Consumers', Family Members', and Health Practitioners' Perspectives on Increasing Activity Engagement of Older Patients Admitted to Geriatric Hospital Units by Yvonne Y.K. Mak-Yuen, Farnaz Khoshmanesh, Tamara Tse

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Geriatric Psoriasis: Evaluation of Clinical Features, Disease Course, and Treatment Modalities of Patients from a Tertiary Care Hospital by Elif Çalışkan, Yusuf Can Edek, Nuray Keskin, Petek Üstün, Esra Adışen

“…Psoriasis is one of the most common dermatological diseases in the geriatric population. Objective: The aim of this investigation is to evaluate the demographic data, clinical characteristics, and treatment responses of the geriatric population (≥60 with psoriasis at our hospital. …”
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Verbal Fluency Deficits Co-Occur with Memory Deficits in Geriatric Patients at Risk for Dementia: Implications for the Concept of Mild Cognitive Impairment by Maria E. Cottingham, Keith A. Hawkins

“…We tested the notion that patients at high risk for progression to Alzheimer's disease (AD) display relatively isolated memory deficits by assessing the relationship between memory and fluency performances in a sample of 92 geriatric subjects with cognitive complaints and normal to mild clinical presentations. …”
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Optimization strategy for the early therapeutic intervention of bronchoalveolar lavage for preventing Mendelson syndrome in a geriatric patient before general anesthesia by Satish Kumar Mishra, Pitchi Chandrakanth Reddy, Shalendra Singh, Gaurav Pandey, Narayanan Subramanian

“…This case report highlights the critical care and anesthetic management of a geriatric patient with an intertrochanteric fracture presenting with aspiration pneumonia undergoing orthopedic surgery. …”
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Quality of life among geriatric population living with functional disabilities: A comparison between urban and rural populations of West Bengal by Aritraa Hazra, Sukanta Majumdar, Shuvankar Mukherjee, Avijit Paul, Nabanita Bhattacharyya

“…Introduction: Global elderly population’s growth is evident, with projections reaching 2 billion by 2050, while India’s geriatric population is expected to rise to 11.6% by 2026. …”
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Assessing Independence in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Among Elderly Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Study at the Geriatric Clinic by Angga Sri Hidayana, Arief Yanto, Tri Hartiti, Vivi Yosafianti Pohan

“…This study aimed to analyze the level of independence and pain distribution among elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis at the Geriatric Polyclinic of a General Hospital. A descriptive design was utilized, using secondary data from 150 elderly patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis. …”
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Geriatric nutritional risk index and newly developed scoring system as prognosis prediction for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with lenvatinib by Hideko Ohama, Atsushi Hiraoka, Toshifumi Tada, Masashi Hirooka, Kazuya Kariyama, Joji Tani, Masanori Atsukawa, Koichi Takaguchi, Ei Itobayashi, Shinya Fukunishi, Kunihiko Tsuji, Toru Ishikawa, Kazuto Tajiri, Hironori Ochi, Satoshi Yasuda, Hidenori Toyoda, Chikara Ogawa, Takashi Nishimura, Takeshi Hatanaka, Satoru Kakizaki, Noritomo Shimada, Kazuhito Kawata, Atsushi Naganuma, Hisashi Kosaka, Tomomitsu Matono, Hidekatsu Kuroda, Yutaka Yata, Hironori Tanaka, Hiroki Nishikawa, Hiroshi Shibata, Fujimasa Tada, Kazuhiro Nouso, Asahiro Morishita, Akemi Tsutsui, Takuya Nagano, Norio Itokawa, Tomomi Okubo, Taeang Arai, Michitaka Imai, Yohei Koizumi, Shinichiro Nakamura, Hiroko Iijima, Masaki Kaibori, Yoichi Hiasa, Takashi Kumada

“…This study investigates the importance of nutritional status in the prognosis of uHCC patients receiving LEN and evaluates a new prognostic scoring system that combines the geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) and systemic inflammatory response. …”
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The Global RAdical Cystectomy Evaluation and Management (GRACEM) pathway: single‐centre prospective observational cohort study protocol by Bruno Bernardini, Federico Piccioni, Manuele Pastore, Paolo Casale, NicolòMaria Buffi, Giovanni Lughezzani, Massimo Lazzeri, Alberto Saita, Maria Vittoria Fantacci, Stefano Mancon, Filipo Dagnino, Roberto Contieri, Pietro Brin, Stefano Mancin, Andrea Gobbo, Maria Rosaria Martucci, Giovanna Cerina, Sara Ghirmai, Ezio Lanza, Giulia Goretti, Giorgio Ferruccio Guazzoni, Rodolfoi Hurle

