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Mélanie Dipanda
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Changes in Treatment of Very Elderly Patients Six Weeks after Discharge from Geriatrics Department
2020
We assessed the prescriptions of patients hospitalized in a geriatric unit and subsequently discharged. This prospective and observational study was conducted over a two-month period in the geriatrics department (acute and rehabilitation units) of a university hospital. Patients discharged from this department were included over a two-month period. Prescriptions were analyzed at admission and discharge from the geriatrics department (DGD), and six weeks after DGD. We included 209 patients, 63% female, aged 86.8 years. The mean number of medications prescribed was significantly higher at DGD than at admission (7.8 vs. 7.1, p = 0.003). During hospitalization, 1217 prescriptions were changed (…
Potentially inappropriate use of furosemide in a very elderly population: An observational study
2017
International audience; ObjectiveLittle is known about furosemide prescription modalities in elderly people. We describe furosemide prescription in ambulatory elderly patients.MethodsAll patients aged over 80 years, affiliated to Mutualité Sociale Agricole de Bourgogne, a French regional health insurance plan, with a medical prescription delivered in March 2015, were retrospectively included.ResultsAmong 15 141 patients with a median age of 86 years, comprising 61.3% of women, 3937 patients (26%) had a prescription for furosemide. Severe heart failure was the most common chronic comorbidity (27.7%). Furosemide was considered a long-term therapy for almost all patients (98.7% with prescripti…
Évaluation de la prescription des inhibiteurs de la pompe à protons chez la personne âgée de 75 ans et plus dans un service de gériatrie aiguë
2017
Resume Introduction et objectifs Les inhibiteurs de la pompe a protons (IPP) sont tres prescrits en France et seraient responsables d’effets indesirables non negligeables surtout chez la personne âgee (PA). Afin de limiter leur mesusage et un surcout pour la securite sociale, la Haute Autorite de sante (HAS) a edite des recommandations de prescription strictes. Nous avons conduit une etude chez la PA dont l’objectif principal etait d’evaluer le taux de prescription d’IPP hors recommandations de la HAS. Methode Il s’agissait d’une etude prospective, monocentrique et observationnelle portant sur des PA de 75 ans et plus admises dans un service de geriatrie aigue, sur une periode de 6 mois. La…