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Ilker Tasci
Researcher at University of Health Sciences Antigua
Publications - 207
Citations - 2035
Ilker Tasci is an academic researcher from University of Health Sciences Antigua. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Sarcopenia. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 190 publications receiving 1791 citations. Previous affiliations of Ilker Tasci include Turkish Ministry of Health & Yahoo!.
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Ankle-brachial index as an indicator of arterial stiffness.
Ilker Tasci,Hasan Kutsi Kabul +1 more
TL;DR: The readers would appreciate if the authors could comment on issues and provide information about whether they excluded diabetic patients and whether their results were adjusted for other confounders so that the data can be used for better decision making.
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Physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic in older adults
TL;DR: This study aimed to investigate whether older people with a history of COVID-19 have reduced physical activity compared to their life before infection.
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Waist-to-hip ratio as an indicator of atherosclerosis among women at risk.
TL;DR: It appears that, by simply meauring waist and hip circumferences, both pre-menopausal and ostmenopausal women will be able to estimate their own risk of therosclerotic vascular diseases in the near future.
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Risk of sarcopenia in hospitalized patients and related clinical factors: a multicenter study from Turkey
Firuzan Fırat Ozer,Sibel Akin,Ilker Tasci,Pınar Tosun Taşar,Sumru Savas,Asli Tufan Cincin,Hakan Yavuzer,Deniz Suna Erdinçler,Cafer Balci,Mert Esme,Zeynel Abidin Öztürk,Gülbüz Sezgin,Selim Nalbant,Murat Varli,Mehmet Akif Karan,Bulent Saka +15 more
TL;DR: In this article, sarcopenia risk was associated with unfavorable health care outcomes including dependency, malnutrition, and dysphagia in hospitalized older patients and it is important to recognize sarcopenias at an early stage and to prevent its progression before dependency develops.
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Re: Malnutrition is associated with poor rehabilitation outcome in elderly inpatients with hospital-associated deconditioning: a prospective cohort study.
TL;DR: Wakabayashi & Sashika’s study identifies relevant issues in the management of elderly inpatients; however, it is suggested that future studies with a similar design should are required to address the above-mentioned methodological drawbacks.