Aging clinical and experimental research, ISSN 1720-8319, 07/2019
Journal Article
Internal and Emergency Medicine, ISSN 1828-0447, 10/2014, Volume 9, Issue 7, pp. 723 - 734
The dramatic demographic changes that are occurring in the third millennium are modifying the mission of generalist professionals such as primary care...
Polypharmacy | Multidimensional evaluation | Medicine & Public Health | Aging | Internal Medicine | Adverse drug effects | Drug prescription | Multimorbidity | MEDICATION | ADVERSE CLINICAL EVENTS | RISK | PREVALENCE | MEDICINE | DRUG-TREATMENT | ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | OLDER PATIENTS | DISEASE | PRESCRIBING CRITERIA | Societies, Medical | Comorbidity | Humans | Aged, 80 and over | Female | Italy | Male | Registries | Aged | Geriatrics | Chronic diseases | Mortality
Polypharmacy | Multidimensional evaluation | Medicine & Public Health | Aging | Internal Medicine | Adverse drug effects | Drug prescription | Multimorbidity | MEDICATION | ADVERSE CLINICAL EVENTS | RISK | PREVALENCE | MEDICINE | DRUG-TREATMENT | ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | OLDER PATIENTS | DISEASE | PRESCRIBING CRITERIA | Societies, Medical | Comorbidity | Humans | Aged, 80 and over | Female | Italy | Male | Registries | Aged | Geriatrics | Chronic diseases | Mortality
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American Journal of Cardiology, The, ISSN 0002-9149, 2017, Volume 119, Issue 7, pp. 1023 - 1029
Some cryptogenic strokes are caused by undetected paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) and could benefit from oral anticoagulation. In this study, we searched...
Cardiovascular | STAF | WHITE-MATTER LESIONS | CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS | DETERMINANTS | RECOMMENDATIONS | VOLUME | GUIDELINES | HYPERTENSION | EUROPEAN-SOCIETY | SEVERITY | Severity of Illness Index | Predictive Value of Tests | Risk Assessment - methods | Diagnosis, Differential | Humans | Atrial Fibrillation - complications | Male | Brain Ischemia - etiology | Stroke - etiology | Atrial Fibrillation - diagnostic imaging | Aged, 80 and over | Electrocardiography | Female | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Stroke (Disease) | Medical research | Ischemia | Atrial fibrillation | Medicine, Experimental | Anticoagulants (Medicine) | Diagnostic imaging | Diagnosis | Stroke patients | Cardiac arrhythmia | Ultrasonic imaging | Stroke | Hospitalization
Cardiovascular | STAF | WHITE-MATTER LESIONS | CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS | DETERMINANTS | RECOMMENDATIONS | VOLUME | GUIDELINES | HYPERTENSION | EUROPEAN-SOCIETY | SEVERITY | Severity of Illness Index | Predictive Value of Tests | Risk Assessment - methods | Diagnosis, Differential | Humans | Atrial Fibrillation - complications | Male | Brain Ischemia - etiology | Stroke - etiology | Atrial Fibrillation - diagnostic imaging | Aged, 80 and over | Electrocardiography | Female | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Stroke (Disease) | Medical research | Ischemia | Atrial fibrillation | Medicine, Experimental | Anticoagulants (Medicine) | Diagnostic imaging | Diagnosis | Stroke patients | Cardiac arrhythmia | Ultrasonic imaging | Stroke | Hospitalization
Journal Article
Pain Medicine, ISSN 1526-2375, 12/2018, Volume 19, Issue 12, pp. 2377 - 2386
Abstract Objective In a previous study, we found an apparent protective effect of neck pain on all-cause mortality in subjects older than age 85 years. The...
CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN | DEPRESSION | RISK-FACTORS | DETERMINANTS | Mortality | SPINAL-CORD | Neck Pain | BACK-PAIN | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | GENERAL-POPULATION | Epidemiological Study | Frailty | ANESTHESIOLOGY | PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY | Elderly | AGE | Follow-Up Studies | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Stroke - diagnosis | Proportional Hazards Models | Independent Living | Male | Neck Pain - complications | Neck Pain - mortality | Frailty - drug therapy | Aged, 80 and over | Female | Geriatric Assessment - methods | Surveys and Questionnaires | Aged | Stroke - mortality | Stroke - therapy | Physical activity | Population studies | Inflammation | Joint diseases | Anti-inflammatory agents | Risk factors | Neck pain | Pain | Older people | Pain management | Neck | Cardiovascular diseases | Health risk assessment | Age | Geriatrics
CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN | DEPRESSION | RISK-FACTORS | DETERMINANTS | Mortality | SPINAL-CORD | Neck Pain | BACK-PAIN | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | GENERAL-POPULATION | Epidemiological Study | Frailty | ANESTHESIOLOGY | PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY | Elderly | AGE | Follow-Up Studies | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Stroke - diagnosis | Proportional Hazards Models | Independent Living | Male | Neck Pain - complications | Neck Pain - mortality | Frailty - drug therapy | Aged, 80 and over | Female | Geriatric Assessment - methods | Surveys and Questionnaires | Aged | Stroke - mortality | Stroke - therapy | Physical activity | Population studies | Inflammation | Joint diseases | Anti-inflammatory agents | Risk factors | Neck pain | Pain | Older people | Pain management | Neck | Cardiovascular diseases | Health risk assessment | Age | Geriatrics
Journal Article
European Journal of Internal Medicine, ISSN 0953-6205, 2015, Volume 26, Issue 5, pp. 330 - 337
Abstract Background Few studies evaluated the clinical outcomes of Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP), Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) and Health...
