Beta-Blocker Use in Older Hospitalized Patients Affected by Heart Failure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: An Italian Survey From the REPOSI Register

Beta (β)-blockers (BB) are useful in reducing morbidity and mortality in patients with heart failure (HF) and concomitant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Nevertheless, the use of BBs could induce bronchoconstriction due to β2-blockade. For this reason, both the ESC and GOLD guidelines strongly suggest the use of selective β1-BB in patients with HF and COPD. However, low adherence to guidelines was observed in multiple clinical settings. The aim of the study was to investigate the BBs use in older patients affected by HF and COPD, recorded in the REPOSI register. Of 942 patients affected by HF, 47.1% were treated with BBs. The use of BBs was significantly lower in patients with HF and COPD than in patients affected by HF alone, both at admission and at discharge (admission, 36.9% vs. 51.3%; discharge, 38.0% vs. 51.7%). In addition, no further BB users were found at discharge. The probability to being treated with a BB was significantly lower in patients with HF also affected by COPD (adj. OR, 95% CI: 0.50, 0.37-0.67), while the diagnosis of COPD was not associated with the choice of selective β1-BB (adj. OR, 95% CI: 1.33, 0.76-2.34). Despite clear recommendations by clinical guidelines, a significant underuse of BBs was also observed after hospital discharge. In COPD affected patients, physicians unreasonably reject BBs use, rather than choosing a β1-BB. The expected improvement of the BB prescriptions after hospitalization was not observed. A multidisciplinary approach among hospital physicians, general practitioners, and pharmacologists should be carried out for better drug management and adherence to guideline recommendations

Clinical features and outcomes of elderly hospitalised patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure or both

Background and objective: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart failure (HF) mutually increase the risk of being present in the same patient, especially if older. Whether or not this coexistence may be associated with a worse prognosis is debated. Therefore, employing data derived from the REPOSI register, we evaluated the clinical features and outcomes in a population of elderly patients admitted to internal medicine wards and having COPD, HF or COPD + HF. Methods: We measured socio-demographic and anthropometric characteristics, severity and prevalence of comorbidities, clinical and laboratory features during hospitalization, mood disorders, functional independence, drug prescriptions and discharge destination. The primary study outcome was the risk of death. Results: We considered 2,343 elderly hospitalized patients (median age 81 years), of whom 1,154 (49%) had COPD, 813 (35%) HF, and 376 (16%) COPD + HF. Patients with COPD + HF had different characteristics than those with COPD or HF, such as a higher prevalence of previous hospitalizations, comorbidities (especially chronic kidney disease), higher respiratory rate at admission and number of prescribed drugs. Patients with COPD + HF (hazard ratio HR 1.74, 95% confidence intervals CI 1.16-2.61) and patients with dementia (HR 1.75, 95% CI 1.06-2.90) had a higher risk of death at one year. The Kaplan-Meier curves showed a higher mortality risk in the group of patients with COPD + HF for all causes (p = 0.010), respiratory causes (p = 0.006), cardiovascular causes (p = 0.046) and respiratory plus cardiovascular causes (p = 0.009). Conclusion: In this real-life cohort of hospitalized elderly patients, the coexistence of COPD and HF significantly worsened prognosis at one year. This finding may help to better define the care needs of this population

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Underdiagnosis and undertreatment of osteoporotic patients admitted in internal medicine wards in Italy between 2010 and 2016 (the REPOSI Register)

To evaluate clinical features, treatments, and outcomes of osteoporotic patients admitted to internal medicine and geriatric wards compared with non-osteoporotic patients (REPOSI registry)

Comparison between drug therapy-based comorbidity indices and the Charlson Comorbidity Index for the detection of severe multimorbidity in older subjects.

Background: To know burden disease of a patient is a key point for clinical practice and research, especially in the elderly. Charlson's Comorbidity Index (CCI) is the most widely used rating system, but when diagnoses are not available therapy-based comorbidity indices (TBCI) are an alternative. However, their performance is debated. This study compares the relations between Drug Derived Complexity Index (DDCI), Medicines Comorbidity Index (MCI), Chronic Disease Score (CDS), and severe multimorbidity, according to the CCI classification, in the elderly. Methods: Logistic regression and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis were conducted on two samples from Italy: 2579 nursing home residents (Korian sample) and 7505 older adults admitted acutely to geriatric or internal medicine wards (REPOSI sample). Results: The proportion of subjects with severe comorbidity rose with TBCI score increment, but the Area Under the Curve (AUC) for the CDS (Korian: 0.70, REPOSI: 0.79) and MCI (Korian: 0.69, REPOSI: 0.81) were definitely better than the DDCI (Korian: 0.66, REPOSI: 0.74). All TBCIs showed low Positive Predictive Values (maximum: 0.066 in REPOSI and 0.317 in Korian) for the detection of severe multimorbidity. Conclusion: CDS and MCI were better predictors of severe multimorbidity in older adults than DDCI, according to the CCI classification. A high CCI score was related to a high TBCI. However, the opposite is not necessarily true probably because of non-evidence-based prescriptions or physicians' prescribing attitudes. TBCIs did not appear selective for detecting of severe multimorbidity, though they could be used as a measure of disease burden, in the absence of other solutions

