617 results match your criteria: "Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)[Affiliation]"
Phys Ther
December 2024
Eastern Colorado VA Health Care System, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Aurora, CO, United States.
Objective: The optimal approach for improving physical function following acute hospitalization is unknown. A recent clinical trial of home health physical therapy compared a high-intensity, progressive, multi-component (PMC) intervention to enhanced usual care (EUC). While both groups improved in physical function, no between-group differences were observed.
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December 2024
Eastern Colorado VA Health Care System, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Aurora, CO, United States.
Objectives: Reduced physical function following hospitalization places older adults at risk of adverse health events. Many older adults receive home health physical therapy to reverse their deconditioning; however, optimal approaches to improve physical function are currently not known. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a home health care approach comprised of high-intensity exercise, enhanced care transition, and protein supplementation.
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December 2024
Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Occup Ther Health Care
December 2024
Eastern Colorado VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Aurora, CO, USA.
Adults with lower-limb (LL) amputation have difficulty dual-tasking which may elicit falls and is required for instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between dual-task performance, falls, and IADLs for Veterans with LL amputation. A cross-sectional study was completed with dual-task performance, retrospective fall reporting, and participation in IADLs.
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December 2024
Louis Block Professor of Public Health Sciences and the College, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637-1447, United States.
Staffing is an important indicator of nursing home quality and resident health outcomes. The Five-Star staffing ratings in Nursing Home Care Compare, the report card published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is based on average hours per resident-day and turnover measures. Studies have shown that a new measure of staffing instability, capturing day-to-day staffing variation, is associated with resident outcomes and provides additional information about quality not reflected in the current Five-Star staffing ratings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Pharmacokinet
December 2024
Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Background And Objective: We conducted an opportunistic pharmacokinetic study to evaluate the population pharmacokinetics of meropenem, an antimicrobial commonly used to treat Gram-negative infections in adults of different ages, including older adults, and determined optimal dosing regimens.
Methods: A total of 99 patients were included. The population pharmacokinetic models used had two compartments: zero-order input and linear elimination.
Hematol Oncol
January 2025
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Med Care Res Rev
December 2024
RAND, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Clin Neuropsychol
November 2024
Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychology Section, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
J Neurol Phys Ther
November 2024
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (M.M.M., J.E.F., E.B., M.S., C.L.C.); Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (M.M.M.); Department of Research, VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Aurora, CO (M.M.M.); Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO (J.E.F); Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (M.H.C); and Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO (C.L.C.).
Background And Purpose: This pilot study examined the feasibility of a proximal muscle resistance training program to improve walking in people with multiple sclerosis using a combination of in-person, virtual, and independent exercise sessions.
Methods: People with multiple sclerosis (Expanded Disability Status Scale Score is <6.0) were recruited to a study of resistance training exercises targeting hip abduction and trunk muscles for 10 weeks.
Clin Infect Dis
November 2024
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Intensive Crit Care Nurs
November 2024
School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Critical Illness, Brain dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address:
Objectives: We aimed to describe the content of patient-psychologist mental health related dialogues during a telemedicine intensive care unit recovery clinic visit.
Research Methodology/design: Qualitative descriptive study nested within a randomized controlled pilot trial to assess a telemedicine intensive care unit recovery clinic feasibility and preliminary efficacy. Participants included adults hospitalized with sepsis and/or respiratory failure.
Front Cell Neurosci
October 2024
Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, United States.
J Women Aging
November 2024
VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
J Women Aging
November 2024
Informatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences Center, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Qual Life Res
November 2024
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Background: Quality of life (QOL) and functional status are two key outcomes for patients with advanced heart failure (HF). We examined the association of eleven symptoms with QOL and functional status impairment in patients with advanced HF.
Methods And Results: This was a retrospective analysis of baseline data from a multi-center, cluster-randomized controlled trial (NCT01459744) which enrolled patients with an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator and advanced HF at high-risk for mortality.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating psychological disorder that is associated with a host of psychosocial and health ailments, including chronic pain. Although evidence-based psychological therapies are recommended as first-line PTSD treatments, a large proportion of individuals either drop out and/or do not achieve a therapeutic response. PTSD is increasingly recognized as a systemic disorder that impacts both physical and mental health, and mind-body approaches, such as Tai Chi, have shown promise.
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January 2024
Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine (INIM), Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 33328, United States of America.
Objective: Long COVID is a major health concern because many patients develop chronic neuropsychiatric symptoms, but the precise pathogenesis is unknown. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) can disrupt neuronal connectivity and be elevated in patients with long COVID.
Methods: In this study, MMP-9 was measured in the serum of long COVID patients and healthy controls, as well as in the supernatant fluid of cultured human microglia cell line stimulated by recombinant severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Spike protein, as well as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and neurotensin (NT) used as positive controls.
J Am Geriatr Soc
October 2024
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Department of Veteran Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Background: For the thousands of health systems recognized as Age-Friendly, considerable progress has been made to integrate 4Ms into clinical care. This study evaluated associations between 4Ms documentation and patient characteristics in an inpatient setting.
Methods: In this prospective cohort, hospitalizations included were from patients in an Acute Care for Elders (ACE) unit where the 4Ms were adopted and implemented.
JCI Insight
November 2024
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine.
Transcriptomic analyses have advanced the understanding of complex disease pathophysiology including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, identifying relevant biologic causative factors has been limited by the integration of high dimensionality data. COPD is characterized by lung destruction and inflammation, with smoke exposure being a major risk factor.
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September 2024
VA Eastern Colorado Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Aurora, Colorado; Physical Therapy Program, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.
JCI Insight
August 2024
Center for Lung Aging and Regeneration (CLAR), Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a lethal chronic lung disease characterized by aberrant intercellular communication, extracellular matrix deposition, and destruction of functional lung tissue. While extracellular vesicles (EVs) accumulate in the IPF lung, their cargo and biological effects remain unclear. We interrogated the proteome of EV and non-EV fractions during pulmonary fibrosis and characterized their contribution to fibrosis.
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September 2024
Center for Lung Aging and Regeneration (CLAR), Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is a polyphenol plant metabolite abundant in tea that has demonstrated antifibrotic properties in the lung. In this issue of the JCI, Cohen, Brumwell, and colleagues interrogated the mechanistic action of EGCG by investigating lung biopsies of patients with mild interstitial lung disease (ILD) who had undergone EGCG treatment. EGCG targeted the WNT inhibitor SFRP2, which was enriched in fibrotic fibroblasts and acted as a TGF-β target, with paracrine effects leading to pathologic basal metaplasia of alveolar epithelial type 2 cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJAC Antimicrob Resist
October 2024
Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Background: The complex (MAC) are non-tuberculous mycobacteria responsible for chronic and debilitating conditions. Guideline-recommended therapy for MAC is a combination of clarithromycin/azithromycin, ethambutol and a rifamycin. However, culture conversion rates with this regimen are 67%.
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August 2024
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, United States.