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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

  12-03-2020

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

  1425

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  The prescription paradox: a guide to appropriate prescribing in the elderly

  Ryan B. Thomas, Se Ryeong Jang, Marco Lombardi, Vittorio Maio

  04-11-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2019.8523

  1405

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  An evaluation of the appropriateness of prescribing and frailty in elderly patients using STOPP criteria and Frailty Index in tertiary care teaching hospital

  Sweta Nariya, Ajita Pillai, Sneha Agravat

  25-11-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2021.9845

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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

  996

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  Anticoagulation therapy in the elderly with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: a double-edged sword

  Francesco Vetta, Gabriella Locorotondo, Giampaolo Vetta

  18-07-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2017.6371

  2483

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• Assessing the health implications of anticholinergic drugs in older people

  Mariangela Boccardi, Virginia Boccardi

  22-01-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2025.13311

  1438

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• Older patients with pulmonary embolism: a state-of-the-art review

  Liliana Mazza, Mariagiovanna Cozza, Francesca Flavia Rossi, Roberto Caragnulo, Giulia Mussatti, Annalisa Paglia, Mattia Brunori, Vincenzo Gianturco, Andrea Rossi, Simone Dini

  16-04-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2025.13427

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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

  596

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• Management of chronic pain in older adults

  Silvia Carino, Mariagiovanna Cozza

  04-06-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2026.14146

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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

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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

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• 19 | Pilot project of medication review and deprescribing dedicated to the care of elderly patients on polypharmacy who access in the emergency department for acute kidney injury and hydro-electrolyte imbalances. G. Coniglio, A. Panico, F. Liccardi | AORN Antonio Cardarelli, Napoli.

  Segreteria SIGOT

  11-06-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2026.15770

  69

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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

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• 58 | Impact of deprescribing on hospitalized older adults M. Rossato¹, A. Lanaro², G. Salerno Trapella¹, L. Bologna¹, G. Boschetti¹, S. Bugnola¹, F. Castellucci¹, M. Chiarini¹, G. Zoso¹, F. Corsini¹, M. Panozzo¹, C. Perera¹, M. Sartori¹, L. Pellizzari¹ | ¹Geriatric Unit, Alto Vicentino Hospital, ULSS 7 Pedemontana, Santorso (VI); ²Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona.

  Segreteria SIGOT

  11-06-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2026.15809

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  Persistent bradycardia after hypoglycaemia: a case report and a brief literature review

  Beatrice Gasperini, Pierpaolo Lamanna, Rocco Serra, Roberto Montanari, Antonio Cherubini, Emma Espinosa

  18-04-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2019.7670

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• 30 | Impact of pharmacist–clinician collaboration on polypharmacy optimization in frail older patients: preliminary results A. Franceschin¹, P. Singh², G. Annessi¹, G. Lacerenza¹, G. Formoso³, E.L.C.M. Bassi², L. Franchi¹ | ¹Unità Internistica Multidisciplinare ad indirizzo Geriatrico Riabilitativo, Ospedale San Sebastiano di Correggio (RE); ²Unità Farmaceutica Ospedale San Sebastiano di Correggio (RE); ³Struttura Complessa di Farmacoepidemiologia, Azienda USL di Reggio Emilia e Centro Regionale Farmacovigilanza, Regione Emilia Romagna.

  Segreteria SIGOT

  11-06-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2026.15781

  66

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  Linagliptin is associated to increased treatment adherence and satisfaction in elderly outpatients with diabetes and advanced chronic kidney disease

  Franco Gregorio, Eleonora Guerrini, Daniele Gregorio, Giorgio Montecchiani

  10-11-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2016.6220

  1856

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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

  1624

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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

  709

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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

  922

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• 42 | Use of the brief-multidimensional prognostic index for medication reconciliation and deprescribing in frail elderly patients P. Maina¹, A. Poli², C. Aversa³, E. Anselmo⁴ | ¹Direttore SC Distretto Area Metropolitana Nord ASL TO3 Regione Piemonte - Geriatria, Università degli Studi di Torino; ²Medicina di Comunità e delle Cure Primarie, Distretto Area Metropolitana Nord ASL TO3 Regione Piemonte; ³Dirigente Medico Specializzando in Igiene e Medicina Preventiva, Area Metropolitana Nord ASL TO3 Regione Piemonte; ⁴ASL TO3 Regione Piemonte.

  Segreteria SIGOT

  11-06-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2026.15793

  71

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  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and respiratory failure

  Giulia Mussatti, Liliana Mazza, Simone Dini, Vincenzo Gianturco, Francesca Flavia Rossi, Mattia Brunori, Annalisa Paglia

  21-12-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2023.11476

  1272

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• Palliative geriatrics and dementia: key issues and challenges

  Mariagiovanna Cozza, Joanna Polom, Annalisa Paglia, Simone Dini, Filippo Luca Fimognari, Virginia Boccardi

  15-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2025.13984

  634

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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

  1342

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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

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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

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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

  772

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• A network meta-analysis of anorexia treatments in disease and old age: pharmacogenomics, the gut-brain axis and artificial neural nets. Where are we?

