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  1. World delirium awareness and quality survey in 2023—a worldwide point prevalence study
  2. Real‐World Use of Trazodone in Older Persons in Long Term Care Setting: A Retrospective Study
  3. Delirium and frailty in older adults: Clinical overlap and biological underpinnings
  4. A world-wide study on delirium assessments and presence of protocols
  5. Diagnostic Accuracy of the Recognizing Acute Delirium as Part of Your Routine (RADAR) Scale for Delirium Assessment in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study
  6. Atrial fibrillation accelerates functional decline in older adults: a 15-year follow-up population-based study
  7. Frailty and ethics at the end of life: The importance of a comprehensive assessment
  8. Drug–Drug Interactions of Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine in Older Patients with COVID-19 during the First Pandemic Waves: The GeroCovid Observational Study
  9. Delirium in long‐term care and the myth of Proteus
  10. Assessing frailty at the centers for dementia and cognitive decline in Italy: potential implications for improving care of older people living with dementia
  11. Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis in an Older Patient: How the Geriatric Approach Can Make a Difference
  12. Innovative Non-Pharmacological Management of Delirium in Persons with Dementia: New Frontiers for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy?
  13. Advancing the Care of Delirium and Comorbid Dementia
  14. COVID-19 Signs and Symptom Clusters in Long-Term Care Facility Residents: Data from the GeroCovid Observational Study
  15. Assessing the mortality risk in older patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of sepsis: the role of frailty and acute organ dysfunction
  16. Use and Prescription of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Older and Frail Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Multidisciplinary Consensus Document
  17. Truly unexplained falls after evaluation for syncope: A new diagnostic entity with severe prognosis
  18. Delirium Increases In-Hospital and Post-Discharge Mortality in COVID-19 Patients: The FRACOVID Multicenter Prospective Study
  19. Prognostic interplay of kidney function with sarcopenia, anemia, disability and cognitive impairment. The GLISTEN study
  20. The role of frailty in COVID-19 patients
  21. Frailty index predicts poor outcome in COVID-19 patients
  22. Atrial Fibrillation in Older Patients with Syncope and Dementia: Insights from the Syncope and Dementia Registry
  23. Prevalence, clinical correlates, and burden of undiagnosed aortic stenosis in older patients: a prospective study in a non-cardiologic acute hospital ward
  24. Frailty, delirium and the test to assess delirium: how are they related?
  25. Comparing EWGSOP2 and FNIH Sarcopenia Definitions: Agreement and Three-Year Survival Prognostic Value in Older Hospitalized Adults. The GLISTEN Study
  26. Usefulness of implementing a brief cognitive assessment in the daily cardiology practice
  27. Delirium in patients with dementia and in children: Overlap of symptoms profile and possible role for future diagnosis
  28. Memantine Induces Reflex Syncope in Elderly Patients With Dementia: Results From the Syncope and Dementia Study (SYD-Study)
  29. A Rare Diagnosis After the Fall of a 96-Year-Old Woman: Doege-Potter Syndrome
  30. The association between delirium and sarcopenia in older adult patients admitted to acute geriatrics units: Results from the GLISTEN multicenter observational study
  31. Frailty is a predisposing factor for delirium occurrence
  32. Psychomotor delirium subtypes and delirium duration impact patient's survival
  33. Development of dementia in patients with femoral neck fracture who experience postoperative delirium-A three-year follow-up study
  34. Italian intersociety consensus on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of delirium in hospitalized older persons
  35. Characterization of bronchiectasis in the elderly
  36. Detecting Delirium Superimposed on Dementia: Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of the Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale
  37. Postdischarge Clinical Outcomes in Older Medical Patients with an Emergency Department Stay-Associated Delirium Onset
  38. “Delirium Day”: a nationwide point prevalence study of delirium in older hospitalized patients using an easy standardized diagnostic tool
  39. The role of comprehensive geriatric assessment and functional status in evaluating the patterns of antithrombotic use among older people with atrial fibrillation
  40. Etiology of Syncope and Unexplained Falls in Elderly Adults with Dementia: Syncope and Dementia (SYD) Study
  41. Length of Stay in the Emergency Department and Occurrence of Delirium in Older Medical Patients
  42. The Effect of an Impaired Arousal on Short- and Long-Term Mortality of Elderly Patients Admitted to an Acute Geriatric Unit
  43. Hip Fracture Surgery and Survival in Centenarians
  44. Delirium Specialists Survey
  45. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in an 81-year-old woman after injection of bone cement during hemiarthroplasty: An orthogeriatric case report
  46. Delirium superimposed on dementia: a survey of delirium specialists shows a lack of consensus in clinical practice and research studies
  47. Delirium as a marker of vulnerability in the elderly
  48. The Association Between the Probability of Sarcopenia and Functional Outcomes in Older Patients Undergoing In-Hospital Rehabilitation
  49. Underdetection of delirium in acute-hospital medical wards
  50. Delirium superimposed on dementia: A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of informal caregivers and health care staff experience
  51. Delirium superimposed on dementia: A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of patient experience
  52. P-232: Assessing sarcopenia in older hospitalized patients. Feasibility and prevalence estimates of the EWGSOP algorithm
  53. Sarcopenia and malnutrition in acutely ill hospitalized elderly: Prevalence and outcomes
  54. Effect of the Overlap Syndrome of Depressive Symptoms and Delirium on Outcomes in Elderly Adults with Hip Fracture: A Comment
  55. P0811 : Sofosbuvir-based direct-acting antivirals treatment for elderly chronic hepatitis C patients: A cost-effectiveness analysis
  56. Severe Hypoglycemia Is Associated With Antidiabetic Oral Treatment Compared With Insulin Analogs in Nursing Home Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Dementia: Results From the DIMORA Study
  57. The “syncope and dementia” study: a prospective, observational, multicenter study of elderly patients with dementia and episodes of “suspected” transient loss of consciousness
  58. Sofosbuvir-based all-oral treatment for elderly chronic hepatitis C patients: A cost-effectiveness analysis
  59. Simultaneous bilateral femoral neck fracture and end-stage renal disease in a 76-year-old woman: a case report
  60. Delirium symptoms during hospitalization predict long-term mortality in patients with severe pneumonia
  61. Hip fracture in centenarians: Retrospective analysis of an orthogeriatric unit reveals the limitations of the current research
  62. Corrigendum to ‘Validation of the 4AT, a new instrument for rapid delirium screening: a study in 234 hospitalised older people’
  63. Association Between Statin Use at Admission to Inpatient Rehabilitation and Functional Status at Discharge among Older Patients
  64. Obesity paradox in patients with aortic valve stenosis. Protective effect of body mass index independently of age, disease severity, treatment modality and non-cardiac comorbidities
  65. Concordance between DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria for delirium diagnosis in a pooled database of 768 prospectively evaluated patients using the delirium rating scale-revised-98
  66. P356: Severe hypoglycemia is associated with oral anti-diabetic treatment in older demented persons with type 2 diabetes
  67. Knowledge on delirium of Italian healthcare professionals: a survey
  68. Mini Nutritional Assessment and Functional Status As Predictors of Development of Pressure Ulcers in Acute Setting of Care
  69. Duration of Postoperative Delirium Is an Independent Predictor of 6-Month Mortality in Older Adults After Hip Fracture
  70. Impact of delirium and disability on 6-month mortality
  71. Delirium Superimposed on Dementia Strongly Predicts Worse Outcomes in Older Rehabilitation Inpatients
  72. Is it time for a “pneumo-geriatrician” for frail old patients with respiratory diseases?
  73. The management of community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly
  74. Geriatric multidimensional assessment for elderly patients with acute respiratory diseases
  75. Validation of the 4AT, a new instrument for rapid delirium screening: a study in 234 hospitalised older people
  76. The management of hip fracture in the older population. Joint position statement by Gruppo Italiano Ortogeriatria (GIOG)
  77. P.5.f.002 Consensus and variations in opinions on delirium care: a survey of the European Delirium Association
  78. Predictors of Rehospitalization Among Elderly Patients Admitted to a Rehabilitation Hospital: The Role of Polypharmacy, Functional Status, and Length of Stay
  79. Anesthesia and post-operative delirium in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery
  80. Postoperative delirium and pre-fracture disability predict 6-month mortality among the oldest old orthogeriatric patients
  81. Efficacy of Higher Dose 13.3 mg/24 h Rivastigmine Patch on Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease
  82. Consensus and variations in opinions on delirium care: a survey of European delirium specialists
  83. Assessing Risk Factors for Unsafe Driving in a Group of Elderly Adults Undergoing Rehabilitation
  84. Riabilitazione motoria degli anziani affetti da malattie psicogeriatriche
  85. SOFA score predicts 30-day mortality in the elderly
  86. The Meaning of Delirium
  87. The Effect of Poststroke Delirium on Short-Term Outcomes of Elderly Patients Undergoing Rehabilitation
  88. Early onset versus late onset in Alzheimer’s disease: What is the reliable cut-off?
  89. A Score to Predict the Development of Adverse Clinical Events after Transition from Acute Hospital Wards to Post–Acute Care Settings
  90. Antipsychotic Prescription: The Logic of Medicine Versus the Logic of the Patients
  91. Tools to Detect Delirium Superimposed on Dementia: A Systematic Review
  92. Dialogue on Geriatrics: How Should We Fix the Problem?
  93. Role of functional impairment and surgical delay in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery
  94. Hospitalization of nursing home residents
  95. Future Direction of Geriatrics: “Gerogeriatrics”: A Comment
  96. Understanding terminology of delirium and long-term cognitive impairment in critically ill patients
  97. Music, music therapy and dementia: A review of literature and the recommendations of the Italian Psychogeriatric Association
  98. Anticoagulation management in hip fracture patients: A clinical conundrum
  99. Efficacy of the 13.3 mg/24 h rivastigmine patch on instrumental activities of daily living in the OPtimising Transdermal Exelon In Mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease (OPTIMA) study: Prospective subgroup analysis by disease severity and time-to-meet d...
  100. A sudden decline in mobility status as an early sign of acute infection in elderly patients: evidence from three case reports
  101. Rehabilitation of Elderly Adults with Severe Cognitive Impairment: It is Time for Evidence
  102. Managing Functional and Cognitive Decline in Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease: A 48-Week, Randomized, Double-Blind Evaluation of 13.3 mg/24 h (15 cm{superscript 2}) Versus 9.5 mg/24 h (10 cm{superscript 2}) Rivastigmine Patch (P04.193)
  103. Commentary on the Editorial “Music therapy for dementia”
  104. Addendum to ‘Efficacy of music therapy treatment based on cycles of sessions: A randomised controlled trial’ (Raglio et al., 2010)
  105. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in an Elderly Patient With Severe Alzheimer's Disease: A Case Report
  106. The Specificity of Geriatric Rehabilitation: Myth or Reality? A Debate from an Italian Perspective
  107. Music interventions against agitated behaviour in elderly persons with dementia: a cost-effective perspective
  108. A prognostic model predicting recovery of walking independence of elderly patients after hip-fracture surgery. An experiment in a rehabilitation unit in Northern Italy
  109. Outcomes of Nonagenarian Patients After Rehabilitation Following Hip Fracture Surgery
  110. Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, 48-Week Study for Efficacy and Safety of a Higher-Dose Rivastigmine Patch (15 vs. 10 cm2) in Alzheimer’s Disease
  111. Are Fluctuations in Motor Performance a Diagnostic Sign of Delirium?
  112. Rehabilitation of Older Adults with Hip Fracture: Cognitive Function and Walking Abilities
  113. The Role of Physicians in Nursing Homes: A Comment
  114. Subcortical and deep cortical atrophy in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
  115. FREQUENCY OF MALNUTRITION IN OLDER ADULTS: A COMMENT
  116. Loss of function mutations in the progranulin gene are related to pro-inflammatory cytokine dysregulation in frontotemporal lobar degeneration patients
  117. Genetic Background Predicts Poor Prognosis in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
  118. Sharing Transnational Experiences of Psychogeriatric Units Dedicated to the Management of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Demented Patients
  119. Diagnosing Delirium
  120. Efficacy of music therapy treatment based on cycles of sessions: A randomised controlled trial
  121. Action Observation Treatment Improves Recovery of Postsurgical Orthopedic Patients: Evidence for a Top-Down Effect?
  122. Understanding the Underpinnings of the Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration: Evidence for Benign and Malignant Forms
  123. Clinical Instability as a Predictor of Negative Outcomes Among Elderly Patients Admitted to a Rehabilitation Ward
  124. THE OVERLAP SYNDROME OF DEPRESSION AND DELIRIUM IN ELDERLY PATIENTS: A COMMENT
  125. Delirium superimposed on dementia is more predictive of adverse outcomes than dementia alone
  126. Establishing short-term prognosis in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration spectrum: Role of genetic background and clinical phenotype
  127. Depressive Symptoms and One Year Mortality among Elderly Patients Discharged from a Rehabilitation Ward after Orthopaedic Surgery of the Lower Limbs
  128. Moderate to severe depressive symptoms and rehabilitation outcome in older adults with hip fracture
  129. Motor Recovery After Rehabilitation and Long-Term Clinical Outcomes
  130. Clinical Complexity and Occam's Razor: Navigating Between Scylla and Charibdy of the Geriatric Practice. A Case of Secondary Hypertension in a Very Old Patient
  131. DEMENTIA, DELIRIUM, AND DEPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH HIP FRACTURE: 1+1 DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE 2
  132. Revisiting Brain Reserve Hypothesis in Frontotemporal Dementia: Evidence from a Brain Perfusion Study
  133. Is early-onset clinically different from late-onset frontotemporal dementia?
  134. AUTHORS' RESPONSE TO LETTER FROM LAURILA AND COLLEAGUES
  135. Depressive symptoms combined with dementia affect 12-months survival in elderly patients after rehabilitation post-hip fracture surgery
  136. Subcortical Vascular Lesions Predict Falls at 12 Months in Elderly Patients Discharged From a Rehabilitation Ward
  137. P3-003: Comorbidity, functional and nutritional status in demented and non-demented patients stratified by age
  138. White Matter Changes in Corticobasal Degeneration Syndrome and Correlation With Limb Apraxia
  139. Delirium as the Sixth Vital Sign
  140. Progranulin genetic variations in frontotemporal lobar degeneration: evidence for low mutation frequency in an Italian clinical series
  141. Composition of the Rehabilitation Team in Postacute Care
  142. Efficacy of Music Therapy in the Treatment of Behavioral and Psychiatric Symptoms of Dementia
  143. Delirium in older people: an epiphenomenon of incipient death or a separate biological process?
  144. Outcomes at 12 Months in a Population of Elderly Patients Discharged From a Rehabilitation Unit
  145. Delirium Superimposed on Dementia Predicts 12-Month Survival in Elderly Patients Discharged From a Postacute Rehabilitation Facility
  146. C-reactive protein levels and delirium in a rehabilitation ward
  147. DELIRIUM SUBTYPES AND 1-YEAR MORTALITY AMONG ELDERLY PATIENTS DISCHARGED FROM A POST-ACUTE REHABILITATION FACILITY
  148. Subcortical vascular lesions and functional recovery in older patients with gait disorders
  149. Extrapyramidal symptoms in Frontotemporal Dementia: Prevalence and clinical correlations
  150. Does cognitive performance affect physical therapy regimen after hip fracture surgery?
  151. Evidence of White Matter Changes on Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Frontotemporal Dementia
  152. DELIRIUM AND FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
  153. Functional correlates of Apolipoprotein E genotype in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
  154. BODY WEIGHT–SUPPORTED TREADMILL IN THE PHYSICAL REHABILITATION OF SEVERELY DEMENTED SUBJECTS AFTER HIP FRACTURE: A CASE REPORT
  155. Blood Pressure and Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly
  156. OUTCOMES OF OLDER PEOPLE ADMITTED TO POSTACUTE FACILITIES WITH DELIRIUM
  157. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE AND EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION IN GERIATRIC DEPRESSION
  158. SUBCORTICAL VASCULAR DISEASE DETECTED WITH COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND 1-YEAR PHYSICAL DECLINE IN HIGH-FUNCTIONING OLDER ADULTS
  159. Predictors of delirium during in-hospital rehabilitation in elderly patients after hip arthroplasty
  160. REHOSPITALIZATION AND TRANSFERS TO NURSING FACILITIES IN ELDERLY PATIENTS AFTER HIP FRACTURE SURGERY
  161. STAFF TRAINING AND USE OF SPECIFIC PROTOCOLS FOR DELIRIUM MANAGEMENT
  162. Effects of cholinesterase inhibitors appear greater in patients on established antihypertensive therapy
  163. Geriatric pocket guide and geriatricians in the rehabilitation of older patients
  164. Results of a multi-level therapeutic approach for Alzheimer’s disease subjects in the “real world” (CRONOS project): a 36-week follow-up study
  165. Feeding Tube Use in Italian Nursing Homes
  166. Feeding tube use in Italian nursing homes: The role of cultural factors
  167. Establishing an Optimal Therapeutic Range for Coumarins
  168. P1-049 Cognitive impairment is an independent predictor of functional recovery after hip fracture surgery but not after elective hip arthroplasty
  169. P1-338 Factors predicting the treatment response to cholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer's dementia
  170. Blunted reduction in night-time blood pressure is associated with cognitive deterioration in subjects with long-standing hypertension
  171. Subcortical Vascular Lesions Predict Functional Recovery After Rehabilitation in Patients with L-Dopa Refractory Parkinsonism
  172. HIGH TECH AND HIGH TOUCH
  173. A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PATIENTS TREATED WITH CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS
  174. MOOD, BEHAVIOR AND MEMORY
  175. Frailty is the main predictor of falls in elderly patients undergoing rehabilitation training
  176. Caregiving and Age: The Case of a Very Old Sister of a Patient with Alzheimer's Disease
  177. Medical Comorbidity and Complexity of the Rehabilitative Procedures for Older Patients with Functional Impairments
  178. Executive dysfunction and depressive symptoms in cerebrovascular disease
  179. An unusual case of spontaneous and remitting functional decline in an elderly man: Is “functional delirium” a clinical entity?
  180. Let's Strip the King: Eligibility Not Safety Is the Problem of Anticoagulation for Stroke Prevention in Elderly Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
  181. Increased Blood Pressure Variability May Be Associated With Cognitive Decline in Hypertensive Elderly Subjects With No Dementia
  182. Anticoagulation Treatment in Disabled Patients
  183. Is C-reactive protein an independent risk factor for essential hypertension?
  184. The Management of Adverse Clinical Events in Nursing Homes: A 1-Year Survey Study
  185. In reply to Belmin et al.:
  186. In reply to Cheng
  187. In reply to Park et al.:
  188. Geriatric Assessment and Anticoagulation in Elderly Patients With Chronic Atrial Fibrillation
  189. Atrial Fibrillation and Cognitive Disorders in Older People
  190. Dementia is a major predictor of death among the Italian elderly
  191. A rare case of successful antibiotic therapy in an elderly man with a retarded aorto-bifemoral graft infection
  192. UNDERUSE OF ANTICOAGULATION IN OLDER PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: MALPRACTICE OR ACCURACY?
  193. Special Care Units for Demented Patients: A Multicenter Study
  194. The Bedford Alzheimer Nursing Severity Scale for the Severely Demented
  195. 135 Efficacy of special care units for the behaviorally disturbed patient: a research project