Design of a consensus-based geriatric assessment tailored for older chronic kidney disease patients:results of a pragmatic approach [PDF]
PURPOSE: Unidentified cognitive decline and other geriatric impairments are prevalent in older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). Despite guideline recommendation of geriatric evaluation, routine geriatric assessment is not common in ...
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Geriatric assessment as indispensable tool for physicians, what does the future hold? [PDF]
Background: Despite the notable rise in the elderly population in Mexico, it is imperative to acknowledge and address geriatric syndromes. The employment of geriatric assessment is essential, as it offers a comprehensive evaluation of elderly patients ...
Chavarria, Bernardo Grados+1 more
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A geriatric approach to percutaneous coronary interventions in older adults, part II: A JACC: Advances expert panel [PDF]
We review a comprehensive risk assessment approach for percutaneous coronary interventions in older adults and highlight the relevance of geriatric syndromes within that broader perspective to optimize patient-centered outcomes in interventional ...
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Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication use in geriatric oncology. [PDF]
Polypharmacy is a highly prevalent problem in older persons, and is challenging to assess and improve due to variations in definitions of the problem and the heterogeneous methods of medication review and reduction.
Aparicio+65 more
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Geriatric medicine learning objectives and entrustable professional activities in undergraduate medical curricula: a scoping review. [PDF]
BACKGROUND entrustable professional activities (EPAs) have become an important component of competency-based medical education. The aim of this study is to evaluate how geriatric medicine learning objectives are addressed by undergraduate medical ...
Blundell, Adrian+5 more
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Improving end-of-life care in acute geriatric hospital wards using the Care Programme for the Last Days of Life : study protocol for a phase 3 cluster randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background: The Care Programme for the Last Days of Life has been developed to improve the quality of end-of-life care in acute geriatric hospital wards.
Cohen, Joachim+5 more
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Geriatric Assessment in Advanced Kidney Disease [PDF]
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Brown, Edwina Anne, Farrington, Ken
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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]
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 comparison to a ...
Büla, C.+5 more
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Brief assessments and screening for geriatric conditions in older primary care patients: a pragmatic approach. [PDF]
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.
Büla, C., Seematter-Bagnoud, L.
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Poor nutritional status is associated with other geriatric domain impairments and adverse postoperative outcomes in onco-geriatric surgical patients – a multicentre cohort study [PDF]
Background: Nutritional status (NS), though frequently affected in onco-geriatric patients, is no standard part of a geriatric assessment. The aim of this study was to analyse the association between a preoperatively impaired NS and geriatric domain ...
A. Vigano+73 more
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