Subjects: “…comprehensive geriatric assessment…”
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Diet management of older subjects with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: The efficacy of ready-made texture-modified and fortified meals by Nikolina Jukic Peladic, Paolo Orlandoni, Laura Bartoloni, Giulia Giulioni, Claudia Venturini, Alessia Fumagalli

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Is Physical Activity Related to Depression and Anxiety among Adults? Observations from a Noncommunicable Disease Screening Clinic in North India by Madhur Verma, Amandeep Kaur, Ankush Upneja, Preeti Dhoat, Jitender Aneja, Rakesh Kakkar

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Correlation between Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Muscle Mass in Older Adults: Impact of Comorbidities by M. Lucía Fernández-Millones, Gianelli S. Curi-Vilchez, Jose F. Parodi, Fernando M. Runzer-Colmenares

Subjects: “…geriatrics…”
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Effects of Recreational Swimming on Blood Pressure and Lower Extremity Muscle Strength of Older Adults With Elevated Blood Pressure: A Sample of Altınova Beachgoers by Cemal Polat

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Prevalence of disability in Iranian older adults in Tehran, Iran: A population-based study by Vahid Rashedi, Mohsen Asadi-Lari, Mahshid Foroughan, Ahmad Delbari, Reza Fadayevatan

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Preoperative Nutritional Status and Risk Factors Associated with Delayed Discharge in Geriatric Patients Undergoing Gastrectomy: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Xining Zhao, Jie Liu, Ying Wang, Yuying Yang, Yan Pan, Shengjin Ge

“…The study is aimed at investigating the prevalence of malnutrition, perioperative nutritional support, and the risk factors associated with delayed discharge of geriatric patients undergoing gastrectomy. Methods. …”
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Predicting Discharge Location among Low-Energy Hip Fracture Patients Using the Score for Trauma Triage in the Geriatric and Middle-Aged (STTGMA) by Sanjit R. Konda, Hesham Saleh, Ariana Lott, Kenneth A. Egol

“…This study sought to evaluate the ability of the STTGMA tool, a validated mortality risk index for middle-aged and geriatric trauma patients, to predict discharge location in a cohort of low-energy elderly hip fracture patients, with successful discharge planning measured by readmission rates. …”
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Reduction of Behavioral Psychological Symptoms of Dementia by Multimodal Comprehensive Care for Vulnerable Geriatric Patients in an Acute Care Hospital: A Case Series by Miwako Honda, Mio Ito, Shogo Ishikawa, Yoichi Takebayashi, Lawrence Tierney

“…Management of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) is a key challenge in geriatric dementia care. A multimodal comprehensive care methodology, Humanitude, with eye contact, verbal communication, and touch as its elements, was provided to three geriatric dementia patients for whom conventional nursing care failed in an acute care hospital. …”
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The Addition of the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index to the Prognostic Scoring Systems Did Not Improve Mortality Prediction in Trauma Patients in the Intensive Care Unit by Cheng-Shyuan Rau, Ching-Hua Tsai, Sheng-En Chou, Wei-Ti Su, Shiun-Yuan Hsu, Ching-Hua Hsieh

“…Two nutritional indicators, the prognostic nutrition index (PNI), a calculation based on the serum albumin concentration and peripheral blood lymphocyte count, and the geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI), a calculation based on the serum albumin concentration and the ratio of current body weight to ideal body weight, were examined for their association with the mortality outcome. …”
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Frailty among Older Adults Who Developed Acute Coronary Syndrome during Hospitalization for Noncardiac Illness and Their Outcome: A Prospective Observational Study by Arun David, Priya Vijayakumar, M Vijayakumar

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Development of a Japanese version of the patient perceptions of deprescribing – Short form by Mio Kushibuchi, Kenya Ie, Masaki Takahashi, Amy M. Linsky, Steven M. Albert

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Study protocol: type II hybrid effectiveness-implementation study of routine functional status screening in VA primary care by Francesca M. Nicosia, Kara Zamora, LauraEllen Ashcraft, Gregory Krautner, Marybeth Groot, Bruce Kinosian, Cathy C. Schubert, Sumedha Chhatre, Helene Moriarty, Orna Intrator, Andrea Wershof Schwartz, Ariela R. Orkaby, Jason Prigge, Rebecca T. Brown

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