VitaminD supplementation for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19: a position statement from the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) produces severe respiratory symptoms such as bilateral pneumonia associated to a high morbidity and mortality, especially in patients of advanced age. Vitamin D deficiency has been reported in several chronic conditions associated with increased inflammation and dysregulation of the immune system. Vitamin D in modulates immune function too.

Reliability Study in Five Languages of the Translation of the Pain Observational Scale Algoplus.

Objective: Acute pain is frequent and underestimated in older persons, especially when they suffer from cognitive impairment. Algoplus is an observational scale for acute pain evaluation, validated in French in older persons with communication disorders. We present the validation by an international expert team of the Algoplus scale in five languages: English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Turkish.

[Effectiveness and safety of transdermal buprenorphine for chronic pain treatment in the elderly: a prospective observational study].

Background And Objective: A number of subjects aged over 65 suffer from some kind of chronic pain. The constant growth of this demographic group makes research of new and efficacious treatment strategies necessary. Transdermal buprenorphine has shown to be a safe and efficacious pharmacotherapy for patients with moderate to severe chronic pain in clinical trials.