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Editors Board
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Contents
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Keynote Lectures
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KL-01 Longevity for future Europeans – Genes and lifestyle
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KL-02 The world is aging, but individuals are not: what can we expect in the future?
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KL-04 Anti-aging medicine
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KL-06 Cancer and aging: Facing realities and an uncertain future
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KL-07 Physical activity as primary and secondary prevention
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KL-09 Adverse events and negative consequences of physical exercise in older people
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KL-11 The patient’s choice and preferences
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KL-12 The role of pharmacogenetics in individualized drug treatment of older people
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KL-13 Surgical care for older people, the present and future role of the geriatrician
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KL-14 Surgery in older people – the present and future role of the geriatrician. Cancer surgery
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KL-15 Surgery in older people – the present and future role of the geriatrician: Orthopaedic surgery
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KL-17 Dementia diagnostics – state of the art in Europe
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KL-19 Integrated geriatric care in acute hospitals
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KL-20 Interface geriatrics in a nutshel
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Oral Presentations
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Frailty and sarcopenia
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O-001 Low serum creatinine levels in orthogeriatric patients and its consequences on kidney function assessment, with relation to possible benefits of utilizing cystatin C levels
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O-002 Dietary animal-derived protein intake and frailty: a prospective study in community-dweller older subjects (FRAIL Project)
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O-003 Recommendations for non-pharmacological interventions to prevent falls in older patients. Applying the GRADE approach. The SENATOR project ONTOP series
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O-004 Impact of blood pressure lowering treatment on frailty in the HYpertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET)
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O-005 ADAMO: validation of an algorithm for automatic monitor of physical activity in elderly population
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O-006 International normative data for grip strength across the life course: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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O-007 Low Body Mass Index as predictor of hip fracture differs by age and gender in Cohort Norway. A NOREPOS study
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O-008 Cutoff point of gait speed to predict falls, dependence, and mortality in Korean community-dwelling elderly: 3 year prospective finding from living profiles of older people survey in Korea
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O-009 Prevalence of sarcopenia in hip fracture patients and clinical associations
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O-010 Quality of life and physical components linked to sarcopenia: baseline data of the SarcoPhAge study
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O-011 Persistent decline over 3 y in physical function predicts 12 y mortality in ambulatory older men
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O-012 Effectiveness of follow-up telephone calls to improve vitamin D +/− calcium compliance in elderly patients with hip fracture. a randomized study
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O-013 Protein drink combined with Jaques-Dalcroze Eurhythmics improves gait speed and physical function in seniors
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O-014 Inverse relationship between body mass index and mortality in older nursing home residents: a meta-analysis of 19,538 elderly subjects
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O-015 Health literacy is associated with frailty stage in community-dwelling elderly people
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Comorbidity and multimorbidity
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O-016 Usefulness of cerebrospinal fluid tap test as a treatment for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in the elderly: a pilot study
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O-017 Association of circadian blood pressure alterations and disease features in Parkinson’s disease
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O-018 Oral health in older patients admitted in a medical ward
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O-019 Multimorbidity among the elderly Polish deportees to the Soviet Union who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder
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O-020 Hypotension in nursing home residents on antihypertensive treatment: How significant is it?
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O-021 Cardiovascular comorbidity in 29 000 patients with different dementia disorders
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O-022 Increased risk of hip fracture in people with self-perceived memory loss. A NOREPOS based prospective cohort study of 10449 individuals aged 67–78 years
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Acute care
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O-023 The reality of a Portuguese Emergency Department (ED) post fall evaluation: A retrospective analysis
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O-024 Frailty in older patients attending an emergency department
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O-025 Non-invasive ventilation in acute care: a story of success in older adults?
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O-026 Validation of the Identification Seniors at Risk Tool (ISAR) in acutely presenting older adults; the APOP study
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O-027 Chest ultrasound for the diagnosis of acute respiratory diseases in frail multimorbid hospitalized elderly
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O-028 Risk of hospital readmission following acute care in a geriatric unit
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O-029 Association of impaired cognition and adverse outcomes in older patients presenting to the emergency department; the APOP study
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Geriatric education
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O-030 Geriatric teaching in Spanish Medical Schools after the implementation of the European higher education area
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O-031 Learning by living: life altering medical education immersion research
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Geriatric rehabilitation
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O-032 Associations between fallrisk measured with Downton Fallrisk Index and fall injuries in geriatric patients
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O-033 Therapeutic validity of exercise therapy in RCTS
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O-034 Integrated music in nursing homes – an approach to dementia care
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Organisation of care and gerotechnology
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O-035 Monitoring primary health care utilization in order to prevent acute hospitalization of older patients
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O-037 Surveillance of adverse events in elderly patients: A study on the accuracy of applying natural language processing techniques to electronic health record data
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Biogerontology and genetics
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O-038 Genotypic and phenotypic study of complement receptor type 1 polymorphisms in Alzheimer’s disease
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Metabolism and nutrition
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O-039 IGF-1 as cross-road between nutritional and hormonal pathways in hospitalized older adults: the GLISTEN study
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O-041 Serum retinol concentrations and risk of hip fracture in community-dwelling older Norwegians. A NOREPOS study
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O-042 Low serum vitamin K1 increases the risk of hip fractures only at low vitamin D status. A NOREPOS study
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O-043 Does nutritional follow-up after discharge, performed as home visit or telephone follow-up, prevent deterioration of ADL in malnourished geriatric patients?
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O-044 Dietary carboxymethyllysine induces arterial aging in a RAGE-dependent manner in mice
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Infectious diseases and vaccines
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O-045 Clostridium difficile infection and composition of gut microbiota in hospitalized elderly: case-control study
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O-046 Tolerance of subcutaneously administered antibiotics: a national, prospective and observational study
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O-047 Norovirus-associated hospitalizations among older adults, Germany 2007–2012
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O-048 Vaccination and survival in a population of older adult living in nursing home
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Pharmacology
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O-049 An approach towards optimization of long-term pharmacotherapy of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in elderly people
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O-050 Incidence of benzodiazepine and related drug use in persons with and without Alzheimer’s disease: the MEDALZ study
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O-051 Systematic review and meta-analysis: What is the evidence for oral iron supplementation in treating anaemia in older people?
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Cognition and dementia
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O-052 Brain amyloid deposition is associated with lower instrumental activities of daily living performance in older adults. Results from the MAPT study
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O-053 Role of anti-dementia drugs and multidimensional impairment on mortality rates in frail multimorbid older patients with dementia: results from the European MPI_AGE project
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O-054 Methodological factors in determining rates of dementia and cognitive impairment in TIA and stroke: Applicability of short cognitive tests
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O-055 Recommendations for non-pharmacological interventions to prevent behavioural disturbances in older patients with dementia. Applying the GRADE approach. The SENATOR project ONTOP series
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O-056 Health-related quality of life in a multidomain intervention trial to prevent cognitive decline (the FINGER Study)
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O-057 Periodic measurement of quality of life and perseverance in dementia care stimulates improvement
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O-058 Forget me not: Understanding “Dementia” through films
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O-059 Heterogeneity of cognitive ageing in older Britons: latent class trajectories of cognitive scores in ELSA 2002–2013
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O-060 Social factors predict cognitive outcomes cross-sectionally, but not longitudinally, among older Irish adults
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment
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O-061 A comprehensive geriatric assessment in the emergency department reduces admissions and length of stay
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O-062 Multidimensional frailty indicators in a nationwide GP database predict mortality in the elderly: MPI_Age results
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O-063 Drug prescribing in the elderly hip fracture patient – results from The Trondheim Hip Fracture Trial
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O-064 Into the black box of Geriatric Assessment – From assessment to outcomes
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O-065 How Finnish geriatricians perform comprehensive geriatric assessment in clinical practice?
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O-066 Profiling of geriatric patients by using a comprehensive geriatric assessment
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O-067 Implementation of geriatric consultation teams (GCT) in acute hospitals in three European countries
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O-067 Implementation of geriatric consultation teams (GCT) in acute hospitals in three European countries
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Delirium
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O-068 Plasma melatonin levels in older hip fracture patients and the occurrence of delirium: signs for a phase shift?
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O-069 Physiological melatonin levels in healthy older people
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O-070 Heterogeneous cognitive trajectories in the first year after hip fracture
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O-071 Feasibility study of the long term impact of acute illness, hospitalisation and delirium on cognitive outcomes after TIA and stroke
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O-072 Characteristic and outcomes of clinical subtypes of delirium in old patients admitted in a sub-acute care unit
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Psychiatric symptoms and illnesses
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O-073 Association of depressive symptoms with circadian blood pressure alterations in Parkinson’s disease
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O-074 Antidepressant use and cognitive decline in elderly people
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Geriatrics in organ disease
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O-075 Burden of comorbidity of older subjects on dialysis: the QiN registry
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O-076 Health related quality of life (HRQOL) in older patients waiting for kidney transplantation in Norway
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Pre- and postoperative care
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O-078 Muscle mass and postoperative recovery after major oncological abdominal surgery
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O-079 Nutritional status as measured by the Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form as a predictor of hip fracture outcomes
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O-080 Correlation between age, physiological fitness and peri-operative risk
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O-081 “The last chance” – a qualitative study about patient experiences of decision-making preceding Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
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O-082 Early return home after hip fracture is not unsafe – evidence from the National Hip Fracture Database in the UK
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Ethics and end of life care
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O-083 Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide – a survey among Danish geriatricians
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O-084 Evaluating the policy of prescribing and deprescribing during the last 48 hours on acute geriatric wards in Flanders
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O-085 Conceptualising the participation of older people in clinical research
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Longevity and prevention
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O-086 A cross-sectional study of physical activity correlates in older adults (70–77 yrs): The Generation 100 study
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O-087 Objectively measured physical activity in older adults (70–77 yrs) – The Generation 100 study
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O-088 Exploring relationships between chronic inflammation and vascular ageing
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O-089 Impact of social determinants in oral health in older patients admitted in a medical ward of a general hospital
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O-090 Intensity of physical activity and daily energy expenditure in athletic older adults
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Poster presentations
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Acute care
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P-001 Increased mortality in a Norwegian nursing home after implementation of the Coordination reform
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P-002 Medical admissions through the emergency department: Who, how and how long?
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P-003 Comparison of FRAX and QFracture use in an osteoporosis clinic population in determining whether to treat or not to treat in fallers versus non-fallers
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P-004 Urinary tract infection versus asymptomatic bacteriuria: an audit on an important clinical dilemma
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P-005 The application of team resource management for effective multidisciplinary team working in the emergency department in a community hospital in Southern Taiwan
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P-006 The effectiveness of comprehensive geriatric assessment-based intervention reducing frequent emergency department visits in a tertiary medical center in Southern Taiwan
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P-007 Massive hematemesis due to fistula between an artery of the intrathoracic goiter and the middle esophagus in an elderly patient
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P-008 Association of renal function with cognitive and functional status in older patients presenting to the emergency department; the APOP study
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P-009 Palliative sedation in an acute Geriatrics unit
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P-010 Multidisciplinary evaluation of elderly people – experience of an internal medicine ward
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P-011 Long-term survival after hospital discharge in centenarians
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P-012 Double-knotted jejunal tube of a percutaneuos endoscopic jejunostomy
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P-013 Choosing Wisely and geriatric medicine
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P-014 Age differences in acute stoke: a retrospective comparison study across geriatric and non-geriatric patients
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P-015 Development of patient satisfaction questionnaire evaluating ‘Early Discharge – Hospital at Home’ in elderly
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P-016 Evaluation of delirium screening tools in geriatric medical in-patients: A diagnostic test accuracy study
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P-017 Early geriatric follow-up – a quasi-RCT
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P-018 Multiple neoplasms including hematological malignancies of the more than 80 years elderly
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P-018 Multiple neoplasms including hematological malignancies of the more than 80 years elderly
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P-019 Malignant lymphoma more than 80 years old cases
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P-020 Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone during induction therapy for lymphoma
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P-021 Hyponatremia in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma diffuse large B cell type of the elderly
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P-022 Primary central nerve system lymphoma of the elderly
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P-023 Incidence of hospital falls in the geriatric inpatient population in 2013 and 2014 at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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P-024 Are admissions to hospital from an integrated health and social care hospital avoidance scheme preventable . . .
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P-025 Hospital admission avoidance; data from 1392 patients referred to the rapid response service
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P-026 Impact of falls and adverse drug events on health resource utilization among older adult Singaporeans
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P-027 The use of a proforma to improve the quality of ward round documentation in care of the elderly medical wards
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P-028 Early recognition of cognitive impairment in the ED: a pilot study
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P-029 Geriatrician input at the Medical Assessment Unit
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P-030 Provision of ambulatory emergency care for the very elderly population in Barnet, London, October 2013 – March 2015
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P-031 Urinary tract infection – what are the barriers to accurate diagnosis?
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P-032 Tumour in a tumour
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P-033 An interesting case of facial pain
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P-034 Primary percutaneous coronary intervention in a centenarian woman. A case report
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P-035 Emergencies in primary care for digestive disorders
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P-036 Hospital at Home for acute geriatric patients
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P-037 Severe metformin-associated lactic acidosis – a case report
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P-038 Detection of frailty among older patients in a Finnish county hospital emergency department
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P-039 Prevalence and etiology of anaemia in older persons
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P-040 Acute functional decline in patients admitted for acute geriatric care
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P-041 Geriatricians at the front door: pilot scheme in the emergency department of Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
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P-042 Providing clear structure and leadership to an assessment area can reduce patient length of stay (LoS) and enhance staff experience
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P-043 Older fall patients in the acute medical department: A descriptive cohort study
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P-044 Rates and potential risk factors for hospital readmissions of older patients
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P-044 Rates and potential risk factors for hospital readmissions of older patients
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P-045 Evolution of patients of 80 years and over after a stay in intensive care unit: a retrospective study
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P-046 Geriatric care: how the Bouchon’s 1, 2, 3 model in geriatrics become important, about a case
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P-047 Hypervitaminia B12: Cross study in an acute geriatric unit over a period of three months
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P-048 Hyperuremia in the elderly: Think about upper gastrointestinal bleeding
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Biogerontology and genetics
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P-049 A short leukocyte telomere length predicts insulin resistance
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P-050 Independent predictors of hospital admission in emergency department patients younger and older than 70 years of age
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P-051 Leukocyte telomere length is associated with lean mass: data from the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II)
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P-052 Loss of fertility in aging males due to increased testicular estradiol production
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P-053 Telomere attrition during old age can’t explain the relation between short telomere and atherosclerosis
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Cognition and dementia
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P-054 The increasing burden of dementia in Chile
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P-056 Telematic application for the cognitive valuation, diagnosis and personalized intervention in cognitive impairment and dementia
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P-057 Association between left ventricular diastolic function and cognitive performance in adults with Down syndrome
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P-058 A better diagnostic differentiation between mild and major NCD when measuring everyday functioning
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P-059 Creativity in Alzheimer’s Disease
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P-060 Describing the population with dementia in a general hospital setting
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P-061 Effects of music therapy in institutionalized elderly with dementia
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P-062 Physical restraints reduction program
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P-063 Relationship between oral health and cognition in older patients admitted in a medical ward of a general hospital
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P-064 Vitamin B12, folate and depression evaluated with geriatric depressive scale (GDS) in elderly with dementia
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P-065 Feasibility of the cross-cultural dementia screening
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P-066 Vitamin D deficiency reduces the clinical response to memantine in older adults presenting with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s disease
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P-067 Hyponatremia due to SIADH and dementia
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P-068 Systematic evaluation of neuropsychiatric symptoms is warranted in Alzheimer’s disease – ALSOVA follow-up study
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P-069 Grip strength and walking speed as indicators of cognitive impairment among older people
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P-070 Pneumonia and intake problems: inherent to advanced dementia?
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P-071 Retrospective study of comorbidities and prescripction in psychogeriatric patients (2012–2014)
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P-072 Self-rated and caregiver-rated quality of life in Alzheimer’s disease: 5-year prospective ALSOVA cohort study
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P-073 The prevalence, determinants and long term effects of resilience in family caregivers of persons with dementia. A longitudinal analysis of multiple studies
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P-074 Resilience in informal carers of people with dementia. An exploration of the concept using a Delphi consensus method
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P-075 Relationship of physical function and executive function in elderly people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
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P-076 Fortuitous discovery of a syphilitic infection in the elderly: report of a case
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P-077 Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT) 10; Specificity and sensitivity of the questions
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P-078 Low rates of primary care re-assessment of cognition in older patients identified as at-risk of dementia during hospital admission
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P-079 Comprehensive cognitive assessment in centenarians from the Sardinian longevity blue zone
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P-080 Cognitive and functional status in older people with chronic bronchopulmonary disorders
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P-081 Characteristics of nursing home residents with extreme vocally disruptive behavior: a part of the WAALBED III Study
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P-082 Validity of consent in patients over 75 on an acute general medicine unit undergoing procedures and contrast imaging
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P-083 Effects of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors on nutritional status in elderly patients with dementia: a 6 month follow-up study
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P-084 Relationship between the Four Square Step Test and cognitive function in community-dwelling older women
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P-085 A variety of cognitive activities in a single lesson leads to improved cognitive functions in MCI patients
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P-086 Executive dysfunction and falls. The Toledo study and healthy aging
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P-087 The Balance and the Mind study: baseline data
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P-088 Recruitment of people with dementia in primary care – experiences from the HIND study
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P-089 Is the Mini-Cog the way forward in cognitive testing?
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P-090 Should the treatment of hypertension in people with coexisting dementia be attenuated?
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P-091 Relationships among chronic musculoskeletal pain, cognitive status and body awareness in older adults
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P-092 Integrated one-stop cognitive assessment clinic for elderly
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Comorbidity and multimorbidity
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P-093 Impact of contact isolation on life-quality in elderly inpatients colonized by multidrug-resistant organisms
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P-094 Venous thromboembolism in elderly people is a matter of multimorbidity
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P-095 Self-perception of general and oral health status and importance of oral health among older people admitted to a medical ward of a general hospital
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P-096 Patients with Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia are at high risk of developing complications during admission for hip fracture
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P-097 Factors associated with comorbidity in geriatric inpatients
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P-098 Long term fracture risk in elderly with a normal or osteopenic bone mineral density
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P-099 Trends in incidence of Clostridium difficile entrocolitis in elderly – futile struggle or victory?
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P-100 Special features of deep venous thrombosis complicated pulmonary embolism topics in the elderly
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P-101 The etiologies of deep venous thrombosis in the elderly
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P-102 Osteoarticular manifestation of Horton Disease (Giant-cell arteritis, GCA): report of 47 cases
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P-103 Giant cell arteritis in Tunisia: demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics: analysis of 90 patients
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P-104 The prevention of fragility fractures in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
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P-105 Clinical and functional features in pluripathological patients in primary health care
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P-106 Impact of urethral catheterization on geriatric inpatients at a tertiary center
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P-107 Insomnia, falls and sarcopenia in older adults: preliminary results from the FALL-Aging-SLEEP Study
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P-108 Sleep apnea, falls and sarcopenia in older adults: preliminary results from the Fall-Aging-Sleep Study
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P-109 Fall diagnoses in a geriatric clinic
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P-110 Investigating normal pressure hydrocephalus in a medicine for the older person day hospital: two case reports
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P-111 Factors associated with orthostatic hypotension in hospitalized elderly patients
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P-112 Anaemia in the elderly, do we diagnose them all?
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P-113 Bone mineral density in patients with stroke
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P-114 Bone mineral density in women with Parkinson’s disease
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P-115 Comorbidities in osteoarticular diseases in older people
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P-116 Health risk factors linked to retirement in older people
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P-117 Differences of health status and determinants of health level among robust, frail, disabled elderly in community-dwelling Korean elderly
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P-118 Spirometry in primary care case-identification, diagnosis and management of COPD an urban health center in Castile and Le ´on
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P-119 Neuropathic pain questionnaire in diabetic elderly patients
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P-120 Postprandial hypotension among patients from an acute geriatric ward: results from a pilot study
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P-121 Readmission rates is not related to physical condition or comorbidity but maybe to the amount of patients admitted
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P-122 Longer duration of Parkinson’s disease is associated with reduced prevalence of hypertension
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P-123 Elderly patients with hip fracture and inappropriate drug use – testing the STOPP-2 vs the STOPP-1 criteria
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment
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P-125 Daily practicalities and challenges of elderly-care medicine in a busy NHS district general hospital
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P-126 Ortho-Geriatrics out the Hip Fracture. A description of 2,484 orthopaedic patients requested to Geriatric Team over 20 years
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P-127 Algoplus® performance to detect pain in depressed and/or demented old patients
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P-128 Nurses’ roles and responsibilities in inpatient geriatric consultation teams (IGCTs) in acute care hospitals
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P-129 Functional assessment of hospitalized elderly in an internal medicine ward
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P-130 Multidimensional geriatric assessment in the decision for treatment of older severe aortic valve stenosis patients
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P-131 Sympathetic neuropathy diagnosed by the heat-washout method in fall patients
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P-132 Increasing age has detrimental effect on balance and functional capacity in patients with stroke
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P-133 Lower half of leg length influenced 30 seconds chair stand test in community-dwelling older adults
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P-134 Efficacy and safety of training program concentrating on the Garfinkel method as a tool for reducing polypharmacy in nursing home residents
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P-135 Comprehensive geriatric assessment in practice: From the point of patients
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P-138 Gait and patient characteristics that discriminate fallers from non-fallers in a geriatric population
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P-139 Older People Assessment and Liaison Service (OPAL) impact in patients admitted to Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) at Ashford & St. Peter’s NHS Trust
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P-140 Pericardial effusion, and falls: case report
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P-141 Classification of behaviors in dementia based on theories of compliance and aggression
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P-142 Classification of behaviors in dementia based upon theories of regulation of emotions
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P-143 Classification of behaviors in dementia based in “motivational” and “needs based” theories
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P-144 Classification of behaviors in dementia based on theories of information processing
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P-145 Reliability and validity of LuBAIR scale to measure behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia (BPSD)
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P-146 Results of geriatric cardiac surgery co-management of older patients with valvular heart disease
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P-147 The relationship between oncological (ECOG PS), geriatric [Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), and Rockwood Frailty Index (IF)] evaluation: preliminary results in a cohort of oncogeriatric patients
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P-148 Transcatheter aortic valve implantation may modify the expected risk of mortality according to the Multidimensional Prognosis Index
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P-149 Are all the former Siberian deportees with posttraumatic stress disorder patients at risk?
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P-150 Geriatric deficits among the elderly Polish deportees to the Soviet Union who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder
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P-151 Features of neuropathic pain in the elderly patients with muskuloskeletal diseases
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P-152 Gender features of vertebral pain syndrome depending on bone mineral density
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P-153 X-ray absorptiometry indexes for women in postmenopausal period with osteoporotical fractures
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P-154 Trabecular bone score and bone mineral density in Ukrainian men with vertebral fractures
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P-155 Implantable loop recorder: A syncope unit experience
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P-156 Safety and tolerability of Tilt Testing and Carotid Sinus Massage in the oldest old
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P-157 Physical performance measures compare favorably with geriatric assessment in elderly oncological patients
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P-158 Geriatric syndromes and frailty status in ‘Empty-Nesters’ Chinese elderly with hypertension
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P-159 Comparison of hand dexterity in geriatric and non-geriatric patients with Parkinson’s disease
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P-160 Musculoskeletal problems among the caregivers of the geriatric patients with stroke
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P-161 Geriatric conditions that predict mortality and hospitalization in dependent older people living in long term care facilities
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P-162 Association between geriatric assessment tools and self-percieved health-related quality of life measured by Nottingham Healh Profile
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P-163 Retrospective study on the intra-hospital work of the geriatric mobile team in the regional University Hospital of Nancy (CHRU) Brabois. Analysis of its activity in a 6 month period and follow-up of recommendations at the end of hospitalization
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P-164 Weight and height prediction of Latvian senior hospitalized patients
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P-165 Oncogeriatrics: multidisciplinary management
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P-166 Frailty status of elderly cancer patients in the Central Denmark Region
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Delirium
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P-167 Delirium in elderly patients undergoing intraabdominal cancer surgery – associated factors and consequences
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P-168 Timing is of key importance in determining the association between S100B and delirium
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P-169 Relation between S100B and delirium remains controversial
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P-170 Blood transfusion strategy and risk of postoperative delirium in nursing homes residents with hip fracture
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P-171 Delirium within the first week of stroke – a pilot study
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P-172 Can the development of delirium predict cognitive function after aortic valve implantation?
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P-173 Delirium in old patients with reactivated chronic diseases admitted to an intermediate care hospital
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P-174 Undiagnosed prior cognitive impairment in delirium
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P-175 Are outcomes in older patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery related to anemia and blood transfusion?
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P-176 Are preoperative cerebrospinal fluid melatonin concentrations associated with postoperative delirium?
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Ethics and end of life care
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P-177 The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score is a predictive factor for 14-day mortality of elderly patients with advanced cancer who present to the ED
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P-178 Communication of a hospital DNACPR order in the discharge summary in an acute London hospital
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P-179 Effectiveness of the implementation of a protocol for palliative sedation in hospitalized older patients
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P-180 Palliative sedation in older vs younger hospitalized dying patients
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P-181 The process of nurse-led telephone-based care coordination and follow-up of elderly cancer patients
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P-182 Legal guardians’ decisions in a dedicated PEG clinic
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P-183 Hospice Home Immersion Project: advancing medical education
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P-184 Advanced care planning in the elderly, are we doing it?
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P-187 Elderly patient insight into deactivation of ICD devices
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P-188 Timeliness and quality of capacity assessments amongst geriatric inpatients
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P-189 Are elderly patients with cancer always informed of the diagnosis of cancer?
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P-190 Capacity assessments in DNAR orders
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P-191 DNACPR and Mental Capacity Act documentation – prospective study
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P-192 Mortality and morbidity in end of life care – in hospital retrospective study
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P-193 M-EndoL: Investigating the impact of MRSA infection and colonization in end-of-life-care and geriatrics
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P-194 Terminal change in functional decline of nursing home residents with and without advanced dementia
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P-195 Treatment-related differences in health related quality of life and disease specific symptoms among colon cancer survivors: Results from the population-based PROFILES registry
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P-196 Dementia Village Singapore: visions of the future
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Frailty and sarcopenia
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P-197 Development and validation of a self-administrated quality of life questionnaire specific to sarcopenia: the SarQoL
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P-198 Systematic screening of sarcopenia in geriatric day hospital
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P-199 Frailty and Sarcopenia in Colombia: Results from the SABE Bogot´a Study
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P-200 Correlation between muscle mass and muscle strength among nursing home residents
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P-201 Impact of the frailty status on muscle mass and muscle strength of nursing home residents
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P-202 Drugs, frailty and falls. The Toledo Study for Healthy Aging
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P-203 Sarcopenia in elder population with good functional capabilities – Evaluation of functionality and detection
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P-204 The FNIH-criteria for sarcopenia predict 12 year mortality in ambulatory older men
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P-205 Discriminating sarcopenia and robustness: a matter of speed limit
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P-206 Explicative factors of fear of fall in elderly. FISTAC Study
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P-207 Evaluation of the hypophyseal function in elderly patients in a geriatric medicine unit
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P-208 Identification of frailty in community-dwelling older persons with the G´erontopˆole Frailty Screening Tool: prevalence and feasibility in primary care
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P-209 Scales Elderly Patient Global Assessment applied to elderly patients with hip fracture
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P-210 Profile of elderly patients with hip fracture and previous history of low impact fracture
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P-211 The ‘slumpogram’: a novel radiological sign that predicts 6-month mortality in elderly hospital inpatient
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P-212 Association of frailty and cardiometabolic risk among community-dwelling middle-aged and elderly people
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P-213 Prevalence of frailty among outpatient falls clinic attendees in a district general hospital
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P-214 Hormonal determinants of muscle strength in hospitalized older adults: the GLISTEN study
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P-215 Evans syndrome: a rare cause of anemia in the elderly
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P-216 Validation of “VIDA questionnaire” for assessing instrumental activities of daily living; aspects connecting to frailty
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P-217 Relation between knee joint deformity and gait in community-dwelling elderly people
