Chilaiditi’s syndrome is a rare disease with an incidence of 0.025-0.28% cases, where it shows colon interposition between diaphragm and right lobe liver. Usually related to congenital malformation include the absence, weakness, or elongation suspensory ligaments transversal falciform ligaments. The 83-year-old woman was admitted 1-week history fatigue, lacked will eat drink. Nausea vomiting we...

Given emerging demographic trends, many more elderly patients are being diagnosed with head and neck cancers. The surgical care paradigm for this cohort of patients must take into account specific challenges inherent to geriatric perioperative management. This article attempts to summarize the existing body of literature relevant to the geriatric head and neck cancer population, and to extrapol...

OBJECTIVE scientific evidence regarding the optimal management of malnutrition in geriatric patients is scarce. Our aim was to develop a consensus statement for geriatric hospital practice concerning six elements: (i) definition of malnutrition, (ii) screening and assessment, (iii) treatment and monitoring, (iv) roles and responsibilities of involved health care professionals, (v) communication...

Clinical delirium in the hospitalized geriatric patient is defined and described. Use of the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) and Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) screening tools is discussed. Nursing strategies to identify and prevent delirium are explored.

Studies suggest older adults attending emergency departments(ED) benefit from specialist geriatric medicine evaluation. Findings from a pilot ED Geriatric Medicine(GM) liaison service in our 480-bed university hospital are presented. This is not a randomized controlled trial. Service comprised consultant geriatrician and senior trainee-led sessions during daytime working hours. Senior ED person...

Sir, This year Sahlgrens University hospital in Gothenburg has launched a geriatric unit specializing in alternative / complementary medicine. Avd 606 SU/Högsbo is a normal somatic geriatric ward, working with a wide range of disease in the elderly, stroke rehabilitation not included. The unit honours the geriatric departments guidelines of evidence based medicine and patient empowerment. It do...

OBJECTIVES Malnutrition in old age is a significant problem. The study presents a survey of the basic methods used in the diagnosis of malnutrition in the elderly such as nutritional anamnesis, anthropometrical, laboratory a functional examinations and indicating specific differences as compared with a younger population. METHODS We conducted a search of Czech and foreign literature (using Pu...

Our new lessons of nurturing life to make happiness and well-being of geriatric patients suggest comprise several important steps. First, geriatric patient care should not be delegated to specialists who focus on individual organ system. Instead, we should respond to the patient's condition based on comprehensive assessment to identify the single pathogenesis. Second, we should appreciate th...

BACKGROUND Annually in the US, there are over 300,000 hospital admissions due to hip fractures in geriatric patients. Consequently, there have been several large observational studies, which continue to provide new insights into differences in outcomes among hip fracture patients. However, few hip fracture studies have specifically examined the relationship between hip fracture patterns, sex, a...

The incidence of brain metastases range from 10 to 20% of all adult patients with cancer and lung cancer is associated with one of the highest incidences of brain metastases. In geriatric patients, who already have limited cognitive function, whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) can be a problem. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a one day, outpatient treatment with minimal effect to normal br...