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Hospitalization-associated disability prediction using Hospital Frailty Risk Score in older patients undergoing pancreatectomy
This study aimed to investigate whether HFRS affects the postoperative incidence of HAD in older patients who underwent pancreatectomy.
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Early physical rehabilitation effectiveness in frail older patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia: analysis of a nationwide database in Japan
Frailty is a significant predictor of prognosis in older patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). No effective therapy has been reported in frail patients with CAP, with frailty determined using the H...
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Reference Work Entry In depth
Body Mass as a Biomarker and Femoral Fracture
Body mass represents a wide range of components, from atoms to tissues or organs. In clinical practice, body composition is generally assessed at the molecular level (fat mass, fat-free mass, bone mineral dens...
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Association between food texture levels consumed and the prevalence of malnutrition and sarcopenia in older patients after stroke
Texture-modified diets (TMDs) may affect nutritional status and sarcopenia in patients after stroke. This study aimed to investigate the association of food texture levels consumed by patients after stroke wit...
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Diet-induced inflammation is associated with sarcopenia and muscle strength in older adults who visit a frailty clinic
Diet-induced inflammation may be associated with sarcopenia; however, few reports have examined this relationship.
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Osteosarcopenia, the co-existence of osteoporosis and sarcopenia, is associated with social frailty in older adults
Osteosarcopenia is a newly described, aging-associated condition. Social frailty is an important condition whose prevalence may have risen by physical distancing during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. H...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Perceived Exertion Correlates with Multiple Physiological Parameters During Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of the Borg scale score with leg-muscle oxygenated haemoglobin (O2Hb) and deoxygenated haemoglobin (HHb) levels on near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) a...
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Impact of preoperative 6-minute walk distance on long-term prognosis after esophagectomy in patients with esophageal cancer
The 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) is a simple way of assessing exercise capacity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between preoperative 6MWD and long-term prognosis after esophagec...
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Chapter
Nutrition and Daily Activities in Older Patients After Gastrectomy
Gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. The total number of gastric cancer patients is increasing with the aging population, and the number of older patients undergoing curative gastrect...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Body Mass as a Biomarker and Femoral Fracture
Body mass represents a wide range of components, from atoms to tissues or organs. In clinical practice, body composition is generally assessed at the molecular level (fat mass, fat-free mass, bone mineral dens...
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Sarcopenia affects activities of daily living recovery and hospitalization costs in older adults in convalescent rehabilitation wards
Our aim was to investigate the effect of sarcopenia on the rate of activities of daily living (ADL) recovery and hospitalization costs in older patients who were admitted to convalescent rehabilitation wards.
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Body mass index affects postoperative daily activities of older patients after gastrectomy
This study aimed to examine the impact of preoperative body mass index (BMI) on postoperative activities of daily living (ADL) and clinical outcomes in older patients who underwent curative gastrectomy.
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A retrospective statistical analysis of the late complications associated with central venous port placements
Central venous (CV) ports are being used increasingly in both hospital and home care settings. Here, we investigated the rates and causes of CV port complications.
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Investigation of optimal viewing size for detecting nodular ground-glass opacity on high-resolution computed tomography with cine-mode display
We evaluated the effect of the displayed image sizes on observers’ ability to detect nodular ground-glass opacity (n-GGO) on CT and investigated the optimal viewing size for soft-copy reading at CT screening f...
