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Abstracts of the 14Th International Congress of the European Union Eur Geriatr Med (2018) 9 (Suppl 1):S1–S367 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-018-0097-4 ABSTRACTS Abstracts of the 14th International Congress of the European Geriatric Medicine Society 10–12 October 2018, Berlin, Germany Contents EuGMS 2018 – Oral Communications Abstracts ......................................................................................................................................... S2 Area: Metabolism and nutrition.......................................................................................................................................................................... S2 Area: Pre and post operative care ...................................................................................................................................................................... S5 Area: Geriatric rehabilitation .............................................................................................................................................................................. S7 Area: Frailty and sarcopenia............................................................................................................................................................................... S8 Area: Longevity and prevention ....................................................................................................................................................................... S11 Area: Comorbidity and multimorbidity............................................................................................................................................................ S14 Area: Geriatric education .................................................................................................................................................................................. S17 Area: Comprehensive geriatric assessment ...................................................................................................................................................... S20 Area: Psychiatric symptoms and illnesses........................................................................................................................................................ S23 Area: Organisation of care and gerotechnology .............................................................................................................................................. S23 Area: Vaccines and immunization.................................................................................................................................................................... S26 Area: Urology and continence management .................................................................................................................................................... S26 Area: Acute care................................................................................................................................................................................................ S26 Area: Cognition and dementia .......................................................................................................................................................................... S29 Area: Delirium................................................................................................................................................................................................... S32 Area: Geriatrics in organ disease...................................................................................................................................................................... S34 Area: Biogerontology and genetics .................................................................................................................................................................. S37 Area: Oral and dental health............................................................................................................................................................................. S38 Area: Pharmacology .......................................................................................................................................................................................... S39 Area: Ethics and end of life care...................................................................................................................................................................... S42 EuGMS 2018 – Poster Abstracts................................................................................................................................................................... S45 Area: Pharmacology .......................................................................................................................................................................................... S45 Area: Pre and post operative care .................................................................................................................................................................... S68 Area: Vaccines and immunization.................................................................................................................................................................... S79 Area: Biogerontology and genetics .................................................................................................................................................................. S83 Area: Frailty and sarcopenia............................................................................................................................................................................. S87 Area: Geriatric education ................................................................................................................................................................................ S125 Area: Geriatric rehabilitation .......................................................................................................................................................................... S136 Area: Geriatrics in organ disease.................................................................................................................................................................... S154 Area: Longevity and prevention ..................................................................................................................................................................... S166 Area: Metabolism and nutrition...................................................................................................................................................................... S181 Area: Oral and dental health........................................................................................................................................................................... S195 Area: Organisation of care and gerotechnology ............................................................................................................................................ S197 Area: Acute care.............................................................................................................................................................................................. S210 Area: Cognition and dementia ........................................................................................................................................................................ S231 Area: Comorbidity and multimorbidity.......................................................................................................................................................... S263 Area: Comprehensive geriatric assessment .................................................................................................................................................... S289 Area: Delirium................................................................................................................................................................................................. S312 Area: Ethics and end of life care.................................................................................................................................................................... S320 Area: Psychiatric symptoms and illnesses...................................................................................................................................................... S328 Area: Urology and continence management .................................................................................................................................................. S333 Author index .................................................................................................................................................................................................. S336 123 S2 Eur Geriatr Med (2018) 9 (Suppl 1):S1–S367 EuGMS 2018 – Oral Communications Abstracts O-2 MNAÒ Nutritional screening identifies COPD patients Area: Metabolism and nutrition with higher rate of complications O-1 Kala Kaspar1, Behnaz Shakersain1 Prevalence of malnutrition using harmonized definitions in older 1Nestle´ Health Science, Lausanne, Switzerland adults from different settings in Europe and New Zealand: a MaNuEL study Introduction: This review aimed to describe the evidence on clinical screening and prognostic relevance of nutritional status evaluated by Ò Dorothee Volkert1, Melanie Streicher1, Eva Kiesswetter1, Gabriel Mini Nutritional Assessment
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