Screening for Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly pot

... Screening for Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly CHAPTER 75 By Christopher Patterson Screening for Cognitive Impairment 75 in the Elderly Prepared by Christopher ... 144: 851-853 27. Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination: The periodic health examination, 1991 update: 1. Screening for cognitive impairment in the elderly. Can Med...

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... Ascoregreaterthan5issuggestiveofdepression,however,fullscoringinformation for the GDSis availableat:http://www.stanford.edu/~yesavage/GDS.english.long.html Yesavage: The useofRatingDepressionSeries in the Elderly, in Poon(ed.):Clinical ... Dementia Functionalstatus(Baseline&reviewateachvisit) IADLs: : •Housework •Mealprep •Shopping •Transportation •Fina...

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... INR values in the therapeutic interval and expressed as the “time in the therapeutic range” (TTR). Even in clinical trials, the TTR is often no more than 60-65% (as an example, the TTR in the ... therefore recommended. For anticoagulation in the therapeutic range, dabigatran etexilate was compared to warfarin in the RE-LY study including AF patients and in...

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... 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 ... community-dwelling elderly persons and 60 percent of nursing home residents fall each year. Risk factors for falls in the elderly include increasing age, medi...

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... 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] and has become the dominant paradigm ... tear in another. In a similar context, William Osler considered pneu- monia to be the ``old mans' friend'', terminating the in rmities of frailty. I...

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... y)]. Discussion Main findings Among the participating GPs, definitions of health promo- tion interventions in the elderly widely varied. The opinion regarding the effectiveness of health promotion in the eld- erly ... as regarding the content of the programme. Providing information over the inter- net for instance, may not reach a substantial proportion of the target...

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... 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 n...

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... summarizes the 2002 emission inventory for each of the 14 refineries (note that the Sunoco Marcus Hook refinery is split into two facilities in the inventory: one facility for the equipment located in ... be the installation of pollution controls on the catalytic cracking unit and fluid coking unit at the Delaware City refinery. Other causes for the decrease in...

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... then they will play a major role in bringing funding, ideas and individuals together. Equally, proposals could be initiated by local voluntary bodies or campaigning individuals. The key is the link between ... practical help in developing social enterprises in a variety of sectors including Childcare, Housing, Health and Social Care for the Elderly, and the Environmental Rec...

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