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Understanding constipation as a geriatric syndrome
Geriatric NursingConstipation is common among older adults and significantly impacts their quality of life (QoL). Prior studies have extensively detailed constipation, but conceptualization of constipation as a geriatric syndrome is lacking. In this review, we provide an overview of constipation in the geriatric population and conceptualize constipation as a geriatric ...
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Understanding sarcopenia as a geriatric syndrome
Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 2010 Highly prevalent in the population older than 65 years and leading to poor outcomes (functional decline and its related consequences), sarcopenia does not benefit yet either of a clear understanding of its pathophysiology or of precise clinical or biological markers allowing its identification.The new scientific definition of 'geriatric syndromes ...
Cruz-Jentoft, Alfonso J. +3 more
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Geriatric Syndromes and Geriatric Assessment for the Generalist
Medical Clinics of North America, 2015Geriatric assessment is an increasingly important area of outpatient medicine, given the unprecedented aging of the US population. Screening and evaluation for geriatric syndromes, particularly falls, urinary incontinence, frailty, and cognitive impairment, are crucial aspects of outpatient geriatric assessment.
Charlotte, Carlson +2 more
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Osteoarthritis and geriatric syndromes
Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova, 2019To study the geriatric status of patients with osteoarthritis (OA) older than 60 years depending on the severity of frailty.The study included 201 patients with OA (mean age 75.84±8.09 years). The patients were divided into 3 groups: patients without frailty, patients with prefrailty and patients with frailty.
A V, Naumov +3 more
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Medical aromatherapy in geriatric syndrome
Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 2021Geriatric syndromes are symptoms and signs, such as falls, incontinence, delirium, pressure ulcers, dysphagia and so on, that often threaten the independence of older adults, rather than the disease itself. Although the syndromes are very common in older people, it is difficult to treat those by modern medicine due to their complexity.
Takae Ebihara +3 more
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Geriatric Physiology and the Frailty Syndrome
Anesthesiology Clinics, 2019Understanding geriatric physiology is critical for successful perioperative management of older surgical patients. The frailty syndrome is evolving as an important, potentially modifiable process capturing a patient's biologic age and is more predictive of adverse perioperative outcomes than chronologic age.
Kashif T, Khan +2 more
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Frailty: An Emerging Geriatric Syndrome
The American Journal of Medicine, 2007Frailty is a new and emerging syndrome in the field of geriatrics. The study of frailty may provide an explanation for the downward spiral of many elderly patients after an acute illness and hospitalization. The fact that frailty is not present in all elderly persons suggests that it is associated with aging but not an inevitable process of aging and ...
Nasiya, Ahmed +2 more
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Diabetes mellitus and geriatric syndromes
Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 2009Diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased prevalence and incidence of geriatric syndrome: functional disabilities, depression, fall, urinary incontinence, malnutrition and cognitive impairment. Geriatric syndrome not only leads to frailty, loss of independence and low quality of life, but also becomes a major obstacle in the treatment and care ...
Atsushi, Araki, Hideki, Ito
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Frailty Syndrome in Geriatric Medicine
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 2012Frailty syndrome is frequently encountered in elderly populations. Frailty has been defined as a geriatric syndrome of increased vulnerability to environmental factors. Although knowledge of this syndrome continues to develop, there are still many areas of uncertainty.
Marco, Ruiz, Charles, Cefalu, Tom, Reske
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What Is A Geriatric Syndrome Anyway?
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2003The term “Geriatric Syndrome” is commonly used but ill defined. In publications, authors claim that all sorts of conditions are a “Geriatric Syndrome”, including, but not limited to, delirium,1 dementia,1 depression,2 dizziness,3 emesis,4 falls,1 gait disorders,1 hearing loss,1 insomnia,1 urinary incontinence,1 language disorders,1 functional ...
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