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A nationwide study on oral frailty among community-dwelling older adults in Thailand: insights from the OF-5 screening tool

BMC Oral Health
Background Oral frailty, a decline in oral function, is increasingly recognized as a marker of general frailty and adverse outcomes in older adults. However, nationwide data in Thailand are limited.
Patcharaphol Samnieng, Ariya Chantaramanee, Jarassri Srinarupat, Kornkamol Niyomsilp, Damrong Thamrongloahaphan   +4 more
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Laparoscopic Versus Open Surgery for Diverticular Disease: A Structured Review Across Clinical Settings and Operative Strategies

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Laparoscopic surgery is increasingly used to treat colonic diverticulitis; however, its role in emergency, perforated, high‐risk, and procedure‐specific settings remains uncertain. This structured narrative review evaluated and synthesized comparative evidence by clinical setting, operative strategy, and patient risk profile to provide a ...
Marie Hanaoka, Yudai Fukui, Koya Hida, Hiroya Takeuchi, Yusuke Kinugasa   +4 more
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Mitochondrial stress in advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis associated with chronic hepatitis B, chronic hepatitis C, or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Adaptive mitochondrial mechanisms allow mitochondrial resilience and prevent the worsening of fibrosis, while deregulation of these mechanisms promotes the progression from no/minimal‐mild (F0‐F2) fibrosis to advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis (F3‐F4). Abstract Background and Aims Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection causes oxidative stress (OS) and alters ...
Dimitri Loureiro, Issam Tout, Stéphanie Narguet, Cheikh Mohamed Bed, Morgane Roinard, Ahmad Sleiman, Nathalie Boyer, Nathalie Pons‐Kerjean, Corinne Castelnau, Nathalie Giuly, Dorothy Tonui, Vassili Soumelis, Jamel El Benna, Patrick Soussan, Richard Moreau, Valérie Paradis, Abdellah Mansouri, Tarik Asselah   +17 more
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Proportional hazards models with discrete frailty

We extend proportional hazards frailty models for lifetime data to allow a negative bi-nomial, Poisson, Geometric or other discrete distribution of the frailty variable. This might represent, for example, the unknown number of flaws in an item under test.
Crowder, Martin, Caroni, Chrys, Kimber, Alan   +2 more
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THE INFLUENCE OF LIFESTYLE BEHAVIORS ON THE INCIDENCE OF FRAILTY

, 2020
BACKGROUND: Frailty is a clinical state defined as an increase in an individual’s vulnerability to developing adverse health-related outcomes. OBJECTIVES: We propose that healthy behaviors could lower the incidence of frailty.
AVILA-FUNES, J.A., CANO-GUTIERREZ, C.A., BORDA, M.G., Avila-Funes, JA, Perez-Zepeda, MU, Gomez, RC, PÉREZ-ZEPEDA, M.U., Samper-Ternent, R, GÓMEZ, R.C., Cano-Gutierrez, CA, Borda, MG, SAMPER-TERNENT, R.   +11 more
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Posthumously Diagnosed Myhre Syndrome Presenting With Pleural Remodeling and Endometrial Cancer

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome (OMIM 139210) is a genetic condition defined by neurodevelopmental disability, characteristic facial features, and multisystem proliferative fibrosis. While various types of lung disease have been reported, pleural remodeling leading to restrictive lung disease has not yet been described.
Jeanette Saffir, Karee Morgan, Karigynn Chaimson, Blake E. Funke, Kim L. Sandler, Melissa Hogan, Thomas Cassini   +6 more
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Analysis of the current status and influencing factors of oral frailty in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Taiyuan, China

BMC Geriatrics
Background This study aimed to investigate the current status of oral frailty in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and analyze its influencing factors. Methods We recruited 464 elderly T2DM patients from a tertiary hospital in Taiyuan,
Chun Tian, Na Li, Ya Gao, Yan Yan
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Frailty, Frailty Components, And Oral Health: A Systematic Review

, 2016
A systematic review was conducted to assess the relationship between frailty or one of its components and poor oral health. A search strategy was developed to identify articles related to the research question in the PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane, LILACS, and
Marisol; Hilgert, Luisa Helena; Tellez, do Nascimento Torres, Maria da Luz; Ismail, Amid Ibrahim, Juliana Balbinot; Hugo, Fernando Neves; Rosario de Sousa   +6 more
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Description of large, well‐preserved Enchodus specimens from the Bearpaw Formation of Alberta, Canada

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Fishes of the genus Enchodus were abundant and cosmopolitan in the Late Cretaceous, but are primarily known from isolated remains in Canada. Four well‐preserved fish skulls were recovered in recent years from ammolite mines sampling the Bearpaw Formation of Southern Alberta, and are here referred to Enchodus petrosus Cope, 1874.
Luke E. Nelson, Alison M. Murray, Donald B. Brinkman   +2 more
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Characteristics of drugs with oral frailty patients among community pharmacy visitors: a cross-sectional study

BMC Oral Health
Background With the rise in the older population, it has become important to understand the relationship between oral frailty and drug use to consider appropriate medical interventions and drug use for older persons. Objective To clarify the relationship
Ayako Maeda-Minami, Misuzu Takashima, Yukako Morisaki, Shunsuke Ehara, Seiichi Kato, Kazuhiro Saito, Tomokazu Tanaka, Yoshiaki Shikamura, Yasunari Mano   +8 more
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