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Global Geriatric Assessment at Internal Medicine: A More Appropriate Model in The Evaluation of Hospitalized Elderly Patients
| Resumo: | Introduction: The population is ageing. Increasing numbersof people are living with frailty and disability, and dying withmultiple chronic diseases. Geriatric Assessment is a multidimensional diagnostic tool designed with the aim of enablinga more precise determination of the health status of the elderly patient, with the objective of establishing a coordinatedand integrated plan.Material and Methods: This study aimed to characterize theoverall health status of the old patient admitted to InternalMedicine Department in Hospital de Braga. As secondaryobjective we pretend to assess the effectiveness of the model in predicting morbidity and mortality. To accomplish this, atransversal and prospective analysis was carried out on allold patients (65 years or older) hospitalized at Internal Medicine Department, on March 2, 2018.Conclusion: The present study allowed us to confirm thatthe patient admitted to the Internal Medicine Department ismostly old or very old, with pluripatology, polymedicated, dependent on basic activities of daily living and frail. |
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| Autores principais: | Sousa, Luciana |
| Outros Autores: | Isabel Oliveira, Ana; Rita Marques, Ana; Mendes, Marta; Morais, Joana; Cardoso, Rosa; Costa, Sara; Capela, Carlos |
| Assunto: | Avaliação Geriátrica/métodos Comorbilidades Frailty Idoso Medicina Interna Aged Comorbidity Geriatric Assessment/methods Fragilidade Internal Medicine |
| Ano: | 2019 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Interna |
| Resumo: | Introduction: The population is ageing. Increasing numbersof people are living with frailty and disability, and dying withmultiple chronic diseases. Geriatric Assessment is a multidimensional diagnostic tool designed with the aim of enablinga more precise determination of the health status of the elderly patient, with the objective of establishing a coordinatedand integrated plan.Material and Methods: This study aimed to characterize theoverall health status of the old patient admitted to InternalMedicine Department in Hospital de Braga. As secondaryobjective we pretend to assess the effectiveness of the model in predicting morbidity and mortality. To accomplish this, atransversal and prospective analysis was carried out on allold patients (65 years or older) hospitalized at Internal Medicine Department, on March 2, 2018.Conclusion: The present study allowed us to confirm thatthe patient admitted to the Internal Medicine Department ismostly old or very old, with pluripatology, polymedicated, dependent on basic activities of daily living and frail. |
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