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Alessandro Giordano

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Drug Prescription and Delirium in Older Inpatients: Results From the Nationwide Multicenter Italian Delirium Day 2015-2016

2019

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the association between polypharmacy and delirium, the association of specific drug categories with delirium, and the differences in drug-delirium association between medical and surgical units and according to dementia diagnosis. Methods Data were collected during 2 waves of Delirium Day, a multicenter delirium prevalence study including patients (aged 65 years or older) admitted to acute and long-term care wards in Italy (2015-2016); in this study, only patients enrolled in acute hospital wards were selected (n = 4,133). Delirium was assessed according to score on the 4 "A's" Test. Prescriptions were classified by main drug categories; polypharmacy w…

Malediagnosismedications0302 clinical medicinepreventionAged 80 and over; Delirium; Drug Prescriptions; Female; Hospital Departments; Humans; Male; Prevalence; Polypharmacy; Prescription Drugs80 and overPrevalenceMedicineLS4_4030212 general & internal medicineAcute hospitalmedia_commonAged 80 and overConfoundingelderly patients hip fracture hospitalized patients prediction rule risk factor dementia events medications prevention diagnosisrisk-factorrisk factorhip fracturePsychiatry and Mental HealthFemalemedicine.symptomeventsDrugmedicine.medical_specialtyPrescription Drugshospitalized-patientsmedia_common.quotation_subjectMEDLINEHospital DepartmentsSocio-culturaleelderly-patientselderly patientsbehavioral disciplines and activitiesDrug Prescriptions03 medical and health sciencesInternal medicinemental disordersDementiaHumansMedical prescriptionprediction ruleAgedPolypharmacybusiness.industryhospitalized patientsDeliriummedicine.diseasenervous system diseasesPolypharmacyDeliriumelderly-patients; hip fracture; hospitalized-patients; prediction rule; risk-factor; dementia; events; medications; prevention; diagnosisbusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgerydementia
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Heart failure and chronic kidney disease in a registry of internal medicine wards

2014

Background: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between heart failure (HF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in tertiary care centers using the clinical records of patients enrolled in internal medicine departments.Patients and methods: We used the clinical records of 1380 elderly patients to identify patients with a history of HF and CKD using admission ICD codes and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) formulas. Magnitude and strength of such associations were investigated by univariable and multivariable analysis.Results: Of the 1380 patients enrolled, 27.9% had HF (age 80 ± 7, BMI 27 ± 6 kg/m2) and 17.4% CKD (age 81 ± 7, BMI 26.8 ± 6 kg/m2). Both groups were signific…

medicine.medical_specialtyChronic kidney disease; Elderly; Heart failure; REPOSI; Gerontology; Geriatrics and GerontologyHeart failure; Elderly; Chronic kidney disease; REPOSIChronic kidney disease; Elderly; Heart failure; REPOSI; Humans; Sleep Apnea Syndromes; Noninvasive Ventilation; Gerontology; Geriatrics and GerontologyChronic kidney disease; Elderly; Heart failure; REPOSIRenal functionHeart failure; chronic kidney disease; elderly; registry; REPOSIHeart failureregistryTertiary careSleep Apnea SyndromeElderlySleep Apnea SyndromesInternal medicineChronic kidney diseaseEpidemiologymedicineHumansNoninvasive Ventilationbusiness.industryREPOSIChronic kidney disease; Elderly; Heart failure; REPOSI; Humans; Sleep Apnea Syndromes; Noninvasive Ventilation; Geriatrics and Gerontology; Gerontologymedicine.diseaseHeart failureHeart failure Elderly Chronic kidney disease REPOSIIcd codesGeriatrics and GerontologybusinessClinical recordBody mass indexGerontologyKidney diseaseHuman
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