Publications by authors named "Francesc Formiga Perez"
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- Heart failure (HF) is common in older adults and often worsened by other health issues; this study analyzed data from a national registry of HF patients aged 50 and over.
- Out of 5424 patients, a significant 61% died within a year, with mortality rates increasing as the PROFUND index score (a measure of health risk) rose; those with scores above 11 had the highest risk.
- The findings suggest that the PROFUND index is effective in predicting one-year mortality for HF patients, particularly beneficial for identifying those at intermediate to high risk.
Background: Decline of renal function is common in older persons and the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising with ageing. CKD affects different outcomes relevant to older persons, additionally to morbidity and mortality which makes CKD a relevant health burden in this population. Still, accurate laboratory measurement of kidney function is under debate, since current creatinine-based equations have a certain degree of inaccuracy when used in the older population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: To study the association between blood pressure and mortality in a cohort of over 80 years olders of the community after four years of follow up.
Patients And Methods: An observational study cohort of 323 individuals aged over 80 years the population of Martorell. We collected sociodemographic data, comorbidity, evaluation of the basic activities of daily living and the average blood pressure.
[Preventing dependency in the elderly.].
Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol
December 2007
Introduction: dependency, i.e. the need to depend on another person to perform activities of daily living, is the main concern and cause of suffering and poor quality of life in the elderly.
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