Sleep disorders in the elderly pot

... difculty initiating and maintaining sleep. With age, several changes occur that can place one at risk for sleep disturbance including increased prevalence of medical conditions, increased ...  Considering the impact that sleep disturbance can have on health, it is important to pay special attention to  Sleep disorders in the e...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... is the key point when decisions are made about introducing and/or continuing such treatments in the individual elderly patient. In order to maximise the safety of anticoagulation in the elderly, ... years), the only item independently associated with the likelihood of not receiving VKAs in the multivariate analysis was increasing age. No other single factor, includi...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 20:20

... multifactorial intervention to reduce the risk of falling among elderly people living in the community. N Engl J Med 1994;331:821-7. TABLE 8 Critical Steps in Reducing the Risk of Falls in the Elderly ... how intrinsic and extrinsic factors can combine to change the likelihood of falling in the elderly patient. 29 Physical Examination A mnemonic (I HATE FALLI...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... Similar declines occur in other organ systems. What would be the full range of eects if declines in the immune and in ammatory systems were prevented or reversed in the setting of declines in other ... Vaccine 18 (2000) 1584±1589 1585 2. The Compression of Morbidity 2.1. The hypothesis and the paradigm The Compression of Morbidity hypothesis was introduced in 1980 [1...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... be of clinical importance. The potential harm of labelling an individual as demented must be weighed against possible benefits. There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against measures ... examine the results of screening and subsequent investigations. In a three-phase study in Eastern Baltimore, Md, 78% of 3,48 1 subjects completed the National Institute of Mental Healt...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... Comparison 1 In uenza vaccines versus no vaccination - Cohort stud ies in nursing homes, Outcome 2 In uenza. Review: Vaccines for preventing in uenza in the elderly Comparison: 1 In uenza va ccines versus ... vaccination - Cohort stud ies in nursing homes, Outcome 1 ILI. Review: Vaccines for preventing in uenza in the elderly Comparison: 1 In uenza va ccines versus no va...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20

... risperidone in clinical studies. † The USFoodandDrugAdministrationissuedahealthadvisory in March2005reportingincreasedmortality (1.6-1.7foldincrease in relativerisk,1.9%increase in absoluterisk,NNH:52) in elderly patientstakingatypi- calanti-psychoticstotreatBPSD. 14 14 Cognitive ... W =Score3 =Score1 =Score5 =Score3 =Score3 ScoringWORLDbackwards(...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20

... high-frequency sleep similar to REM sleep in the adult (4). The frequency of FBM increases with advancing gestation, occurring $30% of the 83 time near term in the sheep (5). In the human, there is ... of serotonin-containing cells within the caudal midline nuclei (62). It has been shown that the activity of serotonin-containing neurons is decreased during sleep. Ente...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 17:20

... in the elderly may even be considered as a distinct disease entity. 8 These differences can lead to a delay in the diagnosis of TB in the elderly, which in turn, can lead to an increase in the ... symptoms in elderly patients with TB. This results in a delay in the presentation of the elderly to health care facilities, thereby resulting in a delay in...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 13:20

... been the most fundamental etiological factor for the dramatic increase in caries among the Finnish children in the beginning of the 1950's (Rytömaa et al., 1980). Not surprisingly, increase ... al., 1991; Espinoza et al., 2003). It has been assumed that the oral health of the independently living elderly would be better than the oral health of the elderly li...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20