Disease relevance of Geriatric Assessment

• Evaluation of the detailed psychopathology by means of the Sandoz clinical assessment geriatric scale (SCAG) showed in the oxiracetam group significant improvements in loss of appetite and vertigo after 1 week and in short-term memory, anxiety, emotional lability, fatigue, loss of appetite and vertigo after 4 weeks [1].

Psychiatry related information on Geriatric Assessment

• Evaluations were carried out before and 12 weeks after treatment with either 100 mg denbufylline BID or placebo and included EEG mapping, the Sandoz Clinical Assessment Geriatric (SCAG) score/factors, the Clinical Global Impression (CGI), the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST), the Trail-Making Test (TMT) and the Digit Span Test (DS) [2].
• Assessment for drug efficacy using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Sandoz Clinical Assessment-Geriatric scale, and Clinical Global Impression scale was conducted at baseline and also at 4 weeks subsequent to risperidone treatment commencement [3].
• Routine testing of folate levels in geriatric assessment for dementia [4].

High impact information on Geriatric Assessment

• In chest infections in patients in general practice and in an acute geriatric assessment unit, the efficacy of each regimen was similar, but there were more side-effects with co-trimoxazole than with trimethoprim alone [5].
• Single-agent gemcitabine in previously untreated elderly patients with advanced bladder carcinoma: response to treatment and correlation with the comprehensive geriatric assessment [6].
• No relation was observed between serum total triglyceride levels and geriatric assessment scores [7].
• However, in a group of 38 patients with a higher degree of headache intensity, selected in accordance with the Sandoz Clinical Assessment Geriatric scale, a statistically significant difference was found in favor of nimodipine [8].
• Geriatric assessment is conducted under the Medicare PPS during the process of acute care without prolonging hospital length of stay [9].

Biological context of Geriatric Assessment

• The intervention program consisted of pre- and post-operative geriatric assessments, oxygen therapy, early surgery, prevention and treatment of peri-operative blood pressure falls and treatment of post-operative complications [10].

Anatomical context of Geriatric Assessment

• Erythrocyte folate levels were compared among 25 young healthy subjects (mean age, 27 years), 29 healthy subjects aged over 75 living in the community, 62 subjects (mean age, 75) admitted to a geriatric assessment ward (acute illnesses), and 32 subjects (aged over 65) in a ward for long-term physical or mental illnesses [11].

Associations of Geriatric Assessment with chemical compounds

• White-blood counts, polymorph counts, leucocyte ascorbic-acid and plasma ascorbic-acid levels were measured in 91 samples of blood obtained from patients admitted to a geriatric assessment unit [12].
• In 126 women over the age of 60 admitted to a geriatric assessment ward, plasma creatinine concentrations above 100 mumol/l were found in 73 and we conclude that renal impairment is common in elderly women admitted to hospital and is of sufficient degree to disturb the endocrine control of calcium metabolism seriously [13].
• As detected by validated and appropriate tests, such as Mini Mental State Evaluation (MMSE) in SDAT and Sandoz Clinical Assessment Geriatric (SCAG) in VaD, administration of choline alphoscerate significantly improved patient clinical condition [14].
• Three hundred applicants for sheltered housing underwent multidisciplinary geriatric assessment for suitability as a part of a joint assessment scheme with Local Authority Housing and Social Services Departments [15].
• A 12-month survey of all patients receiving digoxin at the time of admission to our Geriatric Assessment Unit revealed 16% were hypomagnesaemic, whereas no patient was hypokalaemic [16].

Gene context of Geriatric Assessment

• Association of serum IL-6 levels with comprehensive geriatric assessment variables in a population of elderly cancer patients [17].
• It was compared with the Sandoz Clinical Assessment Geriatric (SCAG) scale and a measure of functional disability, the London Psychogeriatric Rating Scale (LPRS) [18].
• State of the art in geriatric rehabilitation. Part I: review of frailty and comprehensive geriatric assessment [19].
• Geriatric Assessment Center of St. Lawrence Hospital/MSU (Michigan State University) [20].

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