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Geriatric syndrome and geriatric medicine

Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics, 2004
高齢者においては人生の終末期に, 原因は様々であっても, 痴呆, 寝たきり, 廃用症候群, 各種感染症易発症性, 合併症の重層的併発など, 比較的慢性に経過する共通の症候, すなわち老年症候群 (geriatric syndrome) を呈する場合がある. これら老年症候群に対しては, それぞれの原因疾患の鑑別診断と治療あるいは再発予防とともに, 医師のみではなく, 多種の医療職種のチームワーク医療が重要であり, 老年症候群例に対するこれら多職種の共通認識としての総合機能評価が必要となる.
Shigeto, Morimoto, Hiroshi, Murai, Masayuki, Matsumoto, Shoushi, Takamoto, Shuichi, Saeki, Yasuaki, Yabumoto   +5 more
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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, Deliens, Luc, Smets, Tinne, Van Den Noortgate, Nele, Verhofstede, Rebecca   +4 more
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National survey of the Portuguese elderly nutritional status : study protocol [PDF]

, 2016
Acknowledgements We acknowledge the IAN-AF team (in particular to Duarte Torres, Milton Severo and Andreia Oliveira) for the community sampling and their support on dietary assessment methodology and critical discussion along the elaboration of the ...
Alarcão, Violeta, Bergland, Astrid, Bye, Asta, Clara, João Gorjão, de Oliveira, Rita Machado, Goulão, Beatriz, Lopes, Carla, Madeira, Teresa, Mendonça, Nuno, Nicola, Paulo, Peixoto-Plácido, Catarina, Santos, Nuno, Santos, Osvaldo, Yngve, Agneta   +13 more
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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, Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio I., Galán-Mercant, Alejandro, González-Sánchez, Manuel, Pitarch, Jose Miguel Barreda, Rodríguez-González, María Del Mar   +5 more
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Undergraduate Teaching in Geriatrics and Pediatrics in Portuguese Medical Schools: An Observational Study

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2016
Introduction: Motivated by the contracting nature of the Portuguese age pyramid, and thereby the ever increasing geriatric population, the aim of this study was to compare the number of European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System Credits dedicated ...
Mariana Amaral, Filipa Matias, Lígia Massena, Nuno Cardoso   +3 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, Clarke, A, Fowler, S, Jones, D, Marsh, R, Martin, D, McNamee, P, Morrison, M, Morrison, R, Schofield, Patricia, Smith, BH, Stewart, C   +11 more
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‘Managing pieces of a personal puzzle’ — older people’s experiences of self-management falls prevention exercise guided by a digital program or a booklet [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Exercise is effective in order to prevent falls in community-dwelling older people. Self-management programs have the potential to increase access and reduce costs related to exercise-based fall prevention.
Helena Lindgren, Helena, Janols, Rebecka, Lundin-Olsson, Lillemor, Pettersson, Beatrice, Sandlund, Marlene, Skelton, Dawn, Wiklund, Maria   +6 more
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Geriatrics: Medicine of the 21st Century ?

Medicina, 2017
Study model: an analytical study on progress in the area of Brazilian Geriatrics in the period between the end of the 20th century and the present moment.
Milton Luiz Gorzoni
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Characteristics of outdoor falls among older people: A qualitative study [PDF]

, 2013
Background Falls are a major threat to older people’s health and wellbeing. Approximately half of falls occur in outdoor environments but little is known about the circumstances in which they occur.
A Bergland, A Nathan, A Shumway-Cook, A Shumway-Cook, A Ståhl, AC King, AH Ranhoff, AL Rosso, AR Eisenstein, AR Levy, C Beynon, C Robson, C Willig, CJ Cherpitel, Claire Ballinger, DC Landy, DE Rosenberg, DL Morgan, E Stack, F Bunn, GJ Wijlhuizen, GJ Wijlhuizen, H-W Wahl, HM Hanson, J Fleming, J Kerr, J Phillips, J Ritchie, J Ritchie, JL Kelsey, JL Kelsey, JL Kelsey, Judith E Phillips, K Horton, K Sjogren, KR Fox, L Asher, L Clemson, L Clemson, L Gauvin, L Salonen, L Yardley, L Yardley, LA Talbot, LD Gillespie, M Annear, M Rantakokko, M Rantakokko, M Rantakokko, M Rantakokko, MC Nevitt, MG Davis, MHC Bleijlevens, MRU Meyer, N Owen, NM Peel, O Beauchet, P Morency, PA Bath, Panel on Prevention of Falls in Older Persons, American Geriatrics Society, British Geriatrics Society, PC Lai, PC Lai, R Newton, Rita Newton, S Turner, S Wilkinson, Samuel R Nyman, SC Webber, SE Lamb, SR Cummings, SR Lord, SR Lord, TE Finnes, W Li, World Health Organization, Y Rydin, YH Chu, YL Michael   +77 more
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Postoperative care in geriatrics

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2017
Treatment of the elderly is becoming increasingly common problem and is of interest, because in the future this phenomenon will affect most of us. For many years, he observed in different countries increasingly rapid aging of the population, including in
Grzegorz Ulenberg, Agata Ulenberg, Anna Grabowska-Gaweł, Łukasz Czapiewski, Maria Dąbrowska   +4 more
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