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Frailty and Clinical Outcomes of Older Patients Admitted to an Emergency Department in Japan.
Cureus
November 2024
Nursing, Hokusetsu General Hospital, Osaka, JPN.
Introduction Medical advances and improved living standards have increased life expectancy, and the percentage of older adults is growing rapidly. The proportion of older adults visiting the emergency department (ED) is also increasing. Frailty is recognized as a significant risk factor for adverse outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFrailty is associated with poor outcomes in midlife trauma patients.
Am J Surg
December 2024
Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, USA. Electronic address:
Background: The impact of frailty on outcomes in midlife trauma patients (50-64 y) remains understudied. We evaluated the impact of frailty on midlife trauma patients' outcomes.
Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study using TQIP 2021 data.
Experiences and Views of Older Adults of South Asian, Black African, and Caribbean Backgrounds About the Digitalization of Primary Care Services Since the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Focus Group Study.
JMIR Form Res
December 2024
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Policy Research Unit in Older People and Frailty / Healthy Ageing, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022 prompted governments worldwide to enforce lockdowns and social restrictions, alongside the rapid adoption of digital health and care services. However, there are concerns about the potential exclusion of older adults, who face barriers to digital inclusion, such as age, socioeconomic status, literacy level, and ethnicity.
Objective: This study aims to explore the experiences of older adults from the 3 largest minoritized ethnic groups in England and Wales-people of South Asian, Black African, and Caribbean backgrounds-in the use of digitalized primary care services since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Can Changes in Financial Performance Be Used in the Diagnosis of Neurocognitive Disorders? A Systematic Review of Findings from Greece.
Brain Sci
November 2024
School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Elder abuse, and more specifically financial exploitation, is expected to be a major problem in modern societies as the worldwide population is getting older. Neuropsychological protocols regarding financial capacity assessment are the only available window allowing us to view the cognitive-emotional-behavioral strengths/deficits and vulnerabilities of individuals. Given the paucity of relevant research in Greece in the most vulnerable individuals such as older adults suffering from neurocognitive disorders (NCDs), this systematic review attempts to investigate whether NCDs impair financial capacity and to highlight the most important factors that can predict financial incapacity in Greek older patients and the likelihood of financial abuse.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Elevated blood pressure and hypertension : Focus of the 2024 ESC guidelines on risk reduction].
Herz
November 2024
Klinik für Herz- und Kreislauferkrankungen, Deutsches Herzzentrum München (DHM), Universitätsklinikum der Technischen Universität München, Lazarettstr. 36, 80636, München, Deutschland.
The 2024 guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) for the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension introduce the new category "elevated blood pressure" (120-139/70-89 mm Hg). All patients with elevated blood pressure are advised to implement lifestyle modifications. The aim is to reduce the cardiovascular risk at an early stage.
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