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Geriatrics and Gerontolog y International Volume 20 Issue 12, December 2020
REVIEW ARTICLE
Geriatric management of older patients withmultimorbidity
T Kojima et al.

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEEThe Japan Geriatrics Society consensus statement“recommendations for older persons to receive thebest medical and long-term care during the COVID-19
outbreak—considering the timing of advancecare planning implementation”
The Japan Geriatrics Society Subcommittee on
End-of-Life Issues and New Coronavirus
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Countermeasure Team, M Kuzuya, et al.

EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL PRACTICE
AND HEALTH
Type of underlying fracture after the surgical treatmentof geriatric trauma patients has no effect on mortality
during intensive care treatment
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T Knauf et al.
Multimorbidity patterns, all-cause mortality andhealthy aging in older English adults: Results fromthe English Longitudinal Study of Aging
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H Nguyen et al.
Calf circumference and risk of cardiovascular disease1133
C-H Hsiang et al.
Clinical significance of a positive Clostridioides difficile
glutamate dehydrogenase test on the outcomes of
hospitalized older patients
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Y Nagayoshi et al.
Estimating appendicular muscle mass in older adults
with consideration on paralysis
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J Ueshima et al.
Venous thromboembolism after delayed surgery for a
hip fracture: A retrospective cohort study
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JY Yoon et al.
Use of Dementia Assessment Sheet for Community-based
Integrated Care System 8-items (DASC-8) for thescreening of frailty and components of comprehensive
geriatric assessment
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K Toyoshima et al.
Randomized trial of a patient empowerment andcognitive training program for older people withdiabetes mellitus and cognitive impairment
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C-w Wong et al.
Development and validation of the NCGG-FAT
Chinese version for community-dwelling older
Taiwanese
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W-J Lee et al.
Clinical manifestations and factors associated withmortality from COVID-19 in older adults:
Retrospective population-based study with 9807
older Brazilian COVID-19 patients
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CDF de Souza et al.

Effect of a nurse-led hypertension management
program on quality of life, medication adherence
and hypertension management in older adults:
A randomized controlled trial
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M Kolcu and A Ergun
Changes in poor self-rated health status among elderly
Koreans over 10 years: Community Health Survey
2008–2017
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J-G Jung et al.
Impact of sarcopenia on glycemic control andatherosclerosis in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes:
Cross-sectional study using outpatient clinical data
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S Nakanishi et al.
Delirium, functional decline and quality of life
after transcatheter aortic valve implantation:
An explorative study
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SJ Beishuizen et al.
Preoperative serum biomarkers in the prediction of
postoperative delirium following abdominal surgery
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M Ida et al.
Impact of the interaction between mild andmild-to-moderate cognitive impairment withchronic health problems on hospital admission amongcommunity-dwelling older adults
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R Amini and B Kawser
Comparison between the Global Leadership Initiativeon Malnutrition and the European Society for
Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism definitions
for the prevalence of malnutrition in geriatricrehabilitation care
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A Shimizu et al.
Characteristics of urinary tract infections in older
patients in a tertiary hospital in Greece
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P Ioannou et al.

SOCIAL RESEARCH, PLANNING AND PRACTICE
Effect of pain on depression among nursing homeresidents: Serial mediation of perceived social
support and self-rated health. A cross-sectional study
Y Chen et al.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORRESEARCH STUDIES
Outbreaks of COVID-19 infection in aged care facilities
in Japan
K MaedaExploration of etiological perspectives for ageism
in geriatric care: A qualitative analysis of the mostpopular ageism scales
Y Hirakawa and KM Saif-Ur-Rahman
L-Carnitine supplementation in heart failure patientswith preserved ejection fraction; a pilot study
Y Kinugasa et al.
Call for telephone outreach to older people with cognitive
impairment during the COVID-19 pandemic
C Ura et al.

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