etiologies of se in the elderly

... health of the elderly, thus extending the period of physical autonomy, and retarding the onset of the effects of aging The fact that the majority of elderly people are currently living in their own ... falling [table I] Assessment of the level of risk for the elderly person Screening tools and means of assessment for the risk of falls in the elderly will be presented This will include user profiles ... unintentional injuries in this population Numerous factors may play a role in falling These include effects of aging, disease, the behavior of the person in certain high-risk situations, the person’s...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20

... [11,12] The major chronic illnesses, including heart disease, cancer, and stroke, are about 70% preventable The true causes of death are not the chronic diseases but the underlying causes of these ... Similar declines occur in other organ systems What would be the full range of e€ects if declines in the immune and in ammatory systems were prevented or reversed in the setting of declines in other ... life, the so-called ``failure of success'' [8,9], as shown in the second line of the ®gure If postponement of the age of onset of morbidity predominates, then morbidity is compressed and the average...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... underlying, identifiable cause In the remaining 95% of the cases, no known cause is being recognized despite of the extensive medical examination (idiopathic or primary hypertension) The World ... frequent disease in the developed countries, whereas in some of these countries it occurs in the 20-30% of the adult population Arterial hypertension is highly prevalent in the Epidemiology of hypertension ... increased salt intake, hyperlipidaemia, smoking, lack of physical activity, psychological factors, age and sex 20-23 Each of these factors in the presence of high blood pressure can further increase...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 19:21

... were also observed in the subgroup of 28 elderly patients Despite efforts in including the elderly in RCTs, most ­ tudies on the use of laxatives in the elderly are s limited because of small sample ... Simultaneously, the voluntary efforts of bearing down increases the intra-abdominal pressure, facilitating the development of a stripping wave, resulting in stool evacuation Common causes of constipation in ... causing constipation in the elderly In the absence of alarm symptoms, such as weight loss, bleeding, change in bowel habit, the two most commonly seen subtypes of primary constipation in the elderly...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20

... analysis and the drafting of the manuscript RR participated in the statistical analysis and the drafting of the manuscript PE participated in the design of the study and the drafting of the manuscript ... of pharmacological possibilities the debate regarding prescribing ought to be as prominent as ever Concerning the elderly patient there must be a crusade finding the breaking point were the intention ... pain killers, sleeping pills and diuretics and in the worst cases anticoagulants and insulin In every respect these results show lack of systematic work in the prescription process The use of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... Data from the baseline survey of participants in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies (SLAS) Thesis: The present trend of functional disability is increasing It should be reversed by measures ... that determines whether the current cohort of Singaporean seniors faces the prospect of better functional wellbeing and quality of life in their later years Presently available data not indicate ... wellbeing or quality of life Increased chronic diseases and functional disability Escalate use and costs of medical and social services Increase burden of care for family and caregivers QUALITY OF...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 06:20

... symptoms in elderly patients with TB This results in a delay in the presentation of the elderly to health care facilities, thereby resulting in a delay in the commencement of ATT The delay in presentation ... a distinct disease entity.8 These differences can lead to a delay in the diagnosis of TB in the elderly, which in turn, can lead to an increase in the morbidity and mortality in them.9, 10 A ... must be kept in mind during the diagnostic evaluation of elderly patients.11 Several findings of the current study are in accordance with the results of this meta-analysis In the present study,...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 13:20

... This must be kept in mind in the interpretation of interview data 9.2 Loss of natural teeth In Finland, a clear increase in the number of subjects acquiring dentures was seen in the 1950's and 1970's ... been the most fundamental etiological factor for the dramatic increase in caries among the Finnish children in the beginning of the 1950's (Rytömaa et al., 1980) Not surprisingly, increase in the ... that storing the disks in open air caused a loss of viability and death of Candida albicans Rinsing the dentures in the evening and keeping them overnight in the open air can indeed be the easiest...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20

... figure increases to 82% in those with heart disease and 59% in those with joint diseases; no association was observed in diabetic patients Concurring with these findings, the pre- sent study found ... other diseases on the checklist This was followed with a second regression model that compared individuals with the given disease to those without any of the checklist diseases In these analyses, ... validity of these scales (12) The instrument measures several dimensions of health and assesses the impact of diseases and the benefits of treatment It is a generic HRQOL instrument composed of 36...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... on the subject each define in their own way what undernutrition is The definition chosen of course affects the results of the study This is also the case in the Dutch investigations into the ... the differences in the numbers of elderly people in the different care settings, the LPZ results that concern data from all participating elderly people are dominated by the findings in nursing ... Because the great majority of the Dutch elderly (94 per cent in 2003) lives independently, this setting supplies the greatest proportion in an absolute sense of the total number of Dutch elderly...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 13:20

... illness Evaluation of Function Functional assessment Activities of daily living Feeding, Bathing, Dressing, Transferring, Toileting Instrumental activities of daily living Finances, Telephone, ... health of caregiver Care can be sad, depressing and overwhelming Caregivers may blame themselves Seek help especially through tough times Support groups and time for self In diseases of the mind…it ... therapy Individual psychotherapy Supportive psychotherapy Cognitive behavioral therapy Group therapy Family therapy Caregiver support group therapy Treatment Evidence-based research minimal Elderly...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... adults [45-49] These severe forms of vitamin D insufficiency cause severe muscle weakness, usually proximal and involving the lower limbs [48,49] Apart from these extreme cases, vitamininsufficient ... significantly reduced postural sway In this study, a 3% increase of the amplitude of sway was observed in the placebo group, while the amplitude of sway decreased by 13% in the intervention group However, ... swimming movements, suggesting the essential role of vitamin D in motor control [90] Observation Some clinical data in humans appear to support the hypothesis of a favorable action of vitamin D...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... representation of a time series into a Cartesian plane, where the values of each pair of successive elements of the time series define a point in the plot Indexes derived from Poincaré plot of minimum ... increased complexity and increased approximate entropy in several disease states, including acromegaly and Cushing's disease, and hypothesized that disease may manifest with increased or decreased ... moments) as the original data sets and differed only in the sequential ordering of MFC series Then the mean of the surrogate ApEn values were then calculated for the 10 surrogate data sets and compared...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... morbidities These results show how vaginal approach had a similar outcome in selected patients We compared the clinical outcome of the vaginal versus the abdominal hysterectomy in a population of elderly ... morbidity [8] Nevertheless, these procedures could be often severely contra-indicated in endometrial cancer patient, since they require a general anesthesia, which is contra-indicated in endometrial ... should include a precise definition of the anatomic margins and specify the extent of dissection, as well as state clearly how many lymph nodes should be harvested In our study, we assessed survival...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:20

... shaft of femur *A death certificate in the UK is completed by a medical doctor and has two parts: part being the cause of death which is split into a (1a), being the exact cause, b (1b) the disease ... trauma insult, after sustaining minor to moderate injuries Our study supports this theory, demonstrating irrespective of age after sustaining a severe trauma insult the majority who die so within ... injury, including fracture neck of femur in those greater than 65 years, are excluded from the database Each patient has an injury severity score (ISS), assigned according to their anatomic injury...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:21

... regulated in skin Again, this novel finding may be important in light of the role of arginase in modulating the balance between inflammation and matrix deposition during healing, and in the progression ... fluid/resolution of insulin response 4.0E-06 -20.5 210074_at CTSL2§ cathepsin L2 Lysosomal cysteine proteinase 3.8E-05 -15.5 214131_at SERPINB13 serpin peptidase inhibitor, clade B (ovalbumin), member ... calcium-binding 2.0E-05 -17.7 203328_x_at IDE insulin-degrading enzyme Wound fluid/resolution of insulin response 1.4E-05 -17.4 210413_x_at SERPINB4 serpin peptidase inhibitor, clade B (ovalbumin),...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21

... itself supposed to generate these values, could be contained The emotional intensity of the backlash against the intrusions of these subaltern groups suggests the importance of reading these ... feudal sense of the stylized ‘aura’ of the aristocrat to the rise of the more modern sense of publicity as a cultural domain ‘whose decisive mark was the published word’ Building on the traffic in ... In such circumstances, they certainly honour to the liberality and taste of those who are at the expence of preserving them: but they are of little service in adorning and fertilizing the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 11:00

... the base of the thumb The report stated that the radiographs were otherwise normal The patient's symptoms worsened with increased pain and swelling over the next few days Due to the worsening symptoms, ... attacks in the first metatarsophalangeal joint he was unaware that gout could occur in his wrist Typical presentation includes sudden onset of intense pain, redness and swelling of the joint Examination ... erosions [14] Joint space is generally well maintained Subchondral cysts may be present as they were in this case (See Figure 1) Due to the increasing rarity of these x-ray changes because of better...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06

... study of the potential benefit of prolonged peginterferon therapy in mitigating the progression of fibrotic liver disease [8] In this study, 391 of the 1045 patients enrolled into the initial ... the lower rates of sustained virologic response in those with fibrotic disease compared to those with less severe histology Several advances in HCV therapy have allowed incremental progress in ... Clearly, there are major obstacles toward treatment of this group of patients Since the advent of MELD-based allocation, with the associated lessened importance of waiting time, those awaiting liver...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 17:11

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