Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is considered an important disease in the structure of morbidity and mortality and a rising public health problem with increasing global age prevalence. Exacerbation of COPD in the elderly has a significant negative impact on the clinical and paraclinical picture, daily activity capacity, and quality of life. The need for correct diagnostic management is dictated by the severity of the pathology in the elderly and the high frequency of cardiac complications. Studying the clinical-paraclinical picture and the diagnostic capacity of natriuretic peptides in COPD patients with cardiovascular complications was the aim of the present research.
Acute appendicitis is among the three most frequent surgical diseases. The lifetime likelihood of developing acute appendicitis is around 7%. The incidence of acute appendicitis reduces with age after adolescence. Several studies evaluated the relevance of the current scores to the general population, mostly children, but a limited number of studies have studied the elderly population. This study aims to assess the clinical effectiveness of the new diagnostic score for the elderly population in comparison to both the Alvarado score and the non-standardized score.