International journal of circumpolar health
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Accidental hypothermia is known to be a hazard to elderly people in temperate and cold climate. This is a review of the literature focusing on risk factors, clinical presentation and treatment of hypothermia in the elderly. ⋯ Clinical treatment protocols seems to be based on experience from younger patients. Based on general knowledge in geriatric medicine and experience from three recent cases of hypothermia in the elderly, the use of careful, active external rewarming and a low stress strategy are recommended for elderly patients.
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Int J Circumpolar Health · Apr 1999
The Harstad injury prevention study: the characteristics and distribution of fractures amongst elders--an eight year study.
To do a complete survey of hospital-treated fractures in the aged (65+ years old) and to report the characteristics and distribution of all fractures occurring within this defined population. ⋯ Nine out of ten fractures in the aged were caused by falls. Although the fracture risk for the elderly living in a nursing home was four times as high as those living in private homes, the volume of fractures occurring in private homes and traffic areas make them a prime target for interventions. Continuous prospective hospital recording of fractures in a community of aged is feasible and provides a tool for targeting interventions and evaluating the outcome of a community fall-fracture prevention programme.
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Int J Circumpolar Health · Jan 1998
ReviewPrimer on food-borne pathogens for subsistence food handlers.
Subsistence food preparations may lead to human illnesses caused by pathogenic bacteria and viruses. Little is known about the incidence of food-borne illnesses other than botulism in circumpolar indigenous populations. ⋯ This overview covers the major food-borne pathogens, their sources, transmission, growth parameters, and prevention. Examples of indigenous peoples' food preparations that may be susceptible to pathogenic bacterial growth and toxin formation are described.