Asistencia compartida en pacientes pluripatológicos

We expose the case of a 68-year-old male with high comorbidity to highlight DM2, SAHOS and ischemic stroke that enters through unstable angina, during admission he presents an episode of acute cholecystitis, as well as decompensation of his chronic diseases receiving assistance shared between Surgery and Internal Medicine.Exponemos el caso de un varón de 68 años de edad, con elevada comorbilidad (diabetes mellitus 2, síndrome de apnea-hipopnea obstructiva del sueño [SAHOS], ictus isquémico), que ingresó por angina inestable y que durante el ingreso presentó un episodio de colecistitis aguda, así como descompensación de sus enfermedades crónicas, recibiendo asistencia compartida entre Cirugía y Medicina Interna

Inappropriate prescribing to older patients admitted to hospital: A comparison of different tools of misprescribing and underprescribing

Purpose: This study aims to assess inappropriate prescribing (IP) to elderly patients during the month prior to hospitalization and to compare different IP criteria. Methods: An observational, prospective and multicentric study was carried out in the internal medicine services of seven Spanish hospitals. Patients aged 75 years and older were randomly selected after hospital admission for a year. To assess potentially inappropriate medicines (PIMs), the Beers and STOPP criteria were used and to assess Potentially Prescribing Omissions (PPOs), the START criteria and ACOVE-3 medicine quality indicators were used. An analysis to assess factors associated with IP was performed. Results: 672 patients [median age (Q1_Q3) 82 (79-86) years, 55.9% female] were included. Median prescribed medicines in the month prior to hospitalization were 10(Q1-Q3 7-13). The prevalence of IP was 87.6%, and 54.3% of patients had PIMs and PPOs concurrently. A higher prevalence rate of PIMs was predicted using the STOPP criteria than with the Beers criteria (p<.001) and a higher prevalence of PPOs using the ACOVE-3 criteria than using the START criteria (p<.001) was observed. Polypharmacy (≥10 medicines) was the strongest predictor of IP [OR=11.34 95% confidence interval (CI) 4.96-25.94], PIMs [OR=14.16, 95% CI 6.44-31.12], Beers-listed PIMs [OR=8.19, 95% CI 3.01-22.28] and STOPP-listed PIMs [OR=8.21, 95% CI 3.47-19.44]. PIMs was the strongest predictor of PPOs [OR=2.79, 95% CI 1.81-4.28]. Conclusions: A high prevalence of polypharmacy and PIMs and PPOs were reported. More than half the patients had simultaneous PIMs and PPOs. The related factors to PIMs and PPOs were different

Inappropriate prescribing to the oldest old patients admitted to hospital: prevalence, most frequently used medicines, and associated factors

Background: Scientific evidence on treatments of chronic diseases in patients 85 years old or older is very limited, as is available information on inappropriate prescription (IP) and its associated factors. The study aimed to describe medicine prescription, potentially inappropriate medicines (PIM) and potentially prescribing omissions (PPO) and their associated factors on this population. Methods: In the context of an observational, prospective and multicentric study carried out in elderly patients admitted to seven Spanish hospitals for a year, a sub-analysis of those aged 85 years and over was performed. To assess PIMs, the Beers and STOPP criteria were used, and to assess PPOs, the START and the ACOVE-3 criteria were used. To assess factors associated with IP, a multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed. Patients were selected randomly every week on consecutive days from the hospitalization lists. Results: A total of 336 patients were included in the sub-analysis with a median (Q1-Q3) age of 88 (8690) years. The median medicines taken during the month prior to admission was 10 (713). Forty-seven point two per cent of patients had at least one Beers-listed PIM, 63.3% at least one STOPP-listed PIM, 53.6% at least one START-listed PPO, and 59.4% at least one ACOVE-3-listed PPO. Use of benzodiazepines in patients who are prone to falls (18.3%) and omission of calcium and vitamin D supplements in patients with osteoporosis (13.3%) were the most common PIM and PPO, respectively. The main factor associated with the Beers-listed and the STOPP-listed PIM was consumption of 10 or more medicines (OR = 5.7, 95% CI 1.8-17.9 and OR = 13.4, 95% CI 4.0-44.0, respectively). The main factors associated with the START-listed PPO was a non-community dwelling origin (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.0-5.0), and multimorbidity (OR1.8, 95% CI 1.0-3.1). Conclusions: Prescribed medicines and PIM and PPO prevalence were high among patients 85 years and over. Benzodiazepine use in those who are prone to falls and omission of calcium and vitamin D in those with osteoporosis were the most frequent PIM and PPO, respectively. Factors associated with PIM and PPO differed with polypharmacy being the most important factor associated with PIM

