Myocardial infarction in patients over 90 years of age.

abstract：:Overactive bladder (OAB) is a difficult condition to live with and is very costly to the community. OAB affects 16% of the adult population and rises with increasing age. We describe the necessary steps in evaluation and behavioral therapy prior to initiating medical therapy. There are several medications that have be...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Chughtai B,Levin R,De E

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and objective: Oxidative stress has been demonstrated to be a mechanism that leads to bone mass reduction, and according to many studies, serum uric acid (UA) is a strong endogenous antioxidant that can protect bone mineral density (BMD). To date, there have been no large-scale, cross-sectional studies base...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Chen F,Wang Y,Guo Y,Wang J,Yang A,Lv Q,Liu Y,Ma G,Liu Y,Wang D

更新日期：2019-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Avoiding medications in which the risks outweigh the benefits in the elderly patient is a challenge for physicians, and different criteria to identify inappropriate prescription (IP) exist to aid prescribers. Definition of IP indicators in the Italian geriatric population affected by cardiovascular disease and chronic...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Lucenteforte E,Lombardi N,Vetrano DL,La Carpia D,Mitrova Z,Kirchmayer U,Corrao G,Lapi F,Mugelli A,Vannacci A

更新日期：2017-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：Background:People living with dementia (PWD) and their informal caregivers often report difficulties in maintaining their usual activities. Several dyadic, psychosocial, activating interventions were developed to create insight into how to cope with limitations in a practical way and to increase skills for maintaining ...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Leven NV,de Lange J,van der Ploeg ES,Pot AM

更新日期：2018-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular dementia (VaD) is a challenging illness that affects the lives of older adults and caregivers. It is unclear how multiple vascular risk factor exposures (polyvascular disease) affect VaD. PURPOSE:To determine the relationship between multiple vascular risk exposures, as counted on an index in cases...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Takahashi PY,Caldwell CR,Targonski PV

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease characterized by a progressive loss of articular cartilage extracellular matrix and is due to functional impairments occurring in chondrocytes. In previous works, we highlighted that Regenerative Tissue Optimization (TO-RGN) treatment with radioelectric asymmetric c...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Collodel G,Fioravanti A,Pascarelli NA,Lamboglia A,Fontani V,Maioli M,Santaniello S,Pigliaru G,Castagna A,Moretti E,Iacoponi F,Rinaldi S,Ventura C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Ineffective interdisciplinary communication is linked to many adverse consequences of hospitalization. This study evaluated the effect of SIBR, a model of care that encourages interdisciplinary communication and patient and family participations, on in-hospital deaths and new nursing home (NH) placements. Mate...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Basic D,Huynh E,Gonzales R,Shanley C

更新日期：2018-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of pain and the subsequent issue of pain control is a clinical challenge that all healthcare providers face. Pain in the elderly population is especially difficult given the myriad of physiological, pharmacological, and psychological aspects of caring for the geriatric patient. Opiates are the mainstay ...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Chau DL,Walker V,Pai L,Cho LM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Patients leaving the hospital are at increased risk of functional decline and hospital readmission. The Employee and Community Health service at Mayo Clinic in Rochester developed a care transition program (CTP) to provide home-based care services for medically complex patients. The study objective was to deter...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Takahashi PY,Haas LR,Quigg SM,Croghan IT,Naessens JM,Shah ND,Hanson GJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is closely linked to cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS:Echocardiographic studies were performed, including left ventricular diastolic functions, left and right atrial conduction times, and arterial stiffness parameters, namely stiffness index, pressure-strain elastic modulus, and...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Çalık AN,Özcan KS,Yüksel G,Güngör B,Aruğarslan E,Varlibas F,Ekmekci A,Osmonov D,Tatlısu MA,Karaca M,Bolca O,Erdinler İ

更新日期：2014-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with an increased incidence and severity of strokes. The burden of AF-related stroke is expected to increase in parallel with the aging of the population. Oral anticoagulation with warfarin has been the pharmacologic standard for stroke risk reduction in patients with AF. When us...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Amin A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on the oral health of the elderly depict a worrying situation, with an elevated prevalence of caries and moderate periodontal disease, frequent edentulism, and numerous cases of dry mouth and oral cancer. There is wide evidence that periodontitis is a risk factor for certain systemic diseases, and impaired oral h...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Gil-Montoya JA,de Mello AL,Barrios R,Gonzalez-Moles MA,Bravo M

更新日期：2015-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：Study design:Multivariate analysis of retrospective registry data. Objective:To report the perioperative complication in a large cohort of surgery for elderly degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) patients and to analyze the risk factors. Summary of background data:The perioperative complication rate and risk factors f...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Ding JZ,Kong C,Sun XY,Lu SB

更新日期：2019-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate whether yogurt supplemented with a probiotic strain could protect middle-aged and elderly people from acute upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) using a randomized, blank-controlled, parallel-group design. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Two hundred and five volunteers aged ≥45 years were randomly divide...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Pu F,Guo Y,Li M,Zhu H,Wang S,Shen X,He M,Huang C,He F

更新日期：2017-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Current surgical risk assessment tools fall short of appreciating geriatric risk factors including cognitive deficits, depressive, and frailty symptoms that may worsen outcomes post-transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). This study hypothesized that a screening tool, SMARTIE, would improve detecti...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Khan MM,Lanctôt KL,Fremes SE,Wijeysundera HC,Radhakrishnan S,Gallagher D,Gandell D,Brenkel MC,Hazan EL,Docteur NG,Herrmann N

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the test-retest reliability of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) for older adults in Serbia. Six hundred and sixty older adults (352 men, 53%; 308 women, 47%; mean age 67.65±5.76 years) participated in the study. To examine test-retest reliability, the ...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Milanović Z,Pantelić S,Trajković N,Jorgić B,Sporiš G,Bratić M

更新日期：2014-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Functional dependence (FD) and vitamin D deficiency are common conditions in older adults. However, little is known about the relationship between FD and serum vitamin D status in centenarians. The current study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of FD and examine its relationship with serum vitamin D s...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Yao Y,Fu S,Shi Q,Zhang H,Zhu Q,Zhang F,Luan F,Zhao Y,He Y

更新日期：2018-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Age remains the most powerful prognostic factor among glioblastoma (GBM) patients. Half of all patients with GBM are aged 65 years or older at the time of diagnosis, and the incidence rate of GBM in patients aged over 65 years is increasing rapidly. Median survival for elderly GBM patients is less than 6 months and re...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Arvold ND,Reardon DA

更新日期：2014-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Being elderly and retired are related phenomena that overlap in a time symmetry. The present study aimed to assess the effect of an empowering self-management model on the self-efficacy and sense of coherence (SOC) in retired elderly with chronic diseases. Methods:A randomized controlled trial that included...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Hourzad A,Pouladi S,Ostovar A,Ravanipour M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of dementia is a public health priority. Physical activity (PA) can reduce the risk of dementia, but the majority of people remain sedentary. We conducted a multicenter controlled study with older adults (60+ years). We hypothesized that an evidence-based PA intervention - GEhen, Spielen und Tanzen Als Lebe...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Streber A,Abu-Omar K,Hentschke C,Rütten A

更新日期：2017-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 50% of hospitalized elders have cognitive impairment (CI) that increases their vulnerability to hospital-acquired complications. Matching geriatric evaluation and recommendations to the true pace of hospital care may improve the care of elders in general, in particular those with CI. Integrating informat...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Boustani M,Munger S,Beck R,Campbell N,Weiner M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frailty is a common and important geriatric syndrome characterized by age-associated declines in physiologic reserve and function across multiorgan systems, leading to increased vulnerability for adverse health outcomes. Two major frailty models have been described in the literature. The frailty phenotype defines frai...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Chen X,Mao G,Leng SX

更新日期：2014-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) is one of the most commonly used assessment scales for assessing symptoms in people with dementia and other neurological disorders. This paper analyzes its conceptual framework, measurement mode, psychometric properties, and merits and problems. METHOD:All articles discus...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Lai CK

更新日期：2014-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:DNA methylation is thought to play a role in exercise-induced gene expression. We aimed to examine changes in muscular strength and body composition in elderly patients with end-stage knee osteoarthritis before and after artificial knee arthroplasty and exercise therapy. We aimed to confirm the relationship bet...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Kamo T,Kurose S,Ohno H,Murata M,Hashiyada M,Saito T,Kimura Y

更新日期：2019-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Older adults age 65 and over account for a disproportional number of hospital stays and discharges compared to other age groups. The objective of this paper is to describe placement and characteristics of older patients discharged from an acute care for the elderly (ACE) unit. The study sample consists of 1,351 men an...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Amador LF,Reyes-Ortiz CA,Reed D,Lehman C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The study aimed to investigate the association between body composition and frailty in elder inpatients. Patients and Methods:This is a cross-sectional study including 656 elder inpatients (275 females and 381 males) aged ≥65 years, from department of geriatrics of Zhejiang Hospital between January 2018 and Ma...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Xu L,Zhang J,Shen S,Hong X,Zeng X,Yang Y,Liu Z,Chen L,Chen X

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endovascular option has been proposed for a very limited and selected number of Stanford type A aortic dissection (TAAD) patients. We have performed a computed tomography (CT)-based TAAD study to explore appropriate endograft configurations for the ascending aortic pathology. METHODS:TAAD patients treated w...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Zhang Y,Tang H,Zhou J,Liu Z,Liu C,Qiao T,Zhou M

更新日期：2016-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This paper examines the influence of age on several attributes of sensorimotor performance while performing a reaching task. Our hypothesis, based on previous studies, is that aged persons will show differences in one or more of the attributes of sensorimotor performance. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifty-one subject...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Llinares A,Badesa FJ,Morales R,Garcia-Aracil N,Sabater JM,Fernandez E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The percentage of the population described as elderly is growing, and a higher prevalence of multiple, chronic disease states must be managed concurrently. Healthcare practitioners must appropriately use medication for multiple diseases and avoid risks often associated with multiple medication use such as adverse effe...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Bushardt RL,Massey EB,Simpson TW,Ariail JC,Simpson KN

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this case series was to assess the impact of auditory rehabilitation with cochlear implantation on the cognitive function of elderly patients over time. DESIGN:This is a longitudinal case series of prospective data assessing neurocognitive function and speech perception in an elderly cohort pre- a...

journal_title：Clinical interventions in aging

authors： Cosetti MK,Pinkston JB,Flores JM,Friedmann DR,Jones CB,Roland JT Jr,Waltzman SB

更新日期：2016-05-12 00:00:00