Because of variation in the participants, the format of SPT, the comparison interventions, and the measures used to assess outcomes, we judged the results unsuitable for a meta-analysis. Within each trial, the effect of SPT on behaviour, compared to usual care, was mixed and depended on the measure used. Two trials which included a personalised music intervention reported no significant differences between simulated presence and music on behavioural outcomes. Because the overall quality of the evidence was very low, we were very uncertain regarding all the results None of the studies evaluated quality of life or any of our secondary outcome measures (performance of activities of daily living, dropout and carer burden). AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS We were unable to draw any conclusions about the efficacy of SPT for treating behavioural and psychological symptoms and improving quality of life of people with dementia. New high-quality studies are needed to investigate the effect of SPT.
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- Iosief Abraha
- Regional Health Authority of Umbria, Health Planning Service, Perugia, Italy, 06124
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- National Institute of Health and Science on Aging (INRCA), Geriatrics, Via Santa Margherita, 5, Ancona, Italy, 60124
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- Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Geriatrics, Ctra. Colmenar km 9,100, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain, 28034
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- National Institute of Health and Science on Aging (INRCA), Geriatrics, Via Santa Margherita, 5, Ancona, Italy, 60124
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- Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Geriatrics, Ctra. Colmenar km 9,100, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain, 28034
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- National Institute of Health and Science on Aging (INRCA), Geriatrics, Via Santa Margherita, 5, Ancona, Italy, 60124
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- Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Geriatrics, Ctra. Colmenar km 9,100, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain, 28034
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- National Institute of Health and Science on Aging (INRCA), Geriatrics, Via Santa Margherita, 5, Ancona, Italy, 60124
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Lozano-Montoya I, Formiga F. [Statins in elderly patients in 2018: When, how, and why]. Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol 2019; 54:249-250. [PMID: 31307780 DOI: 10.1016/j.regg.2019.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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- Isabel Lozano-Montoya
- Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Central de La Cruz Roja San José y Santa Adela, Madrid, España.
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- Programa de Geriatría, Servicio Medicina Interna, IDIBELL Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
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Correa-Pérez A, Abraha I, Cherubini A, Collinson A, Dardevet D, de Groot LCPGM, de van der Schueren MAE, Hebestreit A, Hickson M, Jaramillo-Hidalgo J, Lozano-Montoya I, O'Mahony D, Soiza RL, Visser M, Volkert D, Wolters M, Cruz Jentoft AJ. Efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions to treat malnutrition in older persons: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The SENATOR project ONTOP series and MaNuEL knowledge hub project. Ageing Res Rev 2019; 49:27-48. [PMID: 30391755 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2018.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Revised: 10/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION We aimed to perform a review of SRs of non-pharmacological interventions in older patients with well-defined malnutrition using relevant outcomes agreed by a broad panel of experts. METHODS PubMed, Cochrane, EMBASE, and CINHAL databases were searched for SRs. Primary studies from those SRs were included. Quality assessment was undertaken using Cochrane and GRADE criteria. RESULTS Eighteen primary studies from seventeen SRs were included. Eleven RCTs compared oral nutritional supplementation (ONS) with usual care. No beneficial effects of ONS treatment, after performing two meta-analysis in body weight changes (six studies), mean difference: 0.59 (95%CI -0.08, 1.96) kg, and in body mass index changes (two studies), mean difference: 0.31 (95%CI -0.17, 0.79) kg/m2 were found. Neither in MNA scores, muscle strength, activities of daily living, timed Up&Go, quality of life and mortality. Results of other intervention studies (dietary counselling and ONS, ONS combined with exercise, nutrition delivery systems) were inconsistent. The overall quality of the evidence was very low due to risk of bias and small sample size. CONCLUSIONS This review has highlighted the lack of high quality evidence to indicate which interventions are effective in treating malnutrition in older people. High quality research studies are urgently needed in this area.
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- Andrea Correa-Pérez
- Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain.
