Effects of Medium Cut-Off Dialyzers on Fat Tissue and Muscle Mass Indices.

Background: Medium cut-off (MCO) dialyzers are designed to provide clearance of large-middle molecular weight uremic toxins and cytokines that are also responsible for the pathogenesis of sarcopenia.

Aim: To investigate the short- and long-term effects of MCO dialyzers on fat and muscle mass.

Methods: This single-center prospective, cross-over study includes 20 maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients treated with low-flux (LF) dialyzers.

Sleep hygiene education in older adults: effectiveness and association with comprehensive geriatric assessment.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the results of sleep hygiene education via a comprehensive geriatric assessment.

Method: A cross-sectional research was conducted on insomnia outpatients at a tertiary hospital, and all participants received sleep hygiene education as well as a comprehensive geriatric assessment. Sleep parameters were assessed before and four weeks after education.

Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) plus Patient- and Nutrition-Derived Outcome Risk Assessment Score (PANDORA) predicts intensive care mortality: A 180-day follow-up study.

Background And Aim: Malnutrition is strongly related to mortality in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The Patient- and Nutrition-Derived Outcome Risk Assessment Score (PANDORA) is a novel mortality prediction tool encompassing nutritional assessment. Since there is limited evidence regarding the power of PANDORA in predicting mortality in critically ill patients, we aimed to evaluate the benefit of adding PANDORA to the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) for mortality prediction in the ICU setting by comparing it with the other valid mortality predictors.

Balance performance measured by posturography in mild-moderate Alzheimer's Disease: An undervalued assessment.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to compare balance performance in mild-moderate stage Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and healthy peers using clinical balance tests and computerized posturography.

Methods: We recruited 95 patients and divided them into two groups; 51 patients (62 % (n=32) female) in AD group and 44 patients in healthy controls group (50 % (n=22) female). Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and Timed Up & Go (TUG) test were performed.

Predictors of 3-month mortality with muscle ultrasound and palliative prognostic tools among patients admitted to palliative care units.

Background/aims: Prognostic factors are an important issue in progressive and life-limiting diseases. This study evaluate 3-month mortality in patients admitted to the palliative care unit (PCU).

Methods: In this study, the patient's demographics, comorbidities, nutritional status, and laboratory values were recorded.

A Quality Improvement Study on Delirium Awareness Day: In Pursuit of Missed Delirium Diagnoses.

The current study aimed to screen for delirium in hospitalized older adults and assess the validity of the Turkish version of the 4A's Test (4AT-TR) as a feasible tool to integrate in routine patient care. The point prevalence of delirium according to clinical evaluation in routine practice was detected among all patients aged ≥60 years in 12 pilot wards. Delirium screening was then conducted by two arms: (a) nurses using the 4AT-TR and (b) geriatricians according to () criteria.

Frailty and sarcopenia among Turkish people aged 40 and above living with HIV.

Background: People living with HIV face a variety of challenges, including accelerated ageing and geriatric syndromes. In this study, we aimed to examine the prevalence of frailty and sarcopenia among Turkish people living with HIV.

Methods: In total, 100 people living with HIV were recruited in this study.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on safety and effectiveness of oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation in older people.

A meta-analysis of prospective, randomized controlled trials on novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) versus warfarin, as most commonly used vitamin K antagonists (VKAs), was done to evaluate their effect on stroke risk and bleeding complications in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. The study aims to evaluate efficacy and safety of NOACs versus warfarin between patients < 75 years and ≥ 75 years old. Prospective, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing NOACs with warfarin with at least 1-year follow-up in nonvalvular AF patients were included.

How we Provide Nutritional Treatment in Hospitalized Patients?

Background: In this study, we aimed to evaluate enteral nutrition (EN), parenteral nutrition (PN) and supplemental parenteral nutrition (SPN) in terms of achieving nutritional goals.

Methods: Patients receiving either EN, PN, or SPN treatment followed up by the clinical nutrition team between January and December 2017 at the university research and training hospital were included in the study. Daily nutritional requirements were calculated according to the recommendations.

Ultrasound Assessment of Sarcopenia in Patients With Sarcoidosis.

Objectives: Sarcoidosis can cause sarcopenia like other chronic diseases. Ultrasonography is a simple method, which has been used frequently in recent years. We aimed to evaluate the sarcoidosis patients with ultrasonography for sarcopenia and to compare the results of ultrasonography with the accepted standard method, bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA).

Risk of sarcopenia in hospitalized patients and related clinical factors: a multicenter study from Turkey.

