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Siri Rostoft er ph.d., spesialist i indremedisin og i geriatri og er overlege ved Geriatrisk avdeling, Oslo universitetssykehus og professor ved Institutt for klinisk medisin, Universitetet i Oslo. Hun er styremedlem i Norsk forening for geriatri og i European Academy for the Medicine of Ageing.
Articles by Siri Rostoft
When older people become sick
- Siri Rostoft
13.03.2025:
Assessing frailty is important for determining the most appropriate evaluation and treatment when older adults are hospitalised. Older, hospitalised patients living with frailty have an increased risk of complications. Assessing frailty is therefore an important factor in decisions regarding...
Advance care planning towards the end of life
- Hege Ihle-Hansen,
- Håkon Ihle-Hansen,
- Siri Rostoft,
- John Munkhaugen,
- Siri Færden Westbye,
- Maria Romøren,
- Trygve Johannes Lereim Sævareid,
- Linn Brøderud,
- Karin Berg Hermansen,
- Marie Hamilton Larsen,
- Astrid Klopstad Wahl,
- Marc Ahmed,
- Reidar Pedersen
01.11.2024:
The Norwegian Directorate of Health recently launched national clinical guidelines on advance care planning (ACP) for patients with a short life expectancy (1). ACP is a communication process about the patient's values and wishes for involvement and future treatment and care. Its goal is to ensure...
Frailty among older patients receiving home care services
- Maria Krogseth,
- Siri Rostoft,
- Jūratė Šaltytė Benth,
- Geir Selbæk,
- Torgeir Bruun Wyller
08.03.2021:
The current life expectancy in Norway is 83 years. The increase in life expectancy over the last 70 years is mainly due to medical advancements, and new treatment methods make us survive diseases that previously were fatal. Consequently, many people live with chronic diseases or sequelae after...
Systematic assessment of frailty
- Magnhild Skråmestø Dejgaard,
- Siri Rostoft
08.03.2021:
A patient who is classified as frail is at high risk of post-surgical complications, nursing home admission, and of death. An assessment of patient frailty provides a more accurate picture of the patient's individual vulnerability than age and multimorbidity alone, and is therefore a useful aid in...
Frailty indicators in older cancer patients
- Arne Stenrud Berg,
- Siri Rostoft
03.12.2019:
The number of older people with cancer is increasing (1). At the same time, new treatment options that may also be suitable for older patients are constantly being developed. Individual differences in health status become more pronounced with age, and chronological age alone provides limited...