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About International Journal of Gerontology

The International Journal of Gerontology is the journal with intention to explore and clarify the medical science and philosophy in geriatric fields, especially those in the emergency and critical care medicine. The scientific information published here is grounded on clinical cases, statistic evidence of original studies, and accumulation of medical knowledge, humanistic ethics and basic researches.

Review Article

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in the Enteral Feeding of the Elderly
September 2011(Vol. 5 | No. 3 | Pages 135-138)
Huan-Lin Chen, Shou-Chuan Shih, Ming-Jong Bair, I.-Tsung Lin, Chia-Hsien Wu

Original Articles

Quantitative Evaluation of Age Disparities in the Quality of Geriatric Acute Medical Care in Japan
September 2011(Vol. 5 | No. 3 | Pages 139-145)
Kazuaki Kuwabara, Shinya Matsuda, Kiyohide Fushimi, Koichi B. Ishikawa, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Kenji Fujimori

Is the Metabolic Syndrome Associated with Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, and Increased Physical Limitations in an Elderly Population if Multiple Chronic Illnesses are Taken into Consideration?
September 2011(Vol. 5 | No. 3 | Pages 146-149)
Yang-Wen Huang, Ching-Yu Chen, Li-Jen Weng, Yin-Chang Wu

Association between Sleep Duration and Health Outcome in Elderly Taiwanese
24 January 2012
Meng-Ting Tsou
Summary: Background: The aim was to assess the relationship between sleep duration and self-rated health outcome in the elderly Taiwanese. Methods: The data were drawn from the National Survey on Know...
An Analysis of Telemedicine in Taiwan: A Business Model Perspective
24 January 2012
Tung-Cheng Lin, Hong-Jer Chang, Chung-Chien Huang
Summary: Background: As a useful tool, business model holds the promises to make operations explicitly in terms of what services and benefits the consumer may receive, the ways services may be provide...
The Outcome and Predictors of Failed Extubation in Intensive Care Patients—The Elderly is an Important Predictor
20 January 2012
Ai-Chin Cheng, Kuo-Chen Cheng, Chin-Ming Chen, Shu-Chen Hsing, Mei-Yi Sung
Summary: Background: Weaning off the ventilator and removal of the endotracheal tube requires appropriate timing and supportive care in order to avoid reintubation. In this study, the incidence, outco...
Current Treatments of Diabetic Macular Edema
20 January 2012
Wei-Chun Chan, Shawn H. Tsai, Ai-Ching Wu, Lee-Jen Chen, Chi-Chun Lai
Summary: Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a major cause of visual impairment in diabetic patients. Laser photocoagulation is the standard management strategy for macular edema, but its results remain u...
Incarcerated Incisional Hernia Complicated by Abdominal Wall Abscess in an Elderly Patient
11 January 2012
Min-Po Ho, Wing-Keung Cheung, Wen-Han Chang
Incisional hernia, the abdominal viscera’s protrusion at a previous surgical incisional site, occurs in about 10% of patients after laparotomy and 0.1–0.3% after a laparoscopic procedure. If the incis...

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International Journal of Gerontology is published by Elsevier for the Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine.