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Mashup Score: 0Preoperative low handgrip strength (HGS) with HGS asymmetry is associated with adverse outcomes among older adults with gastric cancer - 9 month(s) ago
This study aimed to explore the associations of low hand grip strength (HGS), HGS asymmetry, their combinations, and frailty on hospital readmissions, total complications, and prolonged length of stay (PLOS) among older adults with gastric cancer.
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Mashup Score: 2JHLT: The Podcast: Episode 32: July 2023 - 9 month(s) ago
The JHLT Digital Media Editors explore two manuscripts from the July issue of The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation—one on heart transplantation and one on lung transplantation. Digital Media Editor Marty C. Tam, MD, Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, hosts this episode. First, hear from co-first author Kevin Chen, MD, on his team’s study “,” which comes from Cedars-Sinai. The study looks into the results of DCD organ donation depending on the technique used at procurement, mainly comparing ex-situ normothermic organ perfusion with thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP). Digital Media Editors David Schibilsky, MD, and Van-Khue Ton, MD, have questions on the relationship between DCD liver and kidney procurement and heart procurement strategies, why TA-NRP livers and kidneys might differ, and the lower incidence of delayed graft function in DCD kidney transplants with TA-NRP. Dr. Chen also shares some thoughts about how this work might be in
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The Geriatric 8 (G8) is a brief cancer-specific tool which screens for patients who require a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA). The G8 test as…
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Mashup Score: 1European Respiratory Society statement on frailty in adults with chronic lung disease - 10 month(s) ago
Frailty is a complex, multidimensional syndrome characterised by a loss of physiological reserves that increases a person’s susceptibility to adverse health outcomes. Most knowledge regarding frailty originates from geriatric medicine, however, awareness of its importance as a treatable trait for people with chronic respiratory disease (including asthma, COPD and interstitial lung disease) is…
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Abstract. Frailty is a health condition leading to many adverse clinical outcomes. The relationship between frailty and advanced age, multimorbidity and disabil
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Frailty, defined as an age-related state of increased vulnerability to acute stressors, is a major challenge in the care of older people with haematol…
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Mashup Score: 4Attainment of NICE blood pressure targets among older people with newly diagnosed hypertension: nationwide linked electronic health records cohort study - 11 month(s) ago
AbstractBackground. it is not known if clinical practice reflects guideline recommendations for the management of hypertension in older people and whether guide
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Mashup Score: 0SNAP-3 Frailty and Delirium: Home - The National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia - 12 month(s) ago
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Mashup Score: 8Joining the dots: A blueprint for preventing and managing frailty in older people | British Geriatrics Society - 12 month(s) ago
In this blueprint we set out seven system touchpoints and outcomes that should be considered when planning and commissioning health and social care for older people, alongside 12 actions that systems should take to create the conditions for high-quality integrated care for older people.
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Mashup Score: 4Dr Shiv Bhakta and Dr Marc Österdahl awarded joint BGS/Dunhill Medical Trust Doctoral Fellowships | British Geriatrics Society - 12 month(s) ago
Dr Shiv Bhakta and Dr Marc Österdahl have been awarded joint British Geriatrics Society/Dunhill Medical Trust Doctoral Training Fellowships to carry out PhD research benefiting the healthcare of older people. The Fellowships aim to support research projects that have the potential to prevent, delay or reduce future health and social care requirements and to improve older people’s quality of life….
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