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Geriatric Oncology in Portugal: Where We Are and What Comes Next—A Survey of Healthcare Professionals

Geriatrics, 2022
In keeping with the trend worldwide, in Portugal, more than 60% of newly diagnosed patients with cancer are aged 65 years or older, which makes older adults the most common population seen in an oncology practice.
Joana Marinho, Sandra Custódio
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'Online' geriatric assessment procedure for older adults referred for geriatric assessment during an acute care episode for consideration of reliability of triage decisions [PDF]

BMC Geriatrics, 2012
Background Comprehensive geriatric assessment has been shown to improve patient outcomes, but the geriatricians who deliver it are in short-supply. A web-based method of comprehensive geriatric assessment has been developed with the potential to improve ...
Gray Len, Dakin Lucy, Counsell Steven, Edwards Helen, Wootton Richard, Martin-Khan Melinda   +5 more
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment in older people: an umbrella review of health outcomes [PDF]

, 2022
Background: Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) has been in use for the last three decades. However, some doubts remain regarding its clinical use.
Smith, Lee, Demurtas, Jacopo, Barbagallo, Mario, Barbagallo M, Maggi S, Special Interest Group in Systematic Reviews of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS), Aprile PL, Smith L, Cella, Alberto, Vanacore N, Pilotto, Alberto, Custodero C, Demurtas J, Ferrucci L, Pilotto A, Special Interest Group in Meta-analyses and Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS), Veronese, Nicola, Aprile, Pierangelo Lora, Custodero, Carlo, Veronese N, Vanacore, Nicola, Maggi, Stefania, Ferrucci, Luigi, Cella A   +23 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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Geriatric Assessment for the Nephrologist [PDF]

Seminars in Dialysis, 2012
AbstractDialysis providers are increasingly being presented with progressively older and frailer patients, in all healthcare settings from the acute hospital to the community dialysis center. These patients commonly bring more than kidney failure with them, with a complex constellation of chronic illness, comorbidity, and functional and cognitive ...
Wiggins, Jocelyn, Bitzer, Markus
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Geriatric medicine learning objectives and entrustable professional activities in undergraduate medical curricula: a scoping review.

, 2022
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 ...
von Streng, Tasslem, Vassallo, Michael, Blundell, Adrian, Huwendiek, Sören, Stuck, Andreas, Masud, Tahir   +5 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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