Vol. 6 No. 1 (2020)

Perspective Articles

4 articles

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  The unavoidable costs of frailty: a geriatric perspective in the time of COVID-19

  Maria Cristina Polidori, Stefania Maggi, Francesco Mattace-Raso, Alberto Pilotto

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2020.8989

  • 2,896 abstract views
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  The role of hydroxychloroquine sulfate in the geriatric patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). What is useful to know for the geriatrician?

  Ciro Manzo

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2020.9015

  • 4,554 abstract views
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  Role of natural drugs in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2: potential beneficial effects in prevention or prior treatment in elderly and cancer patients

  Eugenio Boccalone, Veronica Maria Lanni, Valerio Massimo Magro

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2020.9016

  • 1,696 abstract views
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  Lifestyles and living standard disparities in the pandemicity of COVID-19 in the Global North versus the Global South Countries

  Takele Taye Desta

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2020.9025

  • 1,761 abstract views
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Original Articles

2 articles

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  General practitioner attitudes and confidence to deprescribing for elderly patients

  Pier Riccardo Rossi, Sarah E. Hegarty, Vittorio Maio, Marco Lombardi, Andrea Pizzini, Aldo Mozzone, Marzio Uberti, Simonetta Miozzo

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2020.8703

  • 1,494 abstract views
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  The predictive efficacy of multidimensional prognostic index in the elderly with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction in a real world sample: the Post-Acute Long-Term Care setting

  Eleonora Pittui, Caterina Dore, Irene Mameli, Angelo Scuteri, Marco Dettori, Antonio Uneddu

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2020.8407

  • 842 abstract views
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Reviews

1 article

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  COVID-19 and renal disease in elderly patients

  Giuseppe Coppolino, Pierangela Presta, Ramona Nicotera, Giordano Placida, Caterina Vita, Nazareno Carullo, Michele Andreucci, Davide Bolignano, Alberto Castagna, Giovanni Ruotolo

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2020.9029

  • 2,532 abstract views
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Case Reports

1 article

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  Polymyalgia rheumatica following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin instillation: coincidence or true association? A case report and literature review

  Ciro Manzo

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2020.8868

  • 2,152 abstract views
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Brief Reports

1 article

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  Brief report on cognitive function and corticosteroid therapy in elderly

  Alberto Castagna, Giuseppe Coppolino, Carmen Ruberto, Giovanni Ruotolo, Ciro Manzo

  DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2020.8785

  • 1,160 abstract views
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