  Sofia Korsavva, Filimena Borisova Valkova, Ignacio Calderon Perez

  31-07-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2025.13659

  848

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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

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  Does a steroid dementia syndrome really exist? A brief narrative review of what the literature highlights about the relationship between glucocorticoids and cognition

  Ciro Manzo, Alberto Castagna, Carmen Ruberto , Giovanni Ruotolo

  15-03-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2022.10975

  3090

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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

  1805

  Downloads: 879

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  Proarrhythmia assessment in treatment with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin hospitalized elderly COVID-19 patients - our experience

  Raffaele Costa, Alberto Castagna, Carlo Torchia, Carmen Ruberto, Viviana Vespertini, Lucio Cosco, Giovanni Ruotolo

  18-06-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2021.9536

  759

  Downloads: 451

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  McConnel sign, a simple highly specific sign for identification of a frequent, under diagnosed association: pulmonary embolism and syncope

  Luca Pellizzari, Camilla Ferronato, Andrea Variola, Martina Setti, Vincenzo Di Francesco

  09-02-2022

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2021.10280

  2179

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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

  1861

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  Delirium onset within a palliative care programme: nursing care for the patient and family

  Dalia Caleffi, Andrea Fabbo, Luca Gelati, Cinzia Monti

  25-09-2018

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2018.7563

  2160

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  Multidimensional and nutritional evaluation in post-acute long-term care setting

  Antonio Uneddu, Mauro Sotgia, Valentina Spissu, Marta Manzocco, Alessandra Filippi

  27-09-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2017.6644

  1189

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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

  3686

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  Dementia in the old age: a gloomy wood later in life

  Virginia Boccardi, Lucia Paolacci, Patrizia Mecocci

  28-11-2018

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2018.7756

  1399

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• 40 | Predictive accuracy of anticholinergic burden scales for ECG abnormalities in older adults L. Luppi¹, M. Testa Savini¹, A. Ceccofiglio², G. Bianco³, R. Presta⁴, M.C. Ferrara⁵, R. Chiappetti⁶, V. Caleri⁷, E. Tonon⁷, M. Bo⁴, P. Abete⁶, A. Ungar⁸, A. Marengoni³, G. Bellelli⁵, M. Bertolotti¹, C. Mussi¹ | ¹Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio-Emilia, Modena; ²AOU Careggi, Firenze; ³Università degli Studi di Brescia; ⁴Università degli Studi di Torino; ⁵Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano; ⁶Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II; ⁷Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale 3, Pistoia; ⁸Università degli Studi di Firenze.

  Segreteria SIGOT

  11-06-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2026.15791

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  Elderly with refractory chronic severe hyponatremia and anesthesia management dilemma: a case report with literature review

  Manish Keshwani, Habib Md Reazaul Karim, Suresh Nagalikar, Deepak Kumar Biswal, Samarjit Dey

  30-11-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2021.9911

  2690

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• Successful opioid tapering using a non-pharmacological approach in chronic pain: a case report

  Gloire Mazita Bovy-Lumingu, Marlene Amilhaud-Bordier, Lionel Helmut Loic Mevo Sonagnon, Mamadou Mouctar Diallo, Kazi Anga Muamba, David Gondele, Dan Kankonde, Francis Findula, Lydie Nyunga, Arriel Makembi Bunkete

  03-07-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2026.15524

  44

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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

  2551

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• 61 | Real-world data on clinical, functional, and cognitive characteristics of nursing home residents in a large Italian network (Anni Azzurri): a multicenter observational study L. Toussan¹, C. Gallo², E. Castenetto³, G. Giacopelli⁴, M. Pennesi⁵, A. Schiavino⁶, M. Cordoglio³, S. Cisini⁴, F. Spigarelli⁷ | ¹Anni Azzurri-kos care, Roma; ²Anni Azzurri-kos care, Chiavari; ³Anni Azzurri-kos care, Volpiano; ⁴Anni Azzurri-kos care, Milano; ⁵Anni Azzurri-kos care, Montecosaro; ⁶Anni Azzurri-kos care, Carmagnola; ⁷kos care, Milano.

  Segreteria SIGOT

  11-06-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2026.15812

  73

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  Preventing delirium in older people

  Alessandra Anzuini, Francesca Massariello, Giuseppe Bellelli

  03-11-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2017.7146

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  Physical functional profile of hospitalized Brazilian older adults in preoperative vascular surgery

  Juliana Verdini de Carvalho Pinheiro, Mariana Fonseca Vaz, Ana Paula Novello, Leonardo Fonseca, Tiago Batista da Costa Xavier, Luciana Moisés Camilo, Marco Orsini, Marco Antonio Alves Azizi, Cristiane Sousa Nascimento Baez Garcia, Mauricio de Sant Anna Jr

  28-05-2020

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2020.8784

  884

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  Using patient-centered end-points in older adults participating in clinical trials

  Arduino A. Mangoni, Kimberley Ruxton

  14-04-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2016.5893

  1547

  Downloads: 881

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• Hyponatremia: practical considerations in the acute geriatric setting

  Aurora Vitali, Simone Dini, Mariagiovanna Cozza, Francesca Flavia Rossi, Virginia Boccardi, Mattia Brunori

  25-03-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2024.11711

  2383

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  Short-term efficacy of a fixed association of Palmitoylethanolamide and other phytochemicals as add-on therapy in the management of chronic pain in elderly patients: a real-world retrospective study

  Walter Gianni, Massimo Di Carlo, Luciano Colangelo, Giada Della Grotta, Chiara Sonato, Mirella Cilli, Antonio Toto, Salvatore Minisola

  02-05-2018

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2018.7177

  1564

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• Lupin poisoning in a geriatric patient: a case report

  Elisa Salsano, Oriana Rossi, Cecilia Rispoli, Marta Zuccarino, Emanuela Landi, Giovanni Carifi, Martina Spavone, Nicola Vargas

  13-05-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2025.13627

  407

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• 50 | Gut dysbiosis, microbiome and heart failure. the gut-heart axis and eating habits in frail elderly with polipathology. a clinical case report B. Provenzano | UOC Geriatria, Azienda Ospedaliera San Carlo, Potenza.

  Segreteria SIGOT

  11-06-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gc.2026.15801

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