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Sofia Leonardo, Felipe Fregni • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
(2023)
BackgroundThe development of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may be associated with an inflammatory process. Inflammatory cytokines may be a surrogate for systemic inflammation leading to worsening neurological ...
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DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2023.1069439
Chung-woo Lee, Joo Kyung Lee, Yeon Joo Choi, Hyunjin Kim et al. • Scientific Reports
(2022)
Abstract Revascularization procedures, including percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), for coronary artery disease (CAD) are increasingly performed in Korea. However, studies on blood pressure control targets in these patients remain in...
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06627-4
Laureano Reyes Gómez, Susana Villasana Benítez • Revista Pueblos y Fronteras Digital
(2010)
El trabajo busca ejemplificar, a través de seis estudios de caso, cómo viven la vejez los adultos mayores indígenas zoques cuando, producto de la edad avanzada, la enfermedad se convierte en insidiosa, multifactorial, su salud se diezma y e...
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DOI: 10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2010.10.151
Claudia Burlando, Enrico Musso, Luca Persico • European Spatial Research and Policy
(2022)
The world is facing a series of changes that will modify the way we envisage transport planning in our cities. Demographic ageing as a consequence of higher life expectancy and lower fertility rates is a world-wide phenomenon. While ageing ...
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DOI: 10.18778/1231-1952.29.1.05
Taddese Alemu Zerfu, Amare Abera Tareke, Sibhatu Biadgilign • BMC Health Services Research
(2023)
Abstract Background Despite remarkable gains over the past decade, mounting evidence suggests that Ethiopia’s rural health extension program (HEP) is facing serious implementation challenges. We investigated the current and potential future...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10253-9
Beatriz Fátima Alves de Oliveira, Eliane Ignotti, Sandra S. Hacon • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
(2011)
The aim of this study was to carry out a review of scientific literature published in Brazil between 2000 and 2009 on the characteristics of air pollutants from different emission sources, especially particulate matter (PM) and its effects ...
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DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2011000900003
Agnieszka Lisowska, Edyta Czepielewska, Martyna Rydz, Anna Dworakowska et al. • PLoS ONE
(2022)
Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) is one of the major risk factors of adverse drug events in elderly patients. Pharmacotherapy assessment criteria may help reduce the instances of PIP among geriatric patients. This study aimed to ...
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Johanna Buchcik, Joachim Westenhöfer, Mick Fleming, Colin R. Martin • Cogent Psychology
(2017)
Objective: The Sf-36 is the most widely used instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with the most convincing evidence of both internal consistency and test–retest reliability. In addition, it is appropriate for use amo...
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DOI: 10.1080/23311908.2017.1280984
Xiaoyue Zhang, Yongkang Qiu, Jixin Zhang, Zhao Chen et al. • Frontiers in Medicine
(2024)
BackgroundLow-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS) is a rare type of soft tissue sarcoma that often involves the deep soft tissue of the extremities and trunk in young and middle-aged adults. It is uncommon in the elderly. Here we discuss a ca...
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DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1172746
XU Lijun, LI Shasha, YAN Renfu, NI Yingyuan et al. • Huli yanjiu
(2024)
This paper reviewed the concept，form，status quo of application of multicomponent exercise to promote health of the elderly，and the research progress of multicomponent exercise combined intervention with nutrition supplement，cognitive traini...
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Nayara Gomes Nunes Oliveira, Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares • Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
ABSTRACT Objective: to propose a structural model of active ageing among elderly community members based on the World Health Organization’s theoretical framework and to identify the most relevant determinants of active ageing to the propos...
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DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0110
Patrick Leonardo Nogueira da Silva, Simone Queiroz Cordeiro, Simone Guimarães Teixeira Souto, Renata Patrícia Fonseca Gonçalves et al. • Revista de Pesquisa Cuidado é Fundamental Online
(2014)
Objetivo: Descrever o processo de assistência de enfermagem e também psicológica ao idoso na Atenção Primária. Método: Pesquisa descritiva de caráter bibliográfica. Foram analisados 22 artigos publicados entre os anos de 1998 a 2010. Result...
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Mohammad Hossein Imani, Amir Hossein Imani, Amirhossein Saem, Maryam Niksolat • BMC Geriatrics
(2025)
Abstract Background Falls are a leading cause of injury, hospitalization, and mortality among older adults. Sedative-hypnotic medications, especially benzodiazepines and Z-drugs, have been implicated as potential contributors to fall risk a...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12877-025-06624-y
Sarah Damanti, Francesca Rosini, Daniela Mari, Maura Marcucci • European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
(2015)
We report a case of acute facial oedema in an elderly hospitalized patient which was initially misdiagnosed as angioedema secondary to antibiotics in a patient with an allergic diathesis.
We describe the differential aetiologies and then t...
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DOI: 10.12890/2015_000281
Liwen Bao, Jun Bo, Bo Jin, Nanqing Xiong et al. • International Journal of Gerontology
(2018)
Summary: Background: To assess the morbidity and risk factors of contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) in Chinese very elderly patients. Methods: The very elderly patients whose age ≥75 year-old, from North Huashan Hospital, South Renji Hospi...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijge.2018.05.010
Tatyana V. Pavlova, Kirill I. Proshchayev, Elmira E. Satarinova, Natalia B. Pilkevich et al. • Медицинский вестник Юга России
(2019)
Purpose: to evaluate changes in muscle strength in elderly patients with signs of premature aging. Materials and methods: the study included 1080 people: 540 aged 44 to 54 years (mean age 49.1±2.2) and 540 at the age of 55 to 64 years (mean...
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DOI: 10.21886/2219-8075-2019-10-1-59-64
N. Zanjari, Sh. Namjoo, D.M. Aminzadeh, A. Delbari • طب جانباز
(2019)
Aims: In the world, many elderly people are cared by informal caregivers. Caring for elderly people with a special condition such as veterans can affect the mental health of caregivers. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate th...
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Marianne Mahler, Anne Clancy, Aud Johannessen, Johanne Lind et al. • Nordisk Tidsskrift for Helseforskning
(2020)
Nordic Health Promotion Perspectives on Older Adults Participation and Sense og Security
Demographic changes and the growing elderly population in Scandinavia provide an incentive to study Health Ageing in the Nordic Countries. The chose...
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DOI: 10.7557/14.5176
Yu. Ganzhula, Zh. Borykbay, V. Tkachev, S. Urazova et al. • Central Asian Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ethics
(2024)
Introduction. The health of centenarians is a major focus in global studies. Dyslipidemia is directly linked to the risk of cardiovascular diseases, which pose a growing burden on healthcare due to the increasing elderly population. Studyin...
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DOI: 10.47316/cajmhe.2024.5.3.04
Xue Yang, Jian Chen, An Pan, Jason H.Y. Wu et al. • Diabetes & Metabolism Journal
(2020)
BackgroundTo examine the prospective association between higher blood pressure (BP) and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults.MethodsA total of 9,642 middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults (≥45 ye...
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DOI: 10.4093/dmj.2019.0081