ACUTE APPENDICITIS IN THE ELDERLY: A 5-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

1987 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 256-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAMES McCALLION ◽  
GORDON P. CANNING ◽  
PAUT V. KNIGHT ◽  
JUDITH S. McCALLION
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Acute Appendicitis ◽  
The Elderly

scholarly journals Appendiceal Neuroendocrine Tumours - Experience of One Service

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vítor Devezas ◽  
Laura Elisabete Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Acute Appendicitis ◽  
Neuroendocrine Tumours ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Right Hemicolectomy ◽  
Good Prognosis ◽  
Alive Today

AbstractTumours of the appendix are rare and tend to be diagnosed incidentally, in cases of acute appendicitis. For some authors, appendiceal neuroendocrine tumours (ANETs) are the most frequent neoplasm of the appendix, observed in 0.3% to 0.9% of cases acute appendicitis. The present is a unicentric retrospective study conducted between January 2005 and March 2017. Out of a total of 3,007 surgeries for appendiceal pathologies performed in the adult population at the hospital where the present study was conducted, there were 70 (2.33%) malignant cases, 20 (28.6%) of which were ANETs. The patients had a median age of 44 years (range: 18 to 85 years), and were predominantly women (there were 1.9 times more women than men). In 16 cases (80%), a simple appendicectomy was performed (1 patient was submitted to a right hemicolectomy later). The cases of ANETs had a good prognosis in our series: 85% of the patients are either alive today or were alive after 5 years of follow-up. Despite the fact that ANETs are described as the most frequent tumor of the appendix, this was not confirmed in our series, in which they only represented 28.6% of the cases; adenocarcinoma was the most frequent tumor (65.7%) among our sample.

A Study of Patterns of Dying in a Multilevel Geriatric Setting

1983 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-85
Author(s):  
Isabel Brown
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Apartment Complex ◽  
General Community

ABSTRACTA retrospective study was conducted in a large multilevel geriatric centre to analyse the deaths reported in the year 1981. This centre provides accommodation for 750 elderly and/or chronically ill persons in three agencies—an apartment complex, a home for the aged, and a long-term care hospital The study revealed that the hospital is the place of death for a high proportion of the elderly residents of the centre. In particular, residents of the home for the aged are unlikely to remain in the “home” to die. It was found that patterns of death and dying for individuals admitted to the hospital from the general community differ in several ways from the patterns of those who are already living in the centre in terms of age and probable cause of death.

Fever of unknown origin in the elderly: nine years experience in China

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 221-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minghua Zheng ◽  
Hailong Lin ◽  
Sheng Luo ◽  
Lihua Xu ◽  
Yanjun Zeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Connective Tissue ◽  
Connective Tissue Disease ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Fever Of Unknown Origin ◽  
Unknown Origin ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Frequent Type ◽  
Wenzhou Medical College

This is a retrospective study of older patients admitted to the First and Second Affiliated Hospitals of Wenzhou Medical College, China, with a diagnosis of fever of unknown origin. The study took place from January 1998 to December 2006 among 102 patients who fulfilled the criteria. Infections were responsible for 50 cases (49.1%), followed by no diagnosis in 27 (26.5%), miscellaneous in nine (8.8%), neoplasms in eight (7.8%) and connective tissue disease in another eight (7.8%). Mycobacterium TB was the most frequent type of infection diagnosed.

scholarly journals Epidemiological analysis of hip fractures at a tertiary care center: a retrospective study

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 568
Author(s):  
Madharam Bishnoi ◽  
Tabish Tahir Kirmani ◽  
Najmul Huda ◽  
Gaurav Chahal ◽  
Sandeep Bishnoi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Hip Fractures ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Tertiary Care Center ◽  
Epidemiological Analysis ◽  
Number Of Patients

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Hip fractures are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly population posing significant burden on health care resources. The purpose of this study is to determine the epidemiological analysis of hip fractures at a tertiary care center.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This was a retrospective study done on patients with hip fractures admitted during the period 2015-2017 in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh. Case files and radiographs of patients were reviewed for age, gender, nature of trauma, associated comorbidities, type of fracture and presence of osteoporosis.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> During the 2015-2017 period, 2214 patients with hip fractures were admitted, out of which 1180 were males and rest females. The mean age of patients was 56.8 years with 41.6% belonging to age group 60-75 years. In elderly patients, a low energy simple fall accounted for &gt;85% of fractures with presence of significant osteoporosis (Singh’s index grade 3). The in hospital mortality was 2.1%. Hip fracture characteristics included intertrochanteric 57.81%, femoral neck 30.26% and sub trochanteric 11.93%. Smoking and medical comorbidities were present in a significant number of patients.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> With increased longevity, hip fractures are an increasing health care problem. Various preventive measures for osteoporosis and falls will decline the prevalence of these fractures.</p>

scholarly journals Association between pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-33 and periodontal disease in the elderly: A retrospective study

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
WellingtonFrancisco Rodrigues ◽  
CamilaBotelho Miguel ◽  
NiegeSilva Mendes ◽  
CarloJosé Freire Oliveira ◽  
Carlos Ueira-Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Periodontal Disease ◽  
Inflammatory Cytokine ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Interleukin 33
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