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The oldest old – “inconvenient” clients for helping profession workers? [PDF]
, 2017 Obserwowany i spodziewany rozrost zbiorowości osób w wieku 80 lat i więcej prowadzi do konieczności szerszego uwzględniania specyfiki tej zbiorowości w pracy przedstawicieli tzw. zawodów pomocowych.
Szukalski, Piotr
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Caring for the oldest old [PDF]
BMJ, 2007 When a 70 year old woman collects a prescription from the pharmacist, no one is surprised. But, it is for her mother. And she must rush back because her mother doesn't see very well, is a little confused, and her daughter doesn't like to leave her for too long on her own. Times change.
Domhnall MacAuley, Zoe Slote Morris
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Polypharmacy in the oldest old (≥80 years of age) patients in China: a cross-sectional study
BMC Geriatrics, 2018 Background The oldest old generally have worse health and more comorbidities than the general population of older adults, and they are more likely to be exposed to polypharmacy.
Xiaoxing Lai +3 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Purpose Cognitive and psychological difficulties could negatively interfere with treatment adherence and quality of life before and after hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). Methods to mitigate these changes may have positive effects on treatment success.
Kristen L. Votruba +11 more
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Ambulance Transport of the Oldest Old in Tokyo: A Population-Based Study [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Few studies have investigated ambulance utilization in people aged 85 years or older, ie, the oldest old.Methods: We conducted a 1-year population-based observational study of patients transported by ambulance to emergency departments in ...
Abe Toshikazu +4 more
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Oldest Old Mortality in China [PDF]
We find that the Kannisto model, a two-parameter logistic formula, fits Han Chinese death rates at oldest-old ages better than the Gompertz and four other models. Chinese death rates appear to be roughly similar to Swedish and Japanese rates after age 97
James W. Vaupel, Yi Zeng
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Population-based analysis of pathological correlates of dementia in the oldest old [PDF]
, 2017 Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze brain pathologies which cause dementia in the oldest old population. Methods: All 601 persons aged >= 85 years living in the city of Vantaa (Finland), on April 1st, 1991 formed the study population of the ...
Lindsberg, Perttu J. +9 more
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Degenerative Dementia of the Oldest Old.
Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics, 1998 We investigated seven brains from patients 99-105 years of age with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer-type dementia (ATD). The pathological findings were as follows. 1) These cases could be divided into two groups: cases with localized cortical atrophy in the medial part of the temporal lobe, and a case with diffuse atrophy in the cerebral cortex ...
M, Enomoto +4 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A second allogeneic (allo‐)hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT2) is a potential curative option for pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) following relapse after first allogeneic transplantation (HSCT1), but its efficacy is limited by high relapse rates and transplant‐related toxicity in highly pretreated ...
Ava Momm +10 more
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Body composition, IGF1 status, and physical functionality in nonagenarians: implications for osteosarcopenia [PDF]
, 2018 OBJECTIVES: Body composition alterations occur during aging. The purpose of the present analysis was to explore the functional consequences of the overlap of sarcopenia and osteoporosis, and the potential role of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) in ...
Cherry, Ke +7 more
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