Atencion primaria
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
[Study of the nutritional status of patients over 65 years included in the home care program in an urban population].
To analyse the nutritional status of patients older than 65 years included in the home care program (PAD). ⋯ More than half of PAD patients are malnourished or at risk for it, and a high proportion of them some laboratory abnormality susceptible to be corrected. Most cognitive impairment and functional dependence are closely related to malnutrition; so patients with these characteristics should receive more attention from the nutritional point of view.
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Comparative Study Observational Study
[Identifying potentially inappropriate prescriptions in patients over 65 years-old using original Beers criteria and their Spanish adaptation].
To compare the detection of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) using the original Beers criteria, a global reference for evaluating prescriptions in the elderly, and their Spanish version. ⋯ PIMs are frequent in our context. The original Beers criteria, if not adapted to the local drug catalogue, underestimated the frequency of PIM in the elderly population studied.
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To assess the proportion of members of a private health insurance at the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires with primary adherence to, 1) bisphosphonates for secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures, 2) insulin and metformin in type 2 diabetes, and 3) tamoxifen in the context of treatment of breast cancer. ⋯ To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that has evaluated primary adherence in Argentina, and the first for Tamoxifen world wide. The primary adherence documented in our study was somewhat higher than that reported in the literature.