Interaction between Geriatric Syndromes in Predicting Three Months Mortality Risk

The interaction between stress and positive affect in predicting mortality

OBJECTIVE Positive affect is associated with longevity; according to the stress-buffering hypothesis, this is because positive affect reduces the health harming effects of psychological stress. If this mechanism plays a role, then the association between positive affect and mortality risk should be most apparent among individuals who report higher stress. Here, we test this hypothesis. METHOD...

Predicting the mortality in geriatric patients with dengue fever

Geriatric patients have high mortality for dengue fever (DF); however, there is no adequate method to predict mortality in geriatric patients. Therefore, we conducted this study to develop a tool in an attempt to address this issue.We conducted a retrospective case-control study in a tertiary medical center during the DF outbreak in Taiwan in 2015. All the geriatric patients (aged ≥65 years) wh...

Association between acute geriatric syndromes and medication-related hospital admissions.

BACKGROUND Elderly patients are at a 4-fold higher risk of adverse drug events (ADEs) and drug-related hospitalization. Hospitalization of an elderly patient is often preceded by geriatric syndromes, like falls or delirium. OBJECTIVES The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether geriatric syndromes were associated with ADEs in acutely admitted elderly patients. METHODS Consecuti...

Interaction between protein-energy wasting and geriatric nutritional risk index in elderly patients on dialysis.

Proteineenergy malnutrition has been proposed to be a cause of refractory anemia that accompanies the malnutritioneinflammation complex (or cachexia) syndrome in dialysis patients. Malnutritioneinflammation complex syndrome and the obesity paradox are also the main etiology for “reverse epidemiology” of cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes in dialysis patients. However, in some dialysis pat...

Geriatric syndromes and their implications for nursing.