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Muscle-skeletal fragility: data about elderly people who live in RSA in Calabria

Authors: M G Bartoletti and A Reda

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A96

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Early involvement of sympathetic cardiac nerve endings in a patient with rem sleep behaviour disorders

Authors: L Giofrè, S Paglionico, F Novellino, M Salsone, M Morelli, L Morgante, G Arabia, P Pugliese, G L Cascini, S Cipullo, M Sturniolo, A Labate, A Gambardella and A Quattrone

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A94

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Cutaneus cancers in elderly Medical treatment of actinic keratosis and superficial coutaneus cancers: imiquimod

Authors: M N Dastoli

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A92

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Long-term diabetic complications in elderly patients with variable levels of HMGA1 expression

Authors: E Chiefari, C Capula, F Paonessa, S Iiritano, A Nocera, B Arcidiacono, K Possidente, D Foti and A Brunetti

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A91

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Language disorders in degenerative dementias

Authors: A C Bruni

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A88

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Osteoporosis: epidemiology, clinical and biological aspects

Authors: A Reda and M G Bartoletti

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):L71

Content type: Lecture presentation Published on: 19 May 2010

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Neurological and rehabilitative problems in the demented elderly person and the web integrated organization of social and health service

Authors: M Iocco

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):L67

Content type: Lecture presentation Published on: 19 May 2010

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Osteoarthicular diseases in the elderly: the challenge of rehabilitation

Authors: M Iocco

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):L65

Content type: Lecture presentation Published on: 19 May 2010

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Rehabilitative therapy of elderly patients

Authors: M T Inzitari

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):L63

Content type: Lecture presentation Published on: 19 May 2010

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Treatment of advanced skin carcinoma in elderly people

Authors: M Greco, T Vitagliano, U Bottoni, A Anfosso and S Femia

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A61

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Current prospective management of patients with osteonecrosis drug-induced (bisphosphonates) of the jaws: our experience

Authors: M Giudice and M G Cristofaro

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A60

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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The buccal fat pad in recostruction of malignant lesions of the oral cavity: our experience on 31 cases

Authors: M Giudice, A Giudice, W Colangeli and M G Cristofaro

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A59

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Personal experience on the use of PMIC

Authors: M D’Andrea, L Scalzo, L Leo, D De Buono and M Iocco

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):L59

Content type: Lecture presentation Published on: 19 May 2010

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Treatment of abdominal aorta aneurysms

Authors: V Gasbarro

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A57

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Current perspectives in the management of patients with drug-induced osteonecrosis of the maxilla: experience of the school of Naples Federico II

Authors: S Ferrara and L Califano

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A56

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Piezo-electric surgery use for the management of patients with onj drug-induced: our experience

Authors: M G Cristofaro, A Giudice, W Colangeli, M Amantea and M Giudice

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A55

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Larynx organ preservation in subjects with hypopharynx-larynx cancer

Authors: S Conticello, A Fulcheri, M G Gorzegno, G Malinverni, M G Ruo Redda, P Gabriele, S Aversa and C Ondolo

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A53

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Obesity and lymphedema in geriatrics: combined therapeutical approaches

Authors: C Campisi, S Accogli, C Campisi, F Boccardo and C Campisi

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A49

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Prevention and surgical treatment of lymphatic injuries in geriatric surgery

Authors: F Boccardo, C Campisi, S Accogli, C Campisi and C Campisi

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A42

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Results of surgical and percutaneous ablative therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma in elderly patients

Authors: F Selvaggi, D Risio, R Dimalio, C Cellini, D Simo, R Cotellese, M Legnini and P Innocenti

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A35

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Tolerability of antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in elderly age

Authors: B M Celesia

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):L34

Content type: Lecture presentation Published on: 19 May 2010

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Aging and photoaging

Authors: S Calvieri

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):L32

Content type: Lecture presentation Published on: 19 May 2010

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Pharmacological treatment of Parkinson’s disease

Authors: G Arabia

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):L30

Content type: Lecture presentation Published on: 19 May 2010

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A clinical review of depression in elderly people

