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Archives of Epilepsy, 2015 Objectives:The incidence of new-onset epilepsy is high among the elderly. This study presents the demographic characteristics, etiological factors, seizure types and response rates to treatment in a group of patients aged 65 years or over with delayed ...
Gülistan HALAÇ +5 more
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JMIR Aging, 2023 BackgroundResearch has suggested that institutionalization can increase the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. To date, recent studies have reported a growing number of successful deployments of virtual reality for people with dementia to
Maria Matsangidou +4 more
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Features of Benzodiazepine Poisoning in the Elderly and Senile Patients
Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2023 AIM OF THE STUDY To study benzodiazepine poisoning in geriatric patients compared to patients of working age.MATERIAL AND METHODS We examined 82 patients with benzodiazepine poisoning, hospitalized in the Department of Acute Poisoning and ...
A. Yu. Simonova +3 more
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023 Background Pneumonia is a respiratory infection with an increasing incidence with age. However, limited evidence has identified factors associated with its outcome among different age groups, especially in the elderly and in the emergency department (ED)
Brandon Chongthanadon +2 more
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Nuances of antihypertensive therapy in elderly patients
Клинический разбор в общей медицине, 2021 Increased aortic stiffness is an important factor of the arterial hypertension pathogenesis in patients of elderly and senile age, which conditions a number of arterial hypertension features.
Yuliia V. Kotovskaya
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Quality use of medicines: The elderly patients with Osteoarthritis
South African Family Practice, 2003 Osteoarthritis (OA) is an exceedingly common diagnosis in family practice, particularly in the elderly population. It is certainly the most common of the artritides, but differs substantially in that inflammations, if present, is usually mild and ...
A. Gray
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Radiotherapy for nonagenarians: the value of biological versus chronological age
Radiation Oncology, 2020 Background The number of nonagenarian cancer patients (≥ 90 years) is continuously increasing, and radiotherapy is performed in a relevant proportion of patients, as surgery and chemotherapy are often not feasible for these patients.
Tanja Sprave +7 more
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Hypothermia in the elderly: The syndrome you least expect
South African Family Practice, 1982 No abstract available.
R.E. Carlson, P.J. Hering
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Age Is No Longer a Limit: Two Cases of Hepatectomy in Patients Over 90 Years Old
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2015 Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common malignant tumor with poor prognosis. The age of patients affected by HCC is considered to be increasing, and several studies have reported significantly higher rates of morbidity and mortality after hepatectomy ...
Shugo Uwatoko +7 more
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Anaemia in elderly patients [PDF]
Clinical Medicine, 2007 Anaemia is independently associated with mortality and loss of physical function in elderly subjects, even with haemoglobin levels currently considered to be within the lower end of the normal range Chronic disease and iron deficiency anaemia are the most common causes of anaemia in older people A ferritin level below 45 μg/l should be used as a cut ...
Graham Mulley +3 more
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