Impact of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Comorbidities on Elderly Patients Hospitalized in Internal Medicine Wards: Data from the RePoSi Registry.

Background: Currently, diabetes represents the seventh leading cause of death worldwide, with a significant economic burden. The number and severity of comorbidities increase with age, and are identified as important determinants that influence the prognosis. We aimed to investigate comorbidities and outcomes in a cohort of hospitalized elderly patients affected by diabetes. Methods: In this observational study, we retrospectively analyzed data collected from the REgistro dei pazienti per lo studio delle POlipatologie e politerapie in reparti della rete Simi (RePoSi) registry. Socio-demographic, clinical characteristics, and laboratory findings were considered. The association between variables and in-hospital and 1-year follow-up were analyzed. Results: Among 4708 in-patients, 1378 (29.3%) had a diagnosis of diabetes. Patients with diabetes had more previous hospitalization, a clinically significant disability, and more need for a urinary catheter in comparison with subjects without diabetes. Patients affected by diabetes took more drugs, both at admission, at in-hospital stay, at discharge, and at 1-year follow-up. Thirty-five comorbidities were more frequent in patients with diabetes, and the first five were hypertension (57.1%), ischemic heart disease (31.4%), chronic renal failure (28.8%), atrial fibrillation (25.6%), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (22.7%). Heart rate was an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality. At 1-year follow-up, cancer and male sex were strongly independently associated with mortality. Conclusions: Our findings showed the severity of the impact of diabetes and its comorbidities in the real life of internal medicine and geriatric wards, and provide data to be used for a better tailored management of elderly in-patients with diabetes

Use of Lipid-Lowering Drugs and Associated Outcomes According to Health State Profiles in Hospitalized Older Patients.

none319noObjective: To assess how lipid-lowering drugs (LLDs) are administered in the hospitalized patients aged 65 and older and their association with clinical outcomes according to their health-related profiles. Design: This is a retrospective study based on data from REPOSI (REgistro POliterapie SIMI - Italian Society of Internal Medicine) register, an Italian network of internal medicine hospital wards. Setting and participants: A total of 4642 patients with a mean age of 79 years enrolled between 2010 and 2018. Methods: Socio-demographic characteristics, functional abilities, cognitive skills, laboratory parameters and comorbidities were used to investigate the health state profiles by using multiple correspondence analysis and clustering. Logistic regression was used to assess whether LLD prescription was associated with patients' health state profiles and with short-term mortality. Results: Four clusters of patients were identified according to their health state: two of them (Cluster III and IV) were the epitome of frailty conditions with poor short-term outcomes, whereas the others included healthier patients. The average prevalence of LLD use was 27.6%. The lowest prevalence was found among the healthier patients in Cluster I and among the oldest frail patients with severe functional and cognitive impairment in Cluster IV. The highest prevalence was among multimorbid patients in Cluster III (OR=4.50, 95% CI=3.76-5.38) characterized by a high cardiovascular risk. Being prescribed with LLDs was associated with a lower 3-month mortality, even after adjusting for cluster assignment (OR=0.59; 95% CI = 0.44-0.80). Conclusion: The prevalence of LLD prescription was low and in overall agreement with guideline recommendations and with respect to patients' health state profiles.openCarlotta Franchi, Giulia Lancellotti, Marco Bertolotti, Simona Di Salvatore, Alessandro Nobili, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Chiara Mussi, Ilaria Ardoino, Domenico Prisco, Elena Silvestri, Giacomo Emmi, Alessandra Bettiol, Irene Mattioli, Gianni Biolo, Michela Zanetti, Giacomo Bartelloni, Massimo Vanoli, Giulia Grignani, Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi, Graziana Lupattelli, Vanessa Bianconi, Riccardo Alcidi, Domenico Girelli, Fabiana Busti, Giacomo Marchi, Mario Barbagallo, Ligia Dominguez, Vincenza Beneduce, Federica Cacioppo, Salvatore Corrao, Giuseppe Natoli, Salvatore Mularo, Massimo Raspanti, Marco Zoli, Maria Laura Matacena, Giuseppe Orio, Eleonora Magnolfi, Giovanni Serafini, Angelo Simili, Giuseppe Palasciano, Maria Ester Model, Carla Di Gennaro, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Giovanna Fabio, Margherita Migone De Amicis, Giacomo De Luca, Natalia Scaramellini, Matteo Cesari, Paolo Dionigi Rossi, Sarah Damanti, Marta Clerici, Simona Leoni, Alessandra Danuta Di Mauro, Antonio Di Sabatino, Emanuela Miceli, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Martina Pisati, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Roberto Pontremoli, Valentina Beccati, Giulia Nobili, Giovanna Leoncini, Luigi Anastasio, Maria Carbone, Francesco Cipollone, Maria Teresa Guagnano, Ilaria Rossi, Gerardo Mancuso, Daniela Calipari, Mosè Bartone, Giuseppe Delitala, Maria Berria, Alessandro Delitala, Maurizio Muscaritoli, Alessio Molfino, Enrico Petrillo, Antonella Giorgi, Christian Gracin, Giuseppe Zuccalà, Gabriella D’Aurizio, Giuseppe Romanelli, Alessandra Marengoni, Andrea Volpini, Daniela Lucente, Antonio Picardi, Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Paolo Gallo, Giuseppe Bellelli, Maurizio Corsi, Cesare Antonucci, Chiara Sidoli, Giulia Principato, Franco Arturi, Elena Succurro, Bruno Tassone, Federica Giofrè, Maria Grazia Serra, Maria Antonietta Bleve, Antonio Brucato Teresa De Falco, Fabrizio Fabris, Irene Bertozzi, Giulia Bogoni, Maria Victoria Rabuini, Tancredi Prandini, Roberto Manfredini, Fabio Fabbian, Benedetta Boari, Alfredo De Giorgi, Ruana Tiseo, Giuseppe Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Claudia Catalano, Claudio Borghi, Enrico Strocchi, Eugenia Ianniello, Mario Soldati, Silvia Schiavone, Alessio Bragagni, Carlo Sabbà, Francesco Saverio Vella, Patrizia Suppressa, Giovanni Michele De Vincenzo, Alessio Comitangelo, Emanuele Amoruso, Carlo Custodero, Luigi Fenoglio, Andrea Falcetta, Anna L. Fracanzani, Silvia Tiraboschi, Annalisa Cespiati, Giovanna Oberti, Giordano Sigon, Flora Peyvandi, Raffaella Rossio, Giulia Colombo, Pasquale Agosti, Valter Monzani, Valeria Savojardo, Giuliana Ceriani, Francesco Salerno, Giada Pallini, Fabrizio Montecucco, Luciano Ottonello, Lara Caserza, Giulia Vischi, Nicola Lucio Liberato, Tiziana Tognin, Francesco Purrello, Antonino Di Pino, Salvatore Piro, Renzo Rozzini, Lina Falanga, Maria Stella Pisciotta, Francesco Baffa Bellucci, Stefano Buffelli, Giuseppe Montrucchio, Paolo Peasso, Edoardo Favale, Cesare Poletto, Carl Margaria, Maura Sanino, Francesco Violi, Ludovica Perri, Luigina Guasti, Luana Castiglioni, Andrea Maresca, Alessandro Squizzato, Leonardo Campiotti, Alessandra Grossi, Roberto Davide Diprizio, Marco Bertolotti, Chiara Mussi, Giulia Lancellotti, Maria Vittoria Libbra, Matteo Galassi, Yasmine Grassi, Alessio Greco, Angela Sciacqua, Maria Perticone, Rosa Battaglia, Raffaele Maio, Vincenzo Stanghellini, Eugenio Ruggeri, Sara del Vecchio, Andrea Salvi, Roberto Leonardi, Giampaolo Damiani, William Capeci, Massimo Mattioli, Giuseppe Pio Martino, Lorenzo Biondi, Pietro Pettinari, Riccardo Ghio, Anna Dal Col, Salvatore Minisola, Luciano Colangelo, Mirella Cilli, Giancarlo Labbadia, Antonella Afeltra, Benedetta Marigliano, Maria Elena Pipita, Pietro Castellino, Luca Zanoli, Alfio Gennaro, Agostino Gaudio, Valter Saracco, Marisa Fogliati, Carlo Bussolino, Francesca Mete, Miriam Gino, Carlo Vigorito, Antonio Cittadini, Guido Moreo, Silvia Prolo, Gloria Pina, Alberto Ballestrero, Fabio Ferrando, Roberta Gonella, Domenico Cerminara, Sergio Berra, Simonetta Dassi, Maria Cristina Nava, Bruno Graziella, Stefano Baldassarre, Salvatore Fragapani, Gabriella Gruden, Giorgio Galanti, Gabriele Mascherini, Cristian Petri, Laura Stefani, Margherita Girino, Valeria Piccinelli, Francesco Nasso, Vincenza Gioffrè, Maria Pasquale, Leonardo Sechi, Cristiana Catena, Gianluca Colussi, Alessandro Cavarape, Andea Da Porto, Nicola Passariello, Luca Rinaldi, Franco Berti, Giuseppe Famularo, Patrizia Tarsitani, Roberto Castello, Michela Pasino, Gian Paolo Ceda, Marcello Giuseppe Maggio, Simonetta Morganti, Andrea Artoni, Margherita Grossi, Stefano Del Giacco, Davide Firinu, Giulia Costanzo, Giacomo Argiolas, Giuseppe Montalto, Anna Licata, Filippo Alessandro Montalto, Francesco Corica, Giorgio Basile, Antonino Catalano, Federica Bellone, Concetto Principato, Lorenzo Malatino, Benedetta Stancanelli, Valentina Terranova, Salvatore Di Marca, Rosario Di Quattro, Lara La Malfa, Rossella Caruso, Patrizia Mecocci, Carmelinda Ruggiero, Virginia Boccardi, Tiziana Meschi, Andrea Ticinesi, Antonio Nouvenne, Pietro Minuz, Luigi Fondrieschi, Giandomenico Nigro Imperiale, Mario Pirisi, Gian Paolo Fra, Daniele Sola, Mattia Bellan, Massimo Porta, Piero Riva, Roberto Quadri, Erica Larovere, Marco Novelli, Giorgio Scanzi, Caterina Mengoli, Stella Provini, Laura Ricevuti, Emilio Simeone, Rosa Scurti, Fabio Tolloso, Roberto Tarquini, Alice Valoriani, Silvia Dolenti, Giulia Vannini, Riccardo Volpi, Pietro Bocchi, Alessandro Vignali, Sergio Harari, Chiara Lonati, Federico Napoli, Italia Aiello, Raffaele Landolfi, Massimo Montalto, Antonio Mirijello, Francesco Purrello, Antonino Di Pino, Silvia Ghidoni, Teresa Salvatore, Lucio Monaco, Carmen Ricozzi, Alberto Pilotto, Ilaria Indiano, Federica Gandolfo.Franchi, Carlotta; 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Kidney Disease Management in the Hospital Setting: A Focus on Inappropriate Drug Prescriptions in Older Patients.

