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Risk of venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in older in-patients with mental illness: systematic review

BJPsych Bulletin
Aims and method Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a fatal condition affecting older people. This study aims to identify specific risk factors for VTE in older psychiatric in-patients within mental hospital settings.
Damodar Chari, Tamara Chithiramohan, Ina Sawhney, Elizabeta B. Mukaetova-Ladinska, Lucy Beishon, Hari Subramaniam   +5 more
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The influence of ACE inhibitors and ARBs on hospital length of stay and survival in people with COVID-19

International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature, 2020
Objective: During the COVID-19 pandemic the continuation or cessation of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) has been contentious.
Philip Braude, Ben Carter, Roxanna Short, Arturo Vilches-Moraga, Alessia Verduri, Lyndsay Pearce, Angeline Price, Terence J. Quinn, Michael Stechman, Jemima Collins, Eilidh Bruce, Alice Einarsson, Frances Rickard, Emma Mitchell, Mark Holloway, James Hesford, Fenella Barlow-Pay, Enrico Clini, Phyo Kyaw Myint, Susan Moug, Kathryn McCarthy, Jonathan Hewitt   +21 more
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A qualitative focus group study on legal experts’ views regarding euthanasia requests based on an advance euthanasia directive

BMC Medical Ethics
Background The Dutch Euthanasia law permits euthanasia in patients with advanced dementia lacking decisional capacity based on advance euthanasia directives.
D. O. Coers, S. H. Scholten, M. E. de Boer, E. M. Sizoo, M. A. J. M. Buijsen, B. J. M. Frederiks, C. J. W. Leget, C. M. P. M. Hertogh   +7 more
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Wessex Acute Frailty Audit: applying quality improvement methodology to design and implement a regional frailty audit using a collaborative, multiprofessional approach

BMJ Open Quality, 2020
Introduction An acute hospital stay increases the risk of negative outcomes for those living with frailty. This paper describes the application of quality improvement methodology to design and implement a regional audit to gain an understanding of care ...
Teresa Corbett, Kathy Wallis, Cheryl Davies, Lucy Anne Lewis, Kerry Burrows, Claire Spice   +5 more
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Home-based geriatric rehabilitation after inpatient rehabilitation: a redesign and feasibility study

BMC Geriatrics
Background There is a shift from inpatient to home-based geriatric rehabilitation (HBGR), and potential benefits are demonstrated. Previously, a theoretical HBGR model, version 1.0, has been developed, outlining its essential components.
Astrid D. Preitschopf, Margriet Pol, Bianca Buurman, Marije Holstege   +3 more
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Delirium in older people [PDF]

BMJ, 2007
Few ill health situations are more degrading to people of any age than loss of reasoning, faculties, and personhood. These are the unpleasant consequences of delirium—a common condition affecting ill older people, particularly those with some degree of dementia. It is characterised by recent onset of fluctuating inattention and confusion, linked to one
John, Young, Sharon K, Inouye
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Establishing the core elements of a frailty at the front door model of care using a modified real-time Delphi technique

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background Innovations in models of care for older adults living with frailty presenting to the emergency department (ED) have become a key priority for clinicians, researchers and policymakers due to the deleterious outcomes older adults experience due ...
Íde O’Shaughnessy, Christine Fitzgerald, Aoife Whiston, Patrick Harnett, Helen Whitty, Des Mulligan, Marian Mullaney, Catherine Devaney, Deirdre Lang, Jennifer Hardimann, Brian Condon, Christina Hayes, Alison Holmes, Louise Barry, Claire McCormack, Megan Bounds, Katie Robinson, Margaret O’Connor, Damien Ryan, Denys Shchetkovsky, Fiona Steed, Leonora Carey, Emer Ahern, Rose Galvin   +23 more
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Randomized crossover trial of a modified ketogenic diet in Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, 2021
Background Brain energy metabolism is impaired in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which may be mitigated by a ketogenic diet. We conducted a randomized crossover trial to determine whether a 12-week modified ketogenic diet improved cognition, daily function ...
Matthew C. L. Phillips, Laura M. Deprez, Grace M. N. Mortimer, Deborah K. J. Murtagh, Stacey McCoy, Ruth Mylchreest, Linda J. Gilbertson, Karen M. Clark, Patricia V. Simpson, Eileen J. McManus, Jee-Eun Oh, Satish Yadavaraj, Vanessa M. King, Avinesh Pillai, Beatriz Romero-Ferrando, Martijn Brinkhuis, Bronwyn M. Copeland, Shah Samad, Shenyang Liao, Jan A. C. Schepel   +19 more
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Dementia Assessment and Management Protocol for Doctors in Nepal

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2013
WHO Dementia Report published in 2012 highlighted the exponential rise of dementia in the elderly population worldwide, especially in low-and middle-income countries.
Arun Jha, Nidesh Sapkota
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Feasibility of the WHO Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework in long-term care facilities: a pilot study in the Netherlands

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Background The World Health Organization’s Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework (IPCAF) is widely used to evaluate infection prevention and control (IPC) quality in hospitals, but IPC standards in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are ...
K. Halonen, A. Haenen, M. Smalbrugge, L. W. van Buul, R. C. Wang, C. Schneeberger, D. W. Notermans, S. E. Geerlings, S. C. de Greeff   +8 more
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