For hospitalized patients whose death is imminent, palliative care can alleviate distressing symptoms that are common during the last few days or weeks of life
Maintaining functional independence with aging is important to individuals and society.
We assessed the ability of a fracture liaison service (FLS) to directly reduce re-fracture risk. Having a FLS is associated with a ∼40 % reduction in the 3-year risk of major bone and ∼30 % of any bone re-fracture. The number needed to treat to prevent a re-fracture is 20.
La asistencia sanitaria puede comportar la aparición de efec-tos indeseados que causen un perjuicio al paciente. Su aparicióndepende de factores estructurales, organizativos y operacionalesdel entorno asistencial,...
IMPORTANCE Older adults acutely hospitalized are at risk of disability. Trials on comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) and transitional care present inconsistent results...
Fatigue is among the most common presenting complaints in older adults,1,2 yet it is likely that biological onset of the fatigue process precedes perception...
Estamos ante un reto colosal tanto para los sistemas de salud como para los profesionales: el de una eclosión epidemiológica de personas con complejidad clínica y necesidades de atención complejas...
A paradigm can be defined as a coherent constellation of beliefs, habits, and procedures for achieving certain goals in society.
La fragilidad es una condición crónica íntimamente relacionada con resultados de salud. Los índices de fragilidad (IF) –que comparten con la valoración integral geriátrica (VIG) su naturaleza multidimensional– son herramientas dise˜nadas para medir cuantitativamente el grado de fragilidad...
Summary Hip fractures (HF) are prevalent and involve high morbidity and mortality so improving their management is important.