The Efficacy of Short-Duration Polyethylene Glycol plus Electrolytes for Improving Bowel Preparation of Colonoscopy in Patients with Chronic Constipation by Naohisa Yoshida, Yoshikazu Inagaki, Kohei Fukumoto, Hiroyuki Yoriki, Yutaka Inada, Takaaki Murakami, Yuri Tomita, Hikaru Hashimoto, Satoshi Sugino, Ryohei Hirose, Osamu Dohi, Ken Inoue, Yoshito Itoh

“…We analyzed its efficacy in improving chronic constipation and poor colonoscopic BP related to it, including male and elderly people. Materials and Methods. This multicenter retrospective study was conducted from September 2019 to September 2020 at 5 related institutions among patients≥20 years old diagnosed with chronic constipation whose previous colonoscopic BP had had a fair or poor Aronchick score. …”
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Antiplasmodial and Cytotoxic Activities of Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Malaria in Embu County, Kenya by Bibianne Waiganjo, Gervason Moriasi, Jared Onyancha, Nelson Elias, Francis Muregi

“…It affects persons of all ages; however, pregnant mothers, young children, and the elderly suffer the most due to their dwindled immune state. …”
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Diabetes mortality burden attributable to influenza in China: A population-based time-series analysis by Suijun Tong, Peng Yin, Jianhong Li, Zhenping Zhao, Yuchang Zhou, Maigeng Zhou

“…And the vaccination of elderly diabetes is often recommended to reduce the risk of hospitalization and death. …”
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Lymphadenopathies: A Retrospective Study of Epidemiology, Characteristics, Diagnosis and Treatment Outcomes of Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Mogadishu-Somalia by Kıratlı K, Bulut M, Ali MA, Aysin M, Ali AM, Mohamed Hirsi I, Bashir AM

“…The purpose of this research was to identify the clinical and diagnostic characteristics of Somalian patients suffering from swollen lymph nodes.Methods: Under the purview of this study, the diagnoses, patient clinical courses, and treatment outcomes were ascertained retrospectively by analyzing the biochemical, microbiological, radiological, and pathological data of the cases in all age groups who underwent therapy for lymphadenitis at Mogadishu Somali Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Training and Research Hospital between January 2016 and September 2023.Results: During the study period, 317 patients were followed up, with 53.3% of the patients as female, 46.7% as male, 28.1% as pediatric, 63.1% as adult, and 8.8% were elderly patients. With 58.7% of diagnoses, tuberculous lymphadenitis was the most common, pursued by malignant causes (21.8%). …”
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Association of dietary niacin intake with osteoporosis in the postmenopausal women in the US: NHANES 2007–2018 by Li Li, Wankun Liang, Bing Deng, Yue Jiang, Xiaomin Huang, Yanlin Zhang, Tianrui Lu, Lu Wang, Yunxiang Xu, Guizhen Chen

“…BackgroundElderly individuals with inadequate vitamin B level are at increased risk of degenerative conditions, notably cardiovascular disorders, cognitive impairments, and osteoporosis. …”
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Optimizing electrode configurations for EEG mild cognitive impairment detection by Yi Jiang, Xin Zhang, Zhiwei Guo, Xiaobo Zhou, Jiayuan He, Ning Jiang

“…We used a 32-channel EEG device to record the data of 21 MCI patients and 20 cognitively normal elderly (NC) undergoing working memory (WM) tasks. …”
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Depression Paradox in Cardiovascular Outcomes of Adult Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Insights from 2 Million Nationwide Hospitalizations by Rupak Desai, Sashwath Srikanth, Shaylika Chauhan, Zainab Gandhi, Warda Shahnawaz, Aleen Rahman, Bisharah Rizvi, Akhil Jain

“…Both cohorts predominantly comprised Caucasians, the elderly (median age, 64 vs. 65 years), and females (55.5% vs. 55.2%). …”
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Low Serum Magnesium Level Is Associated with Microalbuminuria in Chinese Diabetic Patients by Baihui Xu, Jichao Sun, Xinru Deng, Xiaolin Huang, Wanwan Sun, Yu Xu, Min Xu, Jieli Lu, Yufang Bi

“…We concluded that low serum magnesium level was significantly associated with the prevalence of microalbuminuria in middle-aged and elderly Chinese.…”
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Enhanced Recovery after Intensive Care (ERIC): study protocol for a German stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a critical care telehe... by Ulrich Mansmann, Claudia Spies, Ursula Marschall, Reinhard Busse, Christine Adrion, Bjoern Weiss, Nicolas Paul, Elke Berger, Jörg Caumanns, Simone Rosseau

“…Besides, there is an increasing number of elderly patients with chronic diseases being treated in the intensive care unit (ICU). …”
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Income Dynamics and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: A Nationwide Population-based Cohort Study by Yong-Moon Mark Park, Benjamin C. Amick III, Pearl A. McElfish, Clare C. Brown, Mario Schootman, Marie-Rachelle Narcisse, Seong-Su Lee, Yoon Jin Choi, Kyungdo Han