Inappropriate prescribing to the oldest old patients admitted to hospital : prevalence, most frequently used medicines, and associated factors

Scientific evidence on treatments of chronic diseases in patients 85 years old or older is very limited, as is available information on inappropriate prescription (IP) and its associated factors. The study aimed to describe medicine prescription, potentially inappropriate medicines (PIM) and potentially prescribing omissions (PPO) and their associated factors on this population. In the context of an observational, prospective and multicentric study carried out in elderly patients admitted to seven Spanish hospitals for a year, a sub-analysis of those aged 85 years and over was performed. To assess PIMs, the Beers and STOPP criteria were used, and to assess PPOs, the START and the ACOVE-3 criteria were used. To assess factors associated with IP, a multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed. Patients were selected randomly every week on consecutive days from the hospitalization lists. A total of 336 patients were included in the sub-analysis with a median (Q1-Q3) age of 88 (86-90) years. The median medicines taken during the month prior to admission was 10 (7-13). Forty-seven point two per cent of patients had at least one Beers-listed PIM, 63.3% at least one STOPP-listed PIM, 53.6% at least one START-listed PPO, and 59.4% at least one ACOVE-3-listed PPO. Use of benzodiazepines in patients who are prone to falls (18.3%) and omission of calcium and vitamin D supplements in patients with osteoporosis (13.3%) were the most common PIM and PPO, respectively. The main factor associated with the Beers-listed and the STOPP-listed PIM was consumption of 10 or more medicines (OR = 5.7, 95% CI 1.8-17.9 and OR = 13.4, 95% CI 4.0-44.0, respectively). The main factors associated with the START-listed PPO was a non-community dwelling origin (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.0-5.0), and multimorbidity (OR1.8, 95% CI 1.0-3.1). Prescribed medicines and PIM and PPO prevalence were high among patients 85 years and over. Benzodiazepine use in those who are prone to falls and omission of calcium and vitamin D in those with osteoporosis were the most frequent PIM and PPO, respectively. Factors associated with PIM and PPO differed with polypharmacy being the most important factor associated with PIM. The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12877-015-0038-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users

Characteristics of potentially inappropriate prescribing of drugs in elderly polypathological patients

Objetivo: Analizar el uso inadecuado de medicamentos en pacientes pluripatológicos de edad avanzada. Método: Estudio multicéntrico, observacional y prospectivo. Se reclutaron 672 pacientes mayores de 75 años hospitalizados en Medicina Interna entre abril de 2011 y marzo de 2012. Se utilizaron los criterios Beers, STOPP-START y ACOVE para detectar el uso inadecuado de medicamentos, y los resultados se compararon entre pacientes pluripatológicos y no pluripatológicos. Resultados: De 672 pacientes incluidos, 419 (62%) eran pluripatológicos y el 89,3% de ellos presentaban un uso inadecuado de medicamentos, frente al 79,4% de los no pluripatológicos (p <0,01). El 40,3% de los pacientes pluripatológicos cumplía criterios de Beers, el 62,8% criterios STOPP, el 62,3% criterios START y el 65,6% criterios ACOVE. El uso inadecuado de medicamentos fue mayor en los pacientes pluripatológicos con independencia de la herramienta utilizada. Conclusiones: La alta prevalencia de uso inadecuado de medicamentos en pacientes pluripatológicos hace necesario desarrollar estrategias para mejorar la adecuación farmacológica

Disentangling signatures of selection before and after European colonization in latin Americans

