The clinical method in geriatrics by Ángel Julio Romero Cabrera, Alfredo Darío Espinosa Brito

“…Taking into account the special health problems of elderly, the geriatric evaluation is the cornerstone for the medical attention of these patients in the implementation of a global dimension of the clinical method. …”
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Geriatric Syndromes and Abandonment by Abel Pérez Pavón, Alejandra Villegas Villegas, Yamileth del Socorro López Franco, Donovan Casas Patiño, Alejandra Rodríguez Torres

“…<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to compare geriatric syndromes and abandonment in older adult patients. …”
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Frailty: an emerging geriatric syndrome by Ángel Julio Romero Carbrera

“…In the last decade frailty has been increasingly regarded as an independent geriatric syndrome characterized by diminished physiological stores and rising health-risk vulnerability in elderlies. …”
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Manual of generalities on geriatric psychopharmacology. by Juan Rafael Cordero Jiménez, Sergio García Cordero, Odalis Fernández López, Lenis Cañedo Santana, Deisy Santana Castellón

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Delirium in geriatric patients with hip fracture by A. Konkayev, N. Bekmagambetova, M. Konkayeva, M. Šerpytis, D. Gineitytė-Ozolince, J. Šipylaitė, D. Jatužis

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An approach to ethic dilemmas of geriatric medicine. by Alain Francisco Morejón Giraldoni, Jirlén Moreno Torres, Esteban Hernández Barrio, Yoel Padrón Vega, Carlos Daniel Mayor Igarza, Aimee Seife Echevarria

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Characterization of the geriatric patient with thyroid nodules by Jessica González Manreza, Gloría María Monné Rodríguez, Carlos Gaspar de Zayas Galván, Ángela Ramírez Torres, Erifran Hidalgo Garcés

“…<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to characterize clinically and ultrasonographically geriatric patients with thyroid nodule.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a cross-sectional descriptive observational study was carried out in the Martín Chang Puga Teaching General Hospital geriatrics service in Camagüey province, from 2019 to 2022. 48 elderly were the universe made up who attended in the service, and were diagnosed with nodular thyroid disease. …”
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Delirium in geriatric population referred to a geriatric clinic in a rural medical college: A retrospective study by Kshirod Kumar Mishra, Gaurav B Pawar, Harshal S Sathe

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Pain Assessment in a Geriatric Psychiatry Program by Paul Stolee, Loretta M Hillier, Jacquelin Esbaugh, Nancy Bol, Laurie McKellar, Nicole Gauthier, Maggie C Gibson

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Geriatric trauma triage: optimizing systems for older adults—a publication of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Geriatric Trauma Committee by Bellal Joseph, Vanessa P Ho, Nasim Ahmed, Tasce Bongiovanni, Kartik Prabhakaran, Asanthi Ratnasekera, Sasha D Adams, Joseph Posluszny, Jody Digiacomo, Milad Behbahaninia, Melissa Hornor, Jennifer Knight-Davis, Tanya Egodage, Elisabeth Swezey, Adin Tyler Putnam, Caitlin Cohan

“…Background Geriatric trauma patients are an increasing population of the United States (US), sustaining a high incidence of falls, and suffer greater morbidity and mortality to their younger counterparts. …”
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Geriatric nutrition in the surgical patient: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care and Geriatric Trauma Committees clinical consensus document by Adel Elkbuli, Deborah M Stein, Ruben Peralta, Aussama Khalaf Nassar, Tasce Bongiovanni, Joseph Cuschieri, Michael Steven Farrell, Abhijit Pathak, Rondi Gelbard, Randeep Jawa, Tanya Egodage, Tyler Putnam, Samrah Mitha

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Geriatrics and Gastroenterology - Time to Wake Up to the Ageing Problem by ABR Thomson

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Venlafaxine-Induced Orthostatic Hypotension in a Geriatric Patient by Vidyashree Chikkaramanjegowda, Jose de Leon

“…If a clinician decides to use venlafaxine in geriatric patients, the clinician should warn the patient about the risk of orthostatic hypotension and consider very slow titration and low doses.…”
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Geriatric falls: an enormous economic burden compared to firearms by Kartik Prabhakaran, Bardiya Zangbar, Aryan Rafieezadeh, Ilya Shnaydman, Jordan Michael Kirsch, Gabriel Rodriguez, Anna Jose, Matthew Bronstein

“…The annual percent change (APC) for the proportion of fatal falls increased from 2015 to 2020, there was a significant increase in the slope after 2019 (2.81% APC before 2019 vs 6.95% after 2019).Conclusion Geriatric fatal falls have significantly higher medical costs compared with fatal firearm injury. …”
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Application status quo and thinking of narrative medicine in geriatrics teaching by Huichan Yuan, Yahui Wang, Ruizhen Zhao, Bin Luo, Jing Chen, Kai Lv

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Education and training in geriatrics: guiding the generational change of health professionals by Liliana Mazza, Lorenzo Palleschi

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Anthropometric and Body Composition Measurements Related to Osteoporosis in Geriatric Population by Sadiye Murat, Bilinç Doğruöz Karatekin, Filiz Demirdağ, Esma Nur Kolbaşı

“…Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of a total of 482 patients who consulted the geriatric outpatient clinic between 2018 and 2019. …”
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Consequences of COVID-19 for geriatric patients during a pandemic by Ludwig Wemhöner, Charlotte Brandts, Hannah Dinse, Eva-Maria Skoda, Sarah Jansen, Martin Teufel, Hana Rohn, Richard Dodel

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Making a Financial Case for the Geriatric Surgery Verification Program by Mark R. Katlic, MD, Joshua Wolf, MD, S. Jasmine Demos, DNP, Ronnie A. Rosenthal, MD

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Pharmacist interventions for older adults with polypharmacy in an ambulatory geriatric clinic by Antonietta Paneccasio, Anna Bondar, Emily Fargo, Marcie Parker, Ardeshir Hashmi, Kenneth Koncilja, Gina Elder

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