MONACELLI , F

From a biological point of view, aging can be considered a progressive inability of an organism to react to stress, maintain homeostasis, and survive unfavourable changes during post-maturational life. The expression of several adipokines changes during aging and for some changes, a role in the onset of chronic disease and frailty has been...

Purpose The increasing share of older adults is associated with heavier Emergency Health Services utilization. In this context, a significant problem is the rate of unplanned revisits of geriatric patients after discharge from the Emergency Department (ED). We aimed to evaluate whether the referral to a dedicated Geriatric Revaluation Clinic...