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Older patients deserve dignity
Emergency Nurse, 2013Editor Claire Picton Managing editor Nick Lipley Tel: 020 8872 3166 Email: nick.lipley@rcnpublishing.co.uk Managing director/publisher Rhonda Oliver Editor in chief Jean Gray Senior editor Gary Bell Assistant editor Sophie Blakemore Senior production editor Julie Hickey Production editor Duncan Tyler Assistant production editor Sharon Everitt Art ...
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1981
ABSTRACT An increasing percentage of the burn victims admitted to the Western Pennsylvania Hospital and Burn Care Center are aged 65 or older. Among 108 such elderly patients admitted during the past six years, 68 died and 40 survived—a mortality rate of 63 percent.
H, Slater, J C, Gaisford
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ABSTRACT An increasing percentage of the burn victims admitted to the Western Pennsylvania Hospital and Burn Care Center are aged 65 or older. Among 108 such elderly patients admitted during the past six years, 68 died and 40 survived—a mortality rate of 63 percent.
H, Slater, J C, Gaisford
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Postgraduate Medicine, 1969
Older persons with chronic uremia tolerate hemodialysis or a renal transplant as well as younger patients. However, this is not true in acute renal failure.
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Older persons with chronic uremia tolerate hemodialysis or a renal transplant as well as younger patients. However, this is not true in acute renal failure.
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Fecal incontinence in older patients
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2005Fecal incontinence (FI), the involuntary passage of fecal material through the anus, is a common medical problem in older people, especially in frail older nursing home residents. FI is often associated with urinary incontinence. Severe constipation leading to fecal impaction, laxative abuse, diarrhea, cognitive impairment, senescence, and ...
Abbasi J, Akhtar, Manmeet, Padda
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Australian family physician, 2011
The proportion of the Australian population aged 65 years or more increased from 12.5% in 2001 to 13.3% in 2009. This aging of the population will increasingly pose challenges to the public health system. In BEACH (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health), between April 2001 and March 2002, and April 2008 and March 2009, the proportion of ...
Lisa, Valenti, Helena, Britt
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The proportion of the Australian population aged 65 years or more increased from 12.5% in 2001 to 13.3% in 2009. This aging of the population will increasingly pose challenges to the public health system. In BEACH (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health), between April 2001 and March 2002, and April 2008 and March 2009, the proportion of ...
Lisa, Valenti, Helena, Britt
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Nursing Management, 2016
A growing body of literature documents multiple morbidities and multiple medication use among older people with intellectual disabilities. In Ireland in 2012, 8.6% of all medication-related adverse events were reported from the disability sector.
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A growing body of literature documents multiple morbidities and multiple medication use among older people with intellectual disabilities. In Ireland in 2012, 8.6% of all medication-related adverse events were reported from the disability sector.
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Polypharmacy in Older Patients
British Journal of Hospital MedicinePolypharmacy is common among older people and is associated with multiple adverse outcomes. Assessing whether it is appropriate or inappropriate for an individual is more informative than relying on a simple pill count. Modern medicine is based on single disease guidelines that promote prescribing but tend not to have deprescribing criteria.
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Seminars in Oncology, 2004
Surgery for solid tumors is often withheld from the very elderly because of perceptions that they could not tolerate it physically and often because their life expectancy is considered too short. Data have shown that both of these factors should be carefully considered for the individual patient, since the mortality from most operations, even such ...
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Surgery for solid tumors is often withheld from the very elderly because of perceptions that they could not tolerate it physically and often because their life expectancy is considered too short. Data have shown that both of these factors should be carefully considered for the individual patient, since the mortality from most operations, even such ...
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Nursing Management, 2008
Help the Aged has launched a series of guides to help hospital staff approach and care for older people correctly.
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Help the Aged has launched a series of guides to help hospital staff approach and care for older people correctly.
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Emergency Nurse, 2010
Many patients who attend emergency departments are older adults, and students can often lack understanding in dealing with them.
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Many patients who attend emergency departments are older adults, and students can often lack understanding in dealing with them.
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