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From:Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand (Vol. 8, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedTHE ARTICLE "Meeting patients' religious needs', by Colette Blockley,(Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, December/ January 2001/2002, p15) has stimulated me to tell how we attempt to meet the spiritual needs of our...
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From:Aging Health (Vol. 9, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Roxanne E Jensen [*] 1 , Leigh Anne Faul 2 , Waddah B Al-Refaie 3 , Arnold L Potosky 4 Keywords * elderly; health services; oncology; quality of healthcare There are currently 13.7 million cancer...
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From:Aging Health (Vol. 9, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Chiara Somma 1 2 , Matias Trillini 1 , Marsida Kasa 1 3 , Giorgio Gentile [*] 4 Keywords * aged; bioethical issues; comorbidity; delivery of healthcare; frail elderly; renal dialysis; renal...
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From:African Journal of Trauma (Vol. 3, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedByline: K. Puttakemparaju, N. Beshaj Purpose: To evaluate functional results of bipolar hemiarthroplasty for unstable intertrochanteric fracture in elderly patient. Materials and Methods: Between 2005 and 2012 20...
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From:Current Gerontology and Geriatrics ResearchPeer-ReviewedBackground. Recently, the percentage of older adults in developing countries has increased significantly. Objective. This study examined patterns and factors associated with primary health care services utilization in...
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From:International Journal of Medicine and Public Health (Vol. 5, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedByline: Supriya. Pradhan, Abinash. Panda, Meerabai. Mohanty, J. Behera, Y. Ramani, P. Pradhan Introduction: Quality and safety of prescribing in older people remains a global healthcare concern. Inappropriate...
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From:Indian Journal of Urology (Vol. 27, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedByline: Kanagasabai. Sahadevan, Jose. Dominguez-Escrig, Pallavi. Mehrotra, Ralph. Marsh, Prakash. Johnson Context : Study of clinical outcome in renal cryoablation. Aims : Laparoscopic cryoablation (LCA) is emerging...
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From:Reactions Weekly (Issue 1339)[S] A 66-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease developed vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) pneumonitis after therapy with vancomycin. The woman, who had been on haemodialysis (HD) for 2 years,...
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From:High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention (Vol. 18, Issue 2)Introduction: Numerous studies have demonstrated the existence of a relationship between echogenicity of carotid plaque and cerebral ischaemic events, both silent and clinically manifest. These, in turn, expose the...
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From:Nursing Older People (Vol. 23, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedFOR SEVERAL decades, older people's nursing has been plagued by a negative image and has been an unpopular career choice for many nurses. However, there is evidence that these attitudes may be changing. The authors and...
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From:The Practitioner (Vol. 255, Issue 1745) Peer-ReviewedLife review therapy is an effective intervention for adults aged 55 and older with depressive symptoms, a Dutch pragmatic randomised controlled trial has found. Participants aged 55 and above were recruited through...
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From:Reactions Weekly (Issue 1300)[S] A 73-year-old woman developed interstitial lung disease during treatment with lenalidomide for multiple myeloma. The woman received oral lenalidomide 25 mg/day for 21 days of every 28-day cycle along with...
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From:Interventional Cardiology (Vol. 2, Issue 1)British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Autumn Meeting Bournemouth, UK, 16 October 2009 This year's meeting was well attended, with close to 350 delegates coming to the Autumn Meeting of the British...
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From:Drugs & Aging (Vol. 27, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe prevalence of pain increases with age. However, pain is often in adequately managed in elderly people, which undermines quality of life. Pain has been associated with depression, sleep disturbances, impaired...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 24, Issue 23) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Aim To investigate the experiences of patients and nursing staff in relation to the care delivered to, and received by, older people with dementia in an acute hospital setting. Method An ethnographic...
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From:Reactions Weekly (Issue 1301)[S] A 68-year-old woman experienced depression and ultimately committed suicide following the withdrawal of dexamethasone, which had been administered as an antiemetic. The woman had stage IIb, T2N1M0, cancer of...
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From:Reactions Weekly (Issue 1326)[S] A 76-year-old man, who had been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis 20 years earlier, was admitted to a hospital with weakness and fever two days after starting infliximab induction therapy [dosage and route of...
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From:Nursing Older People (Vol. 21, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedAt the age of 84, Kimani Maruge joined a primary school. Mr Maruge, Kenya's oldest pupil, died recently having completed two years of classes. I was inspired by his dream to learn throughout his life. We often assume...
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From:Nursing Older People (Vol. 21, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Aim The aim of the RCN dignity survey was to gain the perspectives of nurses, healthcare assistants and nursing students regarding the maintenance and promotion of dignity in everyday practice. This article...
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From:Aging Health (Vol. 6, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Veena K Ranganath 1 , Sogol Amjadi 1 , Edmond Melikterminas 1 , Daniel E Furst [[dagger]] 2 Keywords: Keywords * aging; biologics; comorbidities; DMARDs; older onset rheumatoid arthritis; rheumatoid...