View clinical trials related to Elderly Patients.
Filter by:The goal of this retrospective longitudinal observational study is to compare the effects of physical and mental performance as well as quality of life in patients with neurological and musculoskeletal disorders. The main question it aims to answer is: Do very old patients benefit in a similar way from inpatient rehabilitation like younger patients? Data from about 2000 patients will be retrospectively analyzed. Functional Independence Measurement (FIM), Timed Up and Go Test (TUG), EuroQol 5 Dimensions (EQ-5D) and Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) were recorded on admission and discharge. Researchers will compare the age group 75 to 84 and 85 to 99 to see if physical and mental performance as well as quality of life will improve.
The aim is to evaluate the feasibility of MFI-11, one of the comprehensive frailty tests, before EBUS-TBNA. The secondary aim is to evaluate the usefulness of MFI-11 in predicting complications in risk assessment before EBUS-TBNA.
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare remimazolam and etomidate in inducing quality of recovery after day surgery for laryngeal mask general anesthesia in elderly patients. The main question it aims to answer is: • The quality of postoperative recovery induced by remimazolam for laryngeal mask general anesthesia in elderly patients undergoing day surgery is not inferior to that induced by etomidate Participants will be given remimazolam to induce anesthesia。 Researchers will compare etomidate to see if the quality of postoperative recovery.
Aiming to explore predictive factors of fitness to taxane chemotherapy in elderly patients, the investigators collected data from a prospective mono-centric database of patients aged >/= 70 years old treated in our department, and explored association between baseline age, G8 score and Charlson comorbidity index with taxane dose reduction, treatment temporary suspension or definitive interruption.
Studies have shown that etomidate combined with propofol in gastroscopy has high safety and lower incidence of hypoxia and hypotension, suggesting the advantages of etomidate combined with propofol in elderly patients. Remimazolam Besylate is a 1.1 class new drug that acts on GABA receptors and is metabolized by plasma esterase with fast metabolism time, only 1/7 of midazolam, which may be more suitable for elderly patients. Therefore, this study intends to explore the safety and effectiveness of two sedation schemes in gastroenteroscopy for elderly patients.
Midazolam is a commonly used drug in gastrointestinal endoscopy due to the good cardiovascular stability and mild respiratory depression for elderly patients. However, there is the concern about the the longer and less predictable recovery or the potential for repeat sedation when the active metabolite becomes bioavailable. Remimazolam Tosilate is an innovative benzodiazepine with better sedation effect and less recovery or resedation issues than midazolam, which possibly make the drug more suitable in elderly patients. We aim to clarify whether remimazolam tosilate is better than midazolam in elderly patients undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy.
The present study is a sub-study of the ENTAiER study. The ENTAiER study is a multicenter, randomized, controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of eurythmy therapy and Tai Chi in comparison to standard care in chronically ill older patients with an increased risk of falling. In addition to the main questions of the ENTAiER study, three additional questions are being investigated at the Hospital Essen-Steele: Proteome and telomere analyses as well as qualitative parameters are recorded and examined. The aim is to compare the changes in proteomes, telomeres and qualitative factors under eurythmy therapy, Tai Chi and standard care in chronically ill older patients with an increased risk of falling.
ENTAiER study is a multicentre randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of eurythmy therapy and Tai Chi in comparison to standard care in chronically ill elderly patients with increased risk of falling. Subjects will be randomized to eurythmy therapy or Tai Chi or standard care alone. To investigate the changes in cardiovascular and sleep quality parameters under Eurythmy Therapy and Tai Chi in comparison to Standard Care in this trial, a substudy will be conducted only at the ARCIM Institute. The substudy will recruit enrolled participants from the ENTAiER trial to record various cardiovascular and sleep quality parameters. The aim is to compare changes in cardiovascular and sleep quality parameters under eurythmy therapy, Tai Chi and standard care alone in chronically ill elderly patients with increased risk of falling.
This is a single-center, multi-ICU prospective observational trial evaluating current nutritional practice and its influence of the physical function of critically ill patients.
Social isolation among elderly people is a frequent and major determinant for health. The risk of premature death is 2 to 5 time higher for socially isolated people, similarly for morbidity, duration of healing and complications rate. Denutrition is also frequent for elderly people with potentially serious consequences. Vitamin deficiency, especially in B9 and B12 vitamins, are often associated with denutrition among elderly people. Folic acid (vitamin B9) is not influenced by inflammation and folic acid income are necessarily exogene. Vitamin B9 is provided by fresh fruits and vegetables, and giblets. The investigators observed a high prevalence in folic acid deficiency for socially isolated elderly patients. The investigators made the hypothesis that a folic acid defiency is associated with social isolation for elderly people. The primary purpose is the study of the association between folic acid deficiency (measured by dosing of plasma concentration of vitamin B9) and social isolation evaluated by Lubben Social Network Scale in 6 questions. The secondary purposes are the study of the correlation between folic acid deficiency and social conditions, nutritional status, biological data, poly pharmacy, cognitive functions, dependency and length of stay at hospital.