Walking and balance in older adults with age-related hearing loss: A cross-sectional study of cases and matched controls.

Background: Hearing loss (HL) is prevalent in older individuals. It is suggested that there is an association between age-related HL, walking and balance, leading to poorer function and increased risk of falls in older individuals.

Research Question: Is HL associated with physical performance, gait variability, and postural sway in older adults, and will additional dizziness moderate the effect of HL on balance?

Methods: In this cross-sectional study we examined 100 older individuals (age ≥70 years, 60 % females), divided in two groups, with or without age-related HL.

Detection of delirium in older patients-A point prevalence study in surgical and non-surgical hospital wards.

Aims And Objectives: To (i) determine the prevalence of delirium and identify delirium subtypes in surgical and non-surgical patients aged ≥65 years, (ii) determine whether certain precipitating factors affect the prevalence of delirium and (iii) review patients' medical records for description of delirium symptoms and the presence of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) coding for delirium in discharge summaries.

Methodological Design And Justifications: Despite being a robust predictor of morbidity and mortality in older adults, delirium might be inadequately recognised and under-reported in patients' medical records and discharge summaries. A point prevalence study (24-h) of patients ≥65 years from surgical and non-surgical wards was therefore conducted in a tertiary university hospital.

Case report: Pain in anti-DPPX encephalitis.

Encephalitis due to antibodies targeting dipeptidyl-peptidase-like protein 6 (DPPX), a potassium channel subunit, is rare. The illness is typically characterized by a triad of weight loss, CNS hyperexcitability and cognitive symptoms, but recent reports suggest that the clinical picture may be more heterogeneous. Here, we describe the case of a 63-year-old female who was admitted to the hospital with severe extremity pain, which had been preceded by diarrhea and weight loss.

[Epistaxis after testing for COVID-19].

Background: Testing for airway microbes has increased during the current COVID-19 pandemic. This case report demonstrates that testing can lead to complications.

Case Presentation: A man in his seventies was transferred to our hospital for coronary angiography.

Severe Neurological Sequelae after a Recreational Dose of LSD.

A young man with an unremarkable medical history suffered a seizure with subsequent cardiorespiratory arrest and severe neurological sequelae after ingesting a blotter. Analysis of a similar blotter and a serum sample obtained 3 h after the event detected lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) at an amount of 300 µg in the blotter and at a concentration of 4.0 ng/mL (12.

Cognitive impairment influences the risk of reoperation after hip fracture surgery: results of 87,573 operations reported to the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register.

Background and purpose - About one-fourth of hip fracture patients have cognitive impairment. We investigated whether patients' cognitive function affects surgical treatment, risk of reoperation, and mortality after hip fracture, based on data in the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register (NHFR).Patients and methods - This prospective cohort study included 87,573 hip fractures reported to the NHFR in 2005-2017.

Validation of orthopaedic surgeons' assessment of cognitive function in patients with acute hip fracture.

Background: About one fourth of patients with hip fracture have cognitive impairment. These patients are at higher risk of surgical and medical complications and are often excluded from participating in clinical research. The aim of the present study was to investigate orthopaedic surgeons' ability to determine the cognitive status of patients with acute hip fracture and to compare the treatment given to patients with and without cognitive impairment.

Does sarcopenia predict change in mobility after hip fracture? a multicenter observational study with one-year follow-up.

Background: Patients with hip fracture frequently have sarcopenia and are at great risk of loss of mobility. We have investigated if sarcopenia predicts change in mobility after hip fracture.

Methods: This is a prospective, multicenter observational study with one-year follow-up.

Reduced Walking Speed in Subjective and Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background And Purpose: Walking speed is reduced in people with dementia, but less is known about predementia conditions. We, therefore, studied the relationship between walking speed, cognition, and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in persons with subjective (SCI) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 22 healthy controls, 30 SCI and 17 MCI (N = 69).

Sarcopenia in patients with hip fracture: A multicenter cross-sectional study.

Background: Sarcopenia is prevalent in older persons and is a risk factor for falls, fractures, and mortality. The aim of this study was to determine a) the feasibility of determining sarcopenia in patients with acute hip fracture, b) the prevalence of sarcopenia and c) associations of sarcopenia with nutritional status and comorbidities.

Methods: A multicenter cross-sectional study on sarcopenia in male and female patients with acute hip fracture.