Fit for Frailty - British Geriatrics Society

• Older people should be assessed for the presence of frailty during all encounters with health and social care professionals. Gait speed, the timed-up-

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QUALITY CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE WITH URGENT …

Quality Care for Older people with Urgent & Emergency Care needs “Silver Book” 2 Foreword The increase in the number of older people has …

MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION (MMSE)

MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION (MMSE) Patient's name: Hospital number: ORIENTATION REGISTRATION ATTENTION AND CALCULATION RECALL LANGUAGE COPYING Year Month Day Date Time

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Barthel ADL Index

2 Guidelines for the Barthel Index of Activities of Daily Living General • The Index should be used as a record of what a patient does, NOT as a record of what a patient could do. • The main aim is to establish degree of independence from any …

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Abbreviated Mental Test Score - British Geriatrics Society

Abbreviated Mental Test Score The abbreviated mental test score (AMTS) was introduced by Hodkinson in 1972 to rapidly assess elderly patients for the possibility of dementia

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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Toolkit for Primary ...

communication skills in addition to their clinical knowledge to ensure purposeful and timely assessment. Therefore co-ordination of CGA can be undertaken by any member of the health and social care team but is best carried out by someone the patient and their family trusts and with whom they can have open and sensitive discussions.

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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Toolkit for Primary ...

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is a process of care comprising a number of steps. Initially, a multidimensional holistic assessment of an older person considers health and wellbeing and leads to the formulation of a plan to address issues which are of concern to the older person (and their family and carers when relevant).

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Fit for Frailty Part 1 - British Geriatrics Society

multiple long term conditions (so called multi-morbidity) will also have frailty which may be masked when the focus is on other disease based long term conditions. Likewise, some people whose only long term condition is frailty may be low consumers of health care resources and not regularly known to their GP (until they become bed bound, immobile 4

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The Edmonton Frail Scale - British Geriatrics Society

The Edmonton Frail Scale NAME : _____ d.o.b. : _____ DATE : _____ Frailty domain Item 0 point 1 point 2 points

Clinical Frailty Scale*

5 Mildly Frail – These people often have more evident slowing, and need help in high order IADLs (finances, transportation, heavy housework, medica-tions). Typically, mild frailty progressively impairs shopping and walking outside alone, meal preparation and housework. 6 Moderately Frail – People need help with all

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DIABETES - World Health Organization

• Diabetes is among the leading causes of kidney failure; 10-20% of people with diabetes die of kidney failure. • Diabetes increases the risk of heart disease and stroke; 50% of people with diabetes die of cardiovascular disease (primarily heart disease and stroke). The Economic Implications Diabetes and its complications impose signif-

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GFR (Glomerular Filtration rate - National Kidney …

a gFR below 15 means kidney failure. if kidney failure occurs, dialysis or a kidney transplant will be needed ... the most common causes of CKd are diabetes and high blood pressure. ... The National Kidney Foundation is the leading

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Diagnosis and Evaluation of Heart Failure - AAFP Home

Jun 15, 2012 · Causes Heart failure is defined by the American ... increases the risk of heart failure twofold by directly leading to cardiomyopathy and sig- ... (liver or kidney failure) Neurologic problems ...

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HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND YOUR KIDNEYS - The National …

It is a leading cause of heart attacks, strokes, and chronic kidney disease. • ... kidney failure. Black Americans should have regular blood pressure checkups and, if high blood pressure is detected, ... it is high blood pressure that causes kidney disease. In addition, high blood

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Sickle-cell anemia is caused by a point mutation at the ...

Risk of kidney disease CVA Heart failure ... pass through narrow capillaries, leading to vessel occlusion and ischemia •The actual anemia of the illness is caused by hemolysis, the destruction of the red cells inside the ... The condition causes extreme pain and can result in the

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Chronic Kidney Management of Chronic Kidney Disease

Family history of kidney disease . Obesity or metabolic syndrome . Volume depletion . Acute urinary obstruction : Use of diuretics, ACE or ARB . Use of NSAIDs, iodinated contrast agents, or other nephrotoxic agents . Heart failure . Acute glomerulonephritis or acute intestinal nephritis . Liver failure . Malignancy (eg, myeloma)

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“Sick day” guidance in patients at ... - Think Kidneys

1. Decompensated heart failure when drugs blocking the RAAS system and diuretics are discontinued. 2. Acute kidney injury caused by right-sided congestion complicating withdrawal of diuretics, particularly in right heart failure. 3. Development of poorly controlled hypertension with cessation of antihypertensive medication. 4.

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Treatment of Congestive Heart failure - Afibbers.org

Coenzyme Q10 supplementation is of extreme importance in heart failure patients on statin drugs. Research has shown that these drugs seriously impede the synthesis of coenzyme Q10 leading to such adverse effects as myalgia (muscle pain), fatigue, breathing difficulties, memory loss, and peripheral neuropathy.

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Chapter 13: Measles; Epidemiology and Prevention of ...

previously vaccinated children (i.e., vaccine failure) led to a recommendation for a second dose in this age group in 1989. In 2019, 13 outbreaks of measles were reported, accounting for 663 cases; six were associated with underimmunized close-knit communities and accounted for 88% of all cases. Before 2019,

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