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- Geriatria, Accettazione geriatrica e Centro di ricerca per l'invecchiamento, Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS- INRCA), Ancona, Italy
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- Geriatria, Accettazione geriatrica e Centro di ricerca per l'invecchiamento, Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS- INRCA), Ancona, Italy
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- Institute of Health and Community, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UNH, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine (CRNH), Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Department of Nutrition and health, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS. Bremen, Germany
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- Institute of Health and Community, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Medicine for the Elderly, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- Department of Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Nederlands
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- Institute for Biomedicine of Aging, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS. Bremen, Germany
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Lozano-Montoya I, Correa-Pérez A, Abraha I, Soiza RL, Cherubini A, O'Mahony D, Cruz-Jentoft AJ. Nonpharmacological interventions to treat physical frailty and sarcopenia in older patients: a systematic overview - the SENATOR Project ONTOP Series. Clin Interv Aging 2017; 12:721-740. [PMID: 28490866 PMCID: PMC5413484 DOI: 10.2147/cia.s132496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background Physical frailty (PF) and sarcopenia are predictors of negative health outcomes such as falls, disability, hospitalization, and death. Some systematic reviews (SRs) have been published on different nonpharmacological treatments of frailty and sarcopenia using heterogeneous definitions of them. Objective To critically appraise the evidence from SRs of the primary studies on nonpharmacological interventions to treat PF (defined by Fried’s frailty phenotype) and sarcopenia (defined by the EWGSOP) in older patients. Design Overview of SRs and meta-analysis of comparative studies. Data sources PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, EMBASE, and CINAHL were searched in October 2015. Eligibility criteria for selecting studies SRs that included at least one comparative study evaluating any nonpharmacological intervention to treat PF or sarcopenia in older patients in any health care setting. Any primary study described in these SRs with experimental design was included. Data extraction and management Two reviewers independently screened titles, abstracts, and full-texts of articles. Quality assessment was carried out by using criteria from the Cochrane Collaboration and the GRADE working group. Results Ten SRs with 5 primary studies satisfied the inclusion criteria. The most frequent interventions in the included studies were physical exercise (4) and nutritional supplementation (2). Muscle strength (MS; except for one study in a frail population) and physical performance (PP; except for another study in a frail population) improved with exercise and amino acid supplementation in frail and sarcopenic old adults. Falls and activities of daily living were assessed in two studies with opposite results. The overall quality of the evidence was low. Conclusion This overview of SRs highlights the importance of exercise interventions with or without nutritional supplementation to improve the PP in community-dwelling patients aged >65 years with PF and sarcopenia. MS improved with multidisciplinary treatment and exercise interventions in this population.
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- Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain
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- Geriatrics and Geriatric Emergency Care, Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Medicine for the Elderly, National Health Service Grampian, Aberdeen, UK
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- Geriatrics and Geriatric Emergency Care, Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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INTRODUCTION The majority of patients with dementia develop behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). Non-pharmacological interventions are an appealing alternative for the treatment of BPSD in patients with dementia. Simulated presence therapy (SPT) is a simple and inexpensive non-pharmacological intervention that can be used to treat BPSD. We propose a Cochrane protocol for the collection and assessment of evidence concerning the efficacy of SPT to treat relevant outcomes in people with dementia. METHODS AND ANALYSIS We will search the following electronic databases: the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group's Specialised Register MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, LILACS, CENTRAL and a number of trial registers as well as grey literature sources. We will include randomised and quasi-randomised controlled trials (including cross-over studies) that evaluated SPT in people with dementia. Comparators such as usual care with no additional activity, or any activity that differs in content and approach from SPT, but is additional to usual care, will be considered. The primary outcomes of interest will comprise behavioural and psychological symptoms, as measured by relevant scales, and quality of life. Two review authors working independently and in tandem will be involved in title and abstract screening, full-text screening and data abstraction. Where possible, quantitative data will be pooled, and relative risk and mean difference with 95% CI will be employed for dichotomous and continuous data, respectively. Assessment of risk of bias will be performed using the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool and the Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics approval is not required. The final results of this systematic review will be presented to the Cochrane Library and will also be disseminated at relevant conference presentations. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42015029778.
