Long-Term Mortality in Very Old Survivors of COVID-19.

Objectives: This report aimed to describe mortality at 18 months in older survivors of the first wave of COVID-19.

Design: Observational cohort study.

Setting And Participants: Patients aged ≥65 years hospitalized for COVID-19 in the acute geriatric wards of 2 centers.

A novel prosthesis presentation test to screen for cognitive and functional decline.

Objectives And Background: To validate a novel screening test for cognitive and functional decline in older patients rehabilitated with complete removable dental prostheses (CRDPs).

Materials And Methods: Edentate old in-patients rehabilitated with CRDPs were included in this study. Participants were requested to remove their prostheses before their intraoral examinations.

Adverse Drug Reactions Due to Opioid Use in Oldest-Old Patients Visiting the Emergency Unit of the Geneva Geriatric Hospital.

Opioid use has much increased in several countries during the last two decades, accompanied by a rise in associated morbidity and mortality, especially in the United States. Data on a possible opioid crisis are scarcer in Europe. We performed a study aiming to assess the frequency of adverse drug reactions (ADR) related to opioids in patients presenting to the emergency unit (EU) of a geriatric tertiary Swiss University Hospital.

Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome with lupus manifestations due to mesalazine in a patient with ulcerative colitis.

Mesalazine is often used as first-line therapy for ulcerative colitis. Several reports have pointed to systemic adverse reactions associated with this drug. Most have evoked a drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome, while some have described lupus syndromes but with limited clinical and varied biological features.

Deep learning diagnostic and risk-stratification pattern detection for COVID-19 in digital lung auscultations: clinical protocol for a case-control and prospective cohort study.

Background: Lung auscultation is fundamental to the clinical diagnosis of respiratory disease. However, auscultation is a subjective practice and interpretations vary widely between users. The digitization of auscultation acquisition and interpretation is a particularly promising strategy for diagnosing and monitoring infectious diseases such as Coronavirus-19 disease (COVID-19) where automated analyses could help decentralise care and better inform decision-making in telemedicine.

[Issues and challenges related to COVID-19 in acute geriatric care: lessons learned from the Geneva experience].

The older patients have been the most affected by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In addition, this infection has been responsible for high mortality rate in this population. In this article we wanted to describe the clinical findings we encountered in older people with COVID-19 and share some of the issues and challenges we faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Older Patients With COVID-19: The COVIDAge Study.

Objective: To determine predictors of in-hospital mortality related to COVID-19 in older patients.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting And Participants: Patients aged 65 years and older hospitalized for a diagnosis of COVID-19.

Functional Independence Measure score is associated with mortality in critically ill elderly patients admitted to an intermediate care unit.

Background: Age alone is not a robust predictor of mortality in critically ill elderly patients. Chronic health status and functional status before admission could be better predictors. This study aimed to determine whether functional status, assessed using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), could be an independent predictor of mortality in a geriatric population admitted to an intermediate care unit (IMCU).

Feasibility and safety of high-intensity interval training for the rehabilitation of geriatric inpatients (HIITERGY) a pilot randomized study.

Background: High-intensity interval training (HIIT) has been shown to be more effective than moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) for the physical rehabilitation. However, data on its suitability for older hospitalized patients is scarce.

Methods: Randomized controlled trial in a hospital setting.

Prevalence of oral hygiene tools amongst hospitalised elders: A cross-sectional survey.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of various oral hygiene tools amongst hospitalised elders and to associate their cognitive status with the prevalence of tools and oral hygiene status.

Materials And Method: Elderly hospitalised participants were included in the study and underwent a brief clinical intra-oral examination. A semi-structured questionnaire evaluated the awareness and personal possession of the various oral hygiene tools.

Type I Gaucher disease with bullous pemphigoid and Parkinson disease: A case report.

Rationale: Gaucher disease (GD) is a rare genetic lysosomal storage disorder inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. GD is due to the deficiency of a lysosomal enzyme, acid beta-glucosidase (or glucocerebrosidase). Type 1 Gaucher disease (GD1) is characterized by thrombocytopenia, anemia, an enlarged spleen, and liver as well as bone complications (Erlenmeyer flask deformity, osteoporosis, lytic lesions, pathological and vertebral fractures, bone infarcts, and avascular necrosis leading to degenerative arthropathy).

Reliability and performance of the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale used by paramedics.

Objectives: No general emergency department triage scale has been evaluated for prehospital triage. The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability and the performance of the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale (SETS) used by paramedics to determine the emergency level and orientation of simulated patients.

Patients And Methods: In a prospective cross-sectional study, 23 paramedics evaluated 28 clinical scenarios with the SETS using interactive computerized triage software simulating real-life triage.

[Right heart failure : important forold and young patientsA challenge from the acute to the chronic].

The prevalence of the right heart failure (RHF) is poorly known. However, RHF is often a consequence of left heart failure due to an interdependance between both ventricles. RHF should be indentified because of prognostic relevance.

[Pressures ulcers, basis of prevention and treatment in the elderly].

Pressure sore is a frequent and painful pathology in the elderly. Upon hospitalization, risk assessment and prevention must be systematic. Pressure ulcer treatment will combine prevention principles, local debridement and moisture control.