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JAMDA

April 24, 2015

Preventable Iatrogenic Disability in Elderly Patients During Hospitalization

In older patients, hospitalization is often associated with new or worsening disability. This hospitalization-associated disability may be explained in part by the cumulative effect of aging, frailty, comorbidities, and illnesses that led to hospitalization but may also result from health care management i...
JAMDA

April 9, 2015

Malnutrition According to Mini Nutritional Assessment Is Associated With Severe Functional Impairment in Geriatric Patients Before and up to 6 Months After Hip Fracture

Hip fractures (HFs) in old age frequently cause severe functional impairment and deteriorating autonomy in everyday life. Many older patients with HFs are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. In this study, we examined the relationship between nutritional status of geriatric patients before HF and thei...