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Acute care models for hip fracture treatment vs post-acute rehabilitation services in older adults after hip fracture: A comparative claims data analysis from Germany

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2020
Objective: Acute geriatric care (geriatric early rehabilitative treatment) and sub-acute (inpatient) geriat-ric rehabilitation are delivered to geriatric patients in Germany after hip fracture.
Clemens Becker, Kilian Rapp, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Claudia Schulz, Hans-Helmut König, Gisela Büchele   +5 more
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Geriatric syndromes: A therapeutic challenge

Journal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics, 2022
Aging is a natural phenomenon that is irrevocable. The older adult population is increasing rapidly in India, projected to increase from 6% to nearly 20% in 2050.
Vandna Pandey, Nancy Kurien, Remiya Mohan   +2 more
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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
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Evaluating a Pragmatic Strength Alternative for Frailty Measurement and Assessing Its Predictive Capacity Against Established Frailty Instruments in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Frailty occurs prematurely in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is associated with poor health outcomes. We compared the performance of four frailty instruments, including a pragmatic alternative measure using chair sit‐to‐stand (STS), and evaluated their abilities to predict poor health outcomes.
Kylie E. Riggles, Hannah F. Brubeck, Adrienne D. Tanus, Courtney N. Loecker, Punyasha Roul, Bryant R. England, Elizabeth R. Wahl, James S. Andrews, Namrata Singh, Joshua F. Baker, Patricia P. Katz, Dolores M. Shoback, Jose M. Garcia, Ariela R. Orkaby, Katherine D. Wysham   +14 more
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Knowledge and attitude toward geriatric nursing care and associated factors among nurses working at hospitals in Hawassa City, Ethiopia, 2022

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundGlobally, the fastest growth in the number of older people combined with chronic and age-related medical conditions experienced by the older adult placed great demand on geriatric care.
Workineh Abera, Alemneh Kabeta Daba, Bereket Beyene Gebre, Mathewos Ashagere, Tomas Yeheyis, Dereje Addisu, Tsegahun Amlaku, Fikru Tadesse, Tinbete Samuel   +8 more
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Uncovering Methods and Outcomes of Palliative Care for Geriatric Patients: A Scoping Review

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2023
Hartiah Haroen,1 Hasniatisari Harun,2 Citra Windani Mambang Sari,1 Witdiawati Witdiawati1 1Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, Indonesia; 2Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of ...
Haroen H, Harun H, Sari CWM, Witdiawati W   +3 more
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Diagnostic groups of hospital stays and outpatient visits during 10 years before Alzheimer’s disease

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a major determinant of healthcare costs and increase in the healthcare service use occur already before the AD diagnosis.
Kiira Mäklin, Pasi Lampela, Julian Lin, Hartikainen Sirpa, Anna-Maija Tolppanen   +4 more
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Care of the Geriatric Rabbit

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, 2010
The average life span reported in laboratory and lay literature for the domestic rabbit is 5 to 10 years. The author and other veterinarians are now regularly seeing rabbits living to 9 or 10 years, the oldest reported in the author's practice being 14 years. Rabbits are herbivorous prey species with continually growing (elodont) teeth.
openaire   +2 more sources

Developing and Evaluating a Laboratory‐Based Frailty Index for the Prediction of Long‐Term Health Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to construct and evaluate the first laboratory‐based frailty index (FI‐Lab) for predicting adverse outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare its predictive ability to that of an existing clinical FI. Methods We used data from a single‐center prospective cohort of adult patients with SLE whose baseline visit ...
Grace Burns, Samuel D. Searle, Alexandra Legge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comprehensive geriatric care reduces acute perioperative delirium in elderly patients with hip fractures

Medicine, 2017
Background: The aim of the current meta-analysis was to assess the treatment effect of comprehensive geriatric care in reducing acute perioperative delirium in older patients with hip fractures, compared with the effect of a routine orthopedic treatment ...
Yiyang Wang, Jun Tang, Fei-ya Zhou, Lei Yang, Jianbin Wu   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source