Potentially inappropriate medication use and frailty phenotype among community-dwelling older adults: A population-based study.

Aims And Objectives: To investigate the association between potentially inappropriate medication use and frailty phenotype among community-dwelling older adults and to identify factors associated with the use of these drugs according to frailty condition.

Background: There is insufficient evidence about the association between inappropriate medication use and the condition of frailty, particularly among community-dwelling older adults. Therefore, data obtained from population surveys should be made available in order to support the development of clinical guidelines about the prevention of frailty.

[Falls in older adults: predictors and space distribution].

Objective: This work seeks to calculate the prevalence of falls in the last 12 months among the elderly from the community of the city of Uberaba; verify the occurrence of falls in the elderly of the community according to sociodemographic and health characteristics; and identify and group the types of falls among the older individuals in the city of Uberba.

Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out with 612 elderly people living in the urban area of Uberaba. Descriptive and bivariate analyzes were performed using the chi-square test (p<0.

The influence of age, smoking, antiretroviral therapy, and esophagitis on the local immunity of the esophagus in patients with AIDS.

Studies have shown immunological and morphological alterations in the esophagus during the course of AIDS. Esophageal postmortem samples of 22 men with AIDS autopsied in a teaching hospital between 1982 and 2009 were collected. We carried out revision of the autopsy reports and medical records, morphometric analysis (Image J and KS-300 Kontron-Zeiss), and immunohistochemical (anti-S100, anti-IgA, anti-IgG, and anti-IgM) analysis of the esophagus.

Analysis of specific pre-operative model to valve surgery and relationship with the length of stay in intensive care unit.

Objectives: The length of stay after prolonged cardiac surgery has been associated with poor immediate outcomes and increased costs. This study aimed to evaluate the predictive power of the Ambler Score to anticipate the length of stay in the intensive care unit.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study based on data collected from 110 patients undergoing valve replacement surgery alone or in combination with other procedures.

The influence of gender and of AIDS on the immunity of autopsied patients' esophagus.

Previous studies have shown that males who have AIDS are more frequently affected by infectious diseases than females. The esophagus is the organ in the digestive tube that is more commonly affected by opportunistic infections during the syndrome. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of AIDS and of gender on local immunity of the esophageal epithelium.