Surgical assessment of the geriatric oncology patient [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: The aging population in the United States will correlate with an increased number of cancer diagnoses as cancer is primarily a disease of the elderly.
Lampugnale, Cy Andrew
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Functional Status Geriatric Scores: Single-Handed Tools for 30-Day Mortality Risk After Hip Fracture
Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2021 Carmen da Casa,1 Carmen Pablos-Hernández,1,2 Alfonso González-Ramírez,1,2 Juan F Blanco1,3 1Instituto de investigación biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Salamanca, Spain; 2Othogeriatric Unit, Hospital Universitario de ...
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment — the main tool for the work of a geriatrician
Российский журнал гериатрической медицины, 2023 A comprehensive geriatric assessment is the main diagnostic tool in the work of a geriatrician, which is also necessary for drawing up an individual plan for managing an older patient.
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Cutaneous Melanoma Drives Metabolic Changes in the Aged Bone Marrow Immune Microenvironment
Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, increasingly affects older adults. Our study reveals that melanoma induces changes in iron and lipid levels in the bone marrow, impacting immune cell populations and increasing susceptibility to ferroptosis.
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Spirituality within the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Process [PDF]
, 2009 In this chapter, Ellingson argues that the comprehensive geriatric assessment ( CGA) , which is used in the development of treatment plans for elderly individuals in poor health, has failed to acknowledge the import of some aspects of the elderly patient\
Ellingson, Laura L.
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Emergency Department Pain Management Following Implementation of a Geriatric Hip Fracture Program [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction: Over 300,000 patients in the United States sustain low-trauma fragility hip fractures annually. Multidisciplinary geriatric fracture programs (GFP) including early, multimodal pain management reduce morbidity and mortality. Our overall goal
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Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As global populations age, cancer is increasingly becoming a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Despite accounting for the majority of new cancer cases and deaths, older individuals remain underrepresented in cancer research, clinical guidelines, and health ...
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Predictivity of the comorbidity indices for geriatric syndromes
BMC Geriatrics, 2022 Background The aging population and increasing chronic diseases make a tremendous burden on the health care system. The study evaluated the relationship between comorbidity indices and common geriatric syndromes.
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Long‐Term Follow‐Up of Chemotherapy‐Associated Biological Aging in Women With Early Breast Cancer
Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.Women threated with adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer have sustained long‐term increase in p16INK4a,, a robust marker of cell senescence, suggesting a chemotherapy‐associated age acceleration. p16INK4a as well as other biomarkers may identify patients at greatest risk for senescence‐related diseases of aging.
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Evaluation of delirium screening tools in geriatric medical inpatients: a diagnostic test accuracy study [PDF]
, 2016 Introduction: screening all unscheduled older adults for delirium is recommended in national guidelines, but there is no consensus on how to perform initial assessment.
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