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Impact of the geriatric assessment on cancer-directed systemic therapy in older Indian persons with cancer: An observational study

Cancer Research, Statistics, and Treatment, 2022
Background: The geriatric assessment is a multidimensional evaluation of an older person. Globally, it is reported that geriatric assessments can lead to a change in the oncologic therapy decisions in approximately 28% of patients, but there are no ...
Vanita Noronha, Abhijith Rao, Shreya Gattani, Anant Ramaswamy, Anita Kumar, Sharath Kumar, Renita Castelino, Ratan Dhekale, Jyoti Krishnamurthy, Akash Pawar, Sarika Mahajan, Anuradha Daptardar, Lekhika Sonsukare, Jayita Deodhar, Nabila Ansari, Manjusha Vagal, Vikram Gota, Shripad Banavali, Kumar Prabhash, Rajendra Badwe   +19 more
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Perspectives and experiences of patients and healthcare professionals with geriatric assessment in chronic kidney disease: a qualitative study

BMC Nephrology, 2021
Background Older patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) often live with unidentified frailty and multimorbidity. Despite guideline recommendations, geriatric assessment is not part of standard clinical care, resulting in a missed opportunity to ...
Carlijn G. N. Voorend, Noeleen C. Berkhout-Byrne, Yvette Meuleman, Simon P. Mooijaart, Willem Jan W. Bos, Marjolijn van Buren   +5 more
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Performance of a brief geriatric evaluation compared to a comprehensive geriatric assessment for detection of geriatric syndromes in family medicine: a prospective diagnostic study [PDF]

BMC Geriatrics, 2018
Background Geriatric syndromes are rarely detected in family medicine. Within the AGE program (active geriatric evaluation), a brief assessment tool (BAT) designed for family physicians (FP) was developed and its diagnostic performance estimated by ...
Yolanda K. Mueller, Stefanie Monod, Isabella Locatelli, Christophe Büla, Jacques Cornuz, Nicolas Senn   +5 more
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Brief assessments and screening for geriatric conditions in older primary care patients: a pragmatic approach [PDF]

Public Health Reviews, 2018
This paper discusses the rationale behind performing a brief geriatric assessment as a first step in the management of older patients in primary care practice.
Laurence Seematter-Bagnoud, Christophe Büla   +1 more
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Geriatric assessment for oncologists

Cancer Biology & Medicine, 2015
The world is experiencing aging of its population. Age-specific incidence rates of cancer are higher and cancer is now recognized as a part of aging. Treating older patients can be challenging.
Beatriz Korc-Grodzicki, Holly M. Holmes, Armin Shahrokni   +2 more
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment for oral care in older adults: a focus group study. [PDF]

BMC Geriatr
Wongiam N, Praditpornsilpa K, Vacharaksa A.   +2 more
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Rapid Geriatric Assessment [PDF]

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2015
Since the article by Rubenstein and colleagues, in 19841 at the Sepulveda Veterans Affairs Medical Center, demonstrated the ability of a Comprehensive Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit (GEMU) to improve outcomes for frail older persons, numerous studies have duplicated these findings.2,3 Meta-analyses have confirmed the value of GEMUs.4 ...
John E, Morley, Erin V, Adams
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Aging-related changes in reward-based decision-making depend on punishment frequency: An fMRI study

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2023
IntroductionAging is often accompanied by significant cognitive decline and altered decision making. Previous studies have found that older adults have difficulty in processing reward/risk information, leading to suboptimal decision strategy. However, it
Ping Ren, Ping Ren, Guozhi Luo, Jiayin Huang, Jiayin Huang, Meiling Tan, Meiling Tan, Donghui Wu, Han Rong   +8 more
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Management of an elderly patient with senile asthenia syndrome in the practice of a geriatrician. Clinical case

Клинический разбор в общей медицине, 2022
The management of geriatric patients should be based on a comprehensive assessment of their needs realized through a comprehensive geriatric assessment, identification and correction of existing geriatric syndromes.
Maria I. Leonova, Evgeny L. Davydov , Roman A. Yaskevich   +2 more
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The prognostic role of functional dependency in older inpatients with COVID-19

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic infection with substantial risk of death, especially in elderly persons. Information about the prognostic significance of functional status in older patients with COVID-19 is scarce.
Galina Plotnikov, Efraim Waizman, Irma Tzur, Alexander Yusupov, Yonatan Shapira, Oleg Gorelik   +5 more
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