comprehensive geriatric assessment
Performance of a brief geriatric evaluation compared to a comprehensive geriatric assessment for detection of geriatric syndromes in family medicine: a prospective diagnostic study
... prehensive geriatric assessment as reference standard, which cannot be considered a perfect gold ...a geriatric assessment ...the comprehensive geriatric assessment was a ...
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How best to deliver Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) on a hospital wide basis: an umbrella review
... Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is often defined as ‘a multidimensional, interdisciplinary diagnostic process to determine the medical, psychological, and functional capabilities of a frail ...
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Effect of in hospital comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in older people with hip fracture : the protocol of the Trondheim Hip Fracture Trial
... a comprehensive geriatric assessment is compared with traditional care in an orthopaedic ...of comprehensive geriatric assessment on mobility and other relevant outcomes in hip ...
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Optimal management of elderly cancer patients: usefulness of the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
... CGA, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment; CS, cross-sectional study; P, prospective observational study; CRC, colorectal cancer; GI, gastrointestinal cancer; GI non-CRC, gastrointestinal cancer other ...
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Ability of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment to Detect Frailty
... Frailty is the special mandate of the geriatrician. The essence of management in frailty is to embrace the com- plexity of the patients and their needs for care. When we do our jobs well, this is what geriatricians do. ...
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The Frailty Instrument for primary care of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe predicts mortality similarly to a frailty index based on comprehensive geriatric assessment
... Aim—frailty is an emerging concept in primary care, which potentially can provide healthcare commissioners with a clinical focus for targeting resources at an ageing population. However, primary care practitioners need ...
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment in the emergency department
... people’s assessment and management in the ED can be complex, time consuming, and require specialist ...multidimensional assessment and management by multidisciplinary specialist care teams ...
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A randomised clinical trial on a comprehensive geriatric assessment and intensive home follow up after hospital discharge: the Transitional Care Bridge
... (CGA): comprehensive geriatric assessment; (CN): community care nurse; (CNS): clinical nurse specialist in geriatrics; (DEFENCE): Develop strategies Enabling Frail Elders New Complications to Evade; ...
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment predicts mortality and adverse outcomes in hospitalized older adults
... The term “Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment” (CGA) was first used in the United Kingdom in the late 1930s. Later, its concept, parameters and indications motivated various scientific research ...
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Effects of comprehensive geriatric assessment on physical fitness in an acute medical setting for frail elderly patients
... Introduction: Frail elderly people often use emergency care. During hospitalization, physical decline is common, implying an increased risk of adverse health outcomes. Comprehensive Geriatric ...
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment on an acute medical unit : a qualitative study of older people’s and informal carer’s perspectives of the care and treatment received
... the comprehensive geriatric assessment process on acute medical ...the comprehensive geriatric assessment in patients due to be discharged in addition to the treatment routinely ...
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment prediction of postoperative complications in gastrointestinal cancer patients: a meta-analysis
... (“comprehensive geriatric assessment” OR “CGA”) AND (“stomach” OR “gastric” OR “colon” OR “rectal” OR “col- orectal” OR “gastrointestinal”) AND (“cancer” OR “tumor” OR “neoplasms” OR ...
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Knee extension strength measurements should be considered as part of the comprehensive geriatric assessment
... 13]. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a multi-dimensional, inter-discip- linary diagnostic process for older adults to determine a range of health characteristics (physical, functional, ...
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Acute medical unit comprehensive geriatric assessment intervention study (AMIGOS)
... Unit Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Intervention Study; AMU: Acute Medical Unit; CGA: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment; CQLI-R: Caregiver Quality of Life Index- Revised; ...
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Cost-effectiveness of comprehensive geriatric assessment at an ambulatory geriatric unit based on the AGe-FIT trial
... Data on healthcare resource use was collected for pri- mary healthcare, ambulatory care (geriatric and other), inpatient care and municipal services (including use of home help services and nursing home ...
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Change in the multidimensional prognostic index score based on a standard comprehensive geriatric assessment during hospitalization in elderly patients
... advances in technology, these forms can be filled online and can be sent to the physicians. However, to date this method has been rarely used. The second method in streamlining geriatric evaluation is by using ...
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Association of pre-operative medication use with post-operative delirium in surgical oncology patients receiving comprehensive geriatric assessment
... prehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is used to assess medication review in addition to comorbidities, func- tional status, cognitive function, nutritional status, and socioeconomic issues ...
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Costs of medication in older patients: before and after comprehensive geriatric assessment
... Other drugs with increased use after the CGA included anti-depressants and trazadone used for insomnia. This out- come indicated that depression and depression-associated insomnia might be overlooked and not be ...
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Geriatric fractures in single Orthopedic Hospital: The role of domestic fall and comprehensive geriatric assessment
... There was a total of 8362 geriatric patients during the study period, 835 (9.9%) of them was admit- ted with fracture (traumatic and non-traumatic fractures). Inclusion cases were 741 (8.9%), where 94 cases had to ...
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The contribution of comprehensive geriatric assessment to primary care physicians
... All PCPs who had referred at least six patients for CGA in the year prior to the study (2008) were eligible to participate in the survey. This number was chosen as an indicator that the PCPs were familiar with the CGA ...
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