Dexamethasone and oxygen therapy in care home residents with diabetes: a management guide and algorithm for treatment: a rapid response action statement from the European Diabetes Working Party for Older People (EDWPOP) and European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS)

This statement addresses the need to provide clinically relevant and practical guidance for long-term care staff working in care homes and other stakeholders engaged in the care of residents who require consideration for dexamethasone and oxygen therapy. It had been provided following a series of co...

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Autores principales: Sinclair, Alan James, Maggi, Stefania, Abdelhafiz, Ahmed Hassan, Veronese, Nicola, Rodriguez-Manas, Leocadio, Bourdel-Marchasson, Isabelle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
Materias:
Consensus Document
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8046642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33856663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40520-021-01822-1
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Sumario:This statement addresses the need to provide clinically relevant and practical guidance for long-term care staff working in care homes and other stakeholders engaged in the care of residents who require consideration for dexamethasone and oxygen therapy. It had been provided following a series of consensus discussions between the EDWPOP and the EuGMS in January and February 2021. Its main aim is to minimise morbidity and mortality from serious acute illnesses including COVID-19 requiring these treatments within the long-term care sector.

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