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Risk factors for fear of falling in the elderly in Serbia [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2018
Background/Aim. After a fall, the elderly can develop a fear of falling which can be more frequent and more serious problem than the fall itself because it represents the main factor limiting an older person in his/her everyday functioning.
Ivanović Sunčica, Trgovčević Sanja
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‘I am old, and I will rather abandon life with my eyes open’: a qualitative study of Norwegians aged 80 and older explaining their intensive care unit admission preferences

Age and Ageing
Background The treatment preferences of patients aged 80 and older in the event of acute critical illness vary widely and are difficult to predict. To provide the appropriate level of care, it is necessary to better understand their personal treatment ...
Gabriele Leonie Schwarz, Brit Sjøbø, E. Skaar, Ingrid Miljeteig, K. Burns, R. Kvåle, H. Flaatten, M. Schaufel   +7 more
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Cardiac surgery in patients over the age of 80 years

Clinical Cardiology, 1990
AbstractThe risk‐benefit relationship of open heart surgery in octogenarians is not well established. Eighty consecutive patients over the age of 80 who underwent cardiac operations under cardiopulmonary bypass were evaluated. Twenty‐five patients were in functional class IV, 42 in class III, and 13 in class II.
T T, Bashour, E S, Hanna, R K, Myler, D T, Mason, C, Ryan, J, Feeney, J, Iskikian, S H, Wald, C, Antonini, L L, Malabed   +9 more
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Factors associated with loneliness among individuals aged 80 years and over: Findings derived from the nationally representative "Old Age in Germany (D80+)" study.

Archives of gerontology and geriatrics (Print)
OBJECTIVES To clarify the factors associated with loneliness in individuals aged 80 years and older in Germany (also stratified by sex). METHODS Data from the nationally representative "Old Age in Germany (D80+)" were employed.
A. Hajek, R. Gyasi, H. König
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Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane Surgery in Patients Aged Over 80 Years: Efficacy and Safety

, 2023
Qingjian Li,1,* Kunhuan Yang,2– 5,* Qianlin Ji,1,* Jing Jiang,1 Rongrong Zong,2– 5 Yu Zhang,1 Yiwen Qian,1 Xin Che,1 Jinshan Suo,1 Zhiliang Wang1 1Department of Ophthalmology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of
Jiang J, Ji Q, Zong R, Qian Y, Yang K, Zhang Y, Che X, Li Q, Wang Z, Suo J   +9 more
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French normative data for the Complex Rey Figure Test in healthy subjects aged over 80 years

, 2022
International audienceTo our knowledge, there are few studies on the cognitive assessment of very old people, over 80 years old in the French population.
Destrieux, Christophe, Zemmoura, Ilyess, Sizaret, Eva, Brachet, Maxime, Angel, Lucie   +4 more
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Association between baseline Mini-Mental State Examination score and dementia incidence in a cohort of oldest old

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Background: The Brazilian population has aged rapidly. The oldest old, defined as persons aged 80 years or older, is the fastest growing segment of the Brazilian population.
Débora Yumi HAYASHIDA, Alessandro Ferrari JACINTO, Lara Miguel Quirino ARAÚJO, Clineu de Mello ALMADA FILHO, Ana Beatriz DI TOMMASO, Maysa Seabra CENDOROGLO   +5 more
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Preferences and priorities to manage clinical uncertainty for older people with frailty and multimorbidity: a discrete choice experiment and stakeholder consultations

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Clinical uncertainty is inherent for people with frailty and multimorbidity. Depleted physiological reserves increase vulnerability to a decline in health and adverse outcomes from a stressor event.
India Tunnard, Deokhee Yi, Clare Ellis-Smith, Marsha Dawkins, Irene J. Higginson, Catherine J. Evans   +5 more
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Evolution of the “fourth stage” of epidemiologic transition in people aged 80 years and over: population-based cohort study using electronic health records

Population Health Metrics, 2017
BackgroundIn the “fourth stage” of epidemiological transition, the distribution of non-communicable diseases is expected to shift to more advanced ages, but age-specific changes beyond 80 years of age have not been reported.MethodsThis study aimed to ...
Nisha C. Hazra, M. Gulliford
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluating the extremely elderly at a pulmonary function clinic for the diagnosis of respiratory disease: frequency and technical quality of spirometry

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Objective: To determine the frequency of spirometry in elderly people, by age group, at a pulmonary function clinic, to assess the quality of spirometry in the extremely elderly, and to determine whether chronological age influences the quality of ...
Saulo Maia d’Avila Melo, Larissa Alves de Oliveira, José Lucas Farias Wanderley, Rodrigo dos Anjos Rocha   +3 more
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