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Tumour boards in geriatric oncology by Wildes, Tanya Marya, O'Donovan, Anita, Colloca, Giuseppe Ferdinando, Cheung, Kwok-Leung

“…The integration of the geriatrician into an MDT should be urgently explored.…”
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment on an acute medical unit: a qualitative study of older people’s and informal carer’s perspectives of the care and treatment received by Darby, Janet, Williamson, Tracey, Logan, Pip, Gladman, John R.F.

“…Objective: This qualitative study was imbedded in a randomised controlled trial evaluating the addition of geriatricians to usual care to enable the comprehensive geriatric assessment process with older patients on acute medical units. …”
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Diagnoses, problems and healthcare interventions amongst older people with an unscheduled hospital admission who have concurrent mental health problems: a prevalence study by Glover, Alex, Bradshaw, Lucy, Watson, Nicola, Laithwaite, Emily, Goldberg, Sarah E., Whittamore, Kathy H., Harwood, Rowan H.

“…A median of 13 interventions was recorded, and a median of a further four interventions suggested by the geriatrician. Those with more severe cognitive impairment had no less medical need. …”
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Three-year caregiver's reports on driving performance: A divination or diagnostic tool for fitness to drive in Parkinson Disease patients by Lee, Hoe

“…Prior to the driving assessment, participants were examined by a geriatrician with various clinical assessments. The caregivers filled out a questionnaire, the scores of which is a reflection of their concern on driving performance of their PD relatives. …”
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4th symposium on primary breast cancer in older women. Theme: putting personalized care into practice (held: 3 March 2017) by Cheung, Kwok-Leung, Morgan, David, Brain, Etienne, Poortmans, Philip, Parks, Ruth, Korc-Grodzicki, Beatriz, Ugolini, Fiammetta, Shakir, Taner, Tsang, Janice, Stone, Heather, Kenis, Cindy, Perks, Graeme, Wijayatunga, Roshaine

“…Topics covered were practical and wide-ranging, including selecting for chemotherapy, radiotherapy and breast reconstruction, treating HER2-positive disease, and the roles of the geriatrician and geriatric oncology nurse.…”
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What should we know about dementia in the 21st century? A Delphi consensus study by Annear, M., Toye, Christine, McInerney, F., Eccleston, C., Tranter, B., Elliott, K., Robinson, A.

“…Dementia experts (N = 19) included geriatricians, psychologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, dementia advocates, and nurse academics from the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of a specialist geriatric medical intervention for frail older people discharged from acute medical units: economic evaluation in a two-centre randomised control... by Bayer, Antony, Tanajewski, Lukasz, Franklin, Matthew, Gkountouras, Georgios, Berdunov, Vladislav, Edmans, Judi, Conroy, Simon, Bradshaw, Lucy E., Gladman, John R.F., Elliott, Rachel

“…Participants were randomised to the intervention, comprising geriatrician assessment in acute units and further specialist management, or to control where patients received no additional intervention over and above standard care. …”
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Medical crises in older people: cohort study of older people attending acute medical units, developmental work and randomised controlled trial of a specialist geriatric medical int... by Gladman, John, Harwood, Rowan, Conroy, Simon, Logan, Pip, Elliott, Rachel, Jones, Rob, Lewis, Sarah, Dyas, Jane, Schneider, Justine, Porock, Davina, Pollock, Kristian, Goldberg, Sarah, Edmans, Judi, Gordon, Adam, Bradshaw, Lucy, Franklin, Matthew, Whittamore, Katherine, Robbins, Isabella, Dunphy, Aidan, Spencer, Karen, Darby, Janet, Tanajewski, Lukasz, Berdunov, Vladislav, Gkountouras, Georgios, Foster, Pippa, Frowd, Nadia

“…Discussion The interface geriatrician intervention was not sufficient to alter clinical outcomes and this might be because it was not multidisciplinary and well integrated across the secondary care–primary care interface. …”
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Why geriatric medicine? A survey of UK specialist trainees in geriatric medicine by Fisher, James M., Garside, Mark J., Brock, Peter, Gibson, Vicky, Hunt, Kelly K., Briggs, Sally, Gordon, Adam L.

“…Background: There is global concern that there are insufficient numbers of geriatricians to meet the needs of the ageing population. …”
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The physician’s role in perioperative management of older patients undergoing surgery by Gordon, Adam L., Evans, Barry J., Dhesi, Jugdeep

“…The need to support older patients with frailty undergoing surgery exceeds the capacity of specialist geriatricians. Other groups of healthcare professionals need to nurture the core competencies to support this group perioperatively.…”
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The development of a geriatric postgraduate education assessment instrument using a modified Delphi procedure by Singler, Katrin, Gordon, Adam L., Robertson, Gillian, Roller-Wirnsberger, Regina

“…An initial review of indexed and grey literature was used to develop an audit tool which was used as the basis of an Internet-based modified Delphi process incorporating the views of 14 expert geriatricians from across Europe. Items in the audit tool were included or excluded when supported by ≥75% or <50% of respondents, respectively. …”
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The Balance and the Mind study: baseline data by van der Wardt, Veronika, Logan, Pip, Booth, Victoria, Hood, Victoria, Masud, Tahir, Harwood, Rowan H.

“…METHODS: Survey of 76 people recruited from Memory Clinics (n=56), Falls Services (n=12), Community Geriatricians (n=4), Cognitive Stimulation Therapy groups (n=2), and a Rehabilitation Unit (n=2). …”
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Novel models of dementia care: Evidence from national dementia behavior support programs in Australia by Atee, Mustafa, Morris, T., Macfarlane, S., Alford, M., Cunningham, C.

“…These are achieved through a case management framework that includes an onsite comprehensive/holistic assessment of medicosocial history (e.g. pain), surrounding environment (e.g. over/under-stimulation) and prescribed medications to identify causes or triggers of BPSD (Figure 1).[1] DSA is delivered through a multidisciplinary and mobile workforce of dementia consultants, geriatricians/psychogeriatricians and support staff. …”
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Effective health care for older people resident in care homes: the optimal study protocol for realist review by Goodman, Claire, Gordon, Adam L., Martin, Finbarr, Davies, Sue L., Iliffe, Steve, Bowman, Clive, Schneider, Justine, Meyer, Julienne, Victor, Christina, Gage, Heather, Gladman, John R.F., Dening, Tom

“…This variability is also evident in the commissioning and organisation of care home-specific services that range from the payment of incentives to general practitioners (GPs) to visit care homes, to the creation of care home specialist teams and outreach services run by geriatricians. No primary studies or systematic reviews have robustly evaluated the impact of these different approaches on organisation and resident-level outcomes. …”
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The impact of frailty and multimorbidity on postoperative outcomes in older patients by Swarbrick, Claire

“…These findings reinforce the national drive to expand perioperative medicine services, particularly with the expertise of geriatricians. Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 contain published works. …”
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Factors associated with functional status among free-living elderly in Mukim Batu, Gombak, Malaysia by Murat, Muhammad Faizal

“…Thus in a bigger perspective, any geriatricians intended to do research in the field of functional status should assess both self-report of physical disability and performance-based functional limitations, as it complements each other. …”
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