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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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POSTSCRIPTUM: Protocol of Geriatric Rehabilitation in Patients Aged 60 Years and Older Living in Moscow Boarding houses or Nursing homes. Protocol of Multicentral Prospective Study

Российский журнал гериатрической медицины, 2023
Background: GR  with implementation of  additional geriatric rehabilitation stage has been shown in  a number of  studies to  be efficient in  daily functional activities as  well as  in reducing hospital readmissions and mortality.
O. N. Tkacheva, N. K. Runikhina, I. P. Malaya, N. V. Sharashkina, V. S. Ostapenko, Yu. V. Kotovskaya, A. G. Melia, E. A. Mkhitaryan   +7 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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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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Geriatric assessment in older patients with a hematologic malignancy: a systematic review

Haematologica, 2020
The aim of this systematic review is to give an update of all currently available evidence on the relevance of a geriatric assessment in the treatment of older patients with hematologic malignancies.
Ellen R.M. Scheepers, Ariel M. Vondeling, Noortje Thielen, René van der Griend, Reinhard Stauder, Marije E. Hamaker   +5 more
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The relationship between Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment parameters and depression in elderly patients

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2022
BackgroundDepression is common and serious among elderly patients. The treatment of elderly depression is often delayed owing to insufficient diagnosis, which eventually leads to adverse consequences.AimsTo explore the association between the parameters ...
Yanmin Ju, Ting Liu, Kexin Zhang, Xiaoye Lin, Enlai Zheng, Jiyan Leng   +5 more
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Effect of in-hospital comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in older people with hip fracture : the protocol of the Trondheim Hip Fracture Trial [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Hip fractures in older people are associated with high morbidity, mortality, disability and reduction in quality of life. Traditionally people with hip fracture are cared for in orthopaedic departments without additional geriatric ...
Prestmo, Anders, Jorunn L Helbostad, Arild Aamodt, Olav Sletvold, Aamodt, A, Lamb, S. E. (Sallie E.), Saltvedt, Ingvild, Magnussen, Jon, Aamodt, Arild, Johnsen, Roar, Thingstad Pernille, Magnussen Jon, Saltvedt, I, Prestmo, A, Sletvold Olav, Saltvedt Ingvild, Magnussen, J, Roar Johnsen, Helbostad, Jorunn L., Prestmo Anders, Johnsen, R, Johnsen Roar, Anders Prestmo, Aamodt Arild, Helbostad Jorunn L, Sletvold, Olav, Taraldsen, Kristin, Magnussen, Jon, Prof., Thingstad, Pernille, Kristin Taraldsen, Taraldsen, K, Sletvold, O, Lamb, Sarah, Jon Magnussen, Ingvild Saltvedt, Sarah E Lamb, Taraldsen Kristin, Lamb Sarah E, Pernille Thingstad, Helbostad, JL, Thingstad, P, Lamb, SE   +41 more
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The MRC trial of assessment and management of older people in the community: objectives, design and interventions [ISRCTN23494848]. [PDF]

, 2002
BACKGROUND: The benefit of regular multidimensional assessment of older people remains controversial. The majority of trials have been too small to produce adequate evidence to inform policy.
Jones, DA, DA Jones, Fletcher, AE, Jones DA, Bulpitt CJ, CJ Bulpitt, AJ Tulloch, Tulloch, AJ, Tulloch AJ, AE Fletcher, Fletcher AE, Bulpitt, CJ   +11 more
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Geriatrics Evaluation and Management in the Veterans Administration—An Historical Perspective

Geriatrics, 2018
Comprehensive geriatric assessment, defined as an interdisciplinary assessment and development of an overall plan of treatment and follow-up, has become a fundamental part of clinical geriatric care. Since the 1970s, the US Department of Veterans Affairs
James S. Powers, Kathryn J. Eubank
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A posterior variant of corticobasal syndrome: Evidence from a longitudinal study of cognitive and functional status in a single case

Cogent Psychology, 2018
We describe a patient (CG) suffering from early onset dementia who presented with corticobasal syndrome (CBS). The aims of the study were as follows: (i) a detailed description of the cognitive phenotype; (ii) a comprehensive, longitudinal evaluation of ...
Carlo Abbate, Pietro Davide Trimarchi, Laura Manzoni, Anna Maria Quarenghi, Gian Pietro Salvi, Silvia Inglese, Fabrizio Giunco, Renzo Bagarolo, Daniela Mari, Beatrice Arosio   +9 more
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