Factors associated with the goal of treatment in the last week of life in old compared to very old patients: a population-based death certificate survey [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Little is known about the type of care older people of different ages receive at the end of life. The goal of treatment is an important parameter of the quality of end-of-life care. This study aims to provide an evaluation of the main goal of
Cohen, Joachim +4 more
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Teaching Geriatrics and Transitions of Care to Internal Medicine Resident Physicians
Geriatrics, 2020 (1) Background: Internal medicine (IM) resident physicians need to be trained to care for older adults and transition them safely across care settings. Objective: The study purpose was to evaluate the efficacy of a curriculum in geriatrics assessment and
Shirley Wu +3 more
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A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of the Geriatrics Update: Clinical Pearls Course
Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2021 Background The University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine Annual Geriatrics Update: Clinical Pearls Course (Geriatrics Update) is a one-day, continuing medical education (CME) course designed to enhance geriatrics competency for family physicians
Peter Hoang +3 more
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Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Geriatrics in 2017
Geriatrics, 2018 Peer review is an essential part in the publication process, ensuring that Geriatrics maintains high quality standards for its published papers [...]
Geriatrics Editorial Office
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Outlier admissions of medical patients: Prognostic implications of outlying patients. The experience of the Hospital of Mestre [PDF]
, 2015 The admission of a patient in wards other than the appropriate ones, known as the patient outlying phenomenon, involves both Medicine and Geriatric Units of many Hospitals.
Aprile, Anna +5 more
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Geriatrics, 2020 To understand why students in the 2nd cycle of medical studies choose to complete a Diploma of Specialized Studies (DSS) in geriatrics, we conducted a study to identify the factors influencing the choice of a future specialty.
Valentine Nuss +7 more
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Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Geriatrics in 2018
Geriatrics, 2019 Rigorous peer-review is the corner-stone of high-quality academic publishing [...]
Geriatrics Editorial Office
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Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the extended TUG test in elderly participants [PDF]
, 2020 Background: To analyse the reliability, variance and execution time of the Extended Timed Up and Go (Extended TUG) test in three age groups of elderly participants (G1: 55–64 years; G2: 65–74 years; G3: 75–85 years).
Bedoya-Belmonte, Juan José +5 more
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Systematically searching for and assessing the literature for self-management of chronic pain: A lay users' perspective [PDF]
, 2014 © 2014 Schofield et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Background: The Engaging with older adults in the development of strategies for the self management of chronic pain (EOPIC) study aims to design and develop self management strategies to enable older ...
Anthony, G +11 more
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South Korean geriatrics on Beers Criteria medications at risk of adverse drug events.
PLoS ONE, 2018 BackgroundThe Beers Criteria released by the American Geriatrics Society includes a list of drugs to avoid in the geriatric population and is frequently used as a safety resource in geriatric pharmacotherapy.ObjectiveTo evaluate the exposure of South ...
Grace Juyun Kim, Kye Hwa Lee, Ju Han Kim
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