A5068463322- Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Geophysical Methods and Applications
- Aging, Health, and Disability
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Marine animal studies overview
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
- Non-Destructive Testing Techniques
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Flow Measurement and Analysis
- Blind Source Separation Techniques
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2009-2025
Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol
2020-2025
Fundació Salut i Envelliment UAB
2025
Universitat Politècnica de València
2015-2024
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
2023
The Ohio State University
2023
Institut Català de la Salut
2019-2022
Parc de Salut
2011-2019
Hospital de l'Esperança
2007-2017
Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII de Tarragona
1996-2014
to evaluate the frequency of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) prescription among older people with dementia (PwD) from eight countries participating in European study 'RightTimePlaceCare', and factors adverse outcomes associated PIM prescription.survey 2,004 PwD including a baseline assessment follow-up after 3 months. Interviewers gathered data on age, sex, medication, cognitive status, functional comorbidity, setting admission hospital, fall-related injuries mortality time...
to analyse the clinical impact of a home-based Intermediate Care model in Catalan health system, comparing it with usual bed-based care.quasi-experimental longitudinal study.hospital Municipal de Badalona and El Carme Hospital, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain.we included older patients medical orthopaedic disabling crises need Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) rehabilitation.a CGA-based hospital-at-home Integrated Programme (acute care rehabilitation) was compared propensity score matched...
To analyze the relationship between maternal adiponectin (mAdiponectin) and cord blood (cbAdiponectin) multimeric forms (high molecular weight [HMW], medium [MMW], low [LMW]) in a cohort of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) normal glucose-tolerant (NGT) pregnant women.A total 212 women with singleton pregnancy, 132 NGT 80 GDM, their offspring were studied. Maternal was obtained early third trimester at delivery. Total determined serum. Spearman rank correlation stepwise linear analysis...
Covid-19 pandemic has particularly affected older people living in Long-term Care settings terms of infection and mortality.We carried out a cross-sectional analysis within cohort care nursing home residents between March first June thirty, 2020, who were ≥ 65 years old on whom at least one PCR test was performed. Socio-demographic, comorbidities, clinical data recorded. Facility size community incidence SARS-CoV-2 also considered. The outcomes interest (PCR positive) death.A total 8021...
Importance The use of benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BZRA) poses serious health risks to older adults. Although several guidelines recommend deprescribing, implementation in clinical practice remains limited. Objective To identify physicians’ barriers and enablers deprescribing BZRA adults aged 65 years taking a for sleep problems; determine factors associated with hospital intention deprescribe their self-reported routine deprescribing. Design, Setting, Participants This survey study...
The aims of this study were: 1) to assess the frequency insomnia among patients during admission in a Palliative Care Unit (PCU); 2) association between emotional distress and insomnia, taking physical, environmental other psychological factors into account. Prospective observational including consecutively admitted PCU eight months, excluding those with severe cognitive problems or too low performance status. Insomnia was assessed by asking single question using Sleep Disturbance Scale...
Rehabilitation success is measured by instruments that assess performance of activities daily living. Guidelines on the use and choice these are lacking. The present study aimed to analyse prognostic indicators physical rehabilitation effectiveness in elderly patients according three impact indices.Prospective, longitudinal a post-acute care unit. included rehabilitation-eligible deconditioned in-patients prospectively admitted (n = 685, aged 83.2 ± 8.3 years, mean length stay 15 9.2...
Use of the video digital format in classroom is a common way to present clinical cases stimulate discussion and increase learning. A simulated live performance with actors, also classroom, could be an alternative that may more attractive arouse students' interest attention. The aim study was compare learning process between group students who saw case as scene others seeing same projected by video. One hundred thirty-one (69 from physiotherapy 62 medicine) attended interactive seminar on...
This paper presents an applied research study on knowledge discovery based academic data analysis. The main objectives of this were to get about achievement success and failure, student retention desertion. Automatic clustering decision rule mining techniques used. application the C-mean algorithm statistically homogeneous subsets provided a group clusters, which have been qualitatively described. Using selected clusters C4.5 generated set rules for four topics study. These interpreted,...
OBJECTIVES: To develop and validate an instrument to predict probability of home discharge upon hospital admission. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Geriatric convalescence unit (GCU) in Spain. PARTICIPANTS: Seven hundred eighty‐one patients aged 65 older consecutively admitted a GCU over 4‐year period. The total sample was randomized divided into two subgroups; the first (n = 575) used construct predictive (development subgroup) second 206) for validation process (validation...
Subjects Three HIV-infected patients with active pulmonary non-disseminated tuberculosis and normal chest radiograph at clinical presentation during follow-up are reported. Patients had cough fever but no other specific symptoms. Löwenstein cultures of specimens from bronchoalveolar lavage in two cases induced sputum one yielded Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Conclusions The diagnosis depends greatly on suspicion by the physician, because its atypical presentation. Failure to perform...