Advances in gerontology = Uspekhi gerontologii / Rossiĭskai͡a akademii͡a nauk, Gerontologicheskoe obshchestvo
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Randomized Controlled Trial
[Evidence of feasibility etoricoxib therapy in osteoarthritis in elderly patients].
The article presents the results of a study of clinical efficacy in the treatment of etorikoxib pain in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and hip joints in elderly patients. The study involved 296 patients with gonarthrosis and coxarthrosis. It is shown that etoricoxib effectively relieves pain, has an advantage over other NSAIDs speed and severity of the analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect, positive impact on laboratory signs of inflammation, demonstrated good tolerability and a low incidence of side effects, does not require discontinuation of therapy.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
[Optimization of respiratory support of elderly patients with pneumonia in the early stages of respiratory failure].
The article provides an assessment of the effectiveness of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in elderly patients with pneumonia in the early stages of acute respiratory failure (ARF). A total of 83 elderly patients with pneumonia were examined. ⋯ The first group consisted of patients treated by the method of NIV, the second one of patients receiving standard oxygen therapy. The results of the study show that the use of NIV in the treatment of pneumonia, complicated by the ARF in elderly patients resulted in a significant improvement of arterial blood gas as well as hemodynamic and respiratory systems, in comparison with those of patients receiving oxygen therapy.