תוצאת חיפוש

יצהל ברנר¹, שי שבת², מאיר ניסקה³

¹המח' לגריאטריה, בית-חולים מאיר,כפר סבא, ²המח' לאורתופדיה, בית-חולים מאיר, כפר סבא והפקולטה לרפואה סאקלר, אוניברסיטת תל-אביב

אוכלוסיית הקשישים בציביליזציה המערבית גדלה והולכת בעשורים האחרונים. החברה בכלל והקהילייה הרפואית בפרט חשופות בפני החלטות שחלק גדול מהן מגיע לכדי דילמות אתיות בבואם לטפל בקשישים ביותר. בשנים האחרונות מצטבר והולך הידע אודות השינויים הפיסיולוגיים המתחוללים בגופם של קשישים והשפעתו על היכולת להתמודד עם מצבי משבר שלחולי ותאונה. גורמים רבים משפיעים על תוצאה זו: בראש ובראשונה השבירות הגדולה יותר של העצם עקב דילדולה – אוסטאופורוזיס, התנאים הסביבתיים וירידת המוכנות לתגובה לאירוע נפילה מסיבות רבות ושונות. השיקום של קשיש עם שבר הוא נדבך חשוב המאפשר את חזרתו לסביבתו הקודמת ולתפקד בה למיטב כישוריו שקדמו לתאונת הנפילה. ההחלטה על היכולת להשתקם ועל ההתקדמות במהלך השיקום היא קשה, ויכולה להשתנות בבדיקות שונות המתבצעות בזמנים שונים. המטרה בסקירה זו היא להציג את הערכת הקשיש עם שבר בעצם צוואר-הירך במהלך השלב החד ושלב השיקום החדיד (subacute).

Surgery in Patients over 100 Years of age 5-Year Experience (1995-2000)

Victor Ginzburg¹, Gabriel Szendro¹, Luis Golcman¹, Natan Weksler², Shemuel Yurfest¹, Yefim Charach¹

The Departments of Vascular Surgery¹ and Anesthesiology², Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheba, Israel

The age distribution of a given national population is of utmost importance when dealing with public health and analyzing the use of various national health facilities. This is based on the totally different use of health sources by different age groups. Despite continuous prolongation of life expectancy and the related aging of the western hospitalized population the sub-group of patients over 100 year old of age is unusual demographically and accounts for only a very small portion of the total number of patients hospitalized in surgical wards. During the 5 year experience between 1995 and 2000 seventeen such patients were admitted to our surgical departments. Eight of those underwent 11 operations with zero peri-operative mortality and no significant complications. These 11 operations in this elderly population are the basis of our report.

Clinical, Social and Economic Aspects of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

Jacob Feldman, Liora Peleg, Abraham Yaretzky

Geriatric Dept., Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

It is well known that maelderly patients are referred to nursing homes because of "functional decline" without being thoroughly in. We studied 9 elderly patients, all referred to hospital due to functional decline and diagnosed as follows: spinal stenosis - 2 cases, depression - 3, thyrotoxicosis -1, Parkinson -1, polypharmacy and congestive heart failure -1 patient each. Proper diagnosis and appropriate treatment prevent unnecessary hospitalization in nursing homes. Our study is meant to draw attention to this crucial aspect of geriatric medicine.

Prevalence Rate, Place of Hospitalization and Source of Referral of Complex Nursing Care Patients in Geriatric Hospitalization

Netta Bentur, Jenny Brodsky, Beni Habot

JDC-Brookdale Institute of Gerontology and Human Development, Jerusalem; Shmuel Harofeh Geriatric Medical Center; Rishon Lezion Geriatric Center; and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

For the past several years, the hospitalization and care of complex nursing care patients (CNCP) has caused concern among organizers, funders and care-givers of the geriatric hospitalization system (GHS). To assist in improving efficiency of the GHS and to address the lack of comprehensive, empirical and up-to-date information on these patients, we conducted a survey to characterize CNCP, to assess their medical problems and to determine their prevalence among the patients in GHS. The survey was conducted in 1994 using a day census. Data were collected on the 2,319 patients in geriatric beds in all the general hospitals and geriatric hospitals in Israel on the day of the survey.

28% of the patients in the GHS were CNCP and a quarter of them (7% of all patients) suffered from more than 1 medical condition. Tube feeding was the most prevalent condition (13% of all patients), followed by terminal illness (9%), deep pressure sores (7%) and intravenous transfusion for more than 3 days (6%). The 80% of the CNCP were hospitalized in geriatric hospitals, primarily in geriatric rehabilitation wards. Their average length of stay was over a year. Internal medicine wards of general hospitals were the most frequent source of patient referral. The survey's findings raise issues related to the organization of care of CNCP. They may serve as a basis for the reorganization of the geriatric hospitalization system in order to improve efficiency and quality of care for the benefit of patients, their families and services providers.