Internal Medicine | Re-hospitalization | Pneumonia | Antibiotics | Elderly | Mortality | Guidelines adherence | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | IMPACT | THERAPY | ADULTS | COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED-PNEUMONIA | Pneumonia - etiology | Age Factors | Hospital Mortality | Humans | Logistic Models | Male | Treatment Outcome | Hospitalization | Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use | Guideline Adherence | Pneumonia - drug therapy | Pneumonia - mortality | Aged, 80 and over | Female | Aged | Practice Guidelines as Topic | Care and treatment | Bacterial pneumonia | Practice guidelines (Medicine) | Patient compliance
Internal Medicine | Re-hospitalization | Pneumonia | Antibiotics | Elderly | Mortality | Guidelines adherence | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | IMPACT | THERAPY | ADULTS | COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED-PNEUMONIA | Pneumonia - etiology | Age Factors | Hospital Mortality | Humans | Logistic Models | Male | Treatment Outcome | Hospitalization | Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use | Guideline Adherence | Pneumonia - drug therapy | Pneumonia - mortality | Aged, 80 and over | Female | Aged | Practice Guidelines as Topic | Care and treatment | Bacterial pneumonia | Practice guidelines (Medicine) | Patient compliance
Journal Article
European Journal of Internal Medicine, ISSN 0953-6205, 2014, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp. 617 - 623
Abstract Background and purpose Women live longer and outnumber men. On the other hand, older women develop more chronic diseases and conditions such as...
Internal Medicine | In-hospital mortality | Disease distribution | Elderly | Sex-gender difference | DEPRESSION | POPULATION | RISK | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE | QUALITY-OF-LIFE | ANTIDEPRESSANT USE | CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE | POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN | WOMENS HEALTH | EPIDEMIOLOGY | Morbidity - trends | Depression - epidemiology | Follow-Up Studies | Geriatric Assessment - statistics & numerical data | Humans | Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data | Male | Activities of Daily Living | Inpatients | Comorbidity - trends | Aged, 80 and over | Sex Distribution | Female | Geriatric Assessment - methods | Italy - epidemiology | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Chronic Disease | Cognition Disorders - epidemiology | Chronic diseases | Medicine, Experimental | Medical research | Analysis
Internal Medicine | In-hospital mortality | Disease distribution | Elderly | Sex-gender difference | DEPRESSION | POPULATION | RISK | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE | QUALITY-OF-LIFE | ANTIDEPRESSANT USE | CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE | POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN | WOMENS HEALTH | EPIDEMIOLOGY | Morbidity - trends | Depression - epidemiology | Follow-Up Studies | Geriatric Assessment - statistics & numerical data | Humans | Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data | Male | Activities of Daily Living | Inpatients | Comorbidity - trends | Aged, 80 and over | Sex Distribution | Female | Geriatric Assessment - methods | Italy - epidemiology | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Chronic Disease | Cognition Disorders - epidemiology | Chronic diseases | Medicine, Experimental | Medical research | Analysis
Journal Article
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, ISSN 0002-8614, 12/2015, Volume 63, Issue 12, pp. 2526 - 2533
Objectives To assess the relationship between light to moderate alcohol consumption and mortality, particularly accounting for baseline health status and...
alcohol | health status | mortality | Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly | EuroQoL‐5D | physical activity | EuroQoL-5D | GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY | HEART-DISEASE | DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN | GERONTOLOGY | PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY | ASSOCIATION | CONSUMPTION | HEALTH-STATUS | AGE | Aged | Drinking of alcoholic beverages | Mortality | Analysis | Confidence intervals | Health risk assessment | Older people | Light | Alcohol use
alcohol | health status | mortality | Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly | EuroQoL‐5D | physical activity | EuroQoL-5D | GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY | HEART-DISEASE | DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN | GERONTOLOGY | PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY | ASSOCIATION | CONSUMPTION | HEALTH-STATUS | AGE | Aged | Drinking of alcoholic beverages | Mortality | Analysis | Confidence intervals | Health risk assessment | Older people | Light | Alcohol use
Journal Article
Journal of Gastroenterology, ISSN 0944-1174, 5/2011, Volume 46, Issue 5, pp. 687 - 695
In patients with cirrhosis the onset of clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH; i.e., hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) ≥ 10 mmHg) is...
