Publications by authors named "B J Fougere"
Purpose: To review support systems for nursing home caregivers (NHCGs) that were implemented during the first year of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Method: Database searches in PubMed, ScienceDirect, and CINAHL resulted in five publications.
Results: Studies differed in design, interventions, and outcomes.
Background: Osteoporosis is an age-related condition that can lead to fragility fractures and other serious consequences. The literature data on the impact of obesity on bone health are contradictory. The main reasons for this discrepancy could be the imperfect nature of the body mass index (BMI) as a marker of obesity, the metabolic status (inflammation and metabolically healthy obesity), and/or heterogeneity in bone variables and architecture or sex.
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- - The CARENFER PA study aimed to assess the prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) in older patients (over 75 years) in geriatric units, finding a high ID prevalence of 57.6% among 888 patients studied.
- - The study revealed that ID was more common in patients with multiple comorbidities and elevated levels of inflammation, as indicated by CRP levels, with CRP being a strong predictor of ID.
- - Additionally, older patients with ID performed worse on the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) test, indicating a higher risk of adverse outcomes such as disability and falls compared to those without ID.
Introduction: It is well known that polypharmacy is associated with adverse drug events. Accordingly, specialist geriatric units have to pay particular attention to the appropriateness of prescription and the withdrawal of potentially inappropriate medications. Even though community healthcare professionals are keen to received medication reconciliation results, the literature data show that the quality of communication between the hospital and the community needs to be improved.
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