Health outcomes of deprescribing interventions among older residents in nursing homes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CH Kua, VSL Mak, SWH Lee - Journal of the American Medical Directors …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives Deprescribing is effective in addressing concerns relating to polypharmacy in
residents of nursing homes. However, the clinical outcomes of deprescribing interventions …

A review on the role of denosumab in fracture prevention

KL Pang, NY Low, KY Chin - Drug design, development and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Denosumab is a receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-Β ligand inhibitor, which
suppresses the bone resorption process to preserve bone mass. It is usually recommended …

Prevalence and risk factors of falls among community-dwelling older people: results from three consecutive waves of the national health interview survey in Taiwan

YJ Tsai, PY Yang, YC Yang, MR Lin, YW Wang - BMC geriatrics, 2020 - Springer
Background An aging society incurs great losses due to fall-related injuries and mortalities.
The foreseeable increased burden of fall-related injury among older people requires a …

Portable mobile gait monitor system based on triboelectric nanogenerator for monitoring gait and powering electronics

Y Mao, Y Zhu, T Zhao, C Jia, X Wang, Q Wang - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
A self-powered portable triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is used to collect biomechanical
energy and monitor the human motion, which is the new development trend in portable …

Challenges in the PREHOSPITAL emergency management of geriatric trauma patients–a scoping review

M Eichinger, HDP Robb, C Scurr, H Tucker… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Despite a widely acknowledged increase in older people presenting with
traumatic injury in western populations there remains a lack of research into the optimal …

The influence of ageing on the incidence and site of trauma femoral fractures: a cross-sectional analysis

SC Wu, CS Rau, SCH Kuo, PC Chien… - BMC musculoskeletal …, 2019 - Springer
Background This study aimed to determine the influence of ageing on the incidence and site
of femoral fractures in trauma patients, by taking the sex, body weight, and trauma …

Geriatric fall-related injuries

AF Hefny, AK Abbas, FM Abu-Zidan - African health sciences, 2016 - ajol.info
Objectives: We aimed to study the anatomical distribution, severity, and outcome of geriatric
fall-related injuries in order to give recommendations regarding their prevention. Methods …

[HTML][HTML] Trauma mechanisms and surgical outcomes in the elderly patient with chronic subdural hematoma

J Sundblom, E Sandberg… - Canadian Geriatrics …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Chronic subdural hematoma is the preeminent neurosurgical condition in the
older population. This retrospective single-centre study focuses on outcome after surgery of …

Characterization of fall patients: does age matter?

MK James, MC Victor, SM Saghir, PA Gentile - Journal of safety research, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Evaluating age-specific fall characteristics is important for prevention programs.
The aim was to characterize fallers who presented to our trauma center. We hypothesized …

Predictors of falls per step and falls per year at and away from home in glaucoma

PY Ramulu, A Mihailovic, SK West, LN Gitlin… - American journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To determine where glaucoma patients most often fall and how integrated visual
field (IVF) damage affects falls rates per year (falls/year) and per step (falls/step) at and away …