Authors: A Amati

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):L28

Content type: Lecture presentation Published on: 19 May 2010

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Laboratory diagnostics in the elderly: cardiovascular disease

Authors: A Sciacqua, EJ Tassone, P Naccarato, L Greco, I Laino, S Miceli and F Perticone

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):L26

Content type: Lecture presentation Published on: 19 May 2010

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Changes in executive functions and self-efficacy are independently associated with improved usual gait speed in older women

Improved usual gait speed predicts substantial reduction in mortality. A better understanding of the modifiable factors that are independently associated with improved gait speed would ensure that intervention...

Authors: Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Jennifer C Davis, Lindsay S Nagamatsu, Chun Liang Hsu, Lindsay A Katarynych and Karim M Khan

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10:25

Content type: Research article Published on: 19 May 2010
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Laparoscopic diverting colostomy in the therapeutic management of large bowel obstructions in neoplastic elderly patients

Authors: U Prati, R De Vinci, V Diaco, M G Fava, M Renne, L Roveda, G Vescio and D Voci

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A24

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Pharmacological therapy of osteoporosis

Authors: T Montalcini, G Gorgone, A Fava, A Castagna, I Rondinelli and A Pujia

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):L24

Content type: Lecture presentation Published on: 19 May 2010

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Primary breast lymphoma and MRI

Authors: N Pedana, S Musella, D De Rienzo, C Viviano, D Rampone and G Confuorto

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A22

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Sequential and combined treatment of prolidase deficiency leg ulcers

Authors: F P Palumbo, V Mattaliano, S Serantoni, I Cuppari, G Mazzola, B Cudia and G Diana

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A20

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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A diagnostic score for ischemic colitis in the elderly

Authors: M Mosele, E M Inelmen, F Cardin, P De Carlo, S Fratta, E Perissinotto, C Terranova and E Manzato

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A18

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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A rare case of extraovarian primary peritoneal carcinoma in a 72 year-old woman

Authors: F Moccia, M Cimmino, G Santabarbara, F De Vita, V Trapani, G Romano and L Fei

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A16

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Complications of colorectal surgery

Authors: V Minutolo, A Buttafuoco, G Gagliano, O Minutolo and R Morana

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A14

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Breast cancer in elderly patients : the sentinel node biopsy

Authors: V Minutolo, M Carnazza, S Dipietro, S La Terra and O Minutolo

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A13

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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The treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis in elderly patients

Authors: A Macrì, E Saladino, V Adamo, G Altavilla, G Condemi, E Mondello, A Sinardi, S Irato and C Famulari

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A11

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Continuity of care in surgery: the module planning

Authors: G Ferrocci, C Rossi, S Bolzon, P Vanini, L Possamai, F Anzivino, G Cavallesco, E Durante and G Azzena

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A9

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Endovascular treatment in peripheral arterial disease

Authors: A Conti, M Mazzei, F Morrone, P Piro, E Scarcello, S Tarsitano, P Perri and F Intrieri

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):L8

Content type: Lecture presentation Published on: 19 May 2010

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Perspectives of computer assisted resection planning and navigation for hepatic resections in the elderly

Authors: M Donati, G A Stavrou, H O Peitgen and KJ Oldhafer

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A7

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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The phlebological surgery in elderly patients

Authors: G Botta, G Baldoni, R Serra and S de Franciscis

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):L6

Content type: Lecture presentation Published on: 19 May 2010

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Prognostic value of PCR, IL-6 and IL-10 serum levels in determining postoperative complications after geriatric surgery in diabetic patients

Authors: B Cudia, C R Balistreri, G Guercio, F Bavetta, M Mangiapane, E Bonafede, C LoPiccolo, F Frazzetta and G Diana

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):A5

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 19 May 2010

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Antiangiogenic therapy

Authors: T Avitabile

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10(Suppl 1):L4

Content type: Lecture presentation Published on: 19 May 2010

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Counsellors contact dementia caregivers - predictors of utilisation in a longitudinal study

Counselling of family members is an established procedure in the support of dementia patients' relatives. In absence of widespread specialised dementia care services in most countries, however, counselling ser...

