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Trends in the Use of Intensive Care by Very Elderly Patients and Their Clinical Course in a Single Tertiary Hospital in Korea [PDF]
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2016 Background: The number of elderly patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) is growing with the increasing proportion of elderly persons in the Korean general population. It is often difficult to make decisions about ICU care for elderly patients,
Junghyun Kim +10 more
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Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2021 Background: Unhealthy teeth can seriously affect general health and increase the risk of death in elderly people. There has been no confirmation of which device is most effective for elderly patients with teeth loss.
Xiaoyan Ge +5 more
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Long-term postoperative pneumonia in elderly patients with early gastric cancer
BMC Surgery, 2022 Background Pneumonia is a major cause of death in the elderly population. Considering body weight loss, muscle loss, and reflux after gastrectomy, elderly patients are considered to be at very high risk for pneumonia, which could decrease overall ...
Ayako Kamiya +8 more
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Risk Factors and Incidence of Poor Bowel Preparation in Elderly Patients: Prospective Study [PDF]
Folia Medica, 2019 Aim: The aim of this study was to identify the incidence of and the risk factors for poor bowel preparation in elderly patients.Patients and methods: We enrolled 240 patients over 60 years of age, hospitalized in the Clinic of Gastroenterology, Kaspela ...
Daniel Doykov, Vladimir Andonov
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Hyperthyroidism in an elderly patient [PDF]
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2000 A 72-year-old woman presented with a 3-day history of increasing breathlessness on effort, orthopnoea, and nocturnal dyspnoea in the absence of chest pain or haemoptysis. She was a life-long smoker of 10 cigarettes per day but her medical history was otherwise without note and she was not taking any regular medication.
P F, Findlay, D G, Seymour
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COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease in elderly patients: a challenge in the challenge
Geriatric Care, 2020 On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic state, in relation to the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus disease-2, responsible for the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). The pandemical blast of COVID-19
Raffaele Costa +4 more
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Trauma in the Elderly Patient [PDF]
Archives of Surgery, 2003 Advanced age is a well-known risk factor for poor outcomes in trauma patients. Older patients can benefit from the intensive monitoring and aggressive management associated with trauma team involvement. Several common topics were chosen for discussion in which the treatment options may differ slightly because of the advanced age of the patient.
Gregory P, Victorino +2 more
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The impact of surgical outcome after pancreaticoduodenectomy in elderly patients
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2011 Background The elderly population has increased in many countries. Indications for cancer treatment in elderly patients have expanded, because surgical techniques and medical management have improved remarkably. Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) requires high-
Nagashima Atsushi +6 more
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Dynamics of parameters of ultrasonic, microbiological and cytological investigations in the treatment of postoperative wound complications using magnesium containing minerals in the elderly patients [PDF]
Medičnì Perspektivi, 2017 57 patients aged over 60 years with various types of wound complications after surgery for abdominal and anterior abdominal wall were treated. Treatment of wound complications included both traditional methods and the use of packs of bishofit.
Muntyan S.O. +5 more
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COVID‐19 and cardiovascular problems in elderly patients: Food for thought
Aging Medicine, 2021 The global number of COVID‐19 infections, as of December 23, 2020, stood at approximately 79 million, with over 1.7 million deaths. The development of vascular inflammation may also contribute to a hypercoagulable state and endothelial dysfunction in ...
Raffaele Costa +2 more
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