RESUMO
This is a case of 89 years old patient suffering by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and affected by acute respiratory failure characterized by hypoxemia and hipercapnia. It is interesting because, comparing oxygen therapy and non invasive ventilation, the best results were reached with the last technique, in an elder patient.
Assuntos
Respiração com Pressão Positiva , Insuficiência Respiratória/terapia , Doença Aguda , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMO
Metabolic Syndrome (Metabolic Syndrome, MS) is associated with many other diseases in the elderly. We have studied a possible correlation between this disorder and depression in a Geriatric Centre. The study was conducted on a random sample of 30 geriatric patients, then divided into 2 groups according to clinical and instrumental diagnostic investigations: 15 patients affected MS according to the criteria of NCEP ATP III, and 15 controls without MS. Then it's administered the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Elaboration of the results it appears statistically significant correlation (t=2.05, p=0.0495) between MS and depression in the elderly.
Assuntos
Depressão/complicações , Depressão/epidemiologia , Síndrome Metabólica/complicações , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Prevalência , Estudos ProspectivosRESUMO
Aging is associated with various physiological changes and multiple diseases which alter the pharmacological response to a drug in elderly patient. Moreover, elderly people are more sensitive to frequently used drugs like NSAIDs, benzodiazepines, opioids, etc. There is an urgent need to develop better preventive strategies to reduce the burden of adverse drug reactions.