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Functional Improvement in Geriatric Hip Fractures

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation, 2015
Introduction: The “Integrated Care Pathway” for geriatric intertrochanteric (IT) fractures in Singapore’s Tan Tock Seng Hospital has shown significant functional recovery in patients’ activities of daily living.
W. R. D. Seng MBChB, MRCS(Glasg), M. H. Belani, R. Ramason MBChB (Leeds), MRCP (UK), DGM (London), G. Naidu MBBS, FRCS (Edin), FRCS (Edin) (Ortho), FAMS (Ortho), H. K. Doshi Bac. Med. Sc, M.D. (M'sia), MRCS (Ed), AFRCSI (Dublin), FRCS Ed (Ortho), FEBOT (Europe), M.Med.Ortho (S'pore), Dip SICOT (Belgium)   +4 more
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The Necessity of Attention to Vitamin B12 Level Examination in Diabetic Patients Treated with Metformin [PDF]

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal, 2017
people need to have healthy methods of therapy because such methods can protect one’s health(1, 2).Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a prevalent metabolic disorder and paying adequate attention to areas related to this condition is very necessary (3 ...
Sayed Alireza Mirsane, Sayed Mojtaba Mirsane   +1 more
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Hospital admissions for vitamin D related conditions and subsequent immune-mediated disease: record-linkage studies. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested that there may be an association between vitamin D deficiency and the risk of developing immune-mediated diseases.
Giulio Disanto, Michael J Goldacre, Goldacre, R, Sreeram V Ramagopalan, Gavin Giovannoni, Raph Goldacre, Ramagopalan, SV, Goldacre, MJ, Goldacre, Michael, Giovannoni, G, Disanto, G   +10 more
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Metformin and vitamin B12 deficiency: What is the evidence? [PDF]

Scripta Medica
The widespread adoption of metformin as a primary therapeutic agent for type 2 diabetes has prompted inquiries into its potential impact on vitamin B 12 (cobalamin) levels and subsequent deficiency. This study aimed to elucidate this complex relationship
Oliveira Peixoto Bruno Daniel, Abreu Gonçalves Mariana, Ramôa Gonçalves Teresa Filipa, Sá Martins Aníbal Alberto   +3 more
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Toxicoproteomic Profiling of hPXR Transgenic Mice Treated with Rifampicin and Isoniazid

Cells, 2020
Tuberculosis is a global health threat that affects millions of people every year, and treatment-limiting toxicity remains a considerable source of treatment failure.
Christopher Trent Brewer, Kiran Kodali, Jing Wu, Timothy I. Shaw, Junmin Peng, Taosheng Chen   +5 more
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Low vitamin D status adversely affects bone health parameters in adolescents [PDF]

, 2008
Background: The effects of subclinical vitamin D deficiency on bone mineral density (BMD) and bone turnover in adolescents, especially in boys, are unclear.Objective: We aimed to investigate the relations of different stages of vitamin D status and BMD ...
Dubitzky, Werner, Cashman, Kevin D, Robson, Paula J, Cotter, Alice A, Kiely, Mairead, Wallace, Julie MW, Strain, J J, Boreham, Colin A, Flynn, Albert, Hill, Tom R, Murray, Liam   +10 more
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A randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of vitamin B12 supplementation on neurological function in healthy older people: the Older People and Enhanced Neurological function (OPEN) study protocol [ISRCTN54195799]. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Vitamin B12 deficiency is common in older people and the prevalence increases with age. Vitamin B12 deficiency may present as macrocytic anaemia, subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord, or as neuropathy, but is often asymptomatic ...
Allen, Elizabeth, Kerry Mills, Whyte, K, Fletcher, Astrid E, Elbourne, Diana, Richards, Marcus, Ken Whyte, Mills, Kerry, Robert Clarke, Richards, M, Letley, Louise, Dangour, Alan D, Elbourne, D, Mills, K, Ricardo Uauy, Whyte, Ken, Louise Letley, Dangour, AD, Fletcher, AE, Diana Elbourne, Fasey, Nicky, Uauy, Ricardo, Alan D Dangour, Uauy, R, Astrid E Fletcher, Marcus Richards, Clarke, Robert, Clarke, R, Nicky Fasey, Elizabeth Allen, Fasey, N, Allen, E, Letley, L   +32 more
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Effectiveness of the National Program of Complementary Feeding for older adults in Chile on vitamin B12 status in older adults; secondary outcome analysis from the CENEX Study (ISRCTN48153354). [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Older people are at increased risk of vitamin B12 deficiency and the provision of fortified foods may be an effective way to ensure good vitamin B12 status in later life.
Sánchez Reyes, Hugo, Albala Brevis, Cecilia, Uauy, Ricardo, Alan D Dangour, Cecilia Albala, Lera, Lydia, Hugo Sanchez, Sanchez, Hugo, Lydia Lera, Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo, Dangour, Alan D., Lera Marques, Lydia, Dangour, Alan D, Ricardo Uauy, Hugo HugoSanchez, Albala, Cecilia   +15 more
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Vitamin A and iron supplementation of Indonesian pregnant women benefits vitamin A status of their infants [PDF]

, 2001
Many Indonesian infants have an inadequate nutritional status, which may be due in part to inadequate maternal nutrition during pregnancy. This study was designed to investigate whether infant nutritional status could be improved by maternal vitamin A ...
Muslimatun, S., West, C.E., Schultink, W., Schmidt, M.K., Hautvast, J.G.A.J.   +4 more
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Vitamin D deficiency in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchogenic carcinoma

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2018
Rationale Vitamin D has been known to have an important role as an anti-inflammatory agent and immune modulator. The aim of this work was to evaluate the impact of vitamin D deficiency on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bronchogenic ...
Yasmine H El-Hinnawy, Youssef M.A Soliman, Radwa M.A Halim   +2 more
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