Older adults admitted to hospital are more likely to experience anemia (40%), and an even higher prevalence has been observed among (47%) nursing home residents [4]. Low Hb levels have been identified as a potentially important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, cognitive impairment, ...
Hospitalized older adultPatient engagementTo identify associations among patient fall risk factors, perceptions, and daily activities to improve patient engagement with fall prevention among hospitalized older adults. The risk of falling increases for older patients but few researchers have reported patient-...
Hospital Elder Life Program Protects older patients from declining physically and mentally and the loss of independence while they are hospitalized.To improve nursing care for elderly. Pennsylvania,USA. Great British Care Awards Program Hands out awards for excellence to those working directly or ...
Recently, attention has focused on the young adult chronic patient (Schwatz and Goldfinger, 1981; Sheets, et al., 1982; Bachrach, 1982) and the inadequacy of these hospital-based definitions has become apparent. Many young patients have spent little time in the hospital but certainly are ...
experience within my branch of Adult nursing. I will explore how patientsActivityofDailyLiving(ADL) needs have been met for hygiene‚ elimination‚ nutrition and hydration. I will also demonstrate how the student has practiced in a non discriminatory manner. The four ADL’s I am basing my ...
1Institute for Nanobiomedical Technology and Membrane Biology, and Laboratory of Ethnopharmacology, Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Lab for Aging Research, West China Hospital/West China Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 2College of Light Industry, Textile and Food Engineering, ...
Ninety-seven participants were recruited at the Bateliers Day Hospital (part of Lille University Medical Center, Lille, France) during a scheduled consultation for memory problems or falls. All participants were right-handed and were native French speakers. The CI group comprised 48 patients suffering...
Department of Integrated Services, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, 210009, China Dakang Ji, Haijian Guo, Lirong Dong, Ya Shen, Zhengkai Shen & Jinshui Xu Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, School of Medicine, Southeast Univers...
So far no effective VL control measures have been conducted in Sudan and northwest Ethiopia, mainly due to the sylvatic nature of the habitats of adult P. orientalis and the lack of enough knowledge on transmission dynamics of L. donovani between unknown reservoir hosts and humans [38]. Studie...
Plasma and serum biochemical analyses, including the levels of glucose, BNP, and noradrenaline, were performed in a central laboratory of our hospital during the study period5,20. Some of the patients had comorbid cardiovascular diseases, such as valvular disease, arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy and other...