17 research outputs found
Functional Decline Over 1-year Follow-up in a Multicenter Cohort of Polypathological Patients: A New Approach to Functional Prognostication
SummaryBackgroundLittle is known about the fitness of the available tools in predicting functional decline of polypathological patients (PPs). Our objective was to assess accuracy of the Triage Risk Screening Tool (TRST), the Variable Indicative of Placement risk (VIP) and to develop a specific functional prognostic index adjusted to this population in a multicenter cohort of hospital-based PP.MethodsProspective 12-month follow-up study of PPs from 36 hospitals. Functional decline was defined as loss of ≥20 points on Barthel’s index (BI). Accuracy of TRST/VIP was assessed by calibration/discrimination tests. Development of the new score was performed by dividing into a derivation cohort (constructing the index by logistic regression), and a validation cohort (in which calibration/discrimination of the index were tested).ResultsNine hundred and fifty-eight patients from the 1632 included survived during follow-up. Basal/12-month BI was 85/70, respectively. Mean fall in BI score was 11.7±24 points [353 (36.8%) fell by ≥20 points]. The activities for daily living that declined most frequently were toilet use, grooming, dressing and bathing. TRST/VIP fitted well but their discrimination power was poor (area under the curve=0.49 and 0.46, respectively). A simplified PROFUNCTION index was derived containing seven items (≥85 years, neurological condition, osteoarticular disease, III–IV functional class of dyspnea, ≥4 polypathology categories, basal BI<60, and social problems). Functional decline risk ranged from 21% to 24% in the lowest risk group (0 items) to 38–46% in the highest (4–7 items). Calibration as well as discrimination power (area under the curve=0.56–0.59) of this simplified index were good.ConclusionWe developed and validated a new functional prognostic index specifically focused on these patients with better discrimination power than other tools available
El fenómeno del dopaje desde la perspectiva de las Ciencias Sociales Odile
En este libro se recoge una selección de las comunicaciones presentadas en el IV Congreso Internacional ‘Deporte, Dopaje y Sociedad’ que se celebró en Madrid del 26 de febrero al 1 de marzo de 2014 y que fue organizado conjuntamente por la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid y la Agencia Española de Protección de la Salud en el Deporte. Los textos están escritos en español, francés e inglés y abordan el estudio del fenómeno del dopaje desde el ámbito especifico de las Ciencias Humanas y Sociales a través de disciplinas como Historia, Derecho, Sociología, Psicología, Economía, Ciencias de la Información y otras disciplinas relacionadas
Prevalencia e importancia pronóstica de la anemia en pacientes pluripatológicos
INTRODUCTION: The presence of anemia is a common finding among patients admitted to Internal Medicine Departments, but, although several studies have shown the influence of anemia on quality of life, mortality
and morbidity in elderly patients, its relevance remains unclear in subjects who meet the criteria for patient with multiple comorbidities (MCP). Our objective was to analyze the prevalence and prognostic importance of
anemia in a cohort of patients with multiple comorbidities.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: a prospective study was conducted by consecutively selecting a cohort of patients who met criteria for MCP during a
year and had anemia on admission. Analytical, sociodemographic, clinical and functional variables were collected at admission and one year later
vital status, number of admissions and functional status were also assessed.
The association of abovementioned variables with the presence of anemia and overall one-year mortality was analyzed by univariable and multivariable analysis.
RESULTS: two hundred and thirty four patients were included, with a mean age (standard deviation) of 80.32 (9.2) years. Of them, 104 (44.5%) were females and 130 (55.5%) males and 60.59% had anemia. Leading causes of anemia were iron deficiency anemia (47.55%) and chronic illness anemia (29.37%). Overall one-year mortality rate was 55.94% among patients with anemia and 35.22% among patients without anemia (p =
0.003). After multivariable logistic regression analysis, variables independently and significantly associated with mortality were anemia, > 3 points on Charlson´s index and chronic respiratory failure.
CONCLUSION: the prognostic impact of anemia reinforces the importance of a comprehensive evaluation of patients with multiple comorbidities.INTRODUCCIÓN: la presencia de anemia es un hallazgo frecuente entre los enfermos que ingresan en los servicios de Medicina Interna, aunque diferentes estudios han demostrado la influencia de la anemia sobre la calidad de vida, mortalidad y morbilidad en pacientes de edad avanzada, no se han realizado trabajos específicos en sujetos que cumplieran criterios
estrictos de paciente pluripatológico (PPP). Nuestro objetivo fue analizar la prevalencia e importancia pronóstica de la anemia en una cohorte de pacientes pluripatológicos.
PACIENTES Y MÉTODO: estudio prospectivo en el que se incluyeron una cohorte de pacientes pluripatológicos recogidos de forma consecutiva entre pacientes ingresados a lo largo de un año; se estudió la presencia
de anemia y se recogieron variables analíticas, sociodemográficas, clínicas y funcionales al ingreso y reevaluación del estado vital y funcional al
año. Se analizaron las diferencias en la presencia o no de anemia y en la mortalidad al año, incluyendo como factores de confusión variables sociodemográficas y de comorbilidad mediante análisis univariante y de
regresión logística multivariante.
RESULTADOS: fueron incluidos 234 pacientes con edad media (desviación estándar) de 80,3 (9,2) años, 104 (44,5%) mujeres y 130 (55,5%) hombres, de los que presentaba anemia el 60,6%. Los tipos principales
de anemia fueron anemia ferropénica (47,5% del total de anemias) y de procesos crónicos (29,4%). La mortalidad global fue del 56% en los pacientes con anemia y del 35,2% en los pacientes sin anemia (p =
0,003). Tras el análisis multivariante de regresión logística, las variables asociadas de forma independiente y significativa con la mortalidad a un año fueron la presencia de anemia, una puntuación > 3 en el índice de Charlson y la insuficiencia respiratoria crónica.
CONCLUSIONES: la importancia pronóstica de la anemia en pacientes pluripatológicos, resultado no comunicado previamente, refuerza la importancia
de una valoración global y completa de estos pacientes