Objetivo: Determinar las características de la funcionalidad del adulto mayor en las 2 semanas previas a su hospitalización en el Perú, así como su asociación con otros síndromes y problemas geriátricos. Materiales y métodos: En base a la información del estudio “Valoración Geriátrica Integral en adultos mayores hospitalizados a nivel nacional”, que incluyó 400 pacientes de 60 años o más; se evaluó las características de la funcionalidad y se comparó los resultados de la funcionalidad con los principales síndromes y problemas geriátricos. Resultados: Se encontró una frecuencia de autonomía funcional de 53%, el bañarse y el vestirse fueron las Actividades Básicas de la Vida Diaria más comprometidas con 44,5% y 39% respectivamente. Se encontró relación significativa entre funcionalidad y edad, situación socioeconómica, caídas, incontinencia urinaria, ...

Múltiples factores determinan un incremento de la prevalencia de desnutrición en pacientes adultos mayores hospi- talizados, muchos de ellos también producen desnutrición intrahospitalaria. Objetivo: Determinar el efecto de la hospitalización en el peso y el estado nutricional del adulto mayor hospitalizado. Material y métodos: Estudio prospectivo y descriptivo de seguimiento de una muestra de adultos mayores hospitalizados recolectando datos de variables antropométricas y bioquímicas al ingreso y al alta buscando variaciones. Resultados: Se encontró desnutrición al ingreso en 47,8%, hipoalbuminemia en 80%, 76,4% de anemia, 51% de linfopenia y déficit de vitamina B12 en 7%. Se encontró disminución en los valores antropométricos y los niveles de albúmina al alta hospitalaria así como correlación entre estos hallazgos con la edad y el tiempo de hospitalización. Conclusió...

Objective: To find a correlation between the Get-Up-And-Go Test and the Tinetti test. Material and Method: This is a study that assessed the concordance of the aforementioned tools. The population consisted in elderly persons attending the geriatrics outpatient clinic in Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia. The sample was taken using the accidental sampling method, and the first 100 patients attending the geriatrics outpatient clinic during March 2005 were included.  Results: Mean age of patients was 75.2 ± 7.46 years, 31% declared they had one or more falls during the last year. The measured correlation between the two tests using Kappa statistics was 0.81 with p<0.001, for a cutoff point for the Get-Up-And-Go test set in 20 seconds. Conclusions: The is a correlation between a complex method, the Tinetti test, and a simple and short method, the Get-Up-And-Go test, which may be u...

Objective: To find a correlation between the Get-Up-And-Go Test and the Tinetti test. Material and Method: This is a study that assessed the concordance of the aforementioned tools. The population consisted in elderly persons attending the geriatrics outpatient clinic in Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia. The sample was taken using the accidental sampling method, and the first 100 patients attending the geriatrics outpatient clinic during March 2005 were included.  Results: Mean age of patients was 75.2 ± 7.46 years, 31% declared they had one or more falls during the last year. The measured correlation between the two tests using Kappa statistics was 0.81 with p<0.001, for a cutoff point for the Get-Up-And-Go test set in 20 seconds. Conclusions: The is a correlation between a complex method, the Tinetti test, and a simple and short method, the Get-Up-And-Go test, which may be u...

Objectives: To describe the frequency of acquired Aplastic Anemia (AA) in four main referral hospitals, as well as the treatment patterns of this disease in Peru. Methods: An observational, multicenter, retrospective phase for 2016, and prospective phase during 2017, was carried out in the Arzobispo Loayza, Cayetano Heredia, Edgardo Rebagliati Martins and Carlos Alberto Seguín Escobedo national hospitals. Results: 48 patients were recruited, 21 (43,8%) had severe anemia, 26 (54,2%) were not exposed to any toxic, but 6 (12,5%) were exposed to organophosphates. Twenty-five of forty-eight patients (52,1%) began treatment with the methylprednisolone + cyclosporine + anti-thymocyte globulin regimen (rabbit or horse). The median time from diagnosis to the start of treatment was 28,5 days. Only 3 (6,25%) patients underwent bone marrow transplantation as initial treatment. Eleven (22,9%) d...