Publications by authors named "Alberto Socorro Garcia"
Objective: To evaluate the influence of a change in the management of admissions on the activity and care outcomes of a Geriatric Functional Recovery Unit (GFRU).
Material And Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted. Since 2000, the Hospital Central Cruz Roja GFRU has been collecting data grouped into periods of 4 years, except for the centralised admissions (September 2016-December 2018).
Objective: To analyse whether hospital length of stay is associated with mortality at six months after discharge in the elderly.
Methods: An observational longitudinal study of patients surviving at hospital discharge. A binary logistic regression analysis was performed to study factors related to extended stay (> 12 days).
Objective: To analyse the relationship between the primary diagnosis on admission to an Acute Geriatric Unit (AGU) and the risk of hospital mortality and one year after discharge
Material And Methods: A longitudinal study was conducted on patients admitted to the Central Hospital AGU Red Cross in Madrid in 2009. The admission diagnosis was grouped by Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs). The date of death was collected from the medical charts and the National Death Index Ministry of Health report.
Objectives: To analyze risk factors associated with short and long-term mortality in nonagenarians hospitalized due to acute medical conditions.
Design, Setting, And Participants: Prospective study of all patients aged 90 years or older admitted in a geriatric unit during 2009 due to medical acute illness. Baseline variables were collected at admission (sex, cause of admission, Charlson index, serum albumin, functional, and mental status), functional loss at admission (as the difference between Barthel index(BI) 2 weeks before admission and BI at admission), and functional loss at discharge(as the difference between BI 2 weeks before admission and BI at discharge).