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Stringent public health measures during COVID-19 across ischemic stroke care systems: the potential impact of patient perceptions on health care-seeking behaviors
AbstractDecreases in acute stroke presentations have been reported during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic surges. A recent study by Bojti et al. (GeroScience. 2021;43:2231 –2248) sought to understand the relationship of public health mandates in Hungary as they were implemented with acute ischemic stroke admissions and interventions during two separate COVID-19 waves. We sought to perform a similar analysis of changes in ischemic stroke care at two distinct medical institutions in the USA. Two separate institutions and systems of ischemic stroke care were evaluated through a regional comprehensive stroke...
Source: AGE - April 25, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Telerehabilitation of Post-Stroke Patients with Motor Function Disorders: A Review
AbstractStroke is the main reason for disabilities of increasing geriatric population. It affects brain and motor function domains significantly reducing the life quality. Recent coronavirus pandemic raised a question on changing approaches to deliver post-stroke rehabilitation services to geriatric patients due to their high risk of serious illness. This paper presents an overview of current telerehabilitation approaches for motor function recovery and balance training of post-stroke patients. We used papers from peer-reviewed medical journals on stroke telerehabilitation. The review showed exergames, virtual reality (VR)...
Source: Advances in Gerontology - September 1, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Association of Delirium Incidence with Visitation Restrictions due to COVID-19 Pandemic in Patients with Acute Cerebrovascular Disease in a Stroke-Unit Setting: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Conclusion: Pandemic-associated visitation restrictions and specifically absolute visitation restrictions are associated with a higher incidence of delirium among stroke-unit patients with acute cerebrovascular disease. Benefit and harm of visitation restrictions should be carefully weighed and adjustments considered for patients otherwise at increased risk for delirium.Gerontology
Source: Gerontology - October 6, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Incidence, characteristics and clinical relevance of acute stroke in old patients hospitalized with COVID-19
Stroke in the course of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been shown to be associated with more severe respiratory symptoms and higher mortality, but little knowledge in this regard exists on older population...
Source: BMC Geriatrics - January 14, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Aline Mendes, Fran çois R. Herrmann, Laurence Genton, Christine Serratrice, Emmanuel Carrera, Maria Isabel Vargas, Gabriel Gold, Christophe E. Graf, Dina Zekry and Max Scheffler Tags: Research article Source Type: research

Impact of COVID-19 on ischemic stroke care in Hungary
AbstractData about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic ’s collateral damage on ischemic stroke (IS) care during the second epidemic wave in Central Europe are limited. We sought to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Hungarian IS care during the two epidemic waves. This retrospective observational study was based on a nationwide reimbursem ent database that encompasses all IS admissions and all reperfusion interventions, i.e., intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) and endovascular therapy (EVT) from 2 January 2017 to 31 December 2020 in Hungary. COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on the number of IS admission...
Source: AGE - August 18, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

MRI for all: Cheap portable scanners aim to revolutionize medical imaging
.news-article__hero--featured .parallax__element{ object-position: 47% 50%; -o-object-position: 47% 50%; } The patient, a man in his 70s with a shock of silver hair, lies in the neuro intensive care unit (neuro ICU) at Yale New Haven Hospital. Looking at him, you’d never know that a few days earlier a tumor was removed from his pituitary gland. The operation didn’t leave a mark because, as is standard, surgeons reached the tumor through his nose. He chats cheerfully with a pair of research associates who have come to check his progress with a new and potentially revolutionary device they are testing. The cylind...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - February 23, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Adverse cardiovascular magnetic resonance phenotypes are associated with greater likelihood of incident coronavirus disease 2019: findings from the UK Biobank
CONCLUSIONS: Observational reports of cardiovascular involvement after COVID-19 may, at least partly, reflect pre-existing cardiac status rather than COVID-19 induced alterations.PMID:33683678 | DOI:10.1007/s40520-021-01808-z
Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - March 8, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Zahra Raisi-Estabragh Celeste McCracken Jackie Cooper Kenneth Fung Jos é M Paiva Mohammed Y Khanji Elisa Rauseo Luca Biasiolli Betty Raman Stefan K Piechnik Stefan Neubauer Patricia B Munroe Nicholas C Harvey Steffen E Petersen Source Type: research

