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Dengue in an elderly patient [PDF]

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2010
Although elderly populations are more exposed to the risk of getting dengue, the clinical peculiarities of this disease in this age range are not well known. This report is about an 80-year-old woman with dengue complications, self-medicated with salicylate.
Milton Luiz, Gorzoni, Irineu Francisco Delfino Silva, Massaia, Sueli Luciano, Pires   +2 more
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Oral care needs, barriers and challenges among elderly in India

The Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society, 2015
Objective: This paper presents an approach to the assessment of oral health needs of elderly and barriers to receive oral care in the life course. Background: The dental needs of the elderly are changing and growing day by day.
Ramesh Bharti, Anil Chandra, Aseem Prakash Tikku, Deeksha Arya, Richa Gupta   +4 more
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Consensus on Psychotherapies and Adjuvant Therapies for Elderly Patients with Hospice Care and Primary Caregivers

Yixue yu zhexue
Hospice care plays a vital role in supporting elderly end-of-life patients and their primary caregivers, but there is a lack of consensus on psychotherapies and adjuvant therapies in this field.
The Expert Group of Consensus on Psychotherapies and Adjuvant Therapies for Elderly Patients and Primary Caregivers in Hospice Care
doaj   +1 more source

COVID-19 and renal disease in elderly patients

Geriatric Care, 2020
The pandemic blast of COVID-19 uncovered well known weakness of financial chain and put our economic organizations facing off dramatic consequences if new strategies will not be developed to adapt health-care on detailed sub-groups of patients.
Giuseppe Coppolino, Pierangela Presta, Ramona Nicotera, Giordano Placida, Caterina Vita, Nazzareno Carullo, Michele Andreucci, Davide Bolignano, Alberto Castagna, Giovanni Ruotolo   +9 more
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Prediction of short-term mortality in elderly patients with sepsis using immunoglobulin G2: An observational study

Heliyon, 2022
Background: Sepsis is a global healthcare issue and continues to cause high mortality especially in elderly patients. The humoral immune system plays an important role in protecting from microbial contamination.
Fang Zhang, Tiantian Wan, Xin Liu, Shubin Guo   +3 more
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Carcinomas and Carcinoid Tumors of the Lungs and Bronchi in Children and Adolescents: The EXPeRT Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary lung carcinomas and bronchial carcinoid tumors (BC) are very rare malignancies in childhood. While typical BC and mucoepidermoid carcinomas are mostly low‐grade, localized tumors with a more favorable prognosis than in adults, necessitating avoidance of overtreatment, adenocarcinomas of the lung are often diagnosed at advanced disease ...
Michael Abele, Calogero Virgone, Michaela Kuhlen, Sabine Irtan, Yves Reguerre, Malgorzata Krawczyk, Ewa Bien, Tal Ben‐Ami, Maja Cesen, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Andrea Ferrari, Gianni Bisogno, Dominik T. Schneider, Abbas Agaimy, Constantin Lapa, Hubert Ducou le Pointe, Rainer Claus, Catherine Daniel, Ines B. Brecht, Daniel Orbach   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phase II study of durvalumab (MEDI 4736) plus carboplatin and etoposide in elderly patients with extensive stage small cell lung cancer: Study protocol of turtle study (LOGIK 2003)

Thoracic Cancer, 2023
Background Recently, the addition of antiprogrammed cell death‐ligand 1 (PD‐L1) monoclonal antibodies, including durvalumab and atezolizumab to platinum‐based chemotherapy, has demonstrated clinical benefits in patients with untreated advanced small cell
Hidenobu Ishii, Koichi Azuma, Takayuki Shimose, Hiroshige Yoshioka, Takayasu Kurata, Naoki Shingu, Masaki Okamoto, Yosuke Kawashima, Isamu Okamoto   +8 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health‐Related Quality of Life and Symptom Severity Among Patients With PIK3CA‐Related Overgrowth Spectrum: A Mixed‐Methods Study to Understand Real‐World Experience With Alpelisib Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu, Kaitlin LaGasse, Cory D. Saucier, Kimberly Raymond, Miranda Lauher‐Charest, Lauren Crowder, Beilei Cai, Mary Lisha Paul, Denise Adams   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

DESCRIPTION OF PAIN LEVELS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH IMMOBILIZATION IN RUANG ANGGREK RSU NEGARA

Professional Health Journal
Introduction. Impaired mobility in the elderly is a condition of limited movement in the function of one or more of the body's extremities which can affect the independence of the elderly in carrying out daily activities physically and psychologically ...
T. Ni Made Dewi Erawati, Sang Ayu Ketut Candrawati, Ni Luh Putu Dewi Puspawati   +2 more
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