[A clinical analysis of elderly dementia patients with physical comorbidities].

Aim: To investigate the current status of elderly dementia patients with physical illnesses and identify optimal care strategies for this growing population.

Methods: This retrospective study included elderly dementia patients who (i) received in-patient treatment for a physical comorbidity at the dementia ward of the Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center, and (ii) who were discharged from April 2009 to March 2011.

Results: The study population was 390 patients (144 males, 246 females), with a mean [±SD] age of 80.

[Blood culture results in elderly febrile patients].

Aim: We retrospectively evaluated blood culture results in elderly patients (≥65 years) with a fever due to infection.

Methods: We examined the bacteria isolated from blood cultures and compared them to bacteria detected in infected lesions that caused bacteremia. We compared the types of bacteria isolated in the two groups (the community-acquired group and the hospital-acquired group).

[A case of intravascular large B-cell lymphoma with rapidly progressive cognitive impairment after cerebral infarction].

A 67-year-old man started to show symptoms of dementia and developed convulsions accompanied by presyncope. Since an old cerebral infarction was found, he was given a diagnosis of symptomatic epilepsy, treated with antiepileptics. Dementia progressed rapidly, resulting in admission to a dementia ward.

[Death in geriatric pneumonia patients].

Aim: Pneumonia-associated deaths are the 4th leading cause of death in elderly people, and fatality tends to increase with age, especially after the age of 65. We aimed to further define convalescence in this patient population by examining the clinical characteristics of elderly pneumonia patients.

Methods: We retrospectively examined the data of 292 patients aged 65 years or older who had died of pneumonia.