Age and ageing
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Review Meta Analysis
Risk factors for incident delirium among older people in acute hospital medical units: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
delirium affects up to 40% of older hospitalised patients, but there has been no systematic review focussing on risk factors for incident delirium in older medical inpatients. We aimed to synthesise data on risk factors for incident delirium and where possible conduct meta-analysis of these. ⋯ we identified risk factors consistently associated with incident delirium following admission. These factors help to highlight older acute medical inpatients at risk of developing delirium during their hospital stay.
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Pharmacist-led interventions to reduce unplanned admissions for older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
medication problems are thought to cause between 10 and 30% of all hospital admissions in older people. This systematic review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions led by hospital or community pharmacists in reducing unplanned hospital admissions for older people. ⋯ evidence from three randomised controlled trials suggests that interventions led by hospital pharmacists reduce unplanned hospital admissions in older patients with heart failure, although these trials were heterogeneous. Data from 16 trials do not support the concept that interventions led by hospital or community pharmacists for the general older population reduces unplanned admissions.
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Is power training or conventional resistance training better for function in elderly persons? A meta-analysis.
to determine the effects of power training with high movement velocity compared with conventional resistance training with low movement velocity for older community-dwelling people. ⋯ the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled TRIALS, PubMed (Medline), EMBASE, CINAHL, PEDro and Scholar-Google.