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Nursing Standard, 1991
It is a known fact that the numbers of elderly people in our society are increasing dramatically. It is also a known fact that ageing is the biggest risk factor for cancer.
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It is a known fact that the numbers of elderly people in our society are increasing dramatically. It is also a known fact that ageing is the biggest risk factor for cancer.
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Esophagitis in Frail Elderly People
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2007We studied the clinical course of elderly patients acutely hospitalized for various diseases, assessing any differences between patients with and without esophagitis.A case-control study on the presence of esophagitis was conducted on the clinical records of all in-patients undergoing gastroduodenoscopy at Padova Geriatric Hospital from 1997 to 2001 ...
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Hypothyroidism in elderly people
Geriatric Nursing, 2002Abnormal thyroid function tests are common for older adults, but the clinical significance of abnormal results and the need for treatment vary. Nonthyroidal illness (eg, low T3 and T4 syndromes) needs to be ruled out before making the diagnosis of hypothyroidism.
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Antidepressants in elderly people
BMJ, 2011Careful monitoring is needed for adverse effects, particularly in the first month of ...
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Mineral requirements of elderly people
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1995Poor mineral nutrition reported in elderly people is attributed in large part to low dietary intake. Evaluation of the adequacy of mineral nutriture is limited for several minerals because of inadequate methods for assessing mineral status. In addition, there is a general lack of information about mineral nutriture and metabolism in very old people ...
R J, Wood, P M, Suter, R M, Russell
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Fatigue in frail elderly people
International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 2006Many frail older people are likely to suffer from fatigue, but tools to measure fatigue in this population are lacking. Stage one of this study explored and described the experiences of fatigue of 12 older people from Australian residential aged care facilities.
Toye, Christine, White, K., Rooksby, K.
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Malnutrition in elderly people
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 1997C, Whitehead, P, Finucane
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Tetanus Immunity in Elderly People
Age and Ageing, 1995The aims of this study were to document the level of tetanus immunity in elderly people; to assess the value of immunization history in predicting tetanus immune status and to determine the response to tetanus immunization in elderly people compared with younger subjects. One-hundred day-hospital attenders (group 1), 100 long-term-care residents (group
S M, Murphy +5 more
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[Elderly caregivers of elderly people].
Revista de enfermeria (Barcelona, Spain), 2018The ageing of the population is a reality in our society nowadays. The aging process changes increase the probability that health problems occur. This fact involves that the needs of care demanded by the population increase too. The care for the elderly generally are provided in home environments, where often, the primary caregiver is another old ...
Laura, Muñoz Bermejo +5 more
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