[Lipid pneumonitis, a serious iatrogenic event with lubricating laxatives].

The prescription of lubricating laxatives (paraffin oil) is widespread in geriatrics because of the frequency of constipation. These molecules can cause serious adverse effects such as lipoid pneumonia, especially in subjects with swallowing disorders.

[The role of external mobile geriatric teams in nursing homes].

Since 2000, the mobile team of Bretonneau Hospital in Paris has helped to improve the assessment and care management of the elderly at home by strengthening the link between community health professionals and hospital geriatric services. In January 2008, an external mobile geriatric team working with nursing homes was created for the whole of the Paris area in order to strengthen the link between care homes accommodating often highly dependent elderly people and the hospital.

Drug-related readmissions to medical units of older adults discharged from acute geriatric units: results of the Optimization of Medication in AGEd multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To assess the effect of an intervention on drug-related problem (DRP; adverse drug reactions, adherence problems, underuse)-related readmission rates in older adults.

Design: Ancillary study from a 6-month, prospective, randomized, parallel-group, open-label trial.

Setting: Six acute geriatric units in Paris and suburbs.

A new multimodal geriatric discharge-planning intervention to prevent emergency visits and rehospitalizations of older adults: the optimization of medication in AGEd multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To determine whether a new multimodal comprehensive discharge-planning intervention would reduce emergency rehospitalizations or emergency department (ED) visits for very old inpatients.

Design: Six-month prospective, randomized (Zelen design), parallel-group, open-label trial.

Setting: Six acute geriatric units (AGUs) in Paris and its surroundings.