Throughout human evolutionary history, large-scale migrations have led to intermixing (i.e., admixture) between previously separated human groups. Although classical and recent work have shown that studying admixture can yield novel historical insights, the extent to which this process contributed to adaptation remains underexplored. Here, we introduce a novel statistical model, specific to admixed populations, that identifies loci under selection while determining whether the selection likely occurred post-admixture or prior to admixture in one of the ancestral source populations. Through extensive simulations, we show that this method is able to detect selection, even in recently formed admixed populations, and to accurately differentiate between selection occurring in the ancestral or admixed population. We apply this method to genome-wide SNP data of ∼4,000 individuals in five admixed Latin American cohorts from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. Our approach replicates previous reports of selection in the human leukocyte antigen region that are consistent with selection post-admixture. We also report novel signals of selection in genomic regions spanning 47 genes, reinforcing many of these signals with an alternative, commonly used local-ancestry-inference approach. These signals include several genes involved in immunity, which may reflect responses to endemic pathogens of the Americas and to the challenge of infectious disease brought by European contact. In addition, some of the strongest signals inferred to be under selection in the Native American ancestral groups of modern Latin Americans overlap with genes implicated in energy metabolism phenotypes, plausibly reflecting adaptations to novel dietary sources available in the Americas

Disentangling Signatures of Selection Before and After European Colonization in Latin Americans

Throughout human evolutionary history, large-scale migrations have led to intermixing (i.e., admixture) between previously separated human groups. Although classical and recent work have shown that studying admixture can yield novel historical insights, the extent to which this process contributed to adaptation remains underexplored. Here, we introduce a novel statistical model, specific to admixed populations, that identifies loci under selection while determining whether the selection likely occurred post-admixture or prior to admixture in one of the ancestral source populations. Through extensive simulations, we show that this method is able to detect selection, even in recently formed admixed populations, and to accurately differentiate between selection occurring in the ancestral or admixed population. We apply this method to genome-wide SNP data of ∼4,000 individuals in five admixed Latin American cohorts from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. Our approach replicates previous reports of selection in the human leukocyte antigen region that are consistent with selection post-admixture. We also report novel signals of selection in genomic regions spanning 47 genes, reinforcing many of these signals with an alternative, commonly used local-ancestry-inference approach. These signals include several genes involved in immunity, which may reflect responses to endemic pathogens of the Americas and to the challenge of infectious disease brought by European contact. In addition, some of the strongest signals inferred to be under selection in the Native American ancestral groups of modern Latin Americans overlap with genes implicated in energy metabolism phenotypes, plausibly reflecting adaptations to novel dietary sources available in the Americas

Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with critical influenza pneumonia

In an international cohort of 279 patients with hypoxemic influenza pneumonia, we identified 13 patients (4.6%) with autoantibodies neutralizing IFN-alpha and/or -omega, which were previously reported to underlie 15% cases of life-threatening COVID-19 pneumonia and one third of severe adverse reactions to live-attenuated yellow fever vaccine. Autoantibodies neutralizing type I interferons (IFNs) can underlie critical COVID-19 pneumonia and yellow fever vaccine disease. We report here on 13 patients harboring autoantibodies neutralizing IFN-alpha 2 alone (five patients) or with IFN-omega (eight patients) from a cohort of 279 patients (4.7%) aged 6-73 yr with critical influenza pneumonia. Nine and four patients had antibodies neutralizing high and low concentrations, respectively, of IFN-alpha 2, and six and two patients had antibodies neutralizing high and low concentrations, respectively, of IFN-omega. The patients' autoantibodies increased influenza A virus replication in both A549 cells and reconstituted human airway epithelia. The prevalence of these antibodies was significantly higher than that in the general population for patients 70 yr of age (3.1 vs. 4.4%, P = 0.68). The risk of critical influenza was highest in patients with antibodies neutralizing high concentrations of both IFN-alpha 2 and IFN-omega (OR = 11.7, P = 1.3 x 10(-5)), especially those <70 yr old (OR = 139.9, P = 3.1 x 10(-10)). We also identified 10 patients in additional influenza patient cohorts. Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs account for similar to 5% of cases of life-threatening influenza pneumonia in patients <70 yr old

