Geriatrics

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Definition:
This category includes articles related to the study of aging and the comprehensive care of older adults. It encompasses original research, reviews, case reports, and brief communications focused on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of diseases in the elderly, as well as functional, cognitive, social, and ethical aspects of geriatric care.

Topics included:

  • Comprehensive geriatric assessment.

  • Geriatric syndromes (frailty, falls, cognitive decline, polypharmacy).

  • Chronic diseases in older adults.

  • Palliative care and quality of life.

  • Healthy aging and promotion of autonomy.

  • Community-based and home care interventions.

  • Bioethics in elderly care.

  • Technological innovations in geriatrics.

5 Items
  • Frailty in elderly COPD patients

    a cross-sectional study

    Mustafa Ilteris Bardakci, Fatih Ozcelik, Mihriban Simsek, Gulhan Ayhan Albayrak (Author)
    • Pages : e2006595 |
    • 200 | 55 | 15 | 9 | 7
    192 165
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v57i1.6595
  • Abdominal actinomycosis by Actinomyces shaaliae georgiae mimicking neoplasia

    Case report

    Mateo Londoño Barrientos, Carlos Alberto Lopez Zapata, Laura Álvarez Herrera, Marco Frusteri, Carlos Andres Delgado Lopez (Author)
    • Pages : e5006672 |
    • 553 | 110 | 73 | 37 | 19
    553 530
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v56i2.6672
  • Adherence with hormonal therapy in women with breast cancer

    A cross-sectional study in Medellin, Colombia

    Katerin Puerta Alzate, Camila Lema Calidonio, Mauricio Lema Medina, Paula Villa García (Author)
    • Pages : e2006613 |
    • 1246 | 369 | 166 | 17 | 30
    1242 640
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v56i2.6613
  • One-minute sit-to-stand test reference values in people living at high altitudes

    Mauricio Morales-Satan, Sofía Dávila-Oña, Rodrigo Torres-Castro, Cristhel Hidrovo-Moreno, Matías Otto-Yáñez, Wilmer Esparza, Camila Madera, Carlos Moreta-Núñez, Pamela Serón, Lilian Solis-Navarro (Author)
    • Pages : e2006674 |
    • 2340 | 769 | 554 | 100 | 465
    2335 1963
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v56i1.6674
  • Evaluation of loneliness and its associated factors in caregivers of patients with dementia: a cross-sectional study

    Angie Nathalia Hernandez Rico, Bibiana Flórez Vargas, Santiago Guadarrama Vega, Carmen-Juliana Pino-Pinzón, Claudia Patricia Agamez Insignares (Author)
    • Pages : e2006604 |
    • 1286 | 590 | 261 | 40 | 47
    1286 989
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v55i3.6604