Relationship between Plasma Ghrelin Levels and Sarcopenia in Elderly Subjects: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between plasma ghrelin levels and sarcopenia in elderly people.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Health consortium medical centers in the Maresme region, Barcelona (Spain).

Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a prevalent risk factor for malnutrition in a cohort of older patients admitted with an acute disease to a general hospital.

Background & Aims: Oropharyngeal dysphagia and malnutrition are prevalent conditions in the older. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between oropharyngeal dysphagia, nutritional status and clinical outcome in older patients admitted to an acute geriatric unit.

Methods: We studied 1662 patients ≥70 years consecutively hospitalized with acute diseases, in whom dysphagia could be clinically assessed by the volume-viscosity swallow test and nutritional status with the Mini Nutritional Assessment(®).

Emergency perception and other variables associated with extra-hospital delay in stroke patients in the Maresme region (Spain).

Delay in arrival to the emergency room (ER) may negatively influence outcome of stroke patients. We aim to analyze factors that influence extra-hospital delay in stroke patients. Two hundred and ninety-two consecutive stroke patients admitted in the ER were prospectively studied.