[A clinical analysis of elderly dementia patients with physical comorbidities]
| Autor: | Kwang Seok Yang, Hiroshi Tsuda, Takako Sakurai, Miki Takahashi, Miyoji Aiba, Naoko Shioji, Naoharu Sakamoto, Hiroshi Isonuma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Population Disease Comorbidity 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Dementia Humans education Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study Clinical pathology Genitourinary system business.industry 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease Patient Discharge Nursing Homes Hospitalization Population study Female Geriatrics and Gerontology business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Nihon Ronen Igakkai zasshi. Japanese journal of geriatrics. 53(1) |
| ISSN: | 0300-9173 |
| Popis: | AIM To investigate the current status of elderly dementia patients with physical illnesses and identify optimal care strategies for this growing population. METHODS This retrospective study included elderly dementia patients who (i) received in-patient treatment for a physical comorbidity at the dementia ward of the Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center, and (ii) who were discharged from April 2009 to March 2011. RESULTS The study population was 390 patients (144 males, 246 females), with a mean [±SD] age of 80.5 [±8.1] years. Two hundred thirteen of the patients had Alzheimer's disease; the remaining 177 had other types of dementia. The comorbidities necessitating admission were: malignant neoplasms (n=65), respiratory conditions (n=57), genitourinary conditions (n=50), trauma or fracture (n=41), and other (n=177). Among the 239 subjects who were hospitalized from their homes and who were discharged alive, 157 (65.7%) returned to their homes. The hospital stays of patients who were discharged were significantly shorter (P |
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