2021 March - 11 articles
Background & aims. Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a leading cause of nosocomial diarrhoea in elderly people. This study aimed to describe the main clinical features and prognosis at 6 months of patients affected by CDI in a Geriatric Un...
Background & aims. Elderly people have different issues at the end of their lives. This study was conducted to analyze the psychometric properties of the Persian version of Attitudes of Older People to End of Life Issues (AEOLI) questionnaire. Me...
Background. Polypharmacy, or taking five or more medications daily, can lead to poor medication compliance and an increased risk for adverse drug-to-drug interactions that may eventually lead to death. The study was designed to explore the questions...
Background & aims. FRAX is used to calculate the 10-year absolute risk for hip or “any major” fracture. It can be applied with/without DXA scores, in countries like Egypt where there is no calculator available, a neighboring country calculator is...
Periorbital cellulitis (POC) is an acute bacterial infection of the eyelids. In the past, before the introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccination, POC was usually caused by this bacterium. Vaccination was introduced in 1985 and extended...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents a complex respiratory disorder characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms due to chronic airflow limitation caused by exposure to noxious particles/gases with an increased inflammatory res...
Introduction. Sarcopenia has been demonstrated to affect the quality of life (QoL) of hospitalised elderly. However, no convincing evidence for the best method for measuring sarcopenia in hospitalised elderly is available. The current review aims to...
The multifactorial process of ageing is one of the biggest biological and medical challenges of the 21st century with age-related conditions such as cardiovascular diseases, neurodegeneration and cancer being among the leading causes of death among i...
The incidence of thrombotic cardiovascular disease increases with age. Several potential reasons can explain the association between thrombosis risk and age, such as the high prevalence of predisposing illnesses among older people and age-related cha...
Background and aims. The COVID-19 outbreak is a far-reaching health crisis and a significant psychological stressor. COVID-19 patients experience an unknown and life-threatening condition that exposes them to strict social distancing, physical discom...
Background & aims. It is generally accepted that there arises a decrease in sensory integrity with aging. Despite so much emphasis on the lower extremity, studies have not focused sufficiently on agerelated sensory changes in the hands and wrists...
