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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Geriatric Medicine"”.
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Growing Old in Oxford 1930-1960
… to the care of old people. From the 1930s geriatric medicine, a speciality emerged spearheaded by Dr Marjory Warren, geriatric medicine. Early pioneers of geriatric medicine, working in state run institutions, were advocating the need for change in provision for old people, and this study …
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Interdisciplinary Teamwork in the care of the elderly
… there is mention of the Care of the Elderly or Geriatric Medicine, it is impossible to avoid the mention of multi-professional teamwork, more importantly Interdisciplinary Teamwork. As this concept is the heart of caring for the older patients, everyone assumes that interdisciplinary teamwork is …
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Risk Factors for Vascular Dementia
… review of 481consecutive patients seen in a geriatric medicine clinic produced a sample of 177 individuals diagnosed with dementia and 304 individuals without a dementia diagnosis. Relative risk ratio (RRR) results indicate that a history of hypertension (RRR= 1.80, p = .009) and a history of …
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Towards implementation of pharmacogenomic-guided medicines optimisation for older patients in secondary care
… professionals to successfully adopt PGx-guided medicines optimisation, and paves the way for future implementation strategies. The research adopted a convergent parallel design, comprised of a systematic review, secondary data analysis of hospital admissions data for older patients and a …
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The competencies required by hospital doctors to care for older adults
… their care from doctors without specialist geriatric medicine training. Older adults are a distinctly heterogenous group with varying co-morbidities that can often present with atypical symptoms. This complexity can make the treatment of older adults challenging for doctors. Calls for …
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EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE UTILITY OF BLOOD CELL RESPIRATORY CAPACITY AS A SYSTEMIC MARKER OF MITOCHONDRIAL HEALTH AND BIOLOGICAL AGE
… for use in large-scale clinical trials and geriatric medicine.
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Dementia Subtypes, Cognitive Decline and Survival Among Older Adults Attending a Memory Clinic in Cape Town, South Africa: A Retrospective Study
Background: There are no published longitudinal studies from Africa of people with dementia seen in memory clinics. The aim of this study was to determine the proportions of the different dementia subtypes, rates of cognitive decline, and predictors of survival in patients diagnosed with dementia …
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On Falls in the Elderly –Epidemiological Studies from the Longitudinal General Population Study ‘Good Aging in Skåne’ (GÅS), Sweden
In a ‘greying world’ with aging populations, falls in the elderly are a challenge to the health care system as they are associated with substantial mortality and morbidity. Apart from physical injuries, the consequences of falls are broad, with additional psychological and social consequences. The …
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Life Satisfaction and the Oldest-Old. Results from the longitudinal population study "Good Aging in Skåne".
The overall aim of this thesis was to study life satisfaction (LS) and factors associated to LS in the group aged 78 and above. As an aid in interpreting the findings, Baltes’ and Baltes’ theory of selective optimisation with compensation (SOC) was used. All four studies included the same …
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A profile of the elderly admitted to the emergency unit of Groote Schuur Hospital : with particular reference to their health care needs
This study is the first of its kind undertaken at Groote Schuur Hospital. It is an attempt to provide a holistic profile of their elderly patients with a view to encouraging further, more specific research, and to provide information for use in the planning of efficient health care for the aged. …
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The prevalence of Legionella and mycoplasma seropositivity in the elderly in Cape Town
Background: Community acquired pneumonia causes 5,9% of deaths in elderly South Africans. Mortality rates are increased in those in whom initiation of therapy with an appropriate agent has been delayed. Whereas Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Legionella pneumophila are sensitive to the macrolides or …
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Medication in the elderly : an outpatient survey
The aging process is associated with disease states that may be painful, disabling and life-threatening. Elderly patients frequently have more than one disorder and appropriate pharmacotherapy may result in polypharmacy (treatment with multiple drugs). This situation, combined with age-related …
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The associations between plasma homocysteine, vitamin B12, folate, the Apolipoprotein E genotype and Alzheimer's Disease
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD), the commonest form of dementia, affects people in both industrialised and developing countries. Risk factors for the development of AD include age, the presence of the Apolipoprotein ε4 allele, low vitamin B₁₂ and folate levels, and elevated plasma homocysteine …
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Pulmonary tuberculosis in the elderly : diagnostic criteria and its epidemiology in old age homes
The majority of today's elderly people were primarily infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis at a time when no effective chemotherapeutic treatment was available. With the progressive decline in cell mediated immunity that accompanies aging, the potential to reactivate a dormant lesion, or to be …
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The characteristics of older persons who present at a tertiary emergency unit; in particular, the contribution of adverse drug events : a prospective cross-sectional study
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-65).
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The impact of delirium on cognitive outcomes in population-based studies
Acute hospitals have seen unprecedented demographic changes, where older age, frailty and cognitive impairment now characterise the majority of health service users. Delirium is very common in this setting, and adverse outcomes are well described. However, studies investigating cognitive outcomes …