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pro vyhledávání: '"David A. Conforti"'
Publikováno v:
European Geriatric Medicine. 9:321-327
Functional deterioration preceding acute hospital admission may be associated with poorer in-hospital outcomes. We sought to investigate the association between functional decline in the month preceding admission and in-hospital outcomes. Consecutive
Publikováno v:
Australasian journal on ageing. 36(4)
Objective We sought to investigate the incidence of, and factors associated with, in-hospital functional decline among older acute hospital patients. Methods We conducted a prospective observational study of consecutive patients admitted under geriat
Autor:
Elizabeth Whitmore, Rhonda Griffiths, Janine Masso, Sanjay Jayasinghe, Christopher Shanley, David A. Conforti
Publikováno v:
Journal of Clinical Nursing. 20:2897-2906
Aims and objectives. To explore current practice and opportunities to improve practice in decision-making about transfer of nursing home residents to hospital. Background. Nursing home staff are often faced with the decision of whether to send a resi
Autor:
Jeffrey T. J. Rowland, David A. Conforti, Jan Harry, David Basic, Freda Vrantsidis, Katherine Lucero, Robert Prowse, Dina LoGiudice, Keith D. Hill
Publikováno v:
Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. 23:124-129
The 6-item Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) is a simple, portable multicultural scale for detecting dementia. Items address executive function, praxis, gnosis, recent memory, and category fluency. It can be directly translated to o
Autor:
Jeffrey T. J. Rowland, David Basic, Freda Vrantsidis, Jan Harry, Keith D. Hill, Angela Khoo, David A. Conforti, Dina LoGiudice, Katherine Lucero, Robert Prowse
Publikováno v:
Australian Psychologist. 44:40-53
Early dementia can be difficult to diagnose in older persons from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. The Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), the General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG) and the Rowland Un
Publikováno v:
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia. 33
Phase contrast cine MRI with determination of pulsatile aqueductal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) stroke volume and flow velocity has been suggested to assess intracranial pulsations in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). We aimed to compare
Publikováno v:
International Psychogeriatrics. 18:111-120
Objective: To compare the accuracy of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) and the Folstein Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) for diagnosis of dementia in a multicultural cohort of elderly persons.Methods: A total of 129 communi
Publikováno v:
Australasian Journal on Ageing. 23:189-194
Objective: Early identification of patients at risk of a prolonged admission to the hospital may allow targeted management decisions and discharge planning to begin in the emergency department. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of rece
Publikováno v:
European Journal of Applied Physiology. 90:620-625
We investigated the physiological responses in older men to continuous (CEx) and intermittent (IEx) exercise. Nine men [70.4 (1.2) years, VO2peak: 2.21 (0.20) l min−1; mean (SE)] completed eight exercise tests (two CEx and six IEx) on an electronic
Publikováno v:
International psychogeriatrics. 16(1)
Objective: To develop and validate a simple method for detecting dementia that is valid across cultures, portable and easily administered by primary health care clinicians.Design: Culture and Health Advisory Groups were used in Stage 1 to develop cul