causes of epilepsy in the elderly

... health of the elderly, thus extending the period of physical autonomy, and retarding the onset of the effects of aging The fact that the majority of elderly people are currently living in their own ... important factor in the decline of autonomy Indeed, the fear of falling can result in changes in motor function in the elderly, for example in walking behavior (Maki, 1997) The elderly frequently ... Multiple factors are involved in the risk of falling These factors may be intrinsic to the person and the aging process, behavioral, or found in the person’s immediate environment The main risk factors...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20

... 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 ... of death shifts from external towards intrinsic factors The formally assigned ``cause of death'' becomes increasingly irrelevant compared with the underlying frailty, the inability of the aging ... as shown in the second line of the ®gure If postponement of the age of onset of morbidity predominates, then morbidity is compressed and the average illness burden is less, the period of adult...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... Based on the Hellenic Society for the Study of Hypertension guidelines (2008) the aim of the screening of blood pressure in the hypertensive subjects under 65 years old is to maintain the blood ... disease in the developed countries, whereas in some of these countries it occurs in the 20-30% of the adult population Arterial hypertension is highly prevalent in the Epidemiology of hypertension in ... conducted in the special infrastructures for the protection of the elderly in Greece, it has been reported that 72.9% of the males and 77.1% of females had high blood pressure 15, nevertheless,...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 19:21

... also observed in the subgroup of 28 elderly patients Despite efforts in including the elderly in RCTs, most ­ tudies on the use of laxatives in the elderly are s limited because of small sample ... ­ paring of neuronal nitric oxide in human colon.20 These fi ­ ndings suggest an increase in inhibitory neurons in the aging colon, affecting gut motility However, the ­ ignificance of s these ... straightening the anorectal angle Simultaneously, the voluntary efforts of bearing down increases the intra-abdominal pressure, facilitating the development of a stripping wave, resulting in stool...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20

... of pharmacological possibilities the debate regarding prescribing ought to be as prominent as ever Concerning the elderly patient there must be a crusade finding the breaking point were the intention ... participated in the statistical analysis and the drafting of the manuscript PE participated in the design of the study and the drafting of the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... 3Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, SE- 581 83 Linköping, Sweden Authors’ contributions INO participated in the design of the study, the statistical analysis and the drafting of the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... Methodology: Data from the baseline survey of participants in the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies (SLAS) Thesis: The present trend of functional disability is increasing It should be reversed ... quality of life In the face of impaired physical and mental functioning, perceived social handicap stands in the way of realizing quality of life Success in improving physical and social functioning ... faces the prospect of better functional wellbeing and quality of life in their later years Presently available data not indicate a benevolent trend of physical functional wellbeing in the near...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 06:20

... 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 the commencement of ATT The delay in presentation ... hence must be kept in mind during the diagnostic evaluation of elderly patients.11 Several findings of the current study are in accordance with the results of this meta-analysis In the present study, ... the groups DISCUSSION Tuberculosis is becoming increasingly common in the elderly and burden of the disease in them is likely to continue to increase substantially.3,4 Moreover, with increasing...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 13:20

... that storing the disks in open air caused a loss of viability and death of Candida albicans Rinsing the dentures in the evening and keeping them overnight in the open air can indeed be the easiest ... 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 in the ... ranged from 58% of the newest denture group to 21% in the oldest dentures The worsening of the stability with the increasing age of the denture was statistically highly significant in the maxilla...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20

... and the São Paulo State Secretary of Health for financing the fieldwork; to the Secretary of Health Surveillance of the Ministry of Health for financial support in the data analysis through the ... 224 individuals in Singapore, also using the SF-36® (23) The present study found that the most prevalent chronic diseases had a significant influence on the quality of life of the elderly individual ... up The total scores for each of the eight scales were then converted to points from to 100, with denoting the worst state of health and 100 denoting the best (10, 11) The following were the independent...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... the differences in the numbers of elderly people in the different care settings, the LPZ results that concern data from all participating elderly people are dominated by the findings in nursing ... overview of the prevalence estimates To gain insight into the effect of the differences in the criteria on the prevalence data, both definitions are applied to the LPZ data The LASA result for the independently-living ... on the subject each define in their own way what undernutrition is The definition chosen of course affects the results of the study This is also the case in the Dutch investigations into the...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 13:20

... illness Evaluation of Function Functional assessment Activities of daily living Feeding, Bathing, Dressing, Transferring, Toileting Instrumental activities of daily living Finances, Telephone, ... Phillipe Pinel, physician 1806 Citizen Pinel Orders Removal of the Chains of the Mad at the Salpêtriére Tony Robert-Fleury (1838–1911) 1876 painting Resources American Association of Geriatric ... therapy Individual psychotherapy Supportive psychotherapy Cognitive behavioral therapy Group therapy Family therapy Caregiver support group therapy Treatment Evidence-based research minimal Elderly...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... background The putative SAM-binding motif (motif I) is boxed The positions of the introns are indicated by red lines, and the numbers above indicate the positions of the introns as described in the ... gene more abundant in the posterior part of the sixth larval instar (Fig 3A,B) and at the beginning of the prepupal stage in the seventh larval instar (Fig 3D,E) In the sixth instar larvae, TcMT3 ... the beginning of the sixth instar to the larvae that had received TcMT3 dsRNA, the majority (94%, n = 16) moulted into the seventh instar (Table 3) Thus, JHM application at the beginning of the...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 07:20

Ngày tải lên: 12/06/2014, 11:37

... that the specificity of the mechanism of falls in the elderly, particularly the impairment of postural reactions - either altered or delayed - could partly explain the higher incidence of hip ... involved in neurophysiology and regulates the metabolism of neurotransmitters including dopamine, acetylcholine, serotonin and gamma aminobutyric acid [70,78], and the synthesis of certain growth ... mg/day - Vitamin D: - Compliance: 54.5% at 24 months - No reduction of the incidence of fractures - No reduction of the rate of falls or the incidence of fractures No effect of serum vitamin D3 level...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... corresponding Poincaré plot (D) pendicular to the line -of- identity reflects the level of short-term variability [12] The dispersion of points along the line -of- identity is thought to indicate the level ... in the falls risk elderly group supports our previous findings [4] which showed that increasing the MFC height is one of the possible strategies used by elderly individuals to minimize tripping ... values The value of ApEn reflecting the degree of irregularity, randomness and complexity of the MFC time series data, could therefore, indicate the degree of stability in the control of foot...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... morbidities These results show how vaginal approach had a similar outcome in selected patients We compared the clinical outcome of the vaginal versus the abdominal hysterectomy in a population of elderly ... morbidity [8] Nevertheless, these procedures could be often severely contra-indicated in endometrial cancer patient, since they require a general anesthesia, which is contra-indicated in endometrial ... hysterectomy in place of the standard abdominal procedure Comparing this approach to the traditional procedure used in a control group, we got evidences of high-cure rate achieved in elderly patients...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:20

... catalyzes the rate-limiting step in cytokinin biosynthesis, causes an elevation in cytokinindependent photorespiration, which can explain the protection of photosynthetic processes beneficial during ... Identification of Induced Protein Spots Given that recombinant XacPNP causes rapid and sustained physiological changes in the host, we were interested in investigating if these changes are also reflected in ... which in turn down regulates tubulin a-chain and the b-tubulin encoding genes The latter two are up-regulated by the cytokinin hormone zeatin and down-regulated by the pathogen P syringae The stimulation...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 03:21

... Haarlem, the Netherlands; KMA) Induction of anaesthesia was performed by injecting 7.5 l/g of induction KMA mix (consisting of 1.26 ml ketamine, 0.2 ml medetomidine and ml atropine) To maintain anaesthesia, ... behind VILI and the contribution of MV to lung injury in the absence of pre-existing lung injury Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Page of 11 (page number ... levels of interleukin (IL)-6 and keratinocyte-derived chemokine Plasma levels of interleukin (IL)-6 and keratinocyte-derived chemokine (KC) (KC) Plasma levels of IL-6 and KC in control mice, and in...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... trauma insult, after sustaining minor to moderate injuries Our study supports this theory, demonstrating irrespective of age after sustaining a severe trauma insult the majority who die so within ... Hence, the risk of dying late after sustaining minor trauma is increased if a PMC exists (OR 5.5, p = 0.004) Of the twelve that died beyond 13 days with minor trauma the commonest cause of death was ... complications late in their hospital admission Conflict of interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions CT complied the patient information for the TARN database,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:21

... regulated in skin Again, this novel finding may be important in light of the role of arginase in modulating the balance between inflammation and matrix deposition during healing, and in the progression ... removing any effects of 'intrinsic aging') [9] Thus, using comparative analysis we are now in a position to address the relative contributions of estrogen and aging to healing in elderly humans Since ... and that the insulin growth factor/insulin pathway influences the rate of aging [26,27] That regulation by estrogen at the level of the gene appears to be the most important mediator of age-related...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21