Screening for older inpatients at risk for long length of stay: which clinical tool to use?

Background: Screening for inpatients at risk for long length of stay (LOS) is the first step of an effective hospital care plan for older inpatients. This study aims, in older adults admitted to a geriatric acute care ward, to examine and compare the 6-item brief geriatric assessment (BGA) and the "Programme de Recherche sur l'Intégration des Services pour le Maintien de l'Autonomie" (PRISMA-7) risk levels with long LOS, and to establish their performance criteria (i.e.

Structural Brain Volume Covariance Associated with Gait Speed in Patients with Amnestic and Non-Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Double Dissociation.

Background: Gait impairment is observed in early stages of dementia, such as mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and is associated with morphological brain volume changes like atrophy.

Objective: This study aims to characterize the brain's grey matter (GM) volume covariance associated with gait speed in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and non-amnestic MCI (naMCI).

Methods: Gait speed was measured in 171 patients with MCI (age 72.