none318noAging with multimorbidity and polytherapy are the most significant factors that could led to inappropriate prescribing of contraindicated medications in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the prescriptions of contraindicated drugs in older adults in CKD and to identify their associated factors in a hospital context. An observational retrospective study was carried out considering all patients ≥65 years with at least one serum creatinine value recorded into the REPOSI register into 2010-2016 period. The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was applied to identify CKD. A descriptive analysis was performed to compare demographic and clinical characteristics; logistic regression models were used to estimate factors of inappropriate and percentage changes of drug use during hospitalization. A total of 4,713 hospitalized patients were recorded, of which 49.8% had an eGFR <60 ml/min/1.73 m2; the 21.9% were in treatment with at least one inappropriate drug at the time of hospital admission with a decrease of 3.0% at discharge (p = 0.010). The probability of using at least one contraindicated drug was significantly higher in patients treated with more several drugs (OR 1.21, 95% CI 1.16-1.25, p <0.001) and with CKD end-stages (G4: 16.90, 11.38-25.12, p < 0.001; G5: 19.38, 11.51-32.64, p < 0.001). Low-dose acetylsalicylic acid was the contraindicated drug mainly used at the time of admission, reducing 1.2% at discharge. An overall increase in therapeutic appropriateness in hospitalized older patients with CKD was observed, despite a small percentage of therapeutic inappropriateness at discharge that underlines the need for a closer collaboration with the pharmacologist to improve the drug management.openVincenzo Arcoraci, Maria Antonietta Barbieri, Michelangelo Rottura, Alessandro Nobili, Giuseppe Natoli, Christiano Argano, Giovanni Squadrito, Francesco Squadrito, Salvatore Corrao, Domenico Prisco, Elena Silvestri, Giacomo Emmi, Alessandra Bettiol, Irene Mattioli, Gianni Biolo, Michela Zanetti, Giacomo Bartelloni, Massimo Vanoli, Giulia Grignani, Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi, Graziana Lupattelli, Vanessa Bianconi, Riccardo Alcidi, Domenico Girelli, Fabiana Busti, Giacomo Marchi, Mario Barbagallo, Ligia Dominguez, Vincenza Beneduce, Federica Cacioppo, Massimo Raspanti, Marco Zoli, Maria Laura Matacena, Giuseppe Orio, Eleonora Magnolfi, Giovanni Serafini, Angelo Simili, Giuseppe Palasciano, Maria Ester Modeo, Carla Di Gennaro, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Giovanna Fabio, Margherita Migone De Amicis, Giacomo De Luca, Natalia Scaramellini, Matteo Cesari, Paolo Dionigi Rossi, Sarah Damanti, Marta Clerici, Simona Leoni, Alessandra Danuta Di Mauro, Antonio Di Sabatino, Emanuela Miceli, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Martina Pisati, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Roberto Pontremoli, Valentina Beccati, Giulia Nobili, Giovanna Leoncini, Luigi Anastasio, Maria Carbone, Francesco Cipollone, Maria Teresa Guagnano, Ilaria Rossi, Gerardo Mancuso, Daniela Calipari, Mosè Bartone, Giuseppe Delitala, Maria Berria, Alessandro Delitala, Maurizio Muscaritoli, Alessio Molfino, Enrico Petrillo, Antonella Giorgi, Christian Gracin, Giuseppe Zuccalà, Gabriella D’Aurizio, Giuseppe Romanelli, Alessandra Marengoni, Andrea Volpini, Daniela Lucente, Antonio Picardi, Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Paolo Gallo, Giuseppe Bellelli, Maurizio Corsi, Cesare Antonucci, Chiara Sidoli, Giulia Principato, Franco Arturi, Elena Succurro, Bruno Tassone, Federica Giofrè, Maria Grazia Serra, Maria Antonietta Bleve, Antonio Brucato, Teresa De Falco, Fabrizio Fabris, Irene Bertozzi, Giulia Bogoni, Maria Victoria Rabuini, Tancredi Prandini, Roberto Manfredini, Fabio Fabbian, Benedetta Boari, Alfredo De Giorgi, Ruana Tiseo, Giuseppe Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Claudia Catalano, Claudio Borghi, Enrico Strocchi, Eugenia Ianniello, Mario Soldati, Silvia Schiavone, Alessio Bragagni, Carlo Sabbà, Francesco Saverio Vella, Patrizia Suppressa, Giovanni Michele De Vincenzo, Alessio Comitangelo, Emanuele Amoruso, Carlo Custodero, Luigi Fenoglio, Andrea Falcetta, Anna L. 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Initiation of Psycholeptic Medication During Hospitalization With Recommendation for Discontinuation After Discharge

