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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Geriatric assessment"”.
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Examining What Matters to Older Adults with Increased Risk of Adverse Functional Outcomes in Emergency Medicine
… at Risk instrument are routinely seen by a Geriatric Emergency Nurse for a comprehensive geriatric assessment, including semi-structured questions adapting <em>what matters</em> conversations to <em>what matters</em> during their present ED visit and <em>what matters</em> in life. …
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Prädiktive Wertigkeit dreier onkogeriatrischer Screenings
… Group (CARG). Additionally, Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) for verification of supportive care needs was undertaken on patients with impaired G8 scores. During chemotherapy treatment patients were assessed, capturing grade 0–5 CRT as defined by NCI CTCAE 4. Results: 104 patients …
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Exploration of frailty screening instruments used in the emergency department and development of a new, short frailty screening instrument, the Quick Frailty Screen (QFS)
… against a gold-standard comprehensive geriatric assessment, is lacking. A knowledge gap also exists regarding the core requirements for an ideal frailty screening instrument for use in ED, as well as frailty knowledge and use of instruments among emergency department (ED) staff. Aims …
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The effects of centrally acting ACE inhibitors on the rate of cognitive and functional decline in dementia: a KDD approach
… The data used are from three clinic databases: Geriatric Assessment Tool (GAT), the Doxycycline and Rifampin for Alzheimer’s Disease (DARAD), and the Qmci validation databases, which were derived from several different geriatric clinics in Canada. This research involves patients diagnosed with …
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A multidisciplinary intervention to reduce subsequent falls and health service use in older fallers who are not transported to hospital following ambulance care
… implement physiotherapy, occupational therapy, geriatric assessment, optometry review and/ or medication management as appropriate. The control group received written fall prevention advice. Uptake and adherence, as well as benefits beyond fall prevention, were also assessed. Intention-to-treat …
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The Concept Of Confidence Of Older People Living With Frailty And Implications For Practice
… and environmental cornerstones of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment commonly adopted to manage frailty syndromes. It enables clearer understanding and opportunity for intervention along the continuums of health and frailty and of resilience and vulnerability. Conclusion Confidence is a word that …
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Antibiotic use and the effect of prescribing guidelines in care of the elderly.
… of hospital bed were included in the audit: geriatric assessment, long stay and general practitioner. The guidelines, consisting of wall charts and booklet, were based on published clinical evidence and local bacterial sensitivities and produced in collaboration with medical practitioners. …
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Quantifying under-treatment in older adult breast, lung and colorectal cancer patients
… and CRC patients and the need for comprehensive geriatric assessment in these patients with complex health needs.
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Analysis of outcomes following emergency admission in patients with dementia and/or cognitive impairment and/or delirium
… identification programme called Cognitive Geriatric Assessment research (CGA), which was a retrospective cohort study conducted with patients aged above 65 years’ old who have an admission to acute hospital. Patients with admission between 01 January 2012 and 31 December 2012 were all …
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Implicaciones de la fragilidad en las dimensiones clínica, funcional, social y mental en adultos mayores institucionalizados y su relación con los aspectos del dominio de la terapia ocupacional
La presente investigación se centra en el síndrome de fragilidad considerado de alta prevalencia; se considera que es un estado de prediscapacidad o predependencia; tiene un alto valor predictivo para efectos adversos y es una situación reversible. Se realiza un estudio transversal en el que …
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The Impact of Physical Activity on Depressed Mood in Older Seventh-day Adventists
<p>Research has shown physical activity (PA) to result in a reduction in depressed mood. The effects have been examined for different age groups, however, it is unclear whether PA effects differ in older adults. A prospective cohort study (N = 6,463) examined duration and intensity of PA in …
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Assessment of Geriatric Depression: Construction of a New Screening Inventory
<p>Geriatric depression is strongly associated with increased healthcare costs, poor treatment outcomes, and mortality. Existing measures of depression in this population do not adequately account for more recent literature describing the presentation of depressed older adults, and thus may result …