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- Iosief Abraha
- Department of Geriatrics, National Institute of Health and Science on Aging (INRCA), Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Geriatrics, National Institute of Health and Science on Aging (INRCA), Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Geriatrics, National Institute of Health and Science on Aging (INRCA), Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Geriatrics, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Geriatrics, National Institute of Health and Science on Aging (INRCA), Ancona, Italy
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Lozano-Montoya I, Vélez-Díaz-Pallarés M, Abraha I, Cherubini A, Soiza RL, O'Mahony D, Montero-Errasquín B, Correa-Pérez A, Cruz-Jentoft AJ. Nonpharmacologic Interventions to Prevent Pressure Ulcers in Older Patients: An Overview of Systematic Reviews (The Software ENgine for the Assessment and optimization of drug and non-drug Therapy in Older peRsons [SENATOR] Definition of Optimal Evidence-Based Non-drug Therapies in Older People [ONTOP] Series). J Am Med Dir Assoc 2016; 17:370.e1-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.12.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Revised: 12/17/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Vélez-Díaz-Pallarés M, Lozano-Montoya I, Correa-Pérez A, Abraha I, Cherubini A, Soiza R, O’Mahony D, Montero-Errasquín B, Cruz-Jentoft A. Non-pharmacological interventions to prevent or treat pressure ulcers in older patients: Clinical practice recommendations. The SENATOR-ONTOP series. Eur Geriatr Med 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2016.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Lozano-Montoya I, Vélez-Diaz-Pallarés M, Delgado-Silveira E, Montero-Errasquin B, Cruz Jentoft AJ. Potentially inappropriate prescribing detected by STOPP-START criteria: are they really inappropriate? Age Ageing 2015; 44:861-6. [PMID: 26175348 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND the STOPP-START criteria were developed to detect potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) in older people. The reasons why multidisciplinary geriatric teams decide not to follow STOPP-START criteria have not been studied. OBJECTIVE to analyse compliance with the recommendations of the STOPP-START criteria in older inpatients. DESIGN ambispective, non-randomised study. SUBJECTS SETTING: three hundred and eighty-eight consecutive patients aged 80 years or over admitted to the acute geriatric medicine unit of a University hospital. METHODS STOPP-START criteria were systematically used by a pharmacist to assess pre-admission treatments, and the multidisciplinary geriatric team decided what drugs were recommended after discharge. Two researches independently assessed how many STOPP-START recommendations were accepted by the team, and if they were not accepted, why. RESULTS two hundred and eighty-four PIPs were identified (0.8 per subject) according to STOPP criteria. Two hundred and forty-seven of these prescriptions (87.0%) were discontinued at discharge. STOPP recommendations were not accepted in 37 cases, mostly because the team considered other therapeutic priorities (lorazepam, n = 12; risperidone, n = 5; other, n = 18). Three hundred and ninety-seven PIPs were identified according to START criteria (1.1 per subject). START recommendations were not followed at discharge in 264 cases (66.5%). The most frequent reasons were as follows: severe disability (n = 90), the use of other effective treatments for the condition (n = 38) and high risk of severe adverse effects (n = 32). Not following START criteria was significantly associated with dependency for basic activities of daily living (ADLs) (odds ratio, OR: 0.66 for compliance with a recommendation; 0.49-0.89), dependency for instrumental ADLs (OR: 0.64; 0.48-0.85) or inability to walk (OR: 0.72; 0.54-0.98). CONCLUSIONS potentially inappropriate drugs are usually discontinued, but many older hospitalised patients do not receive potentially recommended medications. More research on the reasons and consequences of this fact is needed.
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- Servicio de Farmacia Hospitalaria, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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Abraha I, Trotta F, Rimland JM, Cruz-Jentoft A, Lozano-Montoya I, Soiza RL, Pierini V, Dessì Fulgheri P, Lattanzio F, O’Mahony D, Cherubini A. Efficacy of Non-Pharmacological Interventions to Prevent and Treat Delirium in Older Patients: A Systematic Overview. The SENATOR project ONTOP Series. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0123090. [PMID: 26062023 PMCID: PMC4465742 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background Non-pharmacological intervention (e.g. multidisciplinary interventions, music therapy, bright light therapy, educational interventions etc.) are alternative interventions that can be used in older subjects. There are plenty reviews of non-pharmacological interventions for the prevention and treatment of delirium in older patients and clinicians need a synthesized, methodologically sound document for their decision making. Methods and Findings We performed a systematic overview of systematic reviews (SRs) of comparative studies concerning non-pharmacological intervention to treat or prevent delirium in older patients. The PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, EMBASE, CINHAL, and PsychINFO (April 28th, 2014) were searched for relevant articles. AMSTAR was used to assess the quality of the SRs. The GRADE approach was used to assess the quality of primary studies. The elements of the multicomponent interventions were identified and compared among different studies to explore the possibility of performing a meta-analysis. Risk ratios were estimated using a random-effects model. Twenty-four SRs with 31 primary studies satisfied the inclusion criteria. Based on the AMSTAR criteria twelve reviews resulted of moderate quality and three resulted of high quality. Overall, multicomponent non-pharmacological interventions significantly reduced the incidence of delirium in surgical wards [2 randomized trials (RCTs): relative risk (RR) 0.71, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 0.59 to 0.86, I2=0%; (GRADE evidence: moderate)] and in medical wards [2 CCTs: RR 0.65, 95%CI 0.49 to 0.86, I2=0%; (GRADE evidence: moderate)]. There is no evidence supporting the efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions to prevent delirium in low risk populations (i.e. low rate of delirium in the control group)[1 RCT: RR 1.75, 95%CI 0.50 to 6.10 (GRADE evidence: very low)]. For patients who have developed delirium, the available evidence does not support the efficacy of multicomponent non-pharmacological interventions to treat delirium. Among single component interventions only staff education, reorientation protocol (GRADE evidence: very low)] and Geriatric Risk Assessment MedGuide software [hazard ratio 0.42, 95%CI 0.35 to 0.52, (GRADE evidence: moderate)] resulted effective in preventing delirium. Conclusions In older patients multi-component non-pharmacological interventions as well as some single-components intervention were effective in preventing delirium but not to treat delirium.
