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GLUCOSE CONTROL IN THE OLDER PATIENT: FROM INTENSIVE CONTROL TO EFFECTIVE AND SAFE CONTROL
2009
Test-and-treat strategy for helicobacter pylori infection in older patients.
2009
IL PAZIENTE ANZIANO CON FRATTURA DI FEMORE: VALUTAZIONE E SUPPORTO NUTRIZIONALE
2013
Osteoporosis in the elderly population is a major health problem worldwide, because it is associated with fragility fractures with consequent financial burden for health systems. Europe and North America are the regions where half of all hip fractures among elderly people occurred today, with Scandinavian countries reporting the highest incidence worldwide. Undernutrition, particularly protein malnutrition, is frequent in elderly with osteoporotic hip fracture, although, the role of dietary protein intake in osteoporosis remains controversial. Poor nutritional status is associated with higher comorbidity indices, mortality and readmissions in patients with femoral fracture. Another crucial …
Effects of anti-aldosteronic agents in resistant hypertension
2011
Hypertension is defined resistant (or refractory) when it is not possible to reach the target values of blood pressure despite the contemporary use of three antihypertensive drugs at optimised dosage (1). Today difficult control of hypertension is more and more frequent in clinical practice. In recent years the role of anti-aldosteronic agents has appeared useful in the treatment of resistant hypertension; this condition seems to be related to the increase of the mean age. Subjects suffering from resistant hypertension mostly show an isolated high systolic pressure. In addition to advanced age, factors commonly associated are: increased levels of aldosterone and intravascular volume, chroni…
MAGNESIUM AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: IMPLICATIONS FOR DIET AND NUTRITION
2015
Magnesio e Invecchiamento
2010
MAGNESIUM AND ANABOLIC HORMONES IN OLDER MEN
2011
Optimal nutritional and hormonal statuses are determinants of successful age-ing. The age associated decline in anabolic hormones such as testosterone and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) is a strong predictor of metabolic syn-drome, diabetes and mortality in older men. Studies have shown that magne-sium intake affects the secretion of total IGF-1 and increase testosterone bioactivity. This observation suggests that magnesium can be a modulator of the anabolic ⁄ catabolic equilibrium disrupted in the elderly people. However, the relationship between magnesium and anabolic hormones in men has not been investigated. We evaluated 399 ‡65-year-old men of CHIANTI in a study population repres…
RISK FACTORS FOR MORTALITY IN A SAMPLE OF NURSING HOME RESIDENTS
2016
Malnutrition is highly prevalent in geriatric populations, particularly in persons living in Nursing Homes (NH). Inadequate nutrition is one of the main risk factors for the onset of frailty and may contribute to the subsequent development of disability and mortality among NH residents. An optimal nutritional status and, wherever necessary, supplementation with macronutrients and micronutrients, may reduce the risk of mortality. Dementia is also prevalent among NH residents. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between mortality, and several risk factors and clinical characteristics of NH residents, including disability, nutritional status, and cognitive decline in …