Objectives: Psycholeptic drugs have been used in the older population for years, especially to control delirium and neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) of dementia. However, data from the literature confirm that the prolonged use of psycholeptics may be responsible for adverse reactions in older patients. The aim of this study was (1) to identify how many patients receive the first prescription of a psycholeptic drug during the hospital stay; (2) to evaluate the main sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of these patients; and (3) to verify if the prescribed psycholeptic drugs are continued after 3 months from the hospital discharge. Design: Our retrospective study was based on data from the REPOSI (REgistro POliterapie SIMI) registry, a cohort of older patients hospitalized in internal medicine and geriatric wards throughout Italy from 2010 to 2018. Setting and participants: Patients aged 65 years or older who were not on home therapy with psycholeptic drugs were considered in the analyses. Methods: We did both univariate and multivariate analyses in order to find the variables associated independently to an increased risk for first psycholeptic prescription at hospital discharge. Results: At hospital discharge, 193 patients (5.8%) out of a total sample of 3322 patients were prescribed at least 1 psycholeptic drug. Cognitive impairment was the main risk factor for the introduction of psycholeptic drugs at discharge. Among them, 89.1% were still on therapy with a psycholeptic drug after 3 months from the hospital discharge. Conclusions and implications: Cognitive impairment represents the main risk factor for psycholeptic initiation in hospitalized older patients. The vast majority of these treatments are chronically continued after the discharge. Therefore, special attention is needed in prescribing psycholeptics at discharge, because their prolonged use may lead to cognitive decline. Moreover, their continued use should be questioned by physicians providing post-acute care, and deprescribing should be considered