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Publikováno v:
International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters. 18:361-381
Autor:
Jerry Schomisch, Paul J. Drinka, Dean Christensen, Susan K. Voeks, John Amberson, Paul Schirz
Publikováno v:
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 44:573-577
BACKGROUND: Many practitioners perform a thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) assay as a screening test in older patients. The introduction of sensitive TSH assays with lower normal limits has created a laboratory abnormality that is often of uncertain
Publikováno v:
Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 17:15-19
Decreased hospital length of stay and the shift of location of death from the hospital to the nursing home have increased the burden of care that must be provided by nursing home staff. Complex interaction of multiple disease states was the dominant
Autor:
Cathy Gauerke, Rjurik Golubjatnikov, Janice Miller, Shiela Schultz, Peggy Krause, Paul J. Drinka, Susan K. Voeks
Publikováno v:
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 9:650-652
The authors studied nursing home residents serologically to determine whether atypical organisms were causes of radiologic pneumonia. The study was conducted at the Wisconsin Veterans Home, a facility with on-site microbiology and x-ray. Over one yea
Publikováno v:
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 218(12)
Objective—To describe epidemiologic features of pet evacuation failure after a hazardous chemical spill in which residents had no warning and only a few hours notice to evacuate.Design—Cross-sectional study.Sample Population—Pet-owning househol
Publikováno v:
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 39:264-266
The course of untreated mild hypothyroidism was followed in 67 nursing home residents (mean age 78 years). The diagnosis was based on a normal free thyroxine index (FTI) and elevated thyrotropin concentration (TSH 4.6 to 15.0 microIU/mL, nl less than
Publikováno v:
Southern medical journal. 86(11)
One hundred three ambulatory elderly men had serum free testosterone (FT) assessed as part of a study of bone loss. The FT was analyzed using radioimmunoassay. Each participant was questioned regarding the presence of erections adequate for sexual ac
Publikováno v:
Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 12(2)
Four hundred fifty-five residents of the Wisconsin Veterans Home had fasting serum specimens obtained for folic acid as part of standard practice. Twenty-nine percent were taking folic acid supplements. Six percent (n = 28) were taking phenytoin, a f
Publikováno v:
Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 12(1)
Atrophy of the filiform papillae of the tongue is a sign of malnutrition. However, papillary atrophy has not been correlated with laboratory indices of nutritional status. We studied photographs of tongues from 30 elderly subjects and determined the
Publikováno v:
Calcified tissue international. 52(1)
It is unclear what proportion of the variance in bone density in elderly males is accounted for by testosterone status. We studied 112 ambulatory, elderly volunteers (mean age 71.7 years) and determined free testosterone (FT), as well as bone density