Cross-cultural validation of the Drug Regimen Unassisted Grading Scale (DRUGS) to assess community-dwelling elderly's ability to manage medication
Publication date: Available online 3 May 2016 Source:European Geriatric Medicine Author(s): A.M. Advinha, A. Henriques, M.P. Guerreiro, C. Nunes, M.J. Lopes, S. de Oliveira-Martins Purpose of the research Evaluation of the elderly's ability to manage their own medication can be a significant step in identifying inabilities and potential needs. The aim of this study was to perform the linguistic and cultural adaptation of DRUGS to Portugal and determine its psychometric properties. Material and methods The adaptation was started with the translation/back translation cycle completed by four independent bili...
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - May 2, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Explicit criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people: Which set to choose?
Publication date: Available online 29 April 2016 Source:European Geriatric Medicine Author(s): D. O’Mahony (Source: European Geriatric Medicine)
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - April 29, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Delirium in malnourished elderly subjects: Could it be refeeding syndrome?
Publication date: Available online 29 April 2016 Source:European Geriatric Medicine Author(s): M. Coutaz Refeeding syndrome (RS) is a potentially serious but underrecognized phenomenon in geriatric medicine. It can occur in malnourished elderly subjects when feeding is re-introduced after a period of fasting. The clinical presentation of RS is unspecific, and it is often accompanied by psychomotor impairment suggestive of delirium. In this article, illustrated by 2 clinical cases, we report a series of 13 patients with RS, of whom 11 had delirium. Treatment of RS is based on progressive refeeding and phosphate, mag...
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - April 28, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
The development of a European curriculum in Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Publication date: Available online 25 April 2016 Source:European Geriatric Medicine Author(s): S. Conroy, C.H. Nickel, A.B. Jónsdóttir, M. Fernandez, J. Banerjee, S. Mooijaart, F. Sjöstrand, E. Devriendt, O. Ganansia, A. Bellou Older people represent a growing proportion of attendees in Emergency Departments across Europe. Traditionally Emergency Departments have not focused on care for older people, especially those with frailty. Similarly, geriatric services have not traditionally focused upon the care of older people in Emergency Departments. This work seeks to bring together the two disciplin...
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - April 25, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Application of STOPP/START and Beers criteria: Compared analysis on identification and relevance of potentially inappropriate prescriptions
Conclusion The number of medications was the most reduced by STOPP/START.v2 even after considering PPO-related prescribing. In addition, STOPP/START.v2 identified more instances of potential major clinical relevance. (Source: European Geriatric Medicine)
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - April 19, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
A case of primary hyperparathyroidism with a main manifestation of severe but reversible neurocognitive syndrome
Publication date: Available online 11 April 2016 Source:European Geriatric Medicine Author(s): B.K. Sołtysik, E. Piechocka-Wochniak, A. Cieślak-Skubel, R. Błaszczak, T. Kostka (Source: European Geriatric Medicine)
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - April 16, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Early geriatric follow-up after discharge reduces readmissions – A quasi-randomised controlled trial
Conclusions A geriatrician and specialised nurse home-visit during the first days following hospital discharge reduces the readmission rate for acute medical patients by almost 50%, compared to patients accompanied home or subsequently telephoned. Hospitalisation was reduced, but 30-day mortality did not differ significantly between groups. (Source: European Geriatric Medicine)
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - April 16, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Systematic review: Prevalence of sarcopenia in ageing people using bioelectrical impedance analysis to assess muscle mass
Conclusions Sarcopenia is highly prevalent in older individuals, especially in rehabilitation units. All the studies of prevalence carried out before the current sarcopenia consensus are studies to establish cutoff points of low muscle mass but they do not reflect sarcopenia's prevalence because they do not take into account muscle function. (Source: European Geriatric Medicine)
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - April 16, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Validation of the Vulnerable Elders Survey-13 (VES-13) in hospitalized older patients
Conclusion The VES-13 demonstrates high sensitivity and specificity in detecting functional deficits in older subjects. High correlations with other measures of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment make it a valuable screening tool for older patients. A cut-off point of 6 seems optimal for screening purposes by health services. (Source: European Geriatric Medicine)
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - April 16, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Interprofessional education in geriatric medicine
This article presents a geriatric medicine literature review on IPE, covering several studies that have examined such education, describing different types of intervention and the involvement of various health professionals. There was no clear evidence that could be drawn from the available literature about best practice and intervention, due to the differences in interventions and the lack of replication studies. In this article, we have also reviewed the theories on which IPE is based and its suitability for application to the discipline of geriatric medicine (e.g. regarding curriculum design, clinical practice, and the ...
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - April 16, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Levofloxacin-associated bilateral Achilles’ tendon rupture, in patient with two secondary hip fractures
Publication date: Available online 7 April 2016 Source:European Geriatric Medicine Author(s): P. López Pardo, C. Jiménez Rojas, G. Gambini Muro, M. Vásquez Camacho (Source: European Geriatric Medicine)
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - April 7, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Challenges and risks for older travellers with multimorbidity: Focus on pharmacotherapy
Publication date: Available online 4 April 2016 Source:European Geriatric Medicine Author(s): A. Gudmundsson, J.M. Stevenson, M. Petrovic, A. Somers, G. Onder, S. Callens, T.J.M. van der Cammen The number of older travellers continues to increase internationally. Consequently, physicians are frequently confronted with situations relating to travelling of older people with multiple chronic morbidities and taking multiple medications. The risk of travel-related diseases is more than 2-fold in people with underlying medical conditions in comparison to healthy travellers. Although many guidelines on travellin...
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - April 4, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
A geriatric patient with sternoclavicular, first costosternal septic arthritis and pyogenic pectoral myositis
Publication date: Available online 4 April 2016 Source:European Geriatric Medicine Author(s): H.D. Varan, M.C. Kizilarslanoglu, M.K. Kilic, M.E. Kuyumcu, Y. Yesil, B.B. Yavuz, M. Halil, M. Cankurtaran (Source: European Geriatric Medicine)
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - April 3, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
A case of an elderly patient with primary biliary cirrhosis
Publication date: Available online 31 March 2016 Source:European Geriatric Medicine Author(s): P. Baptiste, F. Akinshipo (Source: European Geriatric Medicine)
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - March 30, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Highlights of the 11th EUGMS congress in Oslo: Breaking the ice in geriatrics
Publication date: Available online 30 March 2016 Source:European Geriatric Medicine Author(s): R. Eldholm, E. Jonsson, L. Mieiro (Source: European Geriatric Medicine)
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - March 29, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
