A comprehensive assessment of the age-friendly health system in Iran: gaps and recommendations | BMC Geriatrics

A comprehensive assessment of the age-friendly health system in Iran: gaps and recommendations | BMC Geriatrics

This study aimed to evaluate the status of the AFHS in Iran, which scored 111 out…

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Study protocol for developing deprescribing clinical practice guidelines: evidence-based GRADE methodology and a Delphi consensus method | BMC Geriatrics

Study protocol for developing deprescribing clinical practice guidelines: evidence-based GRADE methodology and a Delphi consensus method | BMC Geriatrics

Study design The development of this clinical practice guideline consists of evidence-deriving and consensus-building processes. For…

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Calf circumference to body mass index ratio: a new anthropometric indicator for ultrasound based sarcopenic obesity | BMC Geriatrics

Calf circumference to body mass index ratio: a new anthropometric indicator for ultrasound based sarcopenic obesity | BMC Geriatrics

The findings of this study demonstrate that the CC/BMI exhibits superior sensitivity and positive predictive value…

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Impact of three sequential orthogeriatric care models on time to surgery after hip fracture: a retrospective study | BMC Geriatrics

Impact of three sequential orthogeriatric care models on time to surgery after hip fracture: a retrospective study | BMC Geriatrics

Sing CW, Lin TC, Bartholomew S, Bell JS, Bennett C, Beyene K, et al. Global epidemiology…

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UVA Health Increasing Access to Geriatrics Care

UVA Health Increasing Access to Geriatrics Care

The future home of UVA Health Healthy Aging Riverside will be adjacent to UVA Health Children’s…

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Sarcopenic obesity is linked to worse clinical outcomes than sarcopenia or obesity alone in hospitalized older adults | BMC Geriatrics

Sarcopenic obesity is linked to worse clinical outcomes than sarcopenia or obesity alone in hospitalized older adults | BMC Geriatrics

Our study demonstrated that sarcopenic obesity (SO) is associated with significant impairments in functional measures, as…

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