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Successful Community Discharge Among Older Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury Admitted to Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 2022
Objective: To identify admission characteristics that predict a successful community discharge from an inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) among older adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Emily Evans, PT, PhD, Roee Gutman, PhD, Linda Resnik, PT, PhD, Cicely Krebill, BS, Stephanie N. Lueckel, MD, ScM, Mark R. Zonfrillo, MD, MSCE, Kali S. Thomas, PhD   +6 more
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HIGHER RISK OF COMPLICATIONS AFTER TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY IN OCTOGENARIANS [PDF]

Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, 2020
Objective: To evaluate the complication rate of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in octogenarian patients and identify predictive factors. Methods: The study comprised 70 octogenarians and 70 non-octogenarian patients as control group, all submitted to ...
Gabriel Garcez de Araujo Souza, Raphael Soejima Correia Ramalho, Rodrigo Sattamini Pires e Albuquerque, João Maurício Barretto, Rafael Souza Mançãno Chaves, Eduardo Branco de Sousa   +5 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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Characterisation of Benzodiazepine Use in an Older Population Registered in Family Health Units in the Region of Minho, Portugal

Geriatrics, 2019
Benzodiazepines are the most frequently consumed psychotropic drugs among older persons. This pharmacological class has been advised against in this group, due to the various risks associated with its use in an older population.
Ana Vilaça, Ana Vieira, André Fernandes, Daniela Ribeiro, Inês Esteves   +4 more
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Fragilidade em idosos no município de São Paulo: prevalência e fatores associados

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, 2019
RESUMO: Introdução: Fragilidade é uma síndrome evitável e reversível caracterizada pelo declínio cumulativo dos sistemas fisiológicos, causando maior vulnerabilidade às condições adversas.
Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte, Daniella Pires Nunes, Fabíola Bof de Andrade, Ligiana Pires Corona, Tábatta Renata Pereira de Brito, Jair Lício Ferreira dos Santos, Maria Lúcia Lebrão   +6 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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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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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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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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