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Thrombolysis in Patients Aged over 80 Years Is Equally Effective and Safe [PDF]

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2016
BACKGROUND: Despite stroke's high prevalence in the elderly, intravenous thrombolysis is licensed in Europe only for patients younger than 80 years old.
Amaral-Silva, A, Ferreira, P, Paiva Nunes, A, Pego, PM, Sousa, C   +4 more
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Cancer Mortality Trends in Brazilian Adults Aged 80 and Over From 2000 to 2017 [PDF]

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Adults aged 80 and over represent the fastest growing segment of the population in emerging countries. Studies of cancer mortality trends in the oldest old population are scarce in Brazil.
João Pedro Rufino, Ana Laura Maciel Monteiro, Julia Português Almeida, Karolina Moreira dos Santos, Mariana da Cruz Andrade, Silvia Cristina Marques Nunes Pricinote   +5 more
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Outcomes of lumbar spinal fusion in super-elderly patients aged 80 years and over

Medicine, 2021
Abstract Despite the increasing prevalence of spinal surgery in super-elderly (SE) patients, the outcomes and complication rates have not been fully elucidated. The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes and complications of lumbar spinal fusion for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS) in SE patients aged 80 ...
Hee Jung Son, Young-Hoon Jo, Hyung Seob Ahn, Jooyoung You, Chang-Nam Kang   +4 more
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Liver Transplantation from Donors Aged 80 Years and Over: Pushing the Limit [PDF]

American Journal of Transplantation, 2004
Older donors are a growing part of the total donor pool but no definite consensus exists on the limit of age for their acceptance. From November 1998 to January 2003, in a retrospective case-control multicenter study, we compared the outcome of 30 orthotopic liver transplantations (OLTs) with octogenarian donors and of 60 chronologically correlated ...
NARDO, BRUNO, Masetti M., Urbani L., CARACENI, PAOLO, MONTALTI, ROBERTO, Filipponi F., Mosca F., MARTINELLI, GERARDO, BERNARDI, MAURO, PINNA, ANTONIO DANIELE, CAVALLARI, ANTONINO   +10 more
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Disparity and Multimorbidity in Heart Failure Patients Over the Age of 80

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2022
Background: Healthcare is currently struggling to provide access and coverage for an increasingly diverse aging population who frequently have multiple co-morbid conditions complicating their care and medical management. Methods: This retrospective study analyzed the prevalence and distribution of common co-morbid conditions (hypertension ...
Anna Blach, Amanda Pangle, Gohar Azhar, Jeanne Wei   +3 more
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Factors which influence postoperative mortality after hip fracture [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2006
Background/Aim. One of the most significant predictors of mortality after hip fractures is cognitive impairment (dementia). The aim of this study was to report the results of a prospective study of the influence of some factors on sixmonth mortality in ...
Ristić Branko, Ristić-Ignjatović Dragana, Miličić Biljana, Obradović Zdravko   +3 more
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Study protocol: a randomised controlled trial on the clinical effects of levothyroxine treatment for subclinical hypothyroidism in people aged 80 years and over [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Subclinical hypothyroidism is common in older people and its contribution to health and disease needs to be elucidated further. Observational and clinical trial data on the clinical effects of subclinical hypothyroidism in persons aged 80 ...
Blum, M.R., Dekkers, O.M., Den Elzen, W.P.J., Du Puy, R.S., Ford, I., Gussekloo, J., Jukema, J.W., Kean, S., Kearney, P.M., Messow, C.M., Mooijaart, S.P., Peeters, R.P., Poortvliet, R.K.E., Postmus, I., Rodondi, N., Smit, J.W.A., Stott, D.J., van Munster, B.C., Watt, T., Westendorp, R.G.J., Wolffenbuttel, B.H.R.   +20 more
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Effect of allopurinol on phosphocreatine recovery and muscle function in older people with impaired physical function:a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Allopurinol has vascular antioxidant effects and participates in purinergic signalling within muscle. We tested whether allopurinol could improve skeletal muscle energetics and physical function in older people with impaired physical ...
Cavin, Ian, Clarke, Clare L., Gandy, Stephen, George, Jacob, Gingles, Christopher, Hutcheon, Anita, Nicholas, Richard S., Priba, Lukasz, Struthers, Allan D., Sumukadas, Deepa, Witham, Miles D.   +10 more
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Stress corrosion cracking in Al-Zn-Mg-Cu aluminum alloys in saline environments [PDF]

, 2012
Copyright 2013 ASM International. This paper was published in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 44A(3), 1230 - 1253, and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of ASM International.
A. Berzin, A. Kolics, A. Turnbull, A.H. Le, A.H. Le, A.J. McEvily, A.K. Vasudevan, A.S. Tetelman, B. Jegdic, B. Sakar, B.J. Connelly, B.J. Connelly, C.A. Loto, C.M. Liao, D.J. Sullivan, D.M. Drazic, E.A. Starke, F.E. Watkinson, F.P. Ford, F.S. Lin, G. M. Scamans, G.A. Young, G.A. Young, G.M. Scamans, G.M. Scamans, H. Gruhl, H. Kim, H.F. Jong de, J. Onoro, J. Onoro, J. Robinson, J. Zhang, J.K. Park, J.P. Nordin, J.R. Scully, K. Kitamura, K. Komai, K.G. Kent, K.P. Wong, K.R. Cooper, K.R. Cooper, K.R. Cooper, L. Tomcsanyi, L.H. Chambers, L.P. Huang, M. Abe, M. Cook, M. Landkof, M. Metikos-Hukovic, M. Watanabe, M.O. Speidel, M.V. Hyatt, N. J. Henry Holroyd, N. Lampeas, N.J.H. Holroyd, N.J.H. Holroyd, N.J.H. Holroyd, O.D. Sherby, P. Martin, P.M. Natishan, R. Hermann, R.C. Doward, R.S. Pathania, R.T. Foley, R.T. Foley, S. Lee, S. Mostovoy, S. Ohsaki, S. Ohsaki, S. Osaki, S. Pyun, S. Pyun, T. Ishikawa, T. Magnin, T. Ohnishi, T. Oka, T.H. Nguyen, T.H. Nguyen, T.H. Sanders, W. Gruhl, Y. Choi, Z.A. Foroulis   +81 more
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Acute cholecystitis in old adults: the impact of advanced age on the clinical characteristics of the disease and on the surgical outcomes of laparoscopic cholecystectomy

BMC Gastroenterology, 2023
Background Impact of advanced age on disease characteristics of acute cholecystitis (AC), and surgical outcomes after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has not been established.
Cho Eun Lee, Seung Jae Lee, Ju Ik Moon, In Seok Choi, Dae Sung Yoon, Won Jun Choi, Sang Eok Lee, Nak Song Sung, Seong Uk Kwon, In Eui Bae, Seung Jae Roh, Sung Gon Kim   +11 more
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