Association Between Walking Speed and Urinary Incontinence in the Older Women. Which Patients Should be Referred to Geriatricians? by Volkan Atmis, Basak Guler

“…CONCLUSION: Whenever urinary incontinence is detected in an older woman, geriatrician referral should be considered since urinary incontinence is associated with decreased walking speed, Handgrip strength test, Activities of Daily Living, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living or increased Geriatric Depression Scale; any of which is a symptom or result of at least one geriatric syndrome. …”
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Perspectives on which health settings geriatricians should staff: a qualitative study of patients, care providers and health administrators by Eric Kai-Chung Wong, Andrea C. Tricco, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, David M. J. Naimark, Sharon E. Straus, Joanna E. M. Sale

Subjects: “…Geriatrician…”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Russian Scientific Liver Society, Russian Gastroenterological Association, Russian Association of Endocrinologists, Russian Association of Gerontologists and Geriatricians and National Society for Preventive Cardiology on Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Liver Disease by V. T. Ivashkin, M. V. Maevskaya, M. S. Zharkova, Yu. V. Kotovskaya, O. N. Tkacheva, E. A. Troshina, M. V. Shestakova, I. V. Maev, V. V. Breder, N. I. Gheivandova, V. L. Doshchitsin, E. N. Dudinskaya, E. V. Ershova, Kh. B. Kodzoeva, K. A. Komshilova, N. V. Korochanskaya, A. Yu. Mayorov, E. E. Mishina, M. Yu. Nadinskaya, I. G. Nikitin, N. V. Pogosova, A. I. Tarzimanova, M. Sh. Shamkhalova

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A compartmental model to describe acute medical in-patient flow through a hospital by Tahani Al-Karkhi, Kit Byatt

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

“…Education and training of young geriatricians appear crucial to forming conscious medical professionals. …”
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Patient and public involvement in the co-design and assessment of unobtrusive sensing technologies for care at home: a user-centric design approach by Jenny Sharma, Nazia Gillani, Imran Saied, Aaesha Alzaabi, Tughrul Arslan

“…In Phase I (Ideation), discussions were held with stakeholders (n = 19), including senior geriatricians (n = 2), healthcare and care home professionals (n = 4), PPI experts (n = 2), researchers (n = 4) and public members aged 65 and above from the ACRC Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Network (n = 7). …”
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Navigating Emergency Management of Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Study on First-Time, End-Stage, and Other Established Diagnoses in a High Turnover Emergency County Hospital by Mihaela Corlade-Andrei, Radu-Alexandru Iacobescu, Viorica Popa, Alexandra Hauta, Paul Nedelea, Gabriela Grigorasi, Monica Puticiu, Roxana Elena Ciuntu, Andreea Ivona Sova, Diana Cimpoesu

“…These data highlight the importance of prehospital care, particularly for cancer screening and palliative care, and the importance of fostering multidisciplinary collaboration in the emergency room with oncologists, geriatricians, and palliative care specialists to improve patient outcomes.…”
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