The situation of infection in the elderly in Spain: a multidisciplinary opinion document / Situación de la infección en el anciano: un documento multidisciplinar de opinión
Rev. esp. quimioter
; 33(5): 327-349, oct. 2020. graf
Artigo
em Inglês
| IBECS
| ID: ibc-200486
Biblioteca responsável:
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Localização: BNCS
ABSTRACT
Infection in the elderly is a huge issue whose treatment usually has partial and specific approaches. It is, moreover, one of the areas where intervention can have the most success in improving the quality of life of older patients. In an attempt to give the widest possible focus to this issue, the Health Sciences Foundation has convened experts from different areas to produce this position paper on Infection in the Elderly, so as to compare the opinions of expert doctors and nurses, pharmacists, journalists, representatives of elderly associations and concluding with the ethical aspects raised by the issue. The format is that of discussion of a series of pre-formulated questions that were discussed by all those present. We begin by discussing the concept of the elderly, the reasons for their predisposition to infection, the most frequent infections and their causes, and the workload and economic burden they place on society. We also considered whether we had the data to estimate the proportion of these infections that could be reduced by specific programmes, including vaccination programmes. In this context, the limited presence of this issue in the media, the position of scientific societies and patient associations on the issue and the ethical aspects raised by all this were discussed
Texto completo:
Disponível
Coleções:
Bases de dados nacionais
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Espanha
Base de dados:
IBECS
Assunto principal:
Pneumonia
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Infecções Urinárias
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Doenças Transmissíveis
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Assistência Integral à Saúde
Limite:
Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Rev. esp. quimioter
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
"Río Hortega" University Hospital/Spain
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Buenavista Healthcare Center/Spain
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Castilla la Mancha Healthcare System (Sescam)/España
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EFE Agency/Spain
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FISABIO-Public Health/Spain
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Getafe University Hospital/Spain
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Health Sciences Foundation/Spain
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Llefià Primary Care Centre/Spain
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Spanish Confederation of Elderly Organisations (CEOMA)/España