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Accelerometry assessed physical activity of older adults hospitalized with acute medical illness - an observational study

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background In a hospital setting and among older patients, inactivity and bedrest are associated with a wide range of negative outcomes such as functional decline, increased risk of falls, longer hospitalization and institutionalization.
Plamena Tasheva   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Comprehensive Electric Vehicle Model for Vehicle-to-Grid Strategy Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
An electric vehicle model is developed to characterize the behavior of the Smart e.d. (2013) while driving, charging and providing vehicle-to-grid services. The battery model is an electro-thermal model with a dual polarization equivalent circuit electrical model coupled with a lumped thermal model with active liquid cooling.
arxiv   +1 more source

Primary total hip replacement in patients over 80 years of age [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume, 1990
We have reviewed 107 patients of 80 years or over who underwent primary total hip replacement. They had many more complications than younger patients. Thus, acute dislocation occurred in 15%, and became chronic in 9%; there were femoral shaft fractures in 4.6% and these, with shaft perforation gave universally poor results.
M Fordyce   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Association between baseline Mini-Mental State Examination score and dementia incidence in a cohort of oldest old

open access: yesArquivos 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesArchives 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   +6 more
doaj  

FoxO1 signaling in B cell malignancies and its therapeutic targeting

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
FoxO1 has context‐specific tumor suppressor or oncogenic character in myeloid and B cell malignancies. This includes tumor‐promoting properties such as stemness maintenance and DNA damage tolerance in acute leukemias, or regulation of cell proliferation and survival, or migration in mature B cell malignancies.
Krystof Hlavac   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Time trends in hospital discharges in patients aged 85 years and older in Spain: data from the Spanish National Discharge Database (2000–2015)

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background The aging population is an increasing concern in Western hospital systems. The aim of this study was to describe the main characteristics and hospitalization patterns in inpatients aged 85 years or more in Spain from 2000 to 2015.
Sergio Palacios-Fernandez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The immunological interface: dendritic cells as key regulators in metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) affects nearly one‐third of the global population and poses a significant risk of progression to cirrhosis or liver cancer. Here, we discuss the roles of hepatic dendritic cell subtypes in MASLD, highlighting their distinct contributions to disease initiation and progression, and their ...
Camilla Klaimi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalência de fragilidade em uma população de longevos na região Sul do Brasil

open access: yesSaúde em Debate
RESUMO Objetiva investigar a prevalência de fragilidade em uma população de longevos. Estudo observacional e transversal com idosos acima de 80 anos de um município da região Sul do Brasil.
Taís Elizabete Manfio Liberalesso   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safety of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tubes in Centenarian Patients [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Endoscopy, 2018
Background/Aims Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a relatively safe procedure; however, no study has evaluated the safety of PEG tube placement in patients over the age of 100 years.
Zain A Sobani   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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