“…We examined whether persistent low- or high-income and income changes are associated with CRC risk in non-elderly adults with T2DM. Methods: Using nationally representative data from the Korean Health Insurance Service database, 1,909,492 adults aged 30 to 64 years with T2DM and no history of cancer were included between 2009 and 2012 (median follow-up of 7.8 years). …”
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Validation of a data-driven motion-compensated PET brain image reconstruction algorithm in clinical patients using four radiotracers by Ole L. Munk, Anders B. Rodell, Patricia B. Danielsen, Josefine R. Madsen, Mie T. Sørensen, Niels Okkels, Jacob Horsager, Katrine B. Andersen, Per Borghammer, Joel Aanerud, Judson Jones, Inki Hong, Sven Zuehlsdorff

“…Methods We conducted technical validation experiments of the algorithm using Hoffman brain phantom scans during a series of controlled movements, followed by two blinded reader studies assessing image quality between standard images and MoCo images in 38 clinical patients receiving dementia scans with [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose, [18F]N-(3-iodopro-2E-enyl)-2beta-carbomethoxy-3beta-(4’-methylphenyl)-nortropane, [18F]flutemetamol, and a research group comprising 25 elderly subjects scanned with [18F]fluoroethoxybenzovesamicol. …”
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Cell Counts, rather than Proportion, of CD8/PD-1 Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in a Tumor Microenvironment Associated with Pathological Characteristics of Chinese Invasive Ductal... by Qingkun Song, Feng Shi, Maya Adair, Hong Chang, Xiudong Guan, Yanjie Zhao, Yuchen Li, Guangjiang Wu, Jiangping Wu

“…Younger patients had more cell counts of CD8+/PD-1- TILs than elderly patients (18/HPF vs. 9/HPF, p<0.05). Patients with axillary lymph node metastasis had less CD8+/PD-1- TILs than those without metastasis (11/HPF vs. 27/HPF, p<0.05). …”
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The efficacy and safety of half-dose glucocorticoids combined with rituximab versus high-dose glucocorticoids for initial treatment of minimal change disease: a single-center exper... by Xueting Li, Peng Yan, Lu Zhang, Wei Qiao, Zhengbiao Xue, Xiangdong Fang, Ben Ke, Shuying Zhu

“…Moreover, we recommend a half-dose prednisolone combined with RTX treatment for elderly patients with MCD.…”
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Analysis on influencing factors of readiness for hospital discharge among patients with liver cancer under the concept of enhanced recovery after surgery (加速康复外科模式下肝癌患者出院准备度影响因素分析)... by WANG Jing (王静), CHEN Li (陈莉)

“…Conclusion Under the under the concept of ERAS, the level of RHD for patients with liver cancer needs to be further improved, and medical staff should adopt various forms to strengthen the discharge preparation service, improve the quality of discharge guidance for specific target population, and focus on the elderly discharged patients. (目的 调查加速康复外科(ERAS)模式下肝癌患者的出院准备度(RHD)现状, 并分析其影响因素, 为规范患者出院指导提供依据。…”
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Disproportionality analysis of upadacitinib-related adverse events in inflammatory bowel disease using the FDA adverse event reporting system by Shiyi Wang, Xiaojian Wang, Jing Ding, Xudong Zhang, Hongmei Zhu, Yihong Fan, Changbo Sun

“…Subgroup analysis indicated that the most prevalent AEs among the elderly included pulmonary embolism, cataract, and sepsis, whereas the 18–65 age group most frequently reported acne, abdominal pain, and nasopharyngitis. …”
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Temporal trends, associated risk factors and longitudinal cardiovascular outcomes of body roundness among middle-aged and older Chinese adults: from the China Health and Retirement... by Ying-Yuan Gan, Yun-Dan Luo, Lu Zhai, Rong-Rui Huo, Xia Dai, Qian Liao

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Efficacy of sacubitril/valsartan among patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction by Madiha Butt, Ayesha Niazi, Zahra Rafique, Nadia Shams, Lubna Meraj, Asma Rauf

“… Objective: Chronic heart failure is one of the leading causes of hospitalization and recurrent admissions among the elderly population worldwide. This study was conducted to determine the efficacy of Sacubitril/Valsartan among heart failure cases with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. …”
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Burden of brain and other central nervous system cancer in China, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis of observational data from the global burden of disease study 2019 by Peng Yin, Maigeng Zhou, Fan Zhang, E Wang, Xinran Hou, Zongbin Song, Zhuoyi Liu, Wenyong Long, Zheng Long, Maoen Zhu

“…More attention should be paid to children and elderly populations for CNS cancer. The disease burden varied significantly at the subnational level of China, which was associated with socioeconomic development.…”
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Expression of PD-1 on CD4+ Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Tumor Microenvironment Associated with Pathological Characteristics of Breast Cancer by Yan-Jie Zhao, Jian Zhang, Feng Shi, Zhi-Ping Hu, Jiang-Ping Wu, Guang-Jiang Wu, Rui-Bin Wang, Quan Zhou, Hong Chang, Ying-Nan Li, Qing-Kun Song

“…The associations between CD4+/PD-1+ or CD4+/PD-1− tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and pathological characteristics were evaluated. Results. Elderly patients intended to have a lower level of CD4+/PD-1− tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (p<0.05). …”
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Transconjunctival correction of involutional entropion: A video demonstration by Neelam Pushker, B. Mounica, Sahil Agrawal

“…Background: Involution or aging is the most common cause of lower eyelid entropion (in-turning of eyelid margin) in the elderly population. Various pathomechanisms have been postulated for its occurrence. …”
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