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Frailty is divided into physical frailty represented by sarcopenia, and cognitive frailty represented by cognitive impairment, social frailty represented by social relationships and activities. There was a number of studies...
Trigger finger is a common disorder in hand, causes for this condition are not always clear. Some trigger fingers are associated with soft tissue tumors such as ganglion, fibroma, and...
Nearly half of older adults complain of difficulty sleeping and staying awake during the day or of feeling unrested after waking up. Sleep disturbances in older adults are often multifactorial....
The number of the elderly patients with sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock has increased in recent years. However, only about half of them have shown typical features of sepsis...
It is well known that acute audiovestibular loss occurs commonly in acute ischemic stroke around the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA). But acute hearing loss associated with non-AICA terrirory cerebellar...
Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a medical emergency and very frequently in the elderly. TIA is an acute episode of transient neurologic dysfunction that results from focal brain, spinal cord...
Dorsolateral midpontine lesions can lead to ataxia of limbs, paralysis of muscles of mastication, impaired sensation over side of face. A few cases of masticatory muscle weakness due to pontine...
Background: This research is to understand characteristics, patterns, and styles of the patients who use medical services frequently by analyzing medical service usage records of local medical service users.
Methods: Residents...
Background: The risk of healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) is increasing, due to the increase in geriatric hospitals.
However there has been a lack of studies on HCAI in patients of geriatric hospitals....