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Gandolfo Federica

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Pain and Frailty in Hospitalized Older Adults

2020

Introduction Pain and frailty are prevalent conditions in the older population. Many chronic diseases are likely involved in their origin, and both have a negative impact on quality of life. However, few studies have analysed their association. Methods In light of this knowledge gap, 3577 acutely hospitalized patients 65 years or older enrolled in the REPOSI register, an Italian network of internal medicine and geriatric hospital wards, were assessed to calculate the frailty index (FI). The impact of pain and some of its characteristics on the degree of frailty was evaluated using an ordinal logistic regression model after adjusting for age and gender. Results The prevalence of pain was 24.…

medicine.medical_specialtyPain medicineSocio-culturaleChronic painOsteoarthritisAffect (psychology)Chronic pain; Internal medicine and geriatric wards; Musculoskeletal diseasesOlder populationChronic pain Internal medicine and geriatric wards Musculoskeletal diseasesQuality of lifeMusculoskeletal diseaseInternal medicine and geriatric wardsAnesthesiologyInternal medicinemedicineRD78.3-87.3LS4_4Original Researchbusiness.industryMusculoskeletal diseasesChronic painmedicine.diseaseInternal medicine and geriatric wardMusculoskeletal diseases.Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineRheumatoid arthritisNeurology (clinical)Ordered logitbusiness
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Antihypertensive treatment changes and related clinical outcomes in older hospitalized patients

2023

Background: Hypertension management in older patients represents a challenge, particularly when hospitalized. Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the determinants and related outcomes of antihypertensive drug prescription in a cohort of older hospitalized patients. Methods: A total of 5671 patients from REPOSI (a prospective multicentre observational register of older Italian in-patients from internal medicine or geriatric wards) were considered; 4377 (77.2%) were hypertensive. Minimum treatment (MT) for hypertension was defined according to the 2018 ESC guidelines [an angiotensin-converting-enzyme-inhibitor (ACE-I) or an angiotensin-receptor-blocker (ARB) with a calciu…

cardiovascular eventsolder patienthypertensionantihypertensive drugs; cardiovascular events; hypertension; older patients; survivalantihypertensive drugsClinical Biochemistryantihypertensive drugGeneral Medicinesurvival.Biochemistrycardiovascular eventolder patientssurvival
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