Falls in anaemic and non-anaemic hospitalized elderly patients in 2012-2016 - mutual relationships.

Although falls are more prevalent as ageing proceeds, it cannot be assumed that they happen due to ageing alone. The retrospective cohort study of data was targeted to make an analysis of prevalence of falls in anaemic patients in comparison to the non-anaemic elderly admitted to the acute geriatric department and evaluation of pertinent influence of age, gender and immobility on occurrence of falls. During the considered period of four years (2012-2016) the authors treated 9 363 elderly patients aged 79,9±8,6 years (in the majority of them 65+ years).

Geriatric giants--contemporary occurrence in 12,210 in-patients.

Objectives: With advancing age, the degree of dependency and occurrence of great geriatric syndromes (GS), also referred to as geriatric giants, grow substantially.

Design: The prospective cohort study was aimed at conducting an analysis and comparison of geriatric syndromes (geriatric giants) among different age groups at admission to the acute geriatric department.

Setting, Participants: Between 1995 and 2012, we had altogether 12,210 elderly patients at an average age of 80.

Deceased elderly in-patients with pulmonary embolism.

Unlabelled: Pulmonary embolism (PE) in the elderly is an immediate threat of life. Especially in old age clinical signs of PE are non-specific and could be both underestimated and overestimated.

Aim Of The Study: The retrospective long-term study was aimed at conducting an analysis and comparison of pertinent influence of age, gender and immobility on occurrence of PE and sudden death.

How to approach to the therapy of diabetes in the elderly.

In gerontology diabetes mellitus (DM) is clinically the most frequent and extremely serious metabolic disorder. DM is an important health issue across the globe. With increasing life expectancy physicians are called upon to manage diabetes in the elderly more often.

Occurrence of pulmonary embolism among 260 in-patients of acute geriatric department aged 65+ years in 2005-2010.

Unlabelled: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is after myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular events the third most frequent cardiovascular cause of death. Simultaneously it belongs to at least often correctly diagnosed cardiovascular diseases.

The Aim Of The Study: The retrospective analysis of the database of inpatients with the target assess the clinical course of PE according to prevalence, mortality, average duration of stay, risk factors, used diagnostic methods and kinds of therapy.