Document
Metadata
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Subject
Aged, Primary Prevention, mass screening, Primary Health Care, Noncommunicable Diseases.
Source
Revista Chilena de Medicina Familiar; Vol. 14 Núm. 1 (2020): ESPECIAL PERSONA MAYOR; 16
Rights
Derechos de autor 2020 Daniel Hern´án Cathalifaud Zilleruelo, Javier Andrés Caris Lazo, Pablo Tapia Mora, Carlos Andrés Vivallo Crisóstomo, María Francisca Inostroza Casanueva, Phillipa Mary Moore Clive
Publisher
SOCHIMEF
Language
spa
Format
application/pdf
Date
2020-11-18
Creator
Cathalifaud Zilleruelo, Daniel Hern´án
Title
Laboratorio e imágenes para el tamizaje de enfermedades en el Adulto Mayor, parte I: Enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles
Description
It is estimated that the older adult population could reach 30% of the total by 2050, and being the age group that concentrates the greatest burden of disease, it is important to have tools for prevention and early diagnosis of these diseases. In Chile, ministerial guidelines for mass screening of this population date from 2013, with little evidence to support them. The objective of this publication is to contribute to an adequate use of tests that allow screening and prevention of metabolic and neoplastic diseases in the elderly. Through a non-exhaustive bibliographic review of the literature, different national and international recommendations were compiled. Based on this, a profile of tests to be requested together with the “Examen de medicina Preventiva del Adulto mayor (EMPAM)/Examen Funcional del Adulto Mayor (EFAM)” is proposed. As a result, considering the evidence reviewed, it seems reasonable to include 8 examinations to the EMPAM/EFAM, including some that were already proposed by the Ministry of Health. It seems relevant to contrast the examinations currently requested in primary care in order to reach a consensus at national level, based on evidence and adapted to our local reality.