Abstract.Aim: This study investigates the characteristics of older patients with substance abuse disorders admitted to a psychiatric department serving about 250.000 inhabitants. Methods: The clinical ...
Living well at home with multimorbidity – A project on the contribution of advanced practice nursing in home health careAbstract.Background: Multimorbidity has increased among the elderly, leading to loss of ...
Despite insufficient data, multimorbidity is in Switzerland an emerging issue on the agenda of public health and medical institutions. In this article the most current issues for and obstacles towards valid prevalence figures are discussed. Available ...
Pain and pain management in multimorbid patients is a subject which is mostly unknown. General rules in pain management like the WHO analgesic ladder and its recommendations are to be equally respected as with other patients. As multimorbidity is a common ...
The German PRISCUS study amongst others investigated in the different priority setting of patients and their doctors. General practice patients aged 72 and above were given a comprehensive geriatric assessment. On the basis of the results, patients and ...
The multidimensional geriatric assessment is an interdisciplinary diagnostic process, taking into account several health dimensions. The resulting know-ledge is used to establish a treatment plan. The multidimensional geriatric assessment has shown its ...
Delirium is an acute confusion state of multifactorial genesis, commonly seen in the elderly with multimorbidity. Age and dementia, followed by infections and polypharmacy, are known as the most important risk factors. Increased disease interactions and ...
The active components of herbal drugs and substances are pleiotropic multi-ingredient compounds with multitarget properties including antiinflammatory effects. A pleiotropic inhibition of inflammation could play an important role in mutlimorbide patients ...
Cardiovascular drugs in aged and multimorbid patientsAbstract. Cardiovascular diseases, such as arterial hypertension, heart failure, coronary artery disease, peripheral circulatory problems and atrial fibrillation are increasingly present in aged ...
Key Features of Modern Rehabilitation in ElderliesAbstract. Elderly people in rehabilitation are more vulnerable than younger ones to lose their capacity to live a self-determined life. They are more prone to complications, ...
Increasing Complexity in Performance Delivery - Management Approach for Tertiary Care CentersAbstract. General social trends such as individualization and female shift increase the complexity for management in both technical ...
Diseases as a `Stumbling Block` – a Case of Multimorbidity in Clinical PracticeAbstract. Here we report on a 83 year-old patient with cardiac syncope and consecutive traumatic brain injury with intracranial haemorrhage ...
Clinical Nutrition for the Medical Patient: From Screening to Diagnosis and Start of Nutritional TherapyAbstract. With the demographic increase of elderly, multimorbid patients, the number of those with disease-related ...