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  Chances and challenges of comprehensive geriatric assessment training for healthcare providers

  Maria Cristina Polidori, Regina Elisabeth Roller-Wirnsberger

  14-12-2018

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2018.7853

  2459

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  Optimal setting and care organization in the management of older adults with hip fracture: a narrative review

  Andrea Giusti, Antonella Barone, Monica Razzano, Rita Raiteri, Andrea Del Rio, Viviana Bassoli, Ernesto Palummeri, Mauro Oliveri, Alberto Pilotto

  24-11-2015

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2015.5602

  2921

  Downloads: 1301

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  Emotional geriatric care: a health worker development framework for advancing health care for the elderly

  Nestor Asiamah, Samuel A. Azinga

  05-07-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2017.6741

  1819

  Downloads: 890

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  Including prognosis evaluation in the management of older patients across different healthcare settings: The Cologne Experience

  Anna Maria Meyer, M. Cristina Polidori

  02-12-2019

  794

  Downloads: 445

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• The comprehensive geriatric assessment in emergency and intensive unit settings

  Mariagiovanna Cozza, Annalisa Paglia, Simone Dini, Vincenzo Di Francesco, Pierluigi Dal Santo, Virginia Boccardi

  01-10-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2024.12156

  1490

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  An interdisciplinary intervention is associated with overall improvement of older inpatients in a non-geriatric setting: A retrospective analysis of an observational, longitudinal study with one-year follow up

  Franziska M. Müller, Anna M. Meyer, Lena Pickert, Annika Heeß, Ingrid Becker, Thomas Benzing, M. Cristina Polidori

  09-07-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2021.9723

  660

  Downloads: 445

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• A survey among hospital members of the Italian Hospital and Territory Society

  Filippo Fimognari, Klara Komici, Vincenza Frisardi, Mariagiovanna Cozza, Carlo De Matteis, Carlo Custodero, Lorenzo Palleschi

  07-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2025.13770

  181

  Downloads: 171

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  The role of comprehensive geriatric assessment in older patients affected by knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review

  Nicola Veronese, Anna Fazzari, Maela Caudal, Maria Cristina Polidori, Eva Topinkova, Francesco Mattace Raso, Marina Barbagelata, Mario Barbagallo, Alberto Pilotto

  30-12-2022

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2022.11049

  965

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  Health related quality of life of the geriatric population living in rural areas of West Tripura district of India: a cross-sectional study

  Arpita Debnath, Himadri Bhattacharjya

  20-12-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2021.10036

  1760

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  How hospital geriatric care is changing during COVID-19 pandemic: drawbacks and possible solutions

  Liliana Mazza, Daniela Pinto, Pietro Calogero

  25-05-2020

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2020.9043

  1191

  Downloads: 605

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  Shaping geriatric practice: evaluating Beers, PRISCUS, and European Union(7) criteria for optimal patient care. A retrospective study

  Shikha Sood, Nidhi Saija, Devang Rana, Kanisha Shah, Hirva Santoki, Vipul Prajapati

  23-10-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2023.11597

  1756

  Downloads: 402

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  Welcome to Geriatric Care

  Alberto Pilotto

  24-11-2015

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2015.5635

  1843

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  The use of e-Health and digital technologies in the Italian geriatric practice: a survey of the Italian Geriatric Society (SIGOT)

  Alberto Cella, Erica Volta, Jacopo Demurtas, Renato Zaccaria, Moira Ceci, Andrea Pilotto, Virginia Boccardi, Alberto Castagna, Carlo Custodero, Francesco Vetta, Marina Barbagelata, Nicola Veronese, Alberto Pilotto

  21-12-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2021.10301

  2063

  Downloads: 505

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• Why should the Italian geriatrician be interested in elderly-onset inflammatory rheumatic diseases?

  Ciro Manzo

  16-06-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2025.13672

  281

  Downloads: 184

  HTML: 16
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  Urological-Geriatric Integrated Diagnostic-Therapeutic Pathway for elderly patients with urologic diseases

  Lisa Cammalleri, Romina Custureri, Monica Pomata, Fabio Bonini, Giacomo Capponi, Carlo Introini, Alberto Pilotto

  04-11-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2019.8501

  881

  Downloads: 543

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  Sustainability and Well-being in Geriatrics: proposing a performance-based approach for the implementation of geriatric care activities

  Liliana Mazza, Riccardo Ievoli

  24-06-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2021.9764

  846

  Downloads: 496

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  Sarcopenia in the elderly: from clinical aspects to therapeutic options

  Angelo Bianchetti, Andrea Novelli

  24-04-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2019.8033

  3345

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• Cracking geriatric complexity: key messages from the Italian Society of Geriatrics Hospital and Territory Young Masterclass

  Liliana Mazza, Francesca Crosta, Roberto Caragnulo, Moira Ceci, Claudio De Lucia, Simone Dini, Lorenzo Palleschi

  01-07-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2025.13734

  660

  Downloads: 358

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• Hepatocellular carcinoma management in older adults and its relation with frailty

  Gianluca Messina, Vincenzo Ostilio Palmieri

  13-02-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2025.13157

  1500

  Downloads: 302

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• The role of geriatric multidimensional assessment in elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis and candidates for transcatheter aortic valve implantation

  Rosa Stranieri, Anna Belfiore

  01-07-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2025.13768

  644

  Downloads: 357

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  Challenges in the performance of real-life studies in older patients: focus on long-term care facilities

  Johanna Marietta Christiansen, Anna Maria Meyer, Lena Pickert, Roman Pfister, Maria Cristina Polidori

  24-03-2022

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2022.10384

  714

  Downloads: 386

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• Analysis of predictive factors for hospitalization outcomes in older patients: the Geriatric Risk Assessment and Care Evaluation (GRACE) study protocol by the Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni-Addolorata (AOSGA) and the Italian Society of Hospital and Community Geriatrics (SIGOT)

  Lorenzo Palleschi, Andrea Cavalli, Umberto Giuseppe Galasso, Angelo Scuteri, Elena Del Giudice, Moira Ceci, Liliana Mazza, Filippo Luca Fimognari

  25-06-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2025.13727

  482

  Downloads: 408

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  Meta-research in geriatric medicine: a survey of the Italian Society of Hospital and Community Geriatrics (SIGOT)

  Nicola Veronese, Jacopo Demurtas, Stefania Maggi, Antonio Cherubini, Vincenzo Solfrizzi, Alberto Cella, Filippo Luca Fimognari, Alberto Ferrari, Alberto Pilotto

  12-11-2020

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2020.9339

  669

  Downloads: 414

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• Clinical activities of out-of-hospital Italian public geriatrics: a survey of members of the Italian Society of Geriatrics Hospital and Territory

  Mariagiovanna Cozza, Ciro Manzo, Alberto Castagna, Maurizio Gallucci, Filippo Fimognari, Lorenzo Palleschi

  01-07-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2025.13405

  625

  Downloads: 373

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  Community acquired pneumonia in the elderly: the Pneumonia in Italian Acute Care for Elderly units (PIACE) study protocol by the Italian Society of Hospital and Community Geriatrics (SIGOT)

  Filippo Luca Fimognari, Andrea Corsonello, Alberto Pilotto, Massimo Rizzo, Valentina Bambara, Giovanna Cristiano, Alberto Ferrari, on behalf of the PIACE-SIGOT Study Group Investigators

  31-01-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2016.6569

  6082

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  Measuring frailty in population-based healthcare databases: multi-dimensional prognostic indices for the improvement of geriatric care

  Janet Sultana, Giorgio Basile, Gianluca Trifiro'

  14-04-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2016.5596

  2184

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  Association between nutritional status and cognitive decline in non-institutionalized elderly patients evaluated in a geriatric outpatient setting

  Raffaele Pagliuca, Stefano Cacciatore, Mario Virgilio Papa, Eugenio Boccalone, Mena Ilaria Pagliuca, Federica Virginia Papa, Antonio Gambardella

  08-05-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2023.11021

  1804

  Downloads: 507

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  Interest in hearing loss in geriatric medicine: a survey of members of the Societa' Italiana Geriatria Ospedale e Territorio (SIGOT)

  Andrea Fabbo, Nicola Veronese, Elisabetta Genovese, Patrizia Mecocci, Alberto Cella, Carlo Custodero, Vittorio Ferrero, Francesco Saverio Ragusa, Alberto Pilotto

  31-03-2022

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2022.10455

  601

  Downloads: 346

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  Rare diseases in the elderly: a new perspective for the specialist in geriatrics Rare Diseases in the elderly

  Carlo Sabbà, Gennaro M. Lenato, Carlo Custodero, Patrizia Suppressa

  20-12-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2019.8769

  1399

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  To translate pharmacogenetics in geriatrics: towards a personalized medicine

  Davide Seripa, Giulia Paroni, Michele Lauriola, Antonio Greco

  24-11-2015

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2015.5461

  2174

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  The Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI) for the prognostic stratification of hospitalized older patients with COVID-19: a prospective multicenter observational cohort study. Objectives, study design and expected outcomes (MPI_COVID-19)

  Carlo Custodero, Alberto Cella, Nicola Veronese, Margherita Azzini, Filippo Fimognari, Francesco Mattace-Raso, Maria Cristina Polidori, Carlo Sabbà, Alberto Pilotto

  27-04-2020

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2020.9038

  1614

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  Prognostic value of anemia in terms of disability and mortality in hospitalized geriatric patients: results from the CRIME study

  Gloria Brombo, Marta Dianin, Lara Bianchi, Andrea Corsonello, Antonio Cherubini, Carmelinda Ruggiero, Graziano Onder, Stefano Volpato

  14-04-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2016.5803

  1809

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  Multidimensional frailty in older people in general practitioners’ clinical practice: the SELFY-MPI SIGOT project

  Alberto Pilotto, Stefania Maggi, Alberto Ferrari, Giuseppe Rengo, Vincenzo Solfrizzi, Sabrina Zora, Ovidio Brignoli, Pierangelo Lora Aprile, Giuseppe Fascella, Ligia J. Dominguez, Nicola Veronese, Alberto Cella, on behalf of the SELFY-MPI SIGOT Project

  18-03-2022

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2022.10388

  2556

  Downloads: 520

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• Heart failure patients: what does it change in the elderly?