Purpose: To investigate the risk of sarcopenia in hospitalized older patients and to assess the associations between sarcopenia risk and health care outcomes including dependency, malnutrition, and dysphagia.

Methods: This multicenter cross-sectional study was a part of the annual National Prevalence Measurement of Quality of Care (LPZ) in Turkey. Hospitalized patients age 65 and older were included in the study.

Long-term effect of masked hypertension management on cognitive functions in geriatric age: geriatric MASked hypertension and cognition follow-up study (G-MASH-cog MONITOR).

Objectives: Masked hypertension, defined as nonelevated clinic blood pressure with elevated out of clinic blood pressure, has been associated with increased cardiovascular events, mortality and cognitive impairment. No evidence exists regarding the effect of treating masked hypertension. In this study, we followed-up the patients in the G-MASH-cog study for 1 year and aimed to examine the effect of the management of masked hypertension on cognitive functions.

Treatment of hypothyroidism improves glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in geriatric patients.

Background/aim: Renal function of patients with hypothyroidism increases after reaching euthyroid state. There is no data regarding geriatric age group. The aim of the study was determined to investigate whether renal function of geriatric patients with hypothyroidism increases after they become euthyroid.

Insomnia and falls in older adults: are they linked to executive dysfunction?

Background: Insomnia increases the incidence of falls and impairs executive function. Moreover, falls are associated with executive function impairment. The relationship between falls and executive function in patients with insomnia is not clear.

Comparative Evaluation of Predictive Ability of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Components Including Frailty on Long-Term Mortality.

: This study aims to compare the predictive value of all comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) parameters with the predictive value of frailty assessment (with Edmonton Frailty Scale (EFS) and Fried Frailty Index (FFI)) for long-term mortality, in older adults.: A total of 967 patients were included, consecutively. At the first admission, age, gender, comorbidities, number of drugs, and laboratory values of the patients were recorded.

Evaluating skeletal muscle mass with ultrasound in patients with systemic sclerosis.

Objectives: Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) have an increased risk for loss of skeletal muscle mass. Ultrasonography (US) is a safe and promising method to evaluate muscle mass. In this study, we aimed to assess the frequency and clinical associations of low muscle mass status in patients with SSc, investigate the correlations between muscle mass sonographically measured regional muscle thicknesses (MTs), and explore the utility of US in predicting low muscle mass.

Sleep quality and sleep-disturbing factors of geriatric inpatients.

Purpose: Insomnia, a common problem in older adults, may be precipitated by multiple factors including medical conditions, social, behavioral, and environmental factors. The aims of our study were to evaluate sleep pattern changes during hospitalization, determine the predictors of sleep quality and sleep disorders in geriatric inpatients.

Methods: In this prospective observational study, all ≥ 65-year-old patients hospitalized in internal medicine wards were assessed at the time of hospitalization and after 1 week.

A Reliable Tool for Assessing MCI and Dementia: Validation Study of DemTect for Turkish Population.

Background And Aim: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia prevalence are expected to increase with aging. The DemTect is a very quick and easy tool to administer and recognize the early stages of dementia and MCI. In this study we aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of a Turkish version of the DemTect and define cut off values for different age and educational levels.

Comparison of the Efficacy of the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition Criteria, Subjective Global Assessment, and Nutrition Risk Screening 2002 in Diagnosing Malnutrition and Predicting 5-Year Mortality in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Illnesses.

Background: The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) has developed new criteria for diagnosing patients with malnutrition. The aims of this study were to investigate the prevalence of malnutrition according to the GLIM criteria, Subjective Global Assessment (SGA), and Nutrition Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002) and their association with long-term mortality in patients hospitalized for acute illnesses.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed in a sample of 231 patients with different comorbidities hospitalized for acute illnesses in medical or surgical wards.

Older Adults With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Nationwide Study in Turkey.

Background: A novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2]) occurred in China in December 2019 and has spread globally. In this study, we aimed to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized older adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Turkey.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of hospitalized patients aged ≥ 60 years with confirmed COVID-19 from March 11, 2020 to May 27, 2020 using nationwide health database.

Role of Ultrasonography in Estimating Muscle Mass in Sarcopenic Obesity.

Background: Sarcopenic obesity (SO) is the coexistence of sarcopenia and obesity in an individual. The present study is designed to define the usefulness of skeletal muscle ultrasonography (US) in the definition of SO.

Methods: Eighty-nine participants aged ≥65 whose body mass index (BMI, kg/m ) was ≥30 were consecutively enrolled in an outpatient clinic of geriatric medicine.