Características clínicas, funcionales, mentales y sociales de pacientes pluripatológicos en atención primaria y en un Servicio de Medicina Interna

El objetivo de nuestro estudio es obtener información completa y exacta sobre la prevalencia y características de los pacientes PP en nuestro medio, no solo en pacientes hospitalizados sino también en la población general para conocer la dimensión real del problema lo que permitiría disponer de los recursos necesarios. OBJETIVOS CONCRETOS 1. Conocer la prevalencia de pacientes PP en aéreas de hospitalización de Medicina Interna y en Atención Primaria. 2. Identificar las características clínicas, funcionales, mentales y sociales de los PP. 3. Analizar los factores asociados a mayor demanda/vulnerabilidad y consumo de recursos de los pacientes PP. 4. Conocer si la definición identifica a una población de mayor fragilidad expresada en mayor mortalidad y deterioro funcional

Simplification of the Barthel scale for screening for frailty and severe dependency in polypathological patients

Proyecto PROFUND.[ES] Objetivos: Analizar la sensibilidad (S), la especificidad (E) y los valores predictivos positivo (VPP) y negativo (VPN) de cada dimensión del índice de Barthel (IB) con respecto al cuestionario completo en pacientes pluripatológicos (PPP). Métodos: Estudio transversal multicéntrico. Se consideraron dos puntos de corte del IB (≥ 90 puntos para el cribado de fragilidad y < 60 puntos para el diagnóstico de dependencia severa). Para cada dimensión y combinaciones de dos dimensiones se calcularon la S, la E, el VPP y el VPN con respecto al IB completo. Resultados: El IB medio de los 1.632 PPP incluidos (edad media de 77,9 ± 9,8 años, 53% varones) fue 69 ± 31 (< 90 en el 58,7% y < 60 en el 31,4% de pacientes). La dimensión «alimentación» obtuvo los mayores VPN para tener un IB ≥ 60 y ≥ 90 puntos (87% y 99,6%, respectivamente). Las dimensiones «deambular» y «subir y bajar escaleras» obtuvieron el mayor VPP para tener un IB ≥ 60 y ≥ 90 (99,2/99,5% y 81/92%, respectivamente; la combinación de ambas preguntas aumentó el VPP al 95 y al 99,6%, respectivamente. Conclusiones: Los PPP de ámbito hospitalario presentan con elevada frecuencia deterioro funcional. La dimensión referente a alimentarse obtuvo el mayor VPN, por lo que se puede utilizar para el diagnóstico de dependencia severa, mientras que la combinación de deambular y subir y bajar escaleras obtuvo el mayor VPP, pudiendo utilizarse para plantear el cribado de fragilidad de los PPP.[EN] Objectives: To analyse the sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive (PPV) and negative predictive (NPV) values of each measure of the Barthel index (BI) compared with the full questionnaire for polypathological patients (PPPs). Methods: Multicentre cross-sectional study. We considered 2 cut-off points for the BI (≥ 90 points for screening frailty and < 60 points for diagnosing severe dependence). For each measure and combination of 2 measures, we calculated the sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV with respect to the full BI. Results: The mean BI of the 1,632 included PPPs (mean age, 77.9 ± 9.8 years; 53% men) was 69 ± 31 (< 90 for 58.7% and < 60 for 31.4% of the patients). The “feeding” measure achieved the highest NPV, for a BI ≥ 60 and ≥ 90 points (87% and 99.6%, respectively). The “walking” and “going up and down stairs” measures achieved the highest PPV, for a BI ≥ 60 and ≥ 90 (99.2%/99.5% and 81%/92%, respectively. The combination of the 2 measures increased the PPV to 95% and 99.6%, respectively. Conclusions: PPPs in hospital settings have a high rate of functional impairment. The measure for feeding achieved the highest NPV and can therefore be employed for diagnosing severe dependence. The combination of the measures for walking and going up and down stairs achieved the highest PPV and can therefore be employed to propose frailty screening for PPPs.Peer reviewe