Factors Associated with Transfer from an Acute Geriatric Unit to a Post-Acute Care Facility among Community-Dwelling Patients: Results from the DAMAGE Cohort.

Background: Acute geriatric units (AGUs) require efficient discharge planning tools. Risk factors for discharge from an AGU to post-acute care (PAC) have not previously been investigated in detail.

Methods: The objective is to identify risk factors for PAC transfer.

Development of a Predictive Score for Mortality at 3 and 12 Months After Discharge From an Acute Geriatric Unit as a Trigger for Advanced Care Planning.

Background: There is a need for a mortality score that can be used to trigger advanced care planning among older patients discharged from acute geriatric units (AGUs).

Objective: We developed a prognostic score for 3- and 12-month mortality after discharge from an AGU, based on a comprehensive geriatric assessment, in-hospital events, and the exclusion of patients already receiving palliative care.

Methods: Devenir Après la Médecine Aigue Gériatrique (DAMAGE) is a French multicenter, prospective, cohort study.

[Cognitive impairment and chronic kidney disease: which links?].

Ageing of the population leads to an increase of cognitive disorders and chronic renal failure incidence. Compared to the general population, prevalence of cognitive impairment is more important in renal failure patients, especially in dialyzed patients. No direct link has been established between renal failure and cognitive impairment.

Brain abscesses during Proteus vulgaris bacteremia.

Proteus vulgaris is only rarely the cause of multiple septic metastases. We describe multiple brain abscesses due to P. vulgaris in an immunocompetent patient successfully treated by antibiotic therapy and colonectomy.