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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
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Rate-control vs rhythm-control of atrial fibrillation in elderly patients. From new, age-oriented outcomes to a more complex management strategy

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2018
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent arrhythmia in elderly people. Findings derived from clinical trials seem to demonstrate that a rate-control strategy of AF in aged patients improves prognosis if compared to a rhythm-control one.
Stefano Fumagalli, Serena Boni, Simone Pupo, Marta Migliorini, Irene Marozzi, Eleonora Barghini, Flavia Sacco, Niccolò Marchionni   +7 more
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Development and evaluation of a self-administered on-line test of memory and attention for middle-aged and older adults

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2014
There is a need for rapid and reliable Internet-based screening tools for cognitive assessment in middle-aged and older adults. We report the psychometric properties of an on-line tool designed to screen for cognitive deficits that require further ...
Angela K. Troyer, Angela K. Troyer, Gillian eRowe, Gillian eRowe, Kelly eMurphy, Kelly eMurphy, Brian eLevine, Brian eLevine, Larry eLeach, Lynn eHasher, Lynn eHasher   +10 more
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A qualitative exploration of the collaborative working between palliative care and geriatric medicine:barriers and facilitators from a European perspective [PDF]

, 2016
Background With an increasing number of people dying in old age, collaboration between palliative care and geriatric medicine is increasingly being advocated in order to promote better health and health care for the increasing number of older people. The
, EURO-IMPACT
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Recent hospitalization and risk of antidepressant initiation in people with Parkinson’s disease

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are more likely to be hospitalized and initiate antidepressant use compared to people without PD. It is not known if hospitalization increases the risk of antidepressant initiation.
Iida Hämäläinen, Miia Tiihonen, Sirpa Hartikainen, Anna-Maija Tolppanen   +3 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]

, 2015
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, Costantini, Massimo, Deliens, Luc, Smets, Tinne, Van Den Noortgate, Nele, Verhofstede, Rebecca   +5 more
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Nursing students' willingness to work in geriatric care: An integrative review

Nursing Open, 2020
This integrative review aims to explore the willingness of nursing students to work in geriatric care over the past 10 years and to explore the factors influencing nursing students to work in geriatric care.
Fengling Dai, Yao Liu, Mei Ju, Yufeng Yang   +3 more
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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

European Geriatric Medicine, 2021
The aim was to develop expert clinical recommendations on Geriatric Emergency Medicine to be disseminated across Europe. Eight posters with expert clinical guidelines on the most important topics in Geriatric Emergency Medicine are now available through ...
J. Lucke, S. Mooijaart, P. Heeren, K. Singler, R. McNamara, T. Gilbert, C. Nickel, S. Castejón, Á. Mitchell, V. Mezera, L. R. Van der Linden, S. Lim, A. Thaur, M. Karamercan, L. C. Blomaard, Z. Dundar, K. Y. Chueng, F. Islam, B. de Groot, S. Conroy   +19 more
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Reflection on High-Quality Development of Smart Health Data [PDF]

中国工程科学
China's aging population is large in size and is growing rapidly, causing a huge gap in the geriatric care resources. The smart geriatric care service based on health data has become an effective means to solve the geriatric care problem in China.
Weixuan Wang, Shaomei Shang, Zhiwen Wang, Luxia Zhang, Lin Ma, Na Li, Junhui Wu, Xu Zhang, Lan Li, Qimin Zhan   +9 more
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Comparison of intravenous sedation using midazolam versus dexmedetomidine in elderly patients with dementia: a randomized cross-over trial

Scientific Reports, 2022
Differences between the effects of intravenous sedation with midazolam (MID) and dexmedetomidine (DEX) on the cerebral function of elderly patients with severe dementia are unclear. This study aimed to compare the effects of intravenous sedation with MID
Yoshinari Morimoto, Megumi Hayashi, Yuki Yao, Hitomi Nishizaki, Hidechika Ishii, Lou Mikuzuki, Kouji Hara   +6 more
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