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- Abc of dementia
- Acute medical illness in old age
- Blackwell’s primary care essentials: geriatrics
- Brocklehurt’s textbook of geriatrics and gerontology
- The dimensions of elder abuse
- Elder abuse: critical issues in policy and practice
- Epidemiology in old age
- Geriatric medicine: an evidence-based approach
- Geriatric physical diagnosis : a guide to observation and assessment
- Geriatrics in orthopaedics
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Accidental Falls Evidence Summary
COVID-19 and elderly/geriatric/aged patients – pubmed results
CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic significantly increased all-cause mortality among individuals with DM or HTN in the rural sub-district of Chakaria in southeast Bangladesh on the coast of the Bay of Bengal through direct and indirect pathways.
CONCLUSIONS: The predictive model incorporating features selected via logistic regression accurately predicts prognosis of severe COVID-19 in elderly, facilitating the implementation of early clinical interventions.
CONCLUSION: These findings highlight the interdependence of digital proficiency and effective pedagogical design in nursing education. While high digital competence is prevalent, gaps in pedagogical optimization suggest that technological integration alone is insufficient without structured teaching strategies. Addressing age-related disparities and enhancing interactive virtual learning are critical to preparing nurses for technology-driven healthcare environments.
Beliefs about immunity may have important consequences for health behaviors. For instance, people who overestimate their protection against a disease may neglect routine vaccinations, preventative measures, or diagnostic testing. Currently, few individuals are up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccines, leading to widespread gaps in protection. To address this challenge, we tested psychological interventions that targeted beliefs about immunity, providing personalized feedback about likely protection...
BACKGROUND: Polypharmacy is a major challenge for patient safety and effective resource use. High-quality evidence supporting polypharmacy management is lacking.
CONCLUSION: Peripheral neuropathies in patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 most frequently affected the brachial plexus and the median and sciatic nerves. Multiple mechanisms may be involved, even in the same patient. Their recognition is important for management and functional prognosis.
BACKGROUND: Latin America faces a high dementia burden, with increased prevalence of factors associated with cognitive decline. Multidomain lifestyle interventions might delay cognitive decline, but populations from Latin America remain under-represented in dementia prevention trials. We aimed to investigate the feasibility of a culturally adapted, multidomain, systematic lifestyle intervention and investigate its effects on global cognitive function in at-risk older adults (aged 60-77 years).
Depressive disorders constitute a leading global cause of disability, yet comprehensive evidence regarding their long-term trends, socioeconomic disparities, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic remains limited. This study aimed to investigate the global burden, epidemiological patterns, and risk factors of depressive disorders from 1990 to 2021, and to project future trends to 2050. Using Global Burden of Disease 2021 data, we analyzed spatial-temporal patterns, demographic disparities, and...
Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) is a leading and rising cause of liver-related mortality in the United States; estimates spanning the COVID-19 era are needed. We analyzed adult ALD deaths (1999-2024) using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research database. Age-adjusted mortality rates were standardized to the 2000 U.S. population. Trends were evaluated with Joinpoint regression to estimate annual percent change and average annual percent...
BACKGROUND COVID-19 is associated with morbidity and mortality, particularly among patients with metabolic comorbidities. Diabetes mellitus may adversely affect COVID-19 outcomes. This study aimed to compare demographic, clinical, laboratory, renal, inflammatory, treatment-related, and mortality-related characteristics between COVID-19 patients with and without diabetes. MATERIAL AND METHODS This retrospective observational study included 400 hospitalized COVID-19 patients classified as diabetic...
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Best Practices in Nursing Care to Older Adults With Dementia (Full-text available via NHS Athens)
Elderly Health Journal
New England Journal of Medicine- Geriatrics/Aging
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