Publication: Factores pronósticos en los pacientes ancianos atendidos en las unidades de corta estancia
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2019-01-31
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Las Unidades de Corta Estancia (UCE) se han convertido en una de las habituales unidades de hospitalización de los pacientes ancianos con enfermedades crónicas, lo que conlleva la atención de pacientes muy heterogéneos. Se conoce ampliamente que existen una serie de variables,relacionadas con el área cognitiva, funcional, social y nutricional, que condicionan la edad biológica del individuo y, en consecuencia, el pronóstico del proceso agudo. Un abordaje unidimensional de estos pacientes podría tener una capacidad limitada a la hora de predecir el pronóstico vital de los mismos. Por ello, existe la necesidad de categorizar al paciente mayor ingresado en una UCE con el fin de establecer un plan de cuidados individualizado...
The Short Stay Units (SSU) have become one of the usual hospitalization units of the elderly patients with chronic diseases, which entails the attention of very heterogeneous patients. It is widely known that there are a number of variables, related to the cognitive, functional, social and nutritional area, that determine the biological age of the individual and, consequently, the prognosis of the acute process. A one-dimensional approach of these patients may have a limited capability to predict the vital prognosis of these patients. Therefore, there is a need to categorize the elderly patient admitted to an ECU in order to establish an individualized care plan...
The Short Stay Units (SSU) have become one of the usual hospitalization units of the elderly patients with chronic diseases, which entails the attention of very heterogeneous patients. It is widely known that there are a number of variables, related to the cognitive, functional, social and nutritional area, that determine the biological age of the individual and, consequently, the prognosis of the acute process. A one-dimensional approach of these patients may have a limited capability to predict the vital prognosis of these patients. Therefore, there is a need to categorize the elderly patient admitted to an ECU in order to establish an individualized care plan...
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Tesis de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina, leída el 07-09-2017