Non-compliance with drug treatment and reading difficulties with regard to prescription labelling among seniors.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The perioperative assessment and management of elderly patients with hip fracture and significant aortic stenosis (AS) is an increasingly common clinical problem with little data available to guide perioperative management. OBJECTIVES:It was the aim of this study to examine the incidence of perioperative ev...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Leibowitz D,Rivkin G,Schiffman J,Rott D,Weiss AT,Mattan Y,Kandel L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A trypsin-type protease was purified to enzymatic homogeneity from human umbilical vein endothelial cells by sequential affinity chromatographies. The enzyme specifically hydrolyzed dibasic substrates with leucine at the P3 positions, but scarcely hydrolyzed the other substrates tested. The enzyme was strongly inhibit...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kido H,Takeda M,Wakabayashi H,Tanaka S,Nishimura N,Takenaka M,Okada M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The total cholesterol concentration decreases with age in older people. The reasons for this phenomenon are controversial. This study investigated the hypothesis that poor health status is a determinant of the inverse association between age and cholesterol in older persons. METHODS:Cross-sectional study of...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Volpato S,Zuliani G,Guralnik JM,Palmieri E,Fellin R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United States, an increasing proportion of all forms of reactivation tuberculosis occurs in patients over the age of 60 years. Atypical presentations and presence of chronic illness obscure the diagnosis of tuberculosis in the elderly. Prompt diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion and aggressive procedure...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Nagami P,Yoshikawa TT

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the influence of age, disease and other factors on anthropometric indices in elderly subjects aged 70 years and above, body mass index (BMI), arm muscle circumference (AMC), corrected arm muscle area (CAMA), fat-free mass (FFM) and total body fat (TBF) were determined in a random sample of 990 Chinese men...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Woo J,Ho SC,Sham A,Yuen YK,Chan SG

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Proxy decision-making may be flawed by inaccurate perceptions of risk. This may be particularly true when older adults are the targets of the decisions, given the pervasive negative stereotypes about older adults. METHODS:In study 1, individuals aged 18- to 87 years (as target persons) as wel...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Rolison JJ,Hanoch Y,Freund AM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamine synthetase (GS) activity was measured in whole brain, different brain areas, liver and heart of 23- to 26-month-old rats, and then compared to matched animals of 3 months. A significant increase of GS activity was found in whole brain (25%) of old rats, as well as in all brain areas studied, but particularly...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Cao Danh H,Strolin Benedetti M,Dostert P

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mild-to-moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD G3a) is prevalent in older adults. Substantial evidence suggests that individuals with advanced CKD face a high risk for common geriatric conditions, like functional impairment and cognitive decline, whereas the relationships between mild-to-moderate CKD and funct...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： König M,Gollasch M,Spira D,Buchmann N,Hopfenmüller W,Steinhagen-Thiessen E,Demuth I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Six-metre walking speed (SMWS) is a commonly used test for measuring functional performance in older people. However, apart from lower limb strength, few studies have examined the range of physiological and psychological factors that influence performance in this test. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relative ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Tiedemann A,Sherrington C,Lord SR

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last 2 decades have brought an explosion of research, new products, and general attention to the problem of urinary urgency, and yet patients continue to be plagued by this symptom - especially the elderly. What is it? What does it mean? How can we guide patients successfully through this challenge? This paper pre...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Potts JM,Payne CK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perceived stress may be a modifiable risk factor for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and ultimately dementia, but studies on this topic from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are lacking. OBJECTIVE:We assessed the association between perceived stress and MCI in six LMICs (China, Ghana, India, Mexico,...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Koyanagi A,Oh H,Vancampfort D,Carvalho AF,Veronese N,Stubbs B,Lara E

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When mouse peritoneal macrophages were cultured with oxidized human low density lipoprotein (ox-LDL), storage of ceroid-like pigments was observed within the cells by light and fluorescent microscopy, and fluorescence spectrophotometry. The fluorescent products exhibit the characteristics of Schiff base structures, ha...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Shimasaki H,Maeba R,Tachibana R,Ueta N

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropsychological research contributes to a better understanding of cognitive mechanisms involved in making advantageous decisions, which is important for everyday life. Using laboratory gambling tasks, it has been demonstrated that both structural and functional brain changes can result in disadvantageous decision-m...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Brand M,Markowitsch HJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac surgery is widely believed to be an excessively high-risk intervention for very elderly patients with coronary artery or valvular disease. However, as life expectancy and the prospect of sustained quality of life into older age increase, this assumption should be challenged so that surgery is not den...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Guilfoyle MR,Drain AJ,Khan A,Ferguson J,Large SR,Nashef SA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various parameters of copulatory behavior were examined in intact and castrated testosterone-(T-)treated male rats of various ages ranging from 3 to 27 months. Serum T levels were controlled by subcutaneous implantation of different sizes of T-filled Silastic capsules at the time of castration. In intact male rats, sc...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Hsu HK,Hsu C,Yu JY,Peng MT

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care providers often believe that individuals with cognitive disturbance are unaware of their deficits. The term unawareness was first used to describe hemiplegia following right hemisphere stroke but has since been applied to unawareness of any neurological or neuropsychological deficit. Clinicians u...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： McDougall GJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the requirement for provocative cystometry in urodynamic investigation in the elderly with urinary incontinence, 100 consecutive patients, who were referred on the basis of defined clinical criteria, were first studied by supine cystometry followed by provocative tests where necessary. The most satisfactor...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Eastwood HD

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age differences in decision-making are of theoretical interest and have important practical implications, but relevant lines of work are distributed across multiple disciplines and often lack integration. The present review proposes an overarching conceptual framework with the aim of connecting disjointed aspects of t...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Löckenhoff CE

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of aortic stenosis is nearly 20% in octogenarians. Aortic valve replacement (AVR) is the optimal therapy choice, yet many symptomatic patients are denied this beneficent technology. Whether mechanical or bioprosthetic, aortic valves are not a scarce resource and their safety, effectiveness and...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Bramstedt KA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypoxia and aging determine on mammalian cells a stress response which implies modified production of oxidants, reactive oxygen species or reactive nitrogen species at the mitochondrial level, interfering with cell-signaling proteins and inducing mitochondrial damage, apoptosis occurrence and functional cons...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Zara S,Rapino M,Centurione L,di Giacomo V,Petruccelli G,Cataldi A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the course of a health survey covering 561 inhabitants of Tampere, Finland, aged 85 or over, morning urine specimens were studied. 82% of the participants were women. Significant bacteