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Unavailability of appropriate doses and need for tablet splitting of psychotrop...
Starling,Flávio Mascarenhas; Camargos,Einstein Francisco; Ferreira,Felipe; Freitas,Marco Polo Dias; Costa,José Reinaldo Silva; Medeiros-Souza,Patrícia<p><b>BACKGROUND:</b> Tablet splitting appears common in older adults, but its safety, and the factors associated with this practice, remain unclear. <br> <b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To identify which psychotropic drugs are most often split, which doses are intended with this practice, and whether these doses are provided by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) or commercially available.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> Cross-se...
Adaptation of a delirium screening test for elderly adults admitted to emergenc...
Ritter,Simone Rios Fonseca; Zoccoli,Thayana Louize Vicentini; Lins,Marina Machado Pereira; Cardoso,Anne Freitas; Freitas,Marco Polo Dias<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> Delirium is one of the most frequent syndromes among elderly patients admitted to emergency units and, despite presenting well-established symptoms and signs, there are still diagnostic failures. Thus, the aim of the study was to adapt the Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT) as a screening tool for delirium in elderly adults admitted to an emergency department. <b><br> METHODS:</b> This cross-sec...
Outpatient treatment of sleep disorders in Alzheimer patients
Scoralick,Francisca Magalhães; Camargos,Einstein Francisco; Freitas,Marco Polo Dias; Nóbrega,Otávio ToledoSleep disorders are common in patients with Alzheimer dementia and affect the quality of life of patients and of their caregivers. Despite the rising number of studies in the area, almost all of them are about non-pharmacological treatment. Our objective was to review the literature concerning pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches to treat sleep disorders of elderly patients with Alzheimer dementia...
Interações medicamentosas potenciais de alto risco em pacientes ambulatoriais i...
Ferreira,Felipe; Diniz,Julia Silva Valério; Medeiros-Souza,Patrícia; Freitas,Marco Polo Dias; Camargos,Einstein Francisco<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To analyse the occurrence of potential high-risk drug-drug interactions in elderly individuals with dementia.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> The sample was chosen from a geriatric outpatient clinic of the Multidisciplinary Center for the Elderly in the University Hospital of Brasília. This cross-sectional study included patients aged 60 or older with a diagnosis of dementia. The prescriptions w...
Dyslipidemia and the risk of incident hypertension in a population of community...
Freitas,Marco Polo Dias; Loyola Filho,Antônio Ignácio de; Lima-Costa,Maria FernandaThis study aimed to examine the prognostic value of lipid parameters for incident hypertension in elderly living in a community. The study included 306 (81% from total) persons aged > 60 years who were free of hypertension and of cardiovascular diseases at the baseline survey of the Bambuí Cohort Study of Aging. The cumulative incidence of hypertension over three years was 37.3%. The relative risk (RR) of incid...
Birth cohort differences in cardiovascular risk factors in a Brazilian populati...
Freitas,Marco Polo Dias; Loyola Filho,Antônio Ignácio de; Lima-Costa,Maria FernandaThe aim of this study was to investigate whether cohort differences exist in the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among older elderly from the Bambuí Cohort Study of Aging. Participants were those aged 71-81 years at two points in time a decade apart: 457 in 1997 (earlier cohort) and 553 in 2008 (recent cohort). The prevalence of hypertension (PR = 1.27; 95%CI: 1.19-1.36) and of diabetes mellitus (PR =...
Trazodone for the treatment of sleep disorders in dementia: an open-label, obse...
Camargos,Einstein Francisco; Pandolfi,Marcela Basso; Freitas,Marco Polo Dias; Quintas,Juliana Lima; Lima,Juliana de Oliveira; Miranda,Leandra CamapumSleep disorders (SD) in patients with dementia are very common in clinical practice. The use of antidepressants with hypnotic actions, such as trazodone, plays an important role in these cases. The aim of this study is to present a profile of the use of trazodone in demented patients with SD, as well as a review of trazodone hydrochloride in SD. We evaluated 178 elderly patients with Alzheimer's disease and oth...