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Drug therapy optimization at the end of lifeAlfonso J Cruz-Jentoft
Servicio de Geriatra, Hospital Universitario Ramn y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Drugs Aging 29:511-21. 2012..Solid evidence is lacking to guide optimal pharmacotherapy in most end-of-life settings, especially in non-cancer diseases and very old patients. Some open questions for research are suggested...
[The recent controversy on the use of neuroleptics in the elderly with dementia]A J Cruz Jentoft
, , Madrid
Rev Clin Esp 205:67-9. 2005
Understanding sarcopenia as a geriatric syndromeAlfonso J Cruz-Jentoft
Servicio de Geriatria, Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 13:1-7. 2010....
Silver paper: the future of health promotion and preventive actions, basic research, and clinical aspects of age-related disease--a report of the European Summit on Age-Related DiseaseAlfonso J Cruz-Jentoft
Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, 28034 Madrid, Spain
Aging Clin Exp Res 21:376-85. 2009..Its declared intention is to foster changes in policies which may, in the future, reduce the burden of disease in old age...
Sarcopenia: European consensus on definition and diagnosis: Report of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older PeopleAlfonso J Cruz-Jentoft
Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Age Ageing 39:412-23. 2010..Once an operational definition of sarcopenia is adopted and included in the mainstream of comprehensive geriatric assessment, the next steps are to define the natural course of sarcopenia and to develop and define effective treatment...
Upper age limits in studies submitted to a research ethics committeeAlfonso J Cruz-Jentoft
Servicio de Geriatria, Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Aging Clin Exp Res 22:175-8. 2010..We examined research protocols submitted to a research ethics committee, to ascertain whether they stipulated unjustified upper age limits, and whether these age limits are changing in time...
