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Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aims (1) To analyse individual and institutional‐level factors associated with urinary incontinence in older adults living in nursing homes; (2) to estimate the prevalence of urinary, faecal and double incontinence in nursing home residents. Design Cross‐sectional study. Methods Residents aged 65+ living in 22 nursing homes in Catalonia (Spain)
Javier Jerez‐Roig +9 more
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Diverticulitis in Older Adults: A Review of Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Diverticulitis accounts for over 300,000 hospitalizations annually in the United States and its incidence increases with age. Among older adults, diverticulitis is the fourth leading cause for emergency surgery. Older adults with multimorbidity and geriatric syndromes are often excluded from clinical studies, leaving a gap in the ...
Jessica K. Hall +2 more
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Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2007 Asangaedem Akpan1,2,3, Margot A Gosney2, James Barrett3,4, 1Directorate of Medicine and Elderly Care, Warrington Hospital, Warrington, Cheshire, UK; 2School of Food Biosciences, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, UK; 3Liverpool John Moores
Asangaedem Akpan +2 more
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Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Parastomal hernia or bulging is a long‐recognised complication in relation to a stoma. Around half of patients develop a parastomal bulge and up to 75% experience symptoms. Only a minority is offered surgical treatment; thus, most patients manage the bulge on their own or by interventions provided by stoma care nurses.
Cecilie Larsen +4 more
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Metagenomic analysis revealed significant changes in cattle rectum microbiome and antimicrobial resistome under fescue toxicosis [PDF]
arXivFescue toxicity causes reduced growth and reproductive issues in cattle grazing endophyte-infected tall fescue. To characterize the gut microbiota and its response to fescue toxicosis, we collected fecal samples before and after a 30-days toxic fescue seeds supplementation from eight Angus Simmental pregnant cows and heifers.
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São Paulo Medical JournalPSARP is currently the most widely-used surgical technique for surgical correction of high and intermediary anorectal malformations, but there is much controversy in the literature about the postoperative evaluation of these cases. We studied 27 cases of
José Luiz Martins, José Pinus
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The human colon: Evidence for degenerative changes during aging and the physiological consequences
Neurogastroenterology &Motility, EarlyView.Reduced nociceptor innervation can explain diminished abdominal pain among the elderly. Degenerative changes occur within the colon wall, especially ascending colon. Mechanisms may include senescence‐like activity and inflammaging. Constipation is more likely to occur during age‐related challenges affecting functions of the bowel that now have reduced ...
Nicholas Baidoo, Gareth J. Sanger
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Assessing Engraftment Following Fecal Microbiota Transplant [PDF]
arXivFecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) is an FDA approved treatment for recurrent Clostridium difficile infections, and is being explored for other clinical applications, from alleviating digestive and neurological disorders, to priming the microbiome for cancer treatment, and restoring microbiomes impacted by cancer treatment.
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Gastric and sacral electrical stimulation for motility disorders—A clinical perspective
Neurogastroenterology &Motility, EarlyView.Abstract Background Electrical stimulation of the gut has been investigated in recent decades with a view to treating various gastro‐intestinal motility disorders including, among others, gastric electrical stimulation to relieve nausea and vomiting associated with gastroparesis and sacral neuromodulation to treat fecal incontinence and/or constipation.
Charlotte Desprez +2 more
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