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Long-term survival in frail older adults sustaining a hip fracture: does the perioperative period really matter?
Alessandra Gerosa, Silvia Ottaviani, Luca Tagliafico, Elena Page, Monica Pizzonia, Chiara Giannotti, Andrea Casabella, Alessio Signori, Alessio Nencioni, Fiammetta Monacelli

Correlation between muscle masses measured by chest computed tomography and bioelectrical impedance analysis in older adults
Serdar Ceylan, Merve Guner, Arzu O. Baş, Yelda Ozturk, Meltem Koca, Olgun Deniz, Zeynep Kahyaoglu, Cennet Yanardag, Burcu B. Dogu, Meltem G. Halil, Mustafa Cankurtaran, Gamze Durhan, Cafer Balcı

Malnutrition and its relationship with food vulnerability in hospitalized geriatric patients
Francisco Javier Castro-Apodaca, Valeria Lugo-Miranda, Gloria María Peña-García, Cynthia Magaña-Martínez, Mariela González-Renteria, Joel Murillo-Llanes, Fernando Gonzalez-Ibarra, Adrián Canizalez-Roman, Dalia Magaña-Ordorica, Javier Abednego Magaña-Gómez, Yuridia Lizet Cháidez-Fernández, Jesús Gilberto Arámburo-Gálvez, Eli Terán-Cabanillas

Can analogy instructions help older people (re)learn activities of daily living?
Tina van Duijn, Liis Uiga, Rich Masters

In-hospital and long-term all-cause mortality in 75 years and older hospitalized patients with and without COVID-19
Stefano Rizza, Alfonso Bellia, Alessandro Perencin, Susanna Longo, Maria Postorino, Gianluigi Ferrazza, Alessandro Nucera, Romualdo Gervasi, Davide Lauro, Massimo Federici

Addressing medication safety in the elderly: prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications in outpatient geriatrics by Beers criteria 2023
Mohammad Gholamnezhad, Nezam Armand, Leila Ghamkhar

Comprehensive Geriatric Care at an acute secondary hospital: a pre- and post-model of care evaluation
Kasey Owen, Elizabeth McCourt, Salih Salih, Rachelle De Leon, Niamh Boland

Abuse in older adults with communicating disorders: a step forward in this understanding?
Luca Tagliafico, Andrea Molinelli, Luisa Ientile, Gabriella Biffa, Francesca Riccardi, Alessio Nencioni, Patrizio Odetti, Fiammetta Monacelli

Tuberculosis infection in the elderly versus in the young adult
Inês Rego de Figueiredo, Joana Branco Ferrão, Sara Dias, Rita Vieira Alves, Diogo Drummond Borges, Margarida Torres, Sara Guerreiro Castro, Filipa Lourenço, Ana Margarida Antunes, Heidi Gruner, António Panarra

Models of hospital care during COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: results from a survey of physicians
Andrea Bellieni, Rosa Liperoti, Cristina Pais, Rita Murri, Roberto Bernabei, Massimo Fantoni, Francesco Landi, on behalf of Columbus COVID-2 Hospital*

Understanding of frailty amid Japanese elderly people who participated in preventive care events and characteristics of those lacking understanding of frailty
Miki Karasawa, Yuki Tamaura, Rie Akamatsu, Masumi Eda, Himawari Fukasawa, Miki Hokazono, Saya Watanabe, Keiko Fujiwara, Kazuhiro Nishimura, Masashi Sakai

Professional sport players recover from coronavirus and return to competition: hopes for resuming a normal life after COVID-19 for older people
Sara Salini, Andrea Russo, Damiano Biscotti, Marianna Broccatelli, Giulia Savera, Francesco Landi

Treatment of presbycusis: where do we stand?
R. Lapenna, L. Cipriani, G. Ricci

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections in elderly residents in nursing homes in southern Italy
G. Caccamo, D. Brischetto, A. Alibrandi, P. Parisi, G. Pettinato, A. Catalano, G. Raimondo, G. Basile

Treating high-grade T1 bladder cancer in the elderly. Is intravesical instillation of BCG worth?
B. Calò, M. Di Nauta, V. Mancini, A. Hoznek, L. Cormio, G. Carrieri

Radical prostate cancer treatment in the elderly: role of cryotherapy
G. Silecchia, O. Selvaggio, G. Stallone, F. Lugnani, A. Hoznek, G. Carrieri

Robot-assisted pelvic lymphadenectomy for prostate cancer. Potentially advantageous in the elderly?
M. Di Nauta, L. Cormio, R. Villani, V. Mancini, E. Barret, G. Carrieri

Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging/transrectal ultrasound fusion-guided prostate biopsy: a comparison with systematic transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy
G. Silecchia, U. Falagario, F. Sanguedolce, L. Macarini, R. Autorino, L. Cormio

Prostate cancer detection rate of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging/transrectal ultrasound fusion prostate biopsy. Impact of clinical indications on biopsy outcome
G. Silecchia, O. Selvaggio, P. Milillo, A. Tewari, G. Stallone, G. Carrieri

A lycopene and olives vegetation water compound improves lower urinary tract symptoms in men with histologically-proven benign prostatic hyperplasia and inflammation
G. Silecchia, O. selvaggio, E. Berret, F. Sanguedolce, G. Stallone, L. Cormio

Hemostatic sealant in tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a monocentric experience
M. Auciello, A. Mangiatordi, G. Stallone, G. Carrieri, A. Hoznek, L. Cormio

HIV/AIDS epidemic among older adults in Brazil
S. Ferreira Jr, D. Cuoghi de Carvalho Veríssimo Freitas, J.P. Ferreira

Older adult perspectives on their role in a Community-Based Health Profession Education Project
M. Cheslock, T. Wunderlich, N.M. Afonso