Geriatria

Atualização sobre o tratamento do diabetes em instituições de longa permanência.

29 Ago, 2022 | 17:49h

Update on the management of diabetes in long-term care facilities – BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care

 

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Revisão de escopo de estudos randomizados sobre descontinuação de medicamentos em idosos.

29 Ago, 2022 | 17:42h

Scoping Review of Randomized Trials With Discontinuation of Medicines in Older Adults – JAMDA

 

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Revisão sistemática | Carga anticolinérgica para predição de declínio cognitivo ou sintomas neuropsiquiátricos em idosos com comprometimento cognitivo leve ou demência.

29 Ago, 2022 | 16:33h

Anticholinergic burden for prediction of cognitive decline or neuropsychiatric symptoms in older adults with mild cognitive impairment or dementia – Cochrane Library

Resumo: The impact of cumulative medications with anticholinergic effects on future adverse clinical outcomes in people with dementia – Cochrane Library

Conteúdos relacionados:

Quantifying Anticholinergic Burden and Sedative Load in Older Adults with Polypharmacy: A Systematic Review of Risk Scales and Models – Drugs & Aging

Commonly-prescribed drugs and dementia: should we be worried? – Evidently Cochrane

Anticholinergic burden (prognostic factor) for prediction of dementia or cognitive decline in older adults with no known cognitive syndrome – Cochrane Library

Anticholinergic drugs and dementia: time for transparency in the face of uncertainty – Cochrane Library

Anticholinergic Drug Exposure and the Risk of Dementia: A Nested Case-Control Study – JAMA Internal Medicine

How well do you know your anticholinergic (antimuscarinic) drugs? – Therapeutics Initiative

Anticholinergic drugs and risk of dementia: case-control study – The BMJ

 

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Revisão | “Enhanced recovery” neurocirúrgica de pacientes geriátricos submetidos a craniotomia eletiva.

23 Ago, 2022 | 16:56h

Neurosurgical enhanced recovery after surgery ERAS for geriatric patients undergoing elective craniotomy: A review – Medicine

Conteúdos relacionados:

Complete List of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Guidelines

Top 100 Most-Cited Articles on Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: A Bibliometric Analysis and Visualized Study – Frontiers in Surgery

 

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Lançamento do primeiro posicionamento científico da OMS sobre melhora da saúde cerebral ao longo da vida.

22 Ago, 2022 | 16:18h

Comunicado de imprensa: Launch of first WHO position paper on optimizing brain health across life – World Health Organization

Posicionamento científico da OMS: Optimizing brain health across the life course – World Health Organization

 

Comentário no Twitter (fio – clique para saber mais)

Optimizing #BrainHealth 🧠

▶️reduces the burden of neurological disorders
▶️improves mental + physical health
▶️creates positive social & economic impacts

contributing to greater well-being, advancing society. 👉https://t.co/kVPgcFxBPG

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) August 9, 2022

 

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Falando sobre morrer: conversas melhores no fim da vida.

22 Ago, 2022 | 15:57h

Talking about dying: better conversations at the end of life – Evidently Cochrane

Revisões originais:

Interventions for interpersonal communication about end of life care between health practitioners and affected people – Cochrane Library

Communicating with patients and families about illness progression and end of life: a review of studies using direct observation of clinical practice – BMC Palliative Care

 

Comentário no Twitter

New @CochraneUK blog: @SarahChapman30 reflects on text conversations she had with her Mum’s carer when her Mum was dying during lockdown & explores recent evidence on good communication between health professionals, those who are dying & their families: https://t.co/WzA1Ff8jdF pic.twitter.com/fSlRyEOVym

— The Cochrane Library (@CochraneLibrary) August 16, 2022

 

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Estudo sugere que os sintomas da Covid longa afetem 1 em cada 8 pacientes.

22 Ago, 2022 | 14:59h

Persistence of somatic symptoms after COVID-19 in the Netherlands: an observational cohort study – The Lancet

Comunicado de imprensa: Most reliable estimates to date suggest one in eight COVID-19 patients develop long COVID symptoms – Lancet

Comentários:

Long COVID symptoms affect 1 in 8 adults, some for 2 years – CIDRAP

Covid-19: One in eight adults develops long covid symptoms, study suggests – The BMJ

 

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Probabilidade de homens viverem mais que mulheres: comparação internacional de 1751 a 2020.

22 Ago, 2022 | 14:40h

Probability of males to outlive females: an international comparison from 1751 to 2020 – BMJ Open

Comunicado de imprensa: Men have high probability of outliving women, especially if married and degree educated – BMJ Newsroom

 

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M-A | Efeito da anestesia regional sobre o delirium pós-operatório.

22 Ago, 2022 | 14:26h

Effect of regional anesthesia on the postoperative delirium: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials – Frontiers in Surgery

 

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Estudo de registro nacional | Influência de gestação, paridade e tipo de parto sobre a incontinência urinária e a cirurgia de prolapso.

15 Ago, 2022 | 13:28h

The influence of pregnancy, parity, and mode of delivery on urinary incontinence and prolapse surgery – a national register study – American Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

 

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