Medicine & Public Health | Colorectal Surgery | Hepatology | Gastroenterology | HVPG | Portal hypertension | Internal Medicine | Oncology | Surgical Oncology | Ultrasound | Porto-systemic shunts | Liver cirrhosis | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | Predictive Value of Tests | Prognosis | Follow-Up Studies | Liver Cirrhosis - complications | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Hypertension, Portal - diagnosis | Hypertension, Portal - diagnostic imaging | Hypertension, Portal - etiology | Liver Cirrhosis - diagnostic imaging | Portal Pressure | Time Factors | Female | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex | Blood Pressure Determination | Complications and side effects | Analysis | Bilirubin | Venous pressure
Medicine & Public Health | Colorectal Surgery | Hepatology | Gastroenterology | HVPG | Portal hypertension | Internal Medicine | Oncology | Surgical Oncology | Ultrasound | Porto-systemic shunts | Liver cirrhosis | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | Predictive Value of Tests | Prognosis | Follow-Up Studies | Liver Cirrhosis - complications | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Hypertension, Portal - diagnosis | Hypertension, Portal - diagnostic imaging | Hypertension, Portal - etiology | Liver Cirrhosis - diagnostic imaging | Portal Pressure | Time Factors | Female | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex | Blood Pressure Determination | Complications and side effects | Analysis | Bilirubin | Venous pressure
Journal Article
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, ISSN 0002-8614, 02/2017, Volume 65, Issue 2, pp. 402 - 406
Objectives To determine the role of physical activity as a possible survival determinant in the oldest adults. Design Prospective, longitudinal,...
mortality | determinants | risk factors | oldest adults | survival | physical activity | CAUSE MORTALITY | RISK-FACTORS | SELF-RATED HEALTH | GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY | ELDERLY PASE | WOMEN | PREDICTORS | MEN | GERONTOLOGY | ACTIVITY SCALE | NONAGENARIANS | Prognosis | Prospective Studies | Humans | Mortality | Proportional Hazards Models | Neck Pain - epidemiology | Male | Exercise | Sex Factors | Aged, 80 and over | Female | Italy - epidemiology | Stroke - epidemiology | Health Status | Longitudinal Studies | Disabled Persons | Physical fitness | Self-care, Health | Physical fitness for the aged | Exercise for the aged | Aged | Oldest old people | Geriatrics
mortality | determinants | risk factors | oldest adults | survival | physical activity | CAUSE MORTALITY | RISK-FACTORS | SELF-RATED HEALTH | GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY | ELDERLY PASE | WOMEN | PREDICTORS | MEN | GERONTOLOGY | ACTIVITY SCALE | NONAGENARIANS | Prognosis | Prospective Studies | Humans | Mortality | Proportional Hazards Models | Neck Pain - epidemiology | Male | Exercise | Sex Factors | Aged, 80 and over | Female | Italy - epidemiology | Stroke - epidemiology | Health Status | Longitudinal Studies | Disabled Persons | Physical fitness | Self-care, Health | Physical fitness for the aged | Exercise for the aged | Aged | Oldest old people | Geriatrics
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Hepatology, ISSN 0270-9139, 08/2005, Volume 42, Issue 2, pp. 473 - 480
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is consistently associated with features of the metabolic syndrome, a condition carrying a high risk of cardiovascular...