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- Iosief Abraha
- Geriatrics and Geriatric Emergency Care, Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Ancona, Italy
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- Geriatrics and Geriatric Emergency Care, Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Ancona, Italy
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- Scientific Direction, Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- Clinica di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Politecnica University of the Marche Region, Ancona, Italy
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- Clinica di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Politecnica University of the Marche Region, Ancona, Italy
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- Scientific Direction, Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Geriatrics and Geriatric Emergency Care, Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Ancona, Italy
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Vélez-Díaz-Pallarés M, Lozano-Montoya I, Abraha I, Cherubini A, Soiza RL, O'Mahony D, Montero-Errasquín B, Cruz-Jentoft AJ. Nonpharmacologic Interventions to Heal Pressure Ulcers in Older Patients: An Overview of Systematic Reviews (The SENATOR-ONTOP Series). J Am Med Dir Assoc 2015; 16:448-69. [PMID: 25737261 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.01.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2014] [Revised: 01/13/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pressure ulcers (PUs) are more frequent in older patients, and the healing process is usually challenging. Nonpharmacologic interventions may play a role in the treatment of older people with PUs, but most systematic reviews (SRs) have not addressed this specific population using convincing outcome measures. OBJECTIVE To summarize and critically appraise the evidence from SRs of the primary studies on nonpharmacologic interventions to treat PUs in older patients. DESIGN SR and meta-analysis of comparative studies. METHODS PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, EMBASE, and CINHAL (from inception to October 2013) were searched. A new search for updates in the Cochrane Database was launched in July 2014. SRs that included at least 1 comparative study evaluating any nonpharmacologic intervention to treat PUs in older patients, in any health care setting, were included. Any primary study with experimental design was then identified and included. From each primary study, quality assessment was undertaken as specified by the Cochrane Collaboration and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation working group. Interventions were identified and compared among different studies to explore the possibility of performing a meta-analysis, using complete ulcer healing as the outcome measure. RESULTS One hundred ten SRs with 45 primary studies satisfied the inclusion criteria. The most frequent interventions explored in these trials were support surfaces (13 studies), nutrition (8), and electrotherapy (6). High or moderate quality of evidence was found in none of the interventions, mainly because of the very serious risk of bias of most studies and imprecision in the treatment effect. Evidence grade is very low or insufficient to support the use of any support surface, nutrition intervention, multicomponent interventions, repositioning or other adjunctive therapy (ultrasound, negative pressure, laser, electromagnetic, light, shock wave, hydrotherapy, radiofrequency, or vibration therapy) to increase the rates of PU healing in older patients. Electrotherapy showed some beneficial effect in the treatment of PUs, although the quality of evidence is low. CONCLUSIONS In older patients with PUs, evidence to use any nonpharmacologic therapy to increase the rates of wound healing is inconclusive, except for low quality evidence that supports the use of electrotherapy. This situation is especially alarming for interventions that are usually standard clinical practice (repositioning, support surfaces). Although there is some evidence in younger populations and other types of ulcers, studies in older populations with PUs using sound methodology are needed.
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- Geriatrics and Geriatric Emergency Care, Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Ancona, Italy
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- Geriatrics and Geriatric Emergency Care, Italian National Research Center on Aging (IRCCS-INRCA), Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Medicine for the Elderly, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Lozano-Montoya I, Vélez-Díaz-Pallarés M, Delgado-Silveira E, Montero-Errasquín B, Sánchez-Castellano C, Cruz-Jentoft A. Electronic prescription alerts based on STOPP criteria. Eur Geriatr Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2013.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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