[A case of upside-down stomach that was effectively treated by postprandial repositioning].

An 88-year-old woman with a history of stomach perforation and lumbar compression fracture was admitted to our hospital with a chief complaint of continuous vomiting, which she had experienced since the previous day. She showed vomiting, spontaneous pain and tenderness from the epigastric fossa through the left flank. In addition, she had marked kyphosis.

[Long-term care level as a predictor of a poor outcome in elderly patients with pneumonia].

Aim: To determine factors associated with physical decline and a poor prognosis after hospitalization in physically dependent elderly patients with acute pneumonia.

Methods: The subjects included 112 geriatric patients (86.8±5.

[Examination of cases of pseudogout in succession to inflammatory disease in the elderly].

Aim: Pseudogout is an important causative disease of febrile illness in elderly patients. We experienced cases of pseudogout during or after the progression of inflammatory disease.

Methods: We investigated 14 patients with pseudogout admitted to the Department of Geriatric Medicine at Kyorin University Hospital.