Publications by authors named "Isabel Cirera Lorenzo"
Use of diagnostic tests in elderly patients consulting the emergency department. Analysis of the emergency department and elder needs cohort (EDEN-8).
Australas Emerg Care
December 2024
Objective: Analyse the association between the use of diagnostic tests and the characteristics of older patients 65 years of age or more who consult the emergency department (ED).
Methods: We performed an analysis of the EDEN cohort that includes patients who consulted 52 Spanish EDs. The association of age, sex, and ageing characteristics with the use of diagnostic tests (blood tests, electrocardiogram (ECG), microbiological cultures, X-ray, computed tomography, ultrasound, invasive techniques) was studied.
Impact of dementia on 30-, 180-, and 365-day mortality during the first pandemic wave in older adults seen in spanish emergency departments diagnosed with or without COVID-19.
Aging Ment Health
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate if dementia predicts mortality independently after older adults visit emergency departments during the first wave of COVID-19.
- Data was collected from nearly 10,000 patients aged 65 and older, with 15.5% having a prior history of dementia and 31.3% diagnosed with COVID-19.
- The findings revealed that dementia significantly increased the risk of death at 30, 180, and 365 days, particularly among those with a COVID-19 diagnosis.
Factors associated with short-term mortality after emergency department care of residents living in aged care homes: findings from the multicenter Caregency study.
Emergencias
December 2022
Objectives: To evaluate short-term mortality in people transferred from aged care homes for treatment in a hospital emergency department (ED) and to analyze factors associated with mortality.
Material And Methods: Multicenter study of a random sample of retrospective data of patients treated in 5 EDs in Catalonia in 2017. The patients were over the age of 65 years and lived in residential care facilities.
Objectives: To compare cases of poisoning according to age to detect differences in frequency of visits to the emergency department, patient characteristics, case management, and immediate outcome in terms of related mortality.
Material And Methods: Descriptive study of a retrospective series of patients who visited a university hospital emergency department for treatment of poisoning between 2009 and 2014. We collected patient characteristics and data related to the event, case management, and poisoning-related death.