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Quality of Life within Horse Welfare Assessment Tools: Informing Decisions for Chronically Ill and Geriatric Horses

Animals, 2022
Equine Quality of Life (QoL) is an important concern in decision making in veterinary medicine and is especially relevant for chronically ill or geriatric horses towards the end of their lives.
Mariessa Long, Christian Dürnberger, Florien Jenner, Zsófia Kelemen, Ulrike Auer, Herwig Grimm   +5 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of sarcopenia among adults living in nursing homes [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives: Sarcopenia is a progressive loss of skeletal muscle and muscle function, with significant healthand disability consequences for older adults.
Beller, Elaine M., Henwood, Tim R., Keogh, Justin W L, Mitchell, Geoffrey K., Senior, Hugh E.   +4 more
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CX3CL1 in Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease: Plasma Dynamics Across Age and Disease Stages

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Backgrounds Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid‐beta plaques, tau tangles, and neuroinflammation. C‐X3‐C motif chemokine ligand 1 (CX3CL1, also known as fractalkine), a neuroimmune chemokine implicated in AD pathogenesis, shows inconsistent alterations in plasma/serum across studies.
Ling Wang, Yujie Liu, Fei Li, Xuelin Li, Lanlan Li, Jie Zhang, Yali Xu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geriatric assessment to predict survival in older allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients

Haematologica, 2014
Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation is increasingly utilized in older adults. This study prospectively evaluated the prognostic utility of geriatric assessment domains prior to allogeneic transplantation in recipients aged 50 years and over ...
Lori S. Muffly, Masha Kocherginsky, Wendy Stock, Quynh Chu, Michael R. Bishop, Lucy A. Godley, Justin Kline, Hongtao Liu, Olatoyosi M. Odenike, Richard A. Larson, Koen van Besien, Andrew S. Artz   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preparing medical graduates to care for geriatric patients: A case study of the undergraduate medical curriculum at a South African university

South African Family Practice, 2020
Background: Medical schools in South Africa must be responsive to the health needs of the rapidly ageing population. Reports of the poor quality of care received by elderly patients raises concerns about the training of medical students.
Keshena Naidoo, Jacqueline van Wyk
doaj   +1 more source

Comrehensive Geriatric Assessment.

Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics, 1998
高齢者では多臓器に慢性疾患が併発し, 痴呆, 移動障害, 失禁, コミュニケーション障害, 転倒, うつ状態, 廃用性萎縮などを来して要介護となる. こうした生活機能障害に対しては身体的, 精神的, 社会的に総合評価し, これを適切な医療ケアにつなげることが必要である. その手法が総合的機能評価 comrehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) である. それは医学的診断治療に加えて, 日常生活動作ADL, 痴呆とうつ状態のスクリーニング, 必要な介護などの社会的な側面等の, 生活機能を包括的に評価するものである.CGAは記述的な内容をスコアで表現する.
openaire   +3 more sources

Five‐Year Disease Progression in Synuclein Seeding Positive Sporadic Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To provide a comprehensive description of disease progression in synuclein seeding assay (SAA) positive sporadic Parkinson Disease participants, using Neuronal Synuclein Disease integrated biological and functional impairment staging framework.
Paulina Gonzalez‐Latapi, Caroline Gochanour, Seung Ho Choi, Hyunkeun Cho, Chelsea Caspell‐Garcia, Christopher Coffey, Michael Brumm, David‐Erick Lafontant, Yuge Xiao, Thomas Tropea, John Seibyl, Caroline Tanner, Charles S. Venuto, Karl Kieburtz, Lana M. Chahine, Kathleen L. Poston, Andrew Siderowf, Kenneth Marek, Tanya Simuni, The Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk factors of linezolid-associated hyponatremia from a retrospective case–control study: decreased serum albumin as a selective predictor in elder patients

Annals of Medicine
Background The incidence of linezolid-associated hyponatremia is approximately 20% in real-world studies. However, there are limited case reports and rare research on linezolid-induced hyponatremia.
Liang Liang, Bo-Lin Zhu, Di Chen, Ming Zhao, Yuan-Chao Zhu, Fei Zhao, Peng-Fei Jin, Yang Ju   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early Delirium Assessment for Hospitalized Older People in Indonesia: a Systematic Review [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Due to the increasing risk of getting co-morbidity and frailty, older people tend to be prone to hospitalization. Hospitalization in older people brings many adverse effects.
Chen, C. (Ching-Min), Saifullah, A. D. (Azam)   +1 more
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An investigation of factors associated with depression in older adults

, 1989
As the population ages, there is a need for continued research into the etiology of geriatric depression and improved ways to detect individuals at risk for developing this disorder.
Mayhew, Katherine Mary
core   +1 more source