Published in Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
Paget's disease of bone is characterized by the dysfunction of the bone architecture due to the extreme increase of the osteoclast and osteoblast activity which results in the production of pathological bone. The particular disease afflicts any skeleton bone. Its sources have not been specified yet. There is evidence for the existence of strong gen...
Published in Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
Thromboprophylaxis reduces the risk of surgery related deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. The classical anticoagulants (heparin and LWMH) were associated with systemic osteoporosis, poor bone healing and materials' osseointegration. There is a lack of data concerning the effect of the new orally administered anticoagulants on osseointeg...
Published in Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
CREST syndrome, a subtype of scleroderma and Primary Biliary Cholangitis, is an autoimmune disease where the immune system is causing a progressive slow damage to the bile ducts. We report the case of a 67-year-old female patient presenting symptoms indicative of CREST syndrome. During her hospitalization in the internal medicine clinic and after t...
Published in Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
Frailty is a geriatric syndrome, which is characterized by the decline of the functions of older people systems, resulting in the exposure of one's health at risk, disability and mortality. Older people lose their autonomy and independence, quality of life and their psychological state is decreased. Frailty is a syndrome with multiple manifestation...
Published in Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
Paget's disease of bone (PDB) is a focal remodeling disorder of unknown origin. Head bones are frequently involved and patients may suffer from deformities and specific symptoms, mainly headache, or neurological deficits, such as deafness. Several pathophysiological entities can give rise to headache in PDB patients. Clinical, laboratory, radiologi...
Published in Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is known to be an important risk factor for accidental, low-energy falls especially among elder individuals. The high incidence of falls is a major cause of morbidity and mortality with a substantial annual cost. Patients suffering from CKD are more prone to fall and develop fractures than the general population. Multip...
Published in Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
Osteoporosis is a severe skeletal disease that leads to bone fractures, even disability, if it remains undetected. However, osteoporosis remains frequently unnoticed until a fracture occurs. It is possible for dental practitioners to screen patients at risk of osteoporosis and refer them for an osteoporosis evaluation. Screening can be achieved mai...
Published in Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
Obesity in elder women is a difficult problem for public health, as it is related to increased incidence of fall-related injuries and fractures. The kind of fall-related fracture seems to relate to the distribution of body mass. A review of the literature was carried out based on systematic searches of electronic databases (PubMed/Medline). The res...
Published in Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
Osteoarthritis is the most common, incurable joint disease. The rapid pace of the disease has adverse consequences in the quality of patient's life, while affecting healthcare systems. The research interest is focused on cost-effective and without side-effects methods to reduce the symptoms and improve the quality of life. Several dietary factors h...
Published in Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
Malnutrition is a common problem in hip fracture patients. The prevalence of malnutrition and available nutritional markers for use for nutritional assessment in this population group was investigated. This is a case control study including 214 patients with a hip fracture from "KAT" Hospital in Athens, Greece, and 108 controls from three Elderly O...
