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V. Gioffre

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What changed in the Italian internal medicine and geriatric wards during the lockdown

2021

A total of 48 internal medicine or geriatric wards among the 93 adhering to the register REPOSI answered an online questionnaire aimed to investigate the characteristics and activities of converted and non-converted wards in the crucial period of the first wave of the epidemic, 22 February-4 May 2020

2019-20 coronavirus outbreakCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Aged; Humans; Italy; Hospitals; Internal MedicineMEDLINEgeriatricSocio-culturalelaw.inventionlockdownHospitalPatient TransportlawPandemicHospital dischargemedicineInternal MedicineAged Hospitals Humans Internal Medicine ItalyHumansLetter to the EditorInternal medicineAgedLS7_9business.industrygeriatric patientsmedicine.diseaseIntensive care unitHospitalsInternal medicine geriatric patients lockdown covid-19Italycovid-19Medical emergencybusinessHuman
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Need for Deprescribing in Hospital Elderly Patients Discharged with a Limited Life Expectancy: The REPOSI Study

2019

<b><i>Objective:</i></b> Older people approaching the end of life are at a high risk for adverse drug reactions. Approaching the end of life should change the therapeutic aims, triggering a reduction in the number of drugs.<b><i></i></b>The main aim of this study is to describe the preventive and symptomatic drug treatments prescribed to patients discharged with a limited life expectancy from internal medicine and geriatric wards. The secondary aim was to describe the potentially severe drug-drug interactions (DDI). <b><i>Materials and Methods:</i></b> We analyzed Registry of Polytherapies Societa Italiana di Medicina I…

0301 basic medicineDrugMalemedicine.medical_specialtyDeprescriptions020205 medical informaticsDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactionsmedia_common.quotation_subjectElderly; End of life; Limited life expectancy; Polypharmacy; Symptomatic medications; Aged 80 and over; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; Female; Humans; Italy; Male; Polypharmacy; Deprescriptions; Life Expectancy; Patient DischargeSocio-culturale02 engineering and technology03 medical and health sciencesElderly · End of life · Limited life expectancy · Polypharmacy · Symptomatic medicationsPharmacotherapyDeprescriptionsLife ExpectancyElderlySymptomatic medications0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringmedicine80 and overHumansLS4_4Medical prescriptionElderly; End of life; Limited life expectancy; Polypharmacy; Symptomatic medicationsmedia_commonAgedPolypharmacyAged 80 and overOriginal Paperbusiness.industryGeneral MedicineElderly End-of-life Limited life expectancy Polypharmacy Preventing medications Symptomatic medicationsElderly End of life Limited life expectancy Polypharmacy Symptomatic medicationsPatient DischargeClonidineLimited life expectancyItalyEmergency medicineEnd of lifeLife expectancyPolypharmacyFemale030101 anatomy & morphologyDeprescribingbusinessmedicine.drugSymptomatic medication
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