UNITED-STATES | MORTALITY | METABOLIC SYNDROME | BRACHIAL-ARTERY | CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS | FLOW-MEDIATED VASODILATION | CORONARY | INSULIN-RESISTANCE | PREVALENCE | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | HEPATIC STEATOSIS | Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology | Fatty Liver - physiopathology | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Endothelium, Vascular - physiopathology | Fatty Liver - complications | Male | Vasodilation | Adult | Brachial Artery - physiopathology | Female | Aged
UNITED-STATES | MORTALITY | METABOLIC SYNDROME | BRACHIAL-ARTERY | CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS | FLOW-MEDIATED VASODILATION | CORONARY | INSULIN-RESISTANCE | PREVALENCE | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | HEPATIC STEATOSIS | Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology | Fatty Liver - physiopathology | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Endothelium, Vascular - physiopathology | Fatty Liver - complications | Male | Vasodilation | Adult | Brachial Artery - physiopathology | Female | Aged
Journal Article
Thrombosis and Haemostasis, ISSN 0340-6245, 06/2008, Volume 99, Issue 6, pp. 1079 - 1084
Elderly, Diabetes Mellitus, obesity, Mean platelet volume, ischaemic heart disease
Mean platelet volume | ischaemic heart disease | Diabetes Mellitus | Elderly | obesity | Platelets and Blood Cells | Obesity | Ischaemic heart disease | Diabetes mellitus | ACTIVATION | MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION | MARKER | elderly | SIZE | RISK | diabetes mellitus | THROMBOPOIETIN | INSULIN-RESISTANCE | GROWTH-FACTORS | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE | COUNT | HEMATOLOGY | mean platelet volume | CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY | Blood Platelets - pathology | Diabetes Mellitus - blood | Age Factors | Humans | Male | Obesity - blood | Adiposity | Cardiovascular Diseases - blood | Electrocardiography | Myocardial Ischemia - physiopathology | Female | Odds Ratio | Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology | Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology | Cross-Sectional Studies | Risk Assessment | Obesity - complications | Risk Factors | Myocardial Ischemia - blood | Blood Glucose | Cell Size | Logistic Models | Obesity - physiopathology | Aging - blood | Diabetes Mellitus - physiopathology | Myocardial Ischemia - complications | Italy | Aged
Mean platelet volume | ischaemic heart disease | Diabetes Mellitus | Elderly | obesity | Platelets and Blood Cells | Obesity | Ischaemic heart disease | Diabetes mellitus | ACTIVATION | MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION | MARKER | elderly | SIZE | RISK | diabetes mellitus | THROMBOPOIETIN | INSULIN-RESISTANCE | GROWTH-FACTORS | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE | COUNT | HEMATOLOGY | mean platelet volume | CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY | Blood Platelets - pathology | Diabetes Mellitus - blood | Age Factors | Humans | Male | Obesity - blood | Adiposity | Cardiovascular Diseases - blood | Electrocardiography | Myocardial Ischemia - physiopathology | Female | Odds Ratio | Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology | Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology | Cross-Sectional Studies | Risk Assessment | Obesity - complications | Risk Factors | Myocardial Ischemia - blood | Blood Glucose | Cell Size | Logistic Models | Obesity - physiopathology | Aging - blood | Diabetes Mellitus - physiopathology | Myocardial Ischemia - complications | Italy | Aged
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BMC Neurology, ISSN 1471-2377, 06/2014, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 122 - 122
Background: Small changes of bilirubin and liver enzymes are often detected during the acute phase of stroke, but their origin and significance are still...
C-reactive protein | Liver | GPT | Bilirubin | Ischemic stroke | GOT | γGT | OXIDATIVE STRESS | gamma GT | MARKER | GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-TRANSFERASE | RISK | ALCOHOL INTAKE | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | AMINO-ACIDS | INFLAMMATION | SERUM BILIRUBIN | Brain Ischemia - complications | Liver Function Tests | Liver - enzymology | gamma-Glutamyltransferase - blood | Humans | Middle Aged | Stroke - complications | Male | Stroke - enzymology | Brain Ischemia - enzymology | Stroke - blood | Nervous System Diseases - epidemiology | Bilirubin - blood | Brain Ischemia - blood | Neurologic Examination | Aspartate Aminotransferases - blood | Aged, 80 and over | Nervous System Diseases - etiology | Female | Aged | Enzymes | Phosphatases | Analysis | Gallbladder diseases | Stroke | Data analysis | Ultrasonic imaging | Multivariate analysis
C-reactive protein | Liver | GPT | Bilirubin | Ischemic stroke | GOT | γGT | OXIDATIVE STRESS | gamma GT | MARKER | GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-TRANSFERASE | RISK | ALCOHOL INTAKE | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | AMINO-ACIDS | INFLAMMATION | SERUM BILIRUBIN | Brain Ischemia - complications | Liver Function Tests | Liver - enzymology | gamma-Glutamyltransferase - blood | Humans | Middle Aged | Stroke - complications | Male | Stroke - enzymology | Brain Ischemia - enzymology | Stroke - blood | Nervous System Diseases - epidemiology | Bilirubin - blood | Brain Ischemia - blood | Neurologic Examination | Aspartate Aminotransferases - blood | Aged, 80 and over | Nervous System Diseases - etiology | Female | Aged | Enzymes | Phosphatases | Analysis | Gallbladder diseases | Stroke | Data analysis | Ultrasonic imaging | Multivariate analysis
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