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Hypernatremia in the geriatric population
... the geriatric population is a common disorder associated with significant morbidity and ...elderly population, to underscore that neglect is the etiology of exclusion after alternatives have been ...
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CAUSES OF HEARING AID REJECTION IN GERIATRIC POPULATION OF EGYPTIAN RURAL AREAS
... Predominance of different causes of HA rejection could be affected by several demographic and audiologic features of geriatric population. Age was significantly older among subjects who rejected their HAs ...
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Diagnostic validity of orthopantomograph compared to dexa scan in screening osteoporosis in geriatric population
... lumbar spine. A sensitivity of 86.8% and a specificity of 63.6% were found. The BMD-threshold for osteoporosis was set at a T-score of -2.5 and a correlation with the MCI categories severe and mild was examined. In a ...
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Correlation of visual selective attention with balance in geriatric population-a cross sectional study
... In other study conducted by Vali Shiri et.al, they have shown that there is a significant relationship between selective attention and balance in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. One of the possible ...
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Original Article Study of Autonomic Function Tests in Geriatric Population
... Autonomic dysfunction worsens with old age. It results from an imbalance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions. Autonomic function tests were carried out in 50 healthy subjects in the age group of 65 to ...
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Correlation Of Physical Activity, Balance And Cognition In Geriatric Population – An Observational Study
... The geriatric population is defined as population aged 60 years and ...older population Currently India has the second largest aged population in the ...
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Analysis of Quality of Life Expectancy among Geriatric Population in Tamilnadu, India
... elderly population has felt unsecured in physical, physiological and psychological ...for geriatric groups, the insecurity among themselves may reduce their lifespan and quality of ...elderly ...
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STUDY OF MICROCYTIC HYPOCHROMIC ANEMIA IN IMPACT RELATION TO LOW RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION IN GERIATRIC POPULATION
... In elderly patients with lower respiratory tract infections, hemoptysis is common and results in chronic blood loss which is the reason for iron deficiency and thus iron deficiency. Thus pre existing lower respiratory ...
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Polypharmacy leads to increased prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication in the Indonesian geriatric population visiting primary care facilities
... The geriatric population is particularly vulnerable to being prescribed potentially inappropriate medication (PIM); however, the prevalence of this occurrence remains poorly investigated in ...Indonesian ...
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DIZZINESS AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN GERIATRIC POPULATION IMPACTING FUNCTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS
... of geriatric population so as to minimize the associated ...the geriatric population describe the feeling of dizziness and further supported by the authors of study conducted in Brazil, that ...
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Comparison of Use of Antidiabetic Agents among Geriatric and Non-Geriatric Population
... In India, 20% of the elderly population has T2DM. The goals of treatment are the same for elderly and younger patients; however, treatment decisions are influenced by age, life expectancy, comorbid conditions, and ...
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PHARMACOVIGILANCE STUDY IN GERIATRIC POPULATION
... A prospective observational study was taken up to study the prescribing pattern and ADR in geriatric population by doing follow- ups for 3 months. A total of 50 patients who satisfied the inclusion criteria ...
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Rhinitis in the geriatric population
... Though its peak incidence is during young adulthood, allergic rhinitis is prevalent among older people. In fact, the 2005 National Center for Health Statistics report stated that 10.7% of individuals between 45-64 years ...
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Dementia and osteoporosis in a geriatric population: Is there a common link?
... general population, with an odds ratio for femoral fracture amongst a French female population the same as that of other severe systemic illnesses (OR = 4, P < ...
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On the measurement of subjective and objective health among a geriatric population in india: its variation and relation
... elderly population, ...the population of India rose from ...elderly population has crossed 100 million ...growing population of elderly in the country needs special attention in several ...
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Endovascular Management of Poor Grade Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in the Geriatric Population
... In patients aged 70–88 years, the incidence of aneu- rysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is as high as 78 cases per 100,000 population, as compared with 15 cases per 100,000 in those aged 30–59 years (1, 2). The ...
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A Study on the health and social problems of a geriatric population in a rural area of Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu
... world population is increasing, thanks to improved life expectancy, resulting from better food habits, better sanitation, medical advances and greater prosperity, as well as falling birth ...second-largest ...
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Current Clinical Profile of Respiratory Diseases in Geriatric Population
... include increased prevalence of COPD in non-smokers and rise in the rate of systemic co morbidities. In addition, acute exacerbations in older patients have poorer outcome, manifesting by increase in the rate of ...
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The challenges of muscle biopsy in a community based geriatric population
... Previous studies have suggested that muscle biopsy is a feasible tool in a frail or sarcopenic older population [9– 11, 13]. To our knowledge this is the first study to demon- strate the difficulties of performing ...
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A study on lifestyle and morbidity profile of geriatric population in lucknow
... threatened. Population projections indicate an increasing graying of world’s population, with the share of persons aged 60 yrs and above increasing from ...elderly population varies between ...
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