  Simone Dini, Vincenzo Gianturco, Annalisa Paglia, Enrico Brunetti, Aurora Vitali, Giulia Musatti, Mariagiovanna Cozza, Francesca Flavia Rossi, Davide Lobascio, Andrea Rossi, Liliana Mazza

  19-02-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2026.11708

  324

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  COVID-19: measures to protect older adults from SARS-CoV-2 infection

  Israel Oluwasegun Ayenigbara, Olawale Akanbi Moronkola

  27-08-2020

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2020.9045

  1786

  Downloads: 636

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  Acute medical illness and disability in the elderly

  Lorenzo Palleschi, Flavia Galdi, Claudio Pedone

  16-10-2018

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2018.7561

  1732

  Downloads: 829

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  A preliminary cross-sectional study to investigate the presence of sarcopenic dysphagia in a Portuguese geriatric population

  Susana Portinha, Pedro Sa-Couto, Maria Assunção Matos

  08-05-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2023.10972

  1757

  Downloads: 494

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  Using the multidimensional prognostic index for treatment decisions and monitoring in frail older patients

  Arduino A. Mangoni

  27-09-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2017.7059

  1282

  Downloads: 648

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• Sepsis and septic shock in geriatrics

  Aurora Vitali, Simone Dini, Mariagiovanna Cozza, Vincenzo Gianturco, Mattia Brunori, Liliana Mazza

  28-11-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2024.11709

  2919

  Downloads: 862

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  Pattern of morbidity among elders attending general practice: health needs assessment of geriatric patients in Oman

  Shaikh Muhammad Naeem, Firdous Jahan, Muhammad Asadullah Siddiqui, Muhammad Moazzam Khan

  28-11-2018

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2018.7774

  1524

  Downloads: 709

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  Impact of anticholinergic burden on cognitive impairment, disability and malnutrition: a cross-sectional study among hospitalized older patients

  Mariapaola Nastri, Giulio Bartoli, Paolo De Colle

  25-11-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2019.8473

  947

  Downloads: 525

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  Electroconvulsive therapy: old acquaintance for the youngster or new opportunity for the elder? Review of the literature and applications in the geriatric population

  Massimo Palleschi, Davide Trubian, Anna Palleschi

  23-12-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2019.8385

  847

  Downloads: 671

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  Delirium as a marker of vulnerability in the elderly

  Giuseppe Bellelli, Paolo Mazzola, Alessandro Morandi

  24-11-2015

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2015.5472

  3606

  Downloads: 1450

  HTML: 1433
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  Presbyphagia and dysphagia in old age

  Stefano Cavallero, Ligia J. Dominguez, Laura Vernuccio, Mario Barbagallo

  02-09-2020

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2020.9137

  5142

  Downloads: 2380

  HTML: 1710
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  Antiplatelet therapy is not a safer alternative to oral anticoagulants, even in older hospital-discharged patients with atrial fibrillation

  Mario Bo, Yolanda Falcone, Enrica Grisoglio, Margherita Marchetti, Federica Li Puma, Marina Iacovino, Enrico Brunetti, Gianfranco Fonte

  04-10-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2016.6120

  1285

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• An uncommon orthogeriatric syndrome: a case of Ogilvie’s syndrome

  Elisa Salsano, Oriana Rossi, Cecilia Rispoli, Marta Zuccarino, Lucio D’Avanzo, Luigi Esposito, Federico Ruggiero, Maria Rosaria Fiorentino, Giovanni Carifi, Nicola Vargas

  15-07-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2024.12685

  679

  Downloads: 294

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  International classification of function, disability and health framework for fall risk stratification in community dwelling older adults

  Majumi M. Noohu, Aparajit B. Dey, Shashi Sharma, Mohammed E. Hussain

  09-05-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2017.6526

  2755

  Downloads: 1237

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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

  27-03-2020

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

  742

  Downloads: 497

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• Anticholinergic and sedative medication burden in older adults: an observational analysis

  Jehath Syed, Prathibha Pereira, Tejaswini C J, Shilpa Avarebeel, Kshama Ramesh, Madhan Ramesh, Krishna Undela, Sri Harsha Chalasani

  06-11-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2025.14173

  375

  Downloads: 268

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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

  27-04-2020

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

  4444

  Downloads: 2184

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