Research has shown that COPD is a disease with extra-pulmonary and systemic manifestations, including prominent muscle wasting, explains Tze Pin Ng, MD. “There is a growing recognition tha...
Previous studies have established that patients aged 65 and older with COPD are at elevated risk for influenza-associated complications, such as hospitalization, ICU admissions, and death. G...
Dance is a mind-body activity of purposeful rhythmic movement to music. There is growing interest in using dance as a form of cognitive and physical rehabilitation. This manuscript describes...
In Japan, the population aged 65 and over accounts for 29% of the total population, and the number of elderly cancer patients is increasing. Geriatric oncology is an academic area that consi...
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In orthogeriatric centers, postoperative, multiprofessional comprehensive treatment has proven to be an effective component in the convalescence of geriatric patients. The aim of the treatme...
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As the geriatric population continues to grow, the incidence of tibial shaft fractures in octogenarians is projected to increase. There is significant variation in the functional and physiol...
Older patients use multiple drugs due to their comorbidities and most of these drugs have anticholinergic drug burden (ADB). We aimed to investigate the association between ADB and sarcopeni...
Geriatric assessment is an integral part of geriatrics and leads to various improvements in the treatment of geriatric patients.Analysis of assessment data and patient characteristics in a ...
(1) Background: Malnutrition in hospitalized patients is prevalent worldwide, but the severity of the issue is often underestimated by practitioners. The purpose of this study is to investig...
The proportion of geriatric depression recorded in Vietnam was 66.9%. Depression in older people is a risk factor for problems related to dementia, poor quality of life, and suicide. To have...
Central nervous system depressant medications (CNSD) including benzodiazepines, z-hypnotics and opioids are regularly prescribed for the older patient. These medications are linked to depend...
Augmented reality (AR) is a rapidly expanding technology; it comprises the generation of new images from digital information in the real physical environment of a person, which simulates an ...
There is a lack of guidance on how to manage the multiple post-discharge issues of older people following minimal trauma hip fracture. We developed a geriatrician-staffed outpatient service ...
Healthcare professions are ever challenged to meet the demands of a global aging society. Educators across the helping professions continuously explore ways to motivate students' interest in...
Older adults with head and neck cancer have increased postoperative complications, longer hospital stays, and higher rates of mortality. Geriatric assessment (GA) provides a measure of overa...
Geriatrics continues to evolve as a specialty by adapting itself to increasingly older patients. Musculoskeletal injuries are common in these patients, who can maintain their physical capaci...
Poor social health is prevalent in older adults and may be associated with worse cognition, and increased dementia risk. The aim of this study was to determine whether social isolation, soci...
The increased ambulatory training time in an "X + Y" (inpatient + ambulatory) residency schedule affords more opportunities to teach geriatrics principles of care. We describe our intern...
The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been increasing among the elderly populations. Trans-arterial chemoembolization (TACE), a widely used first-line non-curative therapy for ...
Generalized loss of skeletal muscle mass (SMM) may modulate or otherwise affect the loss of masseter muscle mass and be responsible for low masseter muscle performance and strength (i.e., lo...
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