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Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2022 Background The current literature provides heterogeneous recommendation regarding the investigation of older delirious patients, which may lead to over-testing.
Antoine Laguë +5 more
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Syringomyelia in an older patient [PDF]
Age and Ageing, 2014 We describe the case of an 80-year-old man who presented with lower limb upper motor neurone weakness and spinothalamic tract sensory deficit secondary to previously undiagnosed syringomyelia. The case highlights the need for methodical history, examination and investigation in elderly patients to achieve diagnostic accuracy.
Rupinder, Gill, Jonathan, Birns
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Postmastectomy radiation therapy and survival outcome in older patients with T1-2N1 breast cancer
Breast, 2021 Background: The prognostic impact of postmastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT) on contemporary older patients with T1-2N1 breast cancer is unclear. We aimed to investigate the effect of PMRT in this setting.
Chuanxu Luo +3 more
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Statin Use and the Risk of Falls in Older Individuals With Diabetes
Tokyo Women's Medical University Journal, 2023 Background: Statins are effective in reducing cardiovascular events. However, statin-associated adverse muscle events, often associated with falls, remain a concern.
Yukiko Hasegawa +6 more
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Treatment of gastric cancer in the older population
Nowotwory, 2021 Gastric cancer (GC) is predominantly a disease of the elderly as approximately 60% of all patients are 70 years of age or older. At present, there are no guidelines dedicated to this group, and current treatment strategies are mainly based on evidence ...
Jakub Kenig, Piotr Richter
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Out-of-Hospital cardiac arrest in the young: A 23-year middle Eastern experience
Heart Views, 2021 Background: Worldwide, limited data are available about young patients (≤40 years) who present with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). We compared demographic characteristics, clinical presentation, and outcome in younger patients (≤40 years) versus ...
Bassim Albizreh +5 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 Objectives: As fall events and injuries have become a growing public health problem in older patients and the causes of falls are complex, there is an emerging need to identify the risk of drug-induced falls.Methods: To mine and analyze the risk signals ...
Shuang Zhou +10 more
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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2022 Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a common complication of the central nervous system in elderly patients after operation. It will prolong the length of stay, reduce the independence and quality of daily life, and increase the risk of death ...
Yuqing Wei +5 more
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Anxiety symptoms during COVID-19 in older adults with psychiatric disorders
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 ObjectiveDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, older people and patients with psychiatric disorders had an increased risk of being isolated. The French National Authority for Health has recommended a reinforced follow-up of these patients.
Elodie Pongan +19 more
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Neurosurgery in the older patient [PDF]
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1975 Summary The outcome of brain and spinal surgery has been assessed in 141 patients who were over the age of 65 at the time of operation. Patients tolerated investigation and surgery remarkably well and good results were obtained for benign lesions.
I, Stewart, P, Millac, R H, Sheppard
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