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Hélène Guepet

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AN ATYPICAL CASE OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS (HORTON'S DISEASE) ASSOCIATED WITH FACIAL SWELLING, CONFUSION, AND PERICARDITIS IN AN ELDERLY WOMAN

2010

Pathologymedicine.medical_specialtySystemic diseaseFacial swellingHeart diseaseVascular diseasebusiness.industryDiseasemedicine.diseasePericarditisGiant cell arteritismedicineGeriatrics and GerontologyVasculitisbusinessJournal of the American Geriatrics Society
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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…

Liver CirrhosisMalePediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtyAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsInappropriate Prescribing[ SDV.MHEP.GEG ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Geriatry and gerontology030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyDrug PrescriptionsNephropathy03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineFurosemidemedicineHumans030212 general & internal medicineMedical prescriptionRenal Insufficiency ChronicDiureticsRetrospective StudiesAged 80 and overHeart Failurebusiness.industryAge FactorsFurosemideRetrospective cohort studyGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseaseComorbidityHeart failureAmbulatoryObservational studyFemalebusinessmedicine.drug
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