Associations between anemia and dependence on basic and instrumental activities of daily living in older women.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between anemia and basic and instrumental activities of daily living in older female patients.

Methods: 540 older female outpatients were included in this cross-sectional study. Anemia was defined as a hemoglobin below 12 g/dL.

Predictors of 2-year mortality in geriatric patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Türkiye: a retrospective cohort study.

To reveal factors affecting 2-year mortality in geriatric patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Demographic characteristics, clinical and laboratory data, thorax computed tomography (CT) images, second-year survival status, and causes of death were analyzed. The 2-year post-discharge mortality rate of 605 patients was 21.

Insights into geriatric health: primary sarcopenia and innate immunity dynamics, examining SARC-F, serum TLR 4, TLR 9, and resolvin levels.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between serum TLR (Toll Like Receptor) 4, 9 and Resolvin E1 levels and primary sarcopenia in geriatric patients and to compare the diagnostic accuracy of these biomarkers with the SARC-F score. A total of 88 patients aged 65 years and older were evaluated in the study. Comorbidities and geriatric syndromes were identified and patients with secondary sarcopenia were excluded.

Systemic inflammatory response index and monocyte-to-high density lipoprotein ratio- new biomarkers remarking the inflammation in primary sarcopenia: The SIMPS study.

Objective: To investigate the relationship of sarcopenia with systemic inflammation response index (SIRI), monocyte to high-density lipoprotein ratio (MHR) and platelet parameters in geriatric patients.

Methods: We designed a cross-sectional retrospective study in patients presented to a geriatric outpatient clinic for the first time. The diagnosis of sarcopenia was made in accordance with the EWGSOP2 criteria.

Concomitant Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis Associated with Cystic Echinococcosis: A Rare Geriatric Case.

Introduction: Parasitic infections could be an important triggering factor for autoimmune diseases. We present a clinical case of concomitant polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) induced with cystic echinococcosis (CE).

Case Presentation: A 74-year-old male was admitted with a 2-month history of progressive pain at the shoulders and hip, movement restriction, and constitutional symptoms.

Predictive Strategies to Reduce the Risk of Rehospitalization with a Focus on Frail Older Adults: A Narrative Review.

Frailty is a geriatric syndrome that has physical, cognitive, psychological, social, and environmental components and is characterized by a decrease in physiological reserves. Frailty is associated with several adverse health outcomes such as an increase in rehospitalization rates, falls, delirium, incontinence, dependency on daily living activities, morbidity, and mortality. Older adults may become frailer with each hospitalization; thus, it is beneficial to develop and implement preventive strategies.

Comprehensive evaluation of older patients with suspected malignancy: 5-year experience of a tertiary geriatric inpatient unit.

Objective: Geriatric cancer population is growing. Both cancer and geriatric conditions are associated with some degree of inflammatory burden. To comprehensively present our five years of experience in patients with suspicion of a malignancy, signs and symptoms that are more prominent as indicator of malignancies, conditions that cause malignancy-like symptoms, and common malignancies and newly diagnosed malignancies in geriatric patients with a history of cancer.

The Role of NF-κB, PPAR-α, and PPAR-γ in Older Adults with Metabolic Syndrome.

The etiopathogenesis of metabolic syndrome (MetS) has not been fully understood yet, and chronic low-grade inflammation is thought to be associated with the development of complications related to MetS. We aimed to investigate the role of Nuclear factor Kappa B ( NF-κB ), Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor- α and γ (PPAR-α, and PPAR-γ) which are the main markers of inflammation in older adults with MetS. A total of 269 patients aged≥18, 188 patients with MetS who met the diagnostic criteria of the International Diabetes Federation, and 81 controls who applied to geriatrics and general internal medicine outpatient clinics for various reasons were included in the study.

The relationship between malnutrition and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in hospitalized older patient.

Objectives: Aging is characterized by appetite loss and cachexia, i.e., factors that contribute to malnutrition.

The impact of sarcopenia and obesity on mortality of older adults: five years results.

Aim: Sarcopenia and obesity can cause severe physical and metabolic complications. We aimed to investigate the risk of mortality associated with sarcopenia and obesity in older adults.

Method: We designed a retrospective, observational cohort study showing the 5-year mortality of older patients in a tertiary geriatric outpatient clinic.

Matrix Metalloproteinases/Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases Ratio: A Biomarker of Bone Resorption in Geriatric Osteoporosis?

Background: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play an important role in bone resorption and are regulated by tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). We investigated the use of MMP2/TIMP2 and MMP9/TIMP1 ratios as biomarkers of bone resorption in geriatric osteoporosis and evaluated the relationship between osteoporosis and geriatric syndromes.

Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study involved 87 patients (41 with osteoporosis) treated at the geriatric outpatient clinic of a university hospital.

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the geriatric inpatient unit.

Objective: We aimed to determine the effects of the pandemic on the inpatients in the geriatric unit by comparing the demographic and clinical characteristics, reasons for hospitalization, morbidity, and mortality of the patients before and during the pandemic.

Methods: The population of this retrospective, cross-sectional study consisted of inpatients in the geriatric unit for two years (11 March 2019-10 March 2021). The patients were separated into two groups according to the hospitalization time as pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 period.

Depressive symptoms are associated with sarcopenia and malnutrition in older adults.

Background: Depression is one of the most common mental disorders among older adults and depressive symptoms are strongly associated with adverse health outcomes. We aim to examine whether depressive symptoms are associated with sarcopenia and malnutrition in older adults.

Methods: We reviewed hospital records of 447 patients (≥65 years) who were admitted to the outpatient clinics, retrospectively.

Frequency and Risk Factors of Re-hospitalization in Geriatric Inpatient Wards: A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate frequency and risk factors of re-hospitalization which are not stated in comorbidity indexes in geriatric wards.

Methods: A total of 585 patients who were admitted to tertiary care geriatric inpatient clinics at least once between 1 September 2017 and 1 September 2018 and who survived to discharge during initial hospitalization were included in this cross-sectional retrospective multicenter study.

Results: Overall, 507(86.

Clinical outcomes of geriatric patients with COVID-19: review of one-year data.

Aims: In this study, we aimed to reveal mortality rates and factors affecting survival in geriatric patients infected with COVID-19.

Methods: This is a retrospective study of 873 geriatric patients with COVID-19 who were hospitalized between March 11, 2020 and March 11, 2021. Demographic, clinical, laboratory data, and treatment options were obtained from electronic medical records.

Association between anticholinergic drug burden with sarcopenia, anthropometric measurements, and comprehensive geriatric assessment parameters in older adults.

Background: Older patients use multiple drugs due to their comorbidities and most of these drugs have anticholinergic drug burden (ADB). We aimed to investigate the association between ADB and sarcopenia, anthropometric measurements, and comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) parameters in older adults.

Methods: Patients ≥65 years who applied to geriatrics outpatient clinic between January 2019-March 2020 were included.

Sarcopenia assessment by new EWGSOP2 criteria for predicting chemotherapy dose-limiting toxicity in patients with gastrointestinal tract tumors.

Introduction: In 2019, The EWGSOP2 group made updates on the definition and diagnosis of sarcopenia. The aim of this study is to determine the possible risk factors for chemotherapy dose-limiting toxicity (DLT).

Methods: Newly diagnosed gastrointestinal (GI) cancer patients were included in this prospective observational study.

Themes and trends for osteoporosis: the bibliometric and altmetric approach.

Unlabelled: Our aim is to evaluate and compare the most discussed articles on osteoporosis in academia and social media. The treatment of osteoporosis was the most popular topic in the top 100 citation (n = 31) and altmetric lists (n = 47). The general public, as well as academia, is curious about the treatment of osteoporosis.

Association of FGF-19 and FGF-21 levels with primary sarcopenia.

Aim: Serum fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-19 and FGF-21 levels have been reported to be associated with muscle hemostasis. This study aims to explore the relationship between the levels of these markers and sarcopenia.

Methods: In our single-center, cross-sectional study, patients over 65 years old presenting to the geriatric outpatient clinic were included.

The relationship between primary sarcopenia and SARC-F, serum MMP9, TIMP1 levels, and MMP9/TIMP1 ratio in the geriatric patients.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between serum MMP9 (Matrix metalloproteinase), TIMP1 (Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase) levels and MMP9/TIMP1 ratio and primary sarcopenia in geriatric patients, and compare the diagnostic accuracy of such biomarkers with that of the SARC-F score.

Methods: A total of 88 patients aged 65 years and older were assessed in the study. Comorbidities and geriatric syndromes were determined and patients with secondary sarcopenia were excluded.

Reliability and Validity of Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale in Turkish Population.

Background: The aim is to validate Turkish version Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS).

Methods: One hundred forty patients (>65 years) were included. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition -V was used in all patients.

Does plasma phoenixin level associate with cognition? Comparison between subjective memory complaint, mild cognitive impairment, and mild Alzheimer's disease.

Background: Alteration in energy expenditure or metabolism is the most accused risk issue for the onset and for the course of neurodegenerative cognitive disorders. Neuropeptides are suggested to be related with learning and memory. Phoenixin (PNX) is the most recently reported neuropeptide and we aimed to compare the plasma level in people with subjective memory complaints, patients with mild cognitive impairment, and mild Alzheimer's disease (AD).