Authors: Maria Grossfeld-Schmitz, Carolin Donath, Rolf Holle, Joerg Lauterberg, Stephan Ruckdaeschel, Hilmar Mehlig, Peter Marx, Sonja Wunder and Elmar Gräßel

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10:24

Content type: Research article Published on: 14 May 2010
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Clinical research on liver reserve function by ¹³C-phenylalanine breath test in aged patients with chronic liver diseases

The objective of this study was to investigate whether the ¹³C-phenylalanine breath test could be useful for the evaluation of hepatic function in elderly volunteers and patients with chronic hepatitis B and live...

Authors: Gan-sheng Zhang, Zhi-jun Bao, Jian Zou, Shu-ming Yin, Yi-qin Huang, Hai Huang and De-kai Qiu

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10:23

Content type: Research article Published on: 12 May 2010
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Predictors of inhospital mortality and re-hospitalization in older adults with community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective cohort study

A better understanding of potentially modifiable predictors of in-hospital mortality and re-admission to the hospital following discharge may help to improve management of community-acquired pneumonia in older...

Authors: Binod Neupane, Stephen D Walter, Paul Krueger, Tom Marrie and Mark Loeb

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10:22

Content type: Research article Published on: 11 May 2010
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Cognitive behavioural therapy in elderly type 2 diabetes patients with minor depression or mild major depression: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial (MIND-DIA)

The global prevalence of diabetes among adults will be 6.4% in 2010 and will increase to 7.7% by 2030. Diabetes doubles the odds of depression, and 9% of patients with diabetes are affected by depressive disor...

Authors: Frank Petrak, Martin Hautzinger, Kristin Plack, Kai Kronfeld, Christian Ruckes, Stephan Herpertz and Matthias J Müller

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10:21

Content type: Study protocol Published on: 4 May 2010
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Distinguishing four components underlying physical activity: a new approach to using physical activity questionnaire data in old age

It is evident that physical activity has many benefits, but it often remains unclear which types of activity are optimal for health and functioning in old age. The aim of this methodological study was to propo...

Authors: Lisanne M Verweij, Natasja M van Schoor, Joost Dekker and Marjolein Visser

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10:20

Content type: Research article Published on: 3 May 2010
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Educational games in geriatric medicine education: a systematic review

To systematically review the medical literature to assess the effect of geriatric educational games on the satisfaction, knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors of health care professionals.

Authors: Ziad Alfarah, Holger J Schünemann and Elie A Akl

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10:19

Content type: Research article Published on: 23 April 2010
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The choice of self-rated health measures matter when predicting mortality: evidence from 10 years follow-up of the Australian longitudinal study of ageing

Self-rated health (SRH) measures with different wording and reference points are often used as equivalent health indicators in public health surveys estimating health outcomes such as healthy life expectancies...

Authors: Kerry A Sargent-Cox, Kaarin J Anstey and Mary A Luszcz

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10:18

Content type: Research article Published on: 20 April 2010
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Impact of valvular heart disease on activities of daily living of nonagenarians: the leiden 85-plus study a population based study

Data on the prevalence of valvular heart disease in very old individuals are scarce and based mostly on in-hospital series. In addition, the potential detrimental effect of valvular heart disease on the activi...

Authors: Thomas van Bemmel, Victoria Delgado, Jeroen J Bax, Jacobijn Gussekloo, Gerard J Blauw, Rudi G Westendorp and Eduard R Holman

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10:17

Content type: Research article Published on: 1 April 2010
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The independent contribution of executive functions to health related quality of life in older women

Cognition is a multidimensional construct and to our knowledge, no previous studies have examined the independent contribution of specific domains of cognition to health related quality of life. To determine w...

Authors: Jennifer C Davis, Carlo A Marra, Mehdi Najafzadeh and Teresa Liu-Ambrose

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2010 10:16

Content type: Research article Published on: 1 April 2010
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