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AUTHOR
F. Ferrando
What changed in the Italian internal medicine and geriatric wards during the lockdown
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
Mortality rate and risk factors for gastrointestinal bleeding in elderly patients
Abstract Background Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is burdened by high mortality rate that increases with aging. Elderly patients may be exposed to multiple risk factors for GIB. We aimed at defining the impact of GIB in elderly patients. Methods Since 2008, samples of elderly patients (age ≥ 65 years) with multimorbidity admitted to 101 internal medicine wards across Italy have been prospectively enrolled and followed-up (REPOSI registry). Diagnoses of GIB, length of stay (LOS), mortality rate, and possible risk factors, including drugs, index of comorbidity (Cumulative Illness Rating Scale [CIRS]), polypharmacy, and chronic diseases were assessed. Adjusted multivariate logistic regressio…
Need for Deprescribing in Hospital Elderly Patients Discharged with a Limited Life Expectancy: The REPOSI Study
<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…
Roturas tendinosas y musculares en el hombro del deportista
El complejo articular del hombro está sometido a solicitaciones mecánicas en la mayoría de las modalidades deportivas; así el 10-15% de los traumatismos sufridos por los atletas afectan a esta articulación (1). La "patología reina" del hombro del deportista es la inestabilidad, por su frecuencia, importantes implicaciones funcionales y tratamiento problemático. Por el contrario, las roturas musculares y tendinosas del hombro son lesiones poco frecuentes en el deportista pero no por ello irrelevantes, pues pueden provocar una gran incapacidad para seguir desempeñando el mismo deporte y al mismo nivel de competición si no se hace un tratamiento correcto, a pesar del cual a veces los resultado…