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Low falls and inpatient complications increase risk for longer length of stay in older persons admitted following trauma

BMC Geriatrics
Background Older adults make up 33% of all trauma admissions in Australia despite comprising 17% of the population with rates rising faster for older age groups compared to any other age group.
Christopher J. Emmett, Wen Kwang Lim, Alyssa Griffiths, Rachel Aitken, David J. Read, Katherine Gregorevic   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding the fatal burden of COVID-19 in residential aged care homes in Australia: Using linked data to generate evidence

International Journal of Population Data Science
Aim To quantify the impact of the pandemic on fatal burden of disease among those living in residential aged care homes (RACH) in Australia. Methods Using Residential Aged Care data linked to Death Registrations (Jan 2016 to 11 Aug 2022), we ...
Jennifer Welsh, Grace Joshy, Rachel Freeman-Robinson, Nicholas Biddle, Emily Banks, Clement Schlegel, Kayla Jordan, Phillip Gould, Paul Kelly, Rosemary Korda   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tetraplegic spinal cord injury as a presentation of multiple myeloma: A case report

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message Spinal cord injury is a devastating complication of cancers that exert physical compression on the spinal cord. Multiple myeloma is known predominantly as a condition that involves bony structures and can manifest with complications ...
Leon Edward Smith, Vicky Ying Li, Simon Chan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transient peak-strain matching partially recovers the age-impaired mechanoadaptive cortical bone response [PDF]

, 2018
Mechanoadaptation maintains bone mass and architecture; its failure underlies age-related decline in bone strength. It is unclear whether this is due to failure of osteocytes to sense strain, osteoblasts to form bone or insufficient mechanical stimulus ...
A Carriero, A Moustafa, AF Pereira, AG Robling, AG Robling, AH Ng, AI Birkhold, AI Birkhold, AM Hanson, AM Weatherholt, B Javaheri, B Javaheri, B Javaheri, B Javaheri, B Kamal, BM Willie, C Liu, C Turner, CA Schneider, CH Turner, CT Rubin, DB Burr, DB Burr, DM Cullen, E Smith, ER Spector, EW Helge, F Bini, G Ducher, H Razi, J Wergedal, JR Mosley, JR Mosley, K Deere, K Deere, KC Lee, KE Poole, KJ Jepsen, LB Meakin, LE Lanyon, LE Lanyon, LE Lanyon, LE Lanyon, M Doube, M Schaffler, M Steiner, MD Brodt, MD Willinghamm, ME Lynch, MM Shimano, N Holguin, N Holguin, N Holguin, N Lara-Castillo, P Lind, P Sztefek, R DeSouza, RH Routh, RL Souza De, SM Millard, SM Ponik, T Jämsä, TC Lee, TK Patel, Y Umemura   +64 more
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Between Droughts and Floods: The Seasonal Response of Freshwater Snails in Artificial Reservoirs in the Brazilian Semiarid Region

Population Ecology, EarlyView.
We investigate the seasonal dynamics of two freshwater snails, Biomphalaria straminea and Melanoides tuberculata, in artificial reservoirs of the Brazilian semiarid region. Despite regulated hydrology, B. straminea exhibited strong seasonal fluctuations associated with dry periods, while M. tuberculata maintained stable populations throughout the year,
Lucas Henrique Sousa da Silva, João Hemerson de Sousa, Adriana Josefa da Rocha, Manuella Feitosa Leal, Lucas Ariel de Sousa Aguiar, Tamaris Gimenez Pinheiro, Edson Lourenço da Silva   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of health estimates between Victorian Population Health Surveys and National Health Surveys

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2003
Objective: The computer‐assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) method has grown rapidly in recent years as an epidemiological tool for obtaining data on health issues.
Adrian Serraglio, Norman Carson, Zahid Ansari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Relationship of Students’ Coping Styles with Stress and E-Learning in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bezmiâlem Science, 2022
Objective:This research was planned to evaluate the relationship between coping styles with stress and e-learning of health services vocational school students during the distance education process in the Coronavirus diease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic.Methods:
Yağmur AKBAL, Hilal PEKMEZCİ, Burcu ÇUVALCI   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safety of opioid patch initiation in Australian residential aged care [PDF]

, 2015
Explores opioid use by aged care facility residents before and after initiation of transdermal opioid patches. Abstract Objective: To explore opioid use by aged care facility residents before and after initiation of transdermal opioid patches. Design:
Elizabeth Roughead, Lisa Pont, Svetla Gadzhanova   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Immunosenescence, aging and successful aging

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Aging induces a series of immune related changes, which is called immunosenescence, playing important roles in many age-related diseases, especially neurodegenerative diseases, tumors, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases and coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19).
Yunan Wang, Chen Dong, Yudian Han, Zhifeng Gu, Chi Sun   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Moving in the Dark: Enlightening the Spatial Population Ecology of European Cave Salamanders

Population Ecology, EarlyView.
We assessed individual interactions, movement ecology and activity patterns of a subterranean population of Speleomantes strinatii, applying spatial capture–recapture modeling to a photographic dataset of 104 individuals. ABSTRACT Space use and movement are fundamental aspects of organisms' ecology, mirroring individual fitness, behavior, and life ...
Giacomo Rosa, Andrea Costa, Sebastiano Salvidio   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source