Hemodynamic Impact of the Trendelenburg Position: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Objective: To systematically evaluate the impact of the Trendelenburg position on hemodynamic parameters in adult patients.

Design: Systematic literature review and meta-analysis using PubMed and Medline.

Setting: All prospective interventional studies comparing the hemodynamic characteristics of patients in the horizontal supine position and Trendelenburg position.

Characteristics of older adults receiving enteral feeding at a geriatric medical center.

Background: Malnutrition is a prevalent and hard-to-treat condition in older adults. enteral feeding is common in acute and long-term care. Data regarding the prognosis of patients receiving enteral feeding in geriatric medical settings is lacking.

Factors Associated with In-Hospital Mortality in Elderly Internal Medicine Patients with Nasogastric Tube Feeding.

Purpose: To evaluate demographic, clinical, and laboratory variables, and their associations with in-hospital mortality, among elderly internal medicine patients with nasogastric tube (NGT) feeding.

Patients And Methods: Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were collected retrospectively for 129 patients aged ≥80 years who initiated NGT feeding during their hospitalization in internal medicine wards. The data were compared between survivors and non-survivors.

[Multidisciplinary approach in cardio-oncology for high inferior vena cava thrombosis].

The authors present a 75-year-old patient with renal cell carcinoma and subdiaphragmatic inferior vena cava thrombosis. Renal cell carcinoma stage III T3bN1M0, inferior vena cava thrombosis, anemia, severe intoxication syndrome, coronary artery disease, multivessel atherosclerotic lesion of coronary arteries, angina pectoris class 2, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, chronic heart failure NYHA class IIa and post-inflammatory lung lesion after previous viral pneumonia were diagnosed at admission. A council included urologist, oncologist, cardiac surgeon, endovascular surgeon, cardiologist, anesthesiologist and specialists for X-ray diagnosis.

Prolonged stay at an acute-care hospital in Israel among older adults awaiting transfer to post-acute care: retrospective study on risk factors and consequences.

Background: Older adults frequently experience deconditioning following acute illnesses and require discharge from acute-care facilities to post-acute care facilities, which are limited. Our study aimed to explore predictors and outcomes associated with elongated length of stay (LOS) among older adults awaiting discharge to skilled nursing facility (SNF).

Methods: Retrospective cohort study was conducted at Shamir Medical Center, Israel, among adults (> 65 years) eligible for SNF.