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P-218 Falls, 25(OH)vitaminD and physical performance in older adults: preliminary results from the FALL-A-SLEEP Study
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P-219 High-protein oral nutritional supplements improve leg muscle quality in sarcopenic, malnourished adults
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P-220 Prognostic factors related to functional recovery after hip fracture
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P-221 Frailty syndrome among older patients with post-traumatic stress disorder
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P-222 Food intake score as an elderly laymen’s screening tool for nutritional intake
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P-223 Sarcopenia in Ukrainian women: assessment and determination of lean body mass deficiency
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P-224 Bone mineral density, spinal micro-architecture (TBS data) and body composition in the older Ukrainian women with vertebral fragility fractures
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P-225 The functional autonomy measurement system in relation with dynapenia in elderly patients
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P-226 Correlates of poor physical performance in older subjects with comorbidity
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P-227 Physical frailty predicts medical expenses in community-dwelling, elderly patients: three-year prospective findings from living profiles of older people surveys in Korea
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P-228 The effect of frailty on 3-year mortality in Korean community-dwelling elderly
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P-229 Older adults with sarcopenia versus age and sex-matched controls: differences in physical and nutritional characteristics
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P-230 A low caloric, leucine-enriched whey protein oral nutritional supplement affects body composition in sarcopenic older adults
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P-231 Prevalence of sarcopenia in Parkinson’s disease
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P-232 Assessing sarcopenia in older hospitalized patients. Fea
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P-233 Analysis of occurrence of geriatric giants during 17 years at acute geriatric department
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P-234 Prediction of appendicular skeletal muscle mass using bioelectrical impedance analysis equations in Australians
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Geriatric education
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P-235 A retrospective review of discharges of older people investigating contributions of clinical domains to cost of admissions
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P-236 The involvement of older patients in medical student education from the University of Oxford
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P-237 “Geraware”, a digital awareness tool for teachers in nursing education
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P-238 Learning from death
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P-239 Is Inter-professional Education an effective way to teach geriatric medicine to medical and nursing students?
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P-240 Geriatric co-management programs: do they change attitudes towards aging?
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P-241 Curriculum alignment: Bringing the benefits of this technique to departmental teaching
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Geriatrics in organ disease
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P-242 Oropharyngeal dysphagia in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
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P-243 Oropharyngeal dysphagia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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P-244 A rare case of delirium and deranged liver function tests due to levetiracetam in an elderly patient
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P-245 A rare cause of hemoptysis in the elderly: bronchiectasis secondary to measles
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P-246 Radiofrequency ablation of thyroid nodules in frail elderly patients: preliminary results
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P-247 Breast cancer immunohistochemical characteristics and prognostic factors in the elderly
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P-248 Is a Head-up-tilt-table test a useful diagnostic tool in elderly patients with an unclear reason for syncope?
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P-249 Evaluation of axillary lymph node status in patients with early breast cancer by age-at-diagnosis
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P-250 An unusual cause of chronic cough – foreign body aspiration
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P-251 Acarbose and postprandial hypotension
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P-252 Transcatheter aortic valve implantation registry with comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA-TAVI)
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P-253 Acute respiratory distress in geriatrics: the saving call to the medical intensivist
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P-254 Aseptic osteonecrosis of the femoral neck: a diagnosis not to ignore in the elderly
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P-255 Age and gender differences in the haemodynamic response of patients with neurally mediated syncope
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P-256 Prevalence and types of neurally mediated syncope in older people
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P-257 Analysis of gastric cancer in a geriatric population
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P-258 The importance of measuring bone mineral density (BMD) in a patient with liver transplantation – patient case report
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P-259 Hematologic parameters in older patients: Results of a German multicentric anemia prevalence study
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P-260 Pre-malignant and malignant skin lesions in older people
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P-261 A complete audit of blood pressure control in stroke patients in a geriatric hospital in Malta
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P-262 Primary malignant lymphoma of the uterus in an elderly lady
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P-263 Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia: a rare syndrome even in the elderly. Case report
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P-264 Autoimmune hemolytic anemia in the elderly over 75 years: report of a rare retrospective study
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P-265 MGUS and dystrophy myeloma: blurred border
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Geriatric rehabilitation
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P-266 Three different outcomes in older patients receiving intermediate care in nursing home after acute hospitalization
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P-267 Results of specialized geriatric fall clinic intervention for older patients with orthostatic intolerance
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P-268 Geriatric fall clinic interventions improve functional ability in old patients with vestibular dysfunction
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P-269 The complexity of elderly fall patients – results from a geriatric fall clinic
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P-270 Influence of vitamin D deficiency in the functional recovery in patients with hip fracture of a functional recovery unit
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P-271 Effectiveness of an “osteopathic manipulative therapy” for chronic low back pain in elderly: preliminary report
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P-272 Falls, gait and dual-tasking in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: A cross-sectional study
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P-273 Body mass index, nutrition and rehabilitation outcome in elderly patients with cognitive impairment
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P-274 Should patients with severe cognitive impairment be offered rehabilitation after acute illness?
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P-275 Point prevalence of healthcare-associated infection and antimicrobial use in a rehabilitation setting for older people
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P-276 How to enhance meaningful activities for nursing homes residents: insights from focus groups with staff members
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P-277 An exploratory study on the effects of mobility training in chronic stroke patients using repeated fMRI
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P-278 Enabling meaningful activities in daily living and quality of life in nursing homes: development of a multidisciplinary client-centred approach
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P-279 ‘Having something meaningful to do’ is correlated with Quality of Life in residential care . . . or not?
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P-280 Assessment of activities of daily living of the residents of a special nursing home
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P-281 Geriatric discharge to assess unit
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P-282 Falls as an indicator of the reduced motor function and quality of life in elderly patients with stroke
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P-283 Feasibility study of motivational interviewing to improve rehabilitation in an intermediate care hospital
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P-284 Novel use of the Nintendo Wii board for measuring isometric lower limb strength: A reproducible and valid method in older adults
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P-285 Novel use of the Nintendo Wii board as a measure of reaction time: A study of reproducibility in older and younger adults
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P-286 Is “30-seconds sit to stand test” able to identify geriatric patients at risk of injurious falls?
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P-287 Unsupervised interactive video-based balance training to improve balance in older adults: a pilot study
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P-288 Cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure in primary care
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P-289 J.H. Downton scale and rehabilitation effectiveness: may be related?
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P-290 Might be the Braden scale a predictor of functional improvement in patients admitted to an intermediate care unit?
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P-291 Consequences of a health reform on short term mortality in elderly hip fracture patients; results from a quality registry
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P-292 Acute geratology wards and stroke patients
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P-293 Individualized music in nursing home medicine: A hands-on workshop
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P-294 Music as psychosocial intervention in dementia care – why and how?
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P-295 Driver licence restriction: effective to improve older driver safety without unduly impairing mobility?
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P-296 Treatment of non-healing two diabetic foot ulcers with N-acetylcysteine
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P-297 Retrospective cross-sectional study of next-of-kin demographics and community hospital length of stay
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P-299 Geriatric assessment in nonagenarian patients: prognostic factors, interdisciplinary interventions and effectiveness on functional ability
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P-300 Gait pattern visualization in geriatric patients using a displacement measurement of distributed centres of pressure
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P-301 Galvanic vestibular stimulation as a possible treatment for camptocormia?
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P-302 Using the De Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI) to predict physical activity and outdoor mobility after hospital stay – preliminary results
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P-303 Relationship between age and balance, trunk impairment in Parkinson’s disease
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P-304 Feasibility of a video-based exercise training program in institutionalized elderly suffering from dementia
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P-305 Body composition and training after stroke
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Infectious diseases and vaccines
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P-306 Controlling MDRO in acute geriatric care: Compliancy to hand disinfection by patients guided by geriatric teams
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P-307 Risk factors of Clostridium difficile infection in elderly patients in Czech hospital
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P-308 Short stretch bandage does not compromise microcirculation in patients with erysipelas
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P-309 Bacteriological analysis of urinary tract infections in a French nursing home. Introduction of an empiric antibiotic protocol
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P-310 Human lymphadenitis due to Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis: a case report
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P-311 Ramsay Hunt Syndrome – a case report
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P-312 Antimicrobial therapy assessment in four health centers from 2010 to 2014
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P-313 Bedsores and osteitis in the elderly: how the infectious complications and malnutrition affect prognosis, about a case
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P-314 Effective implementation of Herpes Zoster Vaccination (HSV) programme among elderly
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P-315 Development and validation of attitudes towards vaccinations
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P-316 The hidden abscess
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P-317 Are there any risk factors for VRE-colonization in geriatric patients: A case–control study
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P-318 The impact of childhood 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on overall invasive pneumococcal disease, including the oldest old
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P-319 Risk management for patients with Clostridium difficile in geriatric departments
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P-320 Course of Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis in young and aged mice
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P-321 Development and validation of Attitudes towards Vaccinations Scale
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P-322 Impact of a Legionella outbreak in an elderly population
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P-323 Staphylococcus aureus with methicillin-resistant type infections in the elderly: a real challenge for geriatricians
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Longevity and prevention
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P-324 Successful aging in the elderly. The HUNT study
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P-325 Telemedicine systems used for early detection of heart failure in elderly
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P-326 Medico-social problems of the elderly population in Manisa, Turkey
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P-327 Smoking versus non-smoking European older people: differences in diseases, disabilities and life satisfaction
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P-328 Predictors of long-term mortality in oldest old patients (90+) hospitalized in medical wards via the emergency department
127

P-329 Modifiable lifestyle factors and independent ageing – a 15-year follow-up in 70 year old men
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P-330 Phenomenological and psycho-dynamical analysis of sexuality with ageing: a qualitative study in France
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P-331 Baseline characteristics of a two-year prospective study aiming to link clinical components, cognitive and gait performances in healthy old people
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P-332 Physical and mental determinants of falls in healthy old people: baseline data of the GABI study
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P-333 Prevention of thromboembolism in elderly hospitalized: Follow-up evaluation recommendations
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P-334 The epidemiology of distal radius fractures in Castile and Leon (Spain)
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P-335 Fractures in postmenopausal osteoporosis
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P-336 Characteristics of inpatient at geriatric department in Japan
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P-337 The association between falls and history of any fracture and fragility fracture in community dwelling older adults screened for osteoporosis
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P-338 The association between sedentary time and kidney function in community-dwelling elderly Japanese people
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P-339 The use of fall prevention strategies in home care: a survey in Flanders (Belgium)
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P-340 Effects of preventive home visits on older people’s use and costs of health care services: A systematic review
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P-341 One hundred years of life
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P-342 Google Search data for health promotion behaviours and state-by-state cardiovascular risk
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P-343 Psychological wellbeing and loneliness among Finnish older people living in Spain compared to those in Finland
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P-344 Motor learning training is the most effective tool in fall prevention
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Metabolism and nutrition
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P-345 Distribution of a snack in the evening to reduce the overnight fast in an acute geriatric ward
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P-346 Cost-effectiveness of multidisciplinary nutrition support in frail old adults: cluster RCT
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P-347 Prevalence of hypophosphatemia and relation to undernutrition in hospitalized geriatric patients
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P-349 Malnutrition in older patients with type 2 diabetes is associated with increased frailty
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P-350 Easy-to-use clinical criteria for screening malnutrition in older patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
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P-351 Insulin sensitivity and secretion in older patients differ according to age at diabetes diagnosis
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P-352 Citrulline and nutritional, functional and cognitive status in healthy ageing SUVIMAX2 population
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P-353 Prevalence of malnutrition in 274 elderly diabetic patients in different geriatric structures
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P-354 Relationship between institutionalization, nutritional parameters and mortality
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P-355 Relationships among the levels of care needs, dysphagia and malnutrition
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P-356 Association of loneliness scale (UCLA) with drugs, smoking, nutritional status, and gender in elderly with dementia
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P-357 Osteoporosis in elderly women during hospitalization. Intention to treat following FRAX index cutoff
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P-358 Micronutrient status change in institutionalized elderly patients receiving an oral nutritional supplement (ONS)
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P-359 Evaluation of nutrition-related measures in the case of the elderly people using the home-meals delivery service provided by the Local Government of Vitoria-Gasteiz
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P-360 Long-term effect on access to bedside-supervision of a trained nutritionist in geriatric wards
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P-362 Management of diabetic patients and dyslipidemia in primary care to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD)
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P-363 The relationship between oral health and frailty
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P-364 The prevalence of oral problems, malnutrition and association between oral problems and malnutrition of nursing home residents
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P-365 Nutritional screening of patients at a memory clinic – association between patients’ and their relatives’ self-reports
137

P-366 Uric acid as negative marker of endothelium-independent vasodilation in older women
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P-367 Impact of switching from a Brand to a Generic macrogol on prescriptions and doses for patients with chronic constipation in the UK
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P-368 Metabolical and functional characteristics of octogenarian men using statins
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P-369 nutritionDay in nursing homes – Nutritional strategies for residents with dysphagia
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P-370 nutritionDay in nursing homes – Prevalence rate and characteristics of residents with dysphagia
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P-371 Enteral nutrition, health status and perceived quality of life in advanced dementia: observational study
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P-372 Assessment of vitamin D levels in geriatric patients in the university hospital
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P-373 Relationship between oral health and nutritional status in older patients admitted in a medical ward of a general hospital
139

Organisation of care and gerotechnology
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P-374 Improving patient care and confidence within the Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) by improving handover
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P-375 Telemedicine and geriatric teleconsultations between the University Hospital of Nancy and retirement homes: current situation after eight months of experimentation
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P-376 Online secure message use by elderly patients in a primary care practice
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P-377 Dysphagia in care homes
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P-378 When community care takes a step into geriatric research
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P-379 Older adults’ room preference in an acute hospital setting: single versus shared accommodation
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P-380 Survey on geriatrics in 19 countries
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P-381 Positive impact of Bio Psycho Social (PBS) assessment on nursing home organisation
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P-382 The MARIO European Project – Managing active and healthy aging with use of caring service robots: Aim and design
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P-383 Potentials for optimizing pain management in nursing homes
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P-384 Low adherence to fall related advice in older persons evaluated in a falls clinic
142

P-385 Implementation of pain assessment tool changes nurses attitudes towards pain management in nursing homes
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P-386 Outpatient care of a Portuguese geriatric patient
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P-387 Integrated long term care models in low middle income countries remote and rural areas
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P-388 Discharge summaries: maximising opportunities to improve transition of care
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P-389 Geriatric medicine in Poland
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P-390 Robots in the care for elderly – defining users requirements
144

Pharmacology
144

P-391 STOPP/START version 2 criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in hospitalised Spanish elderly
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P-392 STOPP/START criteria version 2 and 2012 Beers’ criteria: Are they complementary?
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P-393 Quality of pharmacotherapy in old age: focus on lists of Potentially Inappropriate Medication (PIM lists). Results from the European Science Foundation exploratory workshop
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P-394 Potentially inappropiate use of drugs in patients attending a geriatric day hospital
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P-395 Inappropiate use of drugs before and after an intervention in a geriatric day hospital
145

P-396 Inappropriate use of antiplatelet therapy in older patients on anticoagulant therapy for atrial fibrillation
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P-397 Four-year prescription trends of profile of antipsychotics use in patients with dementia
146

P-398 Medication use in community-dwelling older adults in Bogota, Colombia
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P-399 Determinants of prescription of vitamin D supplementations in nursing homes: an online survey among general practitioners
147

P-400 The Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI) predicts central nervous system-related adverse drug events (CNS-ADRs) in older patients admitted to hospital: a prospective 3-year observational study
147

P-401 Use of intravenous haloperidol in hospitalized older adults
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P-402 Advanced age and medication prescription
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P-403 Antidepressant drugs and the risk of hyponatremia – a Danish register-based cohort study
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P-404 Macrolide co-prescription with statins: an Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Trust audit
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P-405 Psychotropic drug prescription is associated with falling in nursing home residents
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P-406 Ofloxacin-induced fulminant hepatitis: a case report
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P-407 Drug-induced taste disorders: prescribing analysis in French nursing homes
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P-408 Accumulation of potentially harmful drugs and its association with mortality among older people in assisted living facilities in Helsinki and in nursing homes in Kouvola, Finland
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P-409 Mortality in very old patients using statins with high cholesterol and albumin serum levels
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P-410 Potential glycemic overtreatment in patients admitted to the geriatric ward
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P-411 Prescriptions’ modifications in atrial fibrillation patients before and after admission to Geriatrics department. Facts and Myths
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P-412 Vitamin D testing in older adults with falls and fracture is a must
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P-413 Correction of Vitamin D and parathyroid hormone concentration (PTH) in patients with acute hip fracture and low 25 hydroxy-vitamin D. Results at 3 months by a replenishment protocol
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P-414 Comparative analysis of the potentially inappropriate medication in patients during their 1st geriatric appointment, by Beers 2012 and STOPP/START criteria
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P-415 Pharmacological treatment of elderly subjects in Poland – PolSenior study
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P-416 Identification and comparison of rates of inappropriate drugs in elderly population
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P-417 Potentially harmful drugs and 3.5-year mortality in all institutional residents in Helsinki
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P-418 A botulinum jigsaw
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P-419 Changes in drug prescribing during a care episode in a geriatric clinic
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P-420 Influence of a geriatrician in the benzodiazepine prescription in a hospital unit: comparison between two cohorts
152

P-421 Antalgic efficacy of transdermal fentanyl in the elderly
152

P-422 Asymptomatic bradycardia due to rivastigmine and delirium in an elderly patient with Lewy Body Dementia
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P-423 Survey of prescribing data of older adults at dispensing pharmacies
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P-424 Warfarin dose standardizing adjustment in home healthcare patients in Qatar
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P-425 A study to increase the applicability and validity of the FORTA (Fit fOR The Aged) List in Europe
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P-426 Clinical validation of the FORTA (Fit fOR The Aged) List in a prospective randomized controlled clinical study
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Pre- and postoperative care
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P-427 The use of fascia iliaca block infusions in patients presenting with neck of femur fractures
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P-428 Geriatricians provide high quality, safe and valued service on acute orthopaedic unit. POPS-SO, perioperative care of older people undergoing surgery – Salford Orthogeriatrics
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P-429 Gait speed as predictor of outcomes of elective cardiac surgery in older patients
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P-430 Geriatrician’s skills are recognised and valued on general surgical wards. POPS-SG, perioperative older people undergoing surgery – Salford General Surgery
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P-431 Geriatrician’s skills are valued and bring quality to a major trauma service. POPS-ST, perioperative care of older people undergoing surgery – Salford Trauma
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P-432 Perioperative Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment is associated with reduced inpatient length of stay
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P-433 Differences in baseline characteristics and outcomes of older persons requiring hospital admission after introduction of an elderly care in reach service. Perioperative care of older people undergoing surgery – Salford General Surgery (POPS-SG)
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P-434 Predicting 30 day mortality after hip fracture: validating the use of National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD) data
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P-435 Hip fracture following an inpatient fall: using the National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD) to identify the true scale of this challenge
156

P-436 The incidence of periprosthetic femoral fractures after total hip replacement in the Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Finland during 2002–2010
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P-437 Self-rated health and the functional outcome of primary knee replacement in the aged
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P-438 Hip fracture outcomes in patients with Parkinson’s disease
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P-439 12 months impact of an Orthopaedic Early Supportive Discharge (OSD) team in our hip fracture service
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P-440 Effectiveness of a specific multidimensional intervention program in 509 hip fracture patients. Results at 3 and 6 months after discharge
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P-441 Multiple medication use and renal insufficiency predict mortality in an older hip fracture population
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P-442 Factors associated with poor clinical outcome in elderly hip fracture
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P-443 Frailty seems a better guideline for selection of patients eligible for geriatric assessment rather than type of fracture
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P-444 Emergency laparotomy in the older patient. Perioperative care of older people undergoing surgery – Salford General Surgery (POPS-SG)
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P-445 Clinical outcomes of older persons admitted to general surgical wards. Perioperative care of older people undergoing surgery – Salford General Surgery (POPS-SG)
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P-446 Goal setting for functional recovery and using fast track principles after total knee replacement allows earlier discharge home
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P-447 Usefulness of pre-op screening checklist on fast-tracking hip fracture surgery in a tertiary Hospital. Pilot in Singapore
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P-448 Baseline characteristics of older surgical persons admitted to a tertiary hospital. Perioperative care of older people undergoing surgery – Salford General Surgery (POPS-SG)
160

Psychiatric symptoms and illnesses
160

P-449 Medication dosage and orthostatic decline of blood pressure among geriatric inpatients
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P-450 Prevalence of depressive symptoms in elderly people: Example of a suburban and a rural region in Manisa, Turkey
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P-451 Electroconvulsive therapy for comorbid major depressive disorder with dementia
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P-452 Depression and pain: Prevalence, medication and comorbidity in long-term care residents
161

P-453 Prevalence of impulse control disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder in elderly patients with Parkinson’s disease
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P-454 Catatonia: an unexpected complication
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P-455 The correlation between dizziness and mental health in Korean adults
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P-456 The Slipping Syndrome: about 16 cases
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P-457 Narcolepsy in the elderly: a case report
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P-458 Validity and reliability of “AM SAD”, a short geriatric depression screening tool, in Turkish elderly people
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P-459 Gender differences in the elderly taking antidepressants when visiting the emergency department
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P-460 Relationship between elderly patients taking antidepressant and hospital admissions
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P-461 A clinical rule increases adequate monitoring in patients using lithium in a general hospital
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Symposia
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Invited symposium
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S-02 The old kidney – challenges and possibilities
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S-03 Improving the care for older patients with cancer
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Invited symposium: Pre- and postoperative care
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S-04 Quality improvement in hip fracture care
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Invited symposium
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S-05 Delirium in elderly patients
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S-06 Acute functional decline
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S-07 Dementia, Biomarker, Genetics and Experimental treatment
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Symposium: Metabolism and nutrition
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S-08 Impact of nutrition for health of older people: Asian’s perspective
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S-09 “nutritionDay in nursing homes” – present state and future prospects
172

Symposium: Geriatric education
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S-10 Dissemination and action to promote Physical Activity (PA). Educational and behavioral aspects to increase PA in clinical practice
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S-11 Innovating for a reason: using new educational technologies to improve learning in geriatric medicine
174

SIG Symposium
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S-12 An international overview of nursing home research: EUGMS and AMDA I
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S-13 An international overview of nursing home research: EUGMS and AMDA II
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S-14 How to get published?
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S-16 Joint symposium EUGMS SIG Falls Prevention and Fracture/ProFouND/EIP on AHA/EUNAAPA
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SIG Symposium: Pre- and postoperative care
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S-18 Successful aging creates new challenges in geriatric cardiology – TAVI as novel treatment in aortic stenosis
180

SIG Symposium
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S-19 Geriatric Emergency Medicine – the future of modern healthcare . . .
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SIG Symposium: Infectious diseases and vaccines
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S-20 Vaccine for seniors: present and future
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SIG Symposium
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S-21 Palliative medicine
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Symposium: Cognition and dementia
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S-22 Falls in cognitive impairment and dementia: identifying those at risk and developing novel interventions
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Late-breaking Abstracts
185

Oral presentations
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O-091 Cut-off points for muscle mass, not for grip strength or gait speed, determine variability in the prevalence of sarcopenia
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O-092 Blood pressure and dementia: The HUNT-HMS Study
185

O-093 Prevalence, mortality and readmission of people with dementia, delirium and other cognitive spectrum disorders in the general hospital
185

O-094 The association between osteoarthritis and subsequent change in weight and muscle strength
186

O-095 Which patients benefit from orthogeriatric treatment? Results from the Trondheim Hip Fracture Trial
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O-096 Effect of nutritional supplementation and structured physical activity on walk capacity in mobility-limited older adults: results from the VIVE2 study
186

O-097 Effect modification by CYP2C9 genotypes on benzodiazepine-related fall incidents, a meta-analysis
187

O-098 Long-term evaluation of the Ambulatory Geriatric Assessment – a Frailty Intervention Trial (AGe-FIT) – clinical outcomes and total costs after 36 months
187

Posters
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P-462 Clostridium tetani bacteraemia in an elderly man with torticollis and infected necrotic wounds
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P-463 Alcohol consumption and risk of dementia up to 27 years later in a large, population-based sample: The HUNT study, Norway
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P-464 Drug administration in selected Icelandic nursing homes
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P-465 The relationship between physical frailty and cognitive decline
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P-466 Factors associated with postoperative blood transfusion requirements in Proximal Femoral Fractures-Local population study
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P-467 Is frailty a prognostic factor for critically ill elderly patients?
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P-468 The association of sarcopenia with depression and functional status among elderly persons
189

P-469 Alzheimer and dementia: when the adult grandchildren become the primary caregivers of their grandparents . . .
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P-470 Traumatic musculoskeletal injuries in lower extremity in elderly and referral from primary care to orthopedic trauma service
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P-471 Key role of the professionals in the Strategy of care for chronic patients in Castilla y Le ´on
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P-472 Evaluation of the knowledge of hygiene and postural care and an intervention on the same for the prevention and improvement of chronic low back pain in elderly patients who have a diagnosis of osteoarthritis lumbar
190

P-473 The feasibility of chemotherapy in cancer of oldest-old patient after comprehensive geriatric assessment
191

P-474 ‘Doctors don’t talk to me’
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P-475 The VIPS practice model for dementia care – Do you want person centered care in your nursing home?
191

P-476 New Profile of elderly patients with hip fracture and low impact preview fracture
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P-477 New Scales Elderly Patient Global Assessment applied to elderly patients with hip fracture
192

P-478 Falls and old age: results from a qualitative study carried out in a rural area of Turkey
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P-479 Awareness and decision-making to advance directives among the elderly patients admitted at intensive care units in middle Taiwan
192

P-480 Does obesity really lower dementia risk?
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P-481 Assessment and treatment of memory problems in memory clinic setting: A study of 60 patients
193

P-482 The Norwegian Cognitive Impairment After Stroke study (Nor-COAST)
193

P-483 Clinical trial for the evaluation of an adaptive robotic gait rehabilitation system with geriatric patients
193

P-484 Promoting lifelong education through innovative teaching methods
194

P-485 Cognitive characteristics in persons with young onset Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia in Norwegian memory clinics study population
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P-486 Ageing as a major public health problem and the governmental policies on ageing research
195

P-487 Physical activity patterns and mortality risk in older persons
195

P-488 Active tuberculosis in patients over 65 years old
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Author Index
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