.... The Selvester QRS score and the ESTIMATED score reported as predictors contain many variables and are complex to calculate. There is a need for a simple predictive score to accurately assess prognosis in clinical practice. Methods: A total of 953 elderly patients (age ≥60 years) diagnosed with NIDCM were...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Sedation Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography Oxycodone Elderly patients Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) refers to a measure through which the pancreaticobiliary system is, by injection...

... on the random forest (RF) algorithm for the risk of cardiac complications of dental extraction in elderly patients with CVDs. Methods: Between August 2017 and May 2018, a total of 603 patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were used to create a training set. An independent test set contained 230 patients...

... = 0.03). Handgrip strength, however, was not significantly associated with mortality risk in these participants. Conclusion: Short OLST, in particular < 3 s, is associated with decreased physical performance and elevated mortality risk in elderly patients with cardiovascular disease. OLST can...

... and haemodynamic parameters, as well as on exercise capacity and quality of life of the patients, a prevalence of ventricular pacing in elderly patients can still be observed [ 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ]. Controversy over electrotherapy in this group occurs already at the stage of qualification for a particular form...

...Karthikeyan P. Iyengar; Hosam E. Matar; Jayant B. Nadkarni Purpose: We present our experience in managing femoral shaft fractures in elderly patients with previous ipsilateral dynamic hip screw fixation for extracapsular neck of femur fractures using retrograde intramedullary nailing implants...

...Eran Leshem-Rubinow; Asaf Vaknin; Shany Sherman; Dan Justo Background: The Norton scale is used for assessing pressure ulcer risk. The association between admission Norton scale scores (ANSS), hospitalization length, complications, and mortality in elderly patients admitted to internal medicine...

... associated with the procedure, especially related to the vestibular system. At the same time, it should be made clear that life-threatening conditions are rare and that the surgery is usually safe. 22 09 2008 20 02 2009 27 8 2009 Cochlear implantation Elderly patients Clinical...

...L. Piéroni; M.J. Foglietti; J.P. Andreux; D. Albou; J. Nafziger Erythropoietin secretion was evaluated in the anaemia of chronic disorders in elderly patients, since it has been shown that this secretion is impaired in adults. We looked for a possible role of inflammatory cytokines: tumor necrosis...

...C.I.A. Jack; T. Smith; C. Neoh; M. Lye; J.N. McGalliard The prevalence of visual impairment among elderly patients admitted to hospital is unknown. This group of patients may be particularly at risk from poor vision which could jeopardise their independence. A prospective study of visual impairment...

...W.J. MacLennan; J. Wilson; V. Rattenhuber; W.J. Dikland; J. Vanderdonckt; M. Moriau The efficacy and tolerability of O-(β-hydroxyethyl)-rutosides (HR) in elderly patients (aged over 65 years) with chronic venous insufficiency or varicose veins was studied in a multi-centre, double-blind, randomised...

...Luis Marti; Carlos Cervera; Xavier Filella; Jose Luis Marin; Manuel Almela; Asunción Moreno Background: Information is scarce about the inflammatory responses to infection in elderly patients. Objective: To investigate the inflammatory pattern in elderly patients with systemic inflammatory response...

... that is localized mainly in biomembranes. Objective: The purpose of this study was to clarify the defensive mechanisms against oxidative stress by investigating the differences in the redox dynamics of α-tocopherol in plasma and erythrocyte membranes between elderly patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes...

...Narihisa Matsuyama; Kikuo Takano; Akinori Miura; Takatsugu Yamamoto; Takaomi Mashiko; Hideki Ohotani Background: As the number of bedridden elderly patients increases, prevention of pressure ulcers is becoming a more important issue. However, an approach to this problem using medication has...