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Association between Telomere Length and Geriatric Status in Centenarians
AbstractAim: To evaluate the association between telomere length and frailty and individual geriatric syndromes in older adults. Materials and...
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Detecting disabilities in everyday life: evidence from a geriatric assessment
BackgroundThe activities of daily living (ADL) score is a widely used index to establish the degree of independence from any help in everyday life...
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The Italian guideline on comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) for the older persons: a collaborative work of 25 Italian Scientific Societies and the National Institute of Health
BackgroundThe guideline was promoted by the Italian General Practitioners-Primary Care and Geriatrics Hospital-Community Societies and was carried...
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Incorporating foot assessment in the comprehensive geriatric assessment
BackgroundFoot problems are common in older adults and associated with poorer physical function, falls, frailty and reduced quality of life....
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Associated factors of stress, urgency, and mixed urinary incontinence in a geriatric outpatient assessment of older women with hip fracture
PurposeUrinary incontinence (UI) is known to be common among older female hip fracture patients. Little is known about different subtypes of UI among...
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Effect of comprehensive geriatric assessment for frail elderly patients operated for colorectal cancer—the colorectal cancer frailty study: study protocol for a randomized, controlled, multicentre trial
BackgroundColorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide, with a median age of 72–75 years at diagnosis. Curative treatment...
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Geriatric assessment in the inpatient sector
BackgroundGeriatric assessment is an integral part of geriatrics and leads to various improvements in the treatment of geriatric patients.
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Clinical pharmacist-led assessment and management of anticholinergic burden and fall risk in geriatric patients
BackgroundThe aim of this study was to examine the risk of fall with the surrogate outcome of the Aachen Falls Prevention Scale and to assess the...
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Geriatric Emergency Departments: Emerging Themes and Directions
Purpose of the ReviewGlobally, emergency departments are recognizing their rapidly growing number of older adult patients and some have responded...
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The value of preoperative diagnostic testing and geriatric assessment in frail institutionalized elderly with a hip fracture; a secondary analysis of the FRAIL-HIP study
PurposeThe aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive overview of (preoperative and geriatric) diagnostic testing, abnormal diagnostic tests...
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment is associated with increased antidepressant treatment in frail older people with unplanned hospital admissions—results from the randomised controlled study CGA-Swed
BackgroundFrail older people are at higher risk of further deterioration if their needs are not acknowledged when they are acutely ill and admitted...
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Predictive ability of the G8 screening test to determine probable sarcopenia and abnormal comprehensive geriatric assessment in older patients with solid malignancies
BackgroundPre-treatment evaluation for sarcopenia is recommended in cancer patients. New screening tests that are less time-consuming and can...
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Health outcomes and implementation barriers and facilitators of comprehensive geriatric assessment in community settings: a systematic integrative review [PROSPERO registration no.: CRD42021229953]
BackgroundComprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) addresses the bio-psycho-social needs of older adults through multidimensional assessments and...
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Development of the assessment standards of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) Geriatric Core Set through a modified Delphi method
BackgroundThere is currently a lack of functional assessment tools based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health...
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Is geriatric medicine teaching homogeneous? The analysis of geriatric medicine courses at Polish undergraduate medical programmes
PurposeWe aimed to analyse the characteristics of geriatric courses offered to undergraduate medical students in higher educational institutions...
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Geriatric Facial Dermatosis
Purpose of ReviewThe objective of this review is to identify and describe common facial dermatoses in the geriatric population. This review includes...
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Assessment of potentially inappropriate medication use among geriatric outpatients in the Slovak Republic
BackgroundPotentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use is a highly prevalent problem among older people, making it challenging to improve patient...
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Assessment of clinical features and coexisting geriatric syndromes in newly diagnosed dementia with Lewy bodies: a retrospective study in a tertiary geriatrics setting in Turkey
PurposeIdentifying the associated clinical conditions in patients with newly diagnosed dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) may contribute to the disease...
