Browsing by Subject "Elderly"
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(2006)Background: It has been proposed that the toll-like receptor-4 gene (TLR4) may participate in the development of obesity and osteoporosis, in addition to its well-known role in the immune response. On the other hand, the ...
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(Elsevier, 2020)El delirium corresponde a un síndrome clínico frecuente y relevante en el adulto mayor hospitalizado. Su incidencia e impacto han sido reconocidos desde hace más de 30 años y su importancia en la atención del adulto mayor ...
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(2004)Background and aims: Air displacement plethysmography with the BOD-POD is a new densitometry technique, and has been found to be an accurate method to measure body composition. The aim of this study was to assess body ...
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(2009)Aging suffers prejudices against it. Even among professionals who practice gerontology. A dangerous and common one is to consider that all the elderly are sick or unable. The relationship doctor-patient is the key stone ...
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(MDPI, 2020)Whether the affinity of serum vitamin E with total lipids hampers the appropriate assessment of its association with age-related risk factors has not been investigated in epidemiological studies. We aimed to compare linear ...
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(2007)S. pneumoniae is a significant cause of community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly, and accounts for the majority of the pneumonia deaths among the elderly. We conducted this randomized double-blind study to evaluate the ...
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(Frontiers Media S.A., 2017)© 2017 Moreno-Gómez, Véliz, Rojas, Martínez, Olmedo, Panussis, Dagnino-Subiabre, Delgado and Delano. The perception of music depends on the normal function of the peripheral and central auditory system. Aged subjects without ...
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(W.B. Saunders, 2017)© 2016 Elsevier Inc.Purpose Delirium has negative consequences such as increased mortality, hospital expenses and decreased cognitive and functional status. This research aims to determine the impact of occupational therapy ...
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(2010)The increasing elderly population in our country generates a series of questions regarding the mechanisms that help or hinder their social integration. Our research aimed to reveal, through the implementation of a national ...
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(2011)The aim of this study was to determine anthropometric and physiological patterns and compare the effect of physical activity in older adults from Arica, Chile. One hundred elderly aged from 60 years on, participated in ...
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(Wiley, 2022)Background Elderly patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are usually excluded from major trials. Hyopthesis This study sought to assess 1-year clinical ...
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(W.B saunders CO-elsevier INC., 2018-05)The sinonasal tract plays important roles in respiration, olfaction, and defense against external pathogens. Like many organ systems, the nose and sinuses undergo several changes with advancing age that can play a role in ...
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(Frontiers Media S.A., 2014)© 2014 Basualto-Alarcón, Varela, Duran, Maass and Estrada.Sarcopenia, the age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, is becoming more prevalent as the lifespan continues to increase in most populations. As ...
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(Sociedad de Neurologia Psiquiatria y Neurocirugia, 2017)Introduction: Depression is the health conditions that generate a higher disease burden, where the older adults show a great impact related to this disease. The article describes the impact of depressive symptoms in the ...
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(Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)© 2015, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved. Introduction: weight and height measurements are important data for the nutritional assessment of elderly people and the implementation of the nutritional care process. ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2015)The prevalence of vertigo and dizziness in people aged more than 60 years reaches 30%, and due to aging of world population, the number of patients is rapidly increasing. The presence of dizziness in the elderly is a strong ...
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(Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2014)Introduction: The aim of the study was to estimate if B12 deficiency is associated with the use of metformin in the elderly diabetics. Methods: Case-control study in diabetic OP. Cases (n = 137) were defined as elderly ...