Association between self-reported hearing impairment, use of a hearing aid and performance of instrumental activities of daily living.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Age-related hearing loss is a prevalent condition among the growing elderly population, which has been associated with both cognitive decline and decreased daily functioning. Decreased functioning is linked to lower performance, predominantly regarding instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). The present study aims to explore the association between hearing loss and impairment in IADLs. METHODS: This is a secondary analysis of The Health, Well-Being, and Aging Colombia study, performed in 2015. Participants were classified into three groups: 1) without hearing loss, 2) hearing loss corrected through the use of a hearing aid, and 3) hearing loss without a hearing aid. Bivariate and adjusted multivariate analyses were performed. The measured outcome was IADLs. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Information from a total of 23,694 community-dwelling Colombian older adults (age ≥ 60 years) was used. The prevalence of hearing impairment was 23.4%, 1.8% out of those reported the use of hearing aids. Independent associations were found for having impaired IADLs when comparing participants with hearing loss without a hearing aid and those with normal hearing. However, there was no statistical significance with respect to IADLs when comparing hearing loss corrected by hearing aids versus participants with normal hearing. Participants using hearing aids have better functioning evaluated by IADLs when compared with participants with hearing impairment and no hearing aids. CONCLUSION: This study evidences a positive association between hearing impairment and performance in the IADLs. This association is not significant in older adults using hearing aids.

Envejecimiento y delirium: un viejo conocido en el Departamento de Urgencias / Aging and delirium: an old known in the Emergency Department

Con el aumento de la expectativa de vida, se está llegando a un incremento marcado de la patología geriátrica en los departamentos de urgencias; en el caso del delirium se ha demostrado en cerca del 14% de los ancianos hospitalizados y llegando a una incidencia variable entre el 10 al 52% en el grupo postquirúrgico de cadera. El delirium en los últimos 30 años ha presentado un interés marcado en la literatura médica como resultado del renacimiento como diagnostico en la unidades de urgencias y cuidados intensivos, seguramente como consecuencia de la aparición de especialidades médicas como la geriatría que han rescatado la patología del anciano; el presente artículo realiza una revisión del delirium en los departamentos de urgencias y su correlación con el envejecimiento de la población (MÉD.UIS. 2014;27(2):85-92).

With increasing life expectancy, it is coming to a marked increase of the geriatric diseases in emergency departments; multifactorial disease and increasingly of interest in the clinical setting. example of this reality is the delirium, which in the past 30 years has produced a marked interest in the medical literature as a result of the Renaissance as a diagnosis in the emergency units and intensive care, probably as a result of the emergence of medical specialties as geriatrics who have rescued the old man's disease, this article presents a review of delirium in emergency departments and their correlation with the aging population (MÉD.UIS. 2014;27(2):85-92).

Comparative study of elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis and young-onset rheumatoid arthritis in a Colombian population: clinical, laboratory and HLA-DRB1 findings.

OBJECTIVES: Elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis (EORA) is considered to have different features in relation to young-onset rheumatoid arthritis (YORA). However, results from different evaluated populations worldwide have been inconsistent and in Colombia there are no known descriptions of the differences between these pathologies. The aim of this paper is to compare the clinical, laboratory and immunogenetic features in a Colombian population suffering with EORA and YORA. METHODS: EORA (≥65, n=104) and YORA (<65, n=96) patients were compared regarding clinical, laboratory and HLA-DRB1 alleles features. A control group without rheumatoid arthritis over 65 (n=179) was used to compare the HLA-DRB1 alleles. All patients met the ACR/1987 criteria for rheumatoid arthritis and the clinimetric index was calculated. RESULTS: The gender ratio (female/male) was 1.8:1 in EORA. In both groups, the main onset pattern of disease was an insidious polyarticular onset (p=0.35). EORA was characterised by more distal-proximal joint involvement in comparison to YORA (p=0.0007). In EORA, the rheumatoid factor and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies frequency was close to 50%, lower than in YORA (63%). In both groups, the DAS28 and HAQ-DI score was higher than 6 and 1, respectively. The HLA-DRB1*0403 and *1402 frequency was significantly higher in EORA than in YORA. Also, the shared epitope (p=0.0392), HLA-DRB1*01 (p=0.0068) and *0101 (p=0.0151) were associated with an anti-CCP positivity and the HLA-DRB1*0403 is protective for the anti-CCP presence in EORA (p=0.0201). CONCLUSIONS: EORA is characterised by a different clinical presentation and HLA-DRB1 alleles with respect to YORA. HLA-DRB1*0403 and *1402 are significantly more frequent in EORA compared to YORA.

Colecistitis aguda en el embarazo / Acute cholecystitis in pregnancy

El trabajo se realizó en el Hospital Obrero No 2 de la C.N.S. en el periodo comprendido entre enero de 1999 y diciembre de 2004. Se atendieron 6700 partos de los cuales 22, (0,032 %) se acompañaron de colecistitis aguda. El objetivo del trabajo va dirigido a reconocer y recomendar por todas las consideraciones que se anotan, que la colecistectomia, en la mujer embarazada con colecistitis aguda debe ser diferida en lo posible hasta después del parto, reconociendo que la cirugía durante la gestación, puede influir en el desarrollo del producto causando morbilidad y también mortalidad, como señalan publicaciones extranjeras. Se analizaron variables como la edad de la paciente, edad gestacional, número de embarazos, signos y sintonías, tratamiento médico queincluye antiespasmódicos, antibióticos, bloqueadores H2, tipo de anestesia utilizada, y cirugía laparoscópica o laparotomía. Según nuestros resultados se operaron 4 de las 22 ( 18 % ) durante el embarazo, 7 ( 32 %) fueron diferidas por el tratamiento médico realizado hasta el puerperio alejado y tardío, una se opero al año y 1 a los 2 años, 4 todavía cursan con su embarazo y el resto no acudió al tratamiento quirúrgico como se les había instruido.

The investigation was made in the Hospital Obrero Nª2 of CNS in the period of january 1999 - december 2004. There where 6700 deliveries of which 22 (0,32%) correspond to acute colecistitis. The objective of this investigation goes directed to acknowledge and recommend that the surgical treatment (cholecistectomy)in the pregnant women. Should be differed until after delivery. This situation due to the fact that use physiologic process of pregnancy can be influenced by surgical procedures, increasing mobility and mortality, as documented in foreign publications . Variables such as patients age, pregnancy stage, number of pregnancy, sings and symptoms, medical treatment that includes antispasmodic drugs,antibiotics, H2 bloquers, anesthesia type, laparoscopy surgery or laparatomy. According to our results, only 4 of 22 (18%) patients went under surgery during pregnancy, 7(32%) were differed due to medical treatment until delayed post partum one patient had surgery after a year and one after 2 year.4 still are pregnant and the rest did not attended to programmed surgeries.