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Geriatric assessment in oncology [PDF]

Cancer, 1997
With the anticipated growth in the numbers of elderly persons, a higher prevalence of cancers among older persons is expected; as a result, oncologists will treat larger numbers of older persons in their practices. Clinicians caring for older persons with cancer must recognize the heterogeneity of the elderly population and focus their assessments and ...
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Drug shortages in China: a cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Drug shortages significantly threaten public health and medical service provision worldwide. Research evidence on the complete picture of drug shortages is currently scant in China.
Yinyin Song, Jianchun Li, Fei Zhao, Pengfei Jin   +3 more
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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

Cancer Control, 2003
As an adjunct to the general and cancer-specific clinical and diagnostic examinations, comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is an integral tool that examines factors affecting the course of disease and the outcome of treatment. The principal areas of focus of the CGA include the patient's functional, physical, mental, emotional, pharmacotherapeutic,
Darryl, Wieland, Victor, Hirth
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Providing care for older adults in the Emergency Department: expert clinical recommendations from the European Task Force on Geriatric Emergency Medicine [PDF]

, 2022
Cures agudes; Medicina d'urgències; GeriatriaCuidados agudos; Medicina de urgencias; GeriatríaAcute care; Emergency medicine; GeriatricsPurpose: Despite the rapidly expanding knowledge in the field of Geriatric Emergency Medicine in Europe, widespread ...
Lucke, JA, Mooijaart, Simon, Castejon, S, Gilbert, T, Heeren, P, Singler, K, McNamara, R   +6 more
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Closing the Osteoporosis Care Gap in Hip Fracture Patients: An Opportunity to Decrease Recurrent Fractures and Hospital Admissions

Journal of Osteoporosis, 2011
Background. Falls and hip fractures are an increasing health threat to older people who often never return to independent living. This study examines the management of bone health in an acute care setting following a hip fracture in patients over age 65.
Anna Byszewski, Genevieve Lemay, Frank Molnar, Nahid Azad, Seanna E. McMartin   +4 more
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The Geriatric 8 (G8) Score as a Predictor of Postoperative Outcomes in Elderly Patients Undergoing Surgical Interventions for Malignancies [PDF]

The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2023
Background: The fact that a higher incidence of cancer occurs in people aged above 65 years has attracted attention to the importance of offering specific care for elderly patients.
Manar Mostafa Adel, Salma M.S. El Said, Mohamed Mohamed Mortada, Lujain Omar Elghamri   +3 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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Spectrum of cardiovascular diseases with increasing age and its association with geriatric syndromes

Journal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics, 2022
Objective: The burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is highest among the older adults, who are often carriers of various geriatric syndromes. Studies evaluating CVDs among the old adults in the low- and middle-income countries are limited. This study
Pramod Kumar, Bhrigu Jain, Nidhi Soni, S N Dwivedi, Aparajit Ballav Dey, Prashun Chatterjee, Avinash Chakrawarty   +6 more
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GERIATRIC PRINCIPLES FOR PATIENTS WITH CANCER

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2021
Cancer is primarily a disease of older persons. Given the heterogeneity of aging, physiological age, rather than chronological age, better expresses the cumulative effect of environmental, medical, and psychosocial stressors, which modifies life ...
Ana Patricia Navarrete-Reyes, Karla Animas-Mijangos, Jimena Gómez-Camacho, Yoselin Juárez-Carrillo, Ana Cristina Torres-Pérez, Daniela Josefina Cataneo-Piña, Juan Pablo Negrete-Najar, Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis   +7 more
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Emerging insights into CC and CXC chemokines and their receptors in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The dual roles of CC and CXC chemokines in distinguishing active, latent, and subclinical tuberculosis were reviewed, along with an evaluation of their potential as diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets to advance precision medicine in tuberculosis management. The graphical abstract was generated with AI assistance (Gemini 3.0).
Xuying Yin, Dangsheng Xiao, Jiezuan Yang
wiley   +1 more source