Liang Kung Chen

TL;DR: Weight loss and waist decrease were significantly associated with long-term mortality risk, and a life-course approach for body weight management is needed to pursuit the most optimal health benefits for the middle-aged and older adults.

TL;DR: In general, older patients with community-onset SAB were of similar chance to receive critical care and invasive procedures except arterial line and non-tunneled central venous catheters and the overall in-hospital mortality was not different between age groups.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors developed an updated multimorbidity frailty index (mFI-v10) using ICD-10-CM codes and examined the association between frailty and all-cause mortality, unplanned hospitalization, and ICU admission.

TL;DR: Based on a national survey of community-dwelling older people in Taiwan between 2011 and 2013, the prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment was reported to be 8.04% and 18.76%, respectively, but the population of older people with dementia will be substantially increased since Taiwan has become one of the most rapidly aging countries in the world.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the prognostic significance of hospitalization-associated muscle weakness for short-term and long-term functional declines among oldest old hospitalized patients, and found that patients with a 1-month post-discharge functional decline had significantly lower body weight and body mass index, more severe frailty and more hospitalizationassociated muscle strength.