Browsing by Author "4672977a-3072-49e2-9a29-ba2729108e9f"

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    • Aging and health policies in Chile: new agendas for research 
      Thumala Dockendorff, Daniela Cecilia; Kennedy, Brian K.; Calvo, Esteban; González Billault, Christian; Zitko, Pedro; Lillo Zurita, Patricia; Villagra Castro, Roque; Ibáñez, Agustín; Assar, Rodrigo; Andrade, Maricarmen; Slachevsky Chonchol, Andrea (Routledge, 2017)
      Population aging is among the most important global transformations. Compared to European and North American countries, Chile is among the countries with the fastest growth of life expectancy at birth during recent decades. ...
    • Fragilidad: en busca de herramientas de evaluación preoperatoria 
      Vargas, Javiera; Gálvez, María de los Angeles; Rojas, Mariana; Honorato, Macarena; Andrade, Maricarmen; Navarro Leyton, Patricio; Mardones, Gabriela; Morales, Julián; Pérsico, Daniela; Rojas, Fernanda; Moreno, Duby; Becker, Erika; Cavada Chacón, Gabriel; Carvajal, Cristóbal (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2020)
      Background: In the perioperative context, a frailty evaluation scale must consider certain characteristics such as validation, execution speed, simplicity, the capacity to measure multiple dimensions and not being dependent ...
    • Insula and Amygdala Atrophy Are Associated With Functional Impairment in Subjects With Presbycusis 
      Belkhiria, Chama; Vergara Ortúzar, Rodrigo C.; San Martín, Simón; Leiva, Alexis; Martínez Sabja, Melissa; Marcenaro, Bruno; Andrade, Maricarmen; Délano Reyes, Paul H.; Delgado Derio, Carolina (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Hearing loss is an important risk factor for dementia. However, the mechanisms that relate these disorders are still unknown. As a proxy of this relationship, we studied the structural brain changes associated with functional ...
    • Reduced suprathreshold auditory nerve responses are associated with slower processing speed and thinner ... 
      Délano Reyes, Paul; Belkhiria, Chama; Vergara Ortúzar, Rodrigo; Martínez Sabja, Melissa; Leiva Cifuentes, Alexis; Andrade, Maricarmen; Marcenaro, Bruno; Torrente Avendaño, Mariela; Maass Oñate, Juan C.; Delgado Derio, Carolina (Public Library Science, 2020)
      Epidemiological evidence shows an association between hearing loss and dementia in elderly people. However, the mechanisms that connect hearing impairments and cognitive decline are still unknown. Here we propose that a ...