Comorbidity status of deceased COVID-19 in-patients in Italy
CONCLUSION: In those deceased in-hospital due to COVID-19 in Italy, disease combinations defined by multiple cardio-respiratory, metabolic, and neuropsychiatric diseases occur more frequently than expected. This finding indicates a need to investigate the possible role of these clinical profiles in the chain of events that lead to death in individuals who have contracted SARS-CoV-2.PMID:34169447 | DOI:10.1007/s40520-021-01914-y
Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - June 25, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Davide Liborio Vetrano Clare Tazzeo Luigi Palmieri Alessandra Marengoni Alberto Zucchelli Cinzia Lo Noce Graziano Onder Italian National Institute of Health Covid-Mortality Group Source Type: research

Effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on disease recognition and utilisation of healthcare services in the older population in Germany: a cross-sectional study
ConclusionThe data suggest that organisational changes were adopted quickly by practice management but also raise concerns about the maintenance of routine care. Prospective studies should evaluate the long-term effects of lockdowns on patient-related outcomes.
Source: Age and Ageing - November 17, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Productive Aging During COVID-19 - Lessons from WH SeniorLink
According to the National Academies of Science, Medicine, and Engineering, even before the pandemic, 24% of Americans 65+ were considered socially isolated, and 43% of adults 60+ were lonely. Both experiences are associated with serious physical and mental health problems, including increased risks of dementia, stroke, depression, and suicidal ideation. As older adults engage in stricter social distancing to protect themselves from COVID-19, their risk of social isolation and loneliness is heightened.
Source: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - March 17, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Daniella Spencer-Laitt, Mark Nathanson, Marie Spence Tags: Poster Number: EI-61 Source Type: research

Increased procoagulant platelet levels are predictive of death in COVID-19
AbstractPrior research has identified abnormal platelet procoagulant responses in COVID-19. Coated-platelets, a form of procoagulant platelets, support thrombin formation and are elevated in ischemic stroke patients with increased risk for recurrent infarction. Our goal was to examine changes in coated-platelet levels over the course of COVID-19 infection and determine their association with disease severity, thrombosis, and death. Coated-platelet levels were assayed after admission and repeated weekly in COVID-19 patients, and in COVID-19 negative controls. Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) analysis was used to calcu...
Source: AGE - June 9, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Functional dependency and COVID-19 in elderly patients with mild to moderate disease. Experience of tertiary geriatric hospital
Exp Gerontol. 2021 Nov 3:111620. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2021.111620. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTClinical course of COVID-19 may be associated with functional dependency of geriatric patients. Data from the records of patients admitted to the COVID-19 Geriatric Unit were gathered during three months, including background, clinical aspects, time to resolution of infection and functional status. Functionally dependent patients had higher rates of diabetes (p = 0.03) and stroke (p = 0.004), as well as longer time to resolution of infection (p < 0.001), but less respiratory COVID-19 symptoms (p = 0.007), compared to indepen...
Source: Experimental Gerontology - November 7, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Lubart Emily Gal Gilad Mizrahi Eliyahu Haim Goltsman Galina Source Type: research

SARS-CoV-2 interacts with renin-angiotensin system: impact on the central nervous system in elderly patients
AbstractSARS-CoV-2 is a recently identified coronavirus that causes the current pandemic disease known as COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 uses angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as a receptor, suggesting that the initial steps of SARS-CoV-2 infection may have an impact on the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). Several processes are influenced by RAS in the brain. The neurological symptoms observed in COVID-19 patients, including reduced olfaction, meningitis, ischemic stroke, cerebral thrombosis, and delirium, could be associated with RAS imbalance. In this review, we focus on the potential role of disturbances in the RAS as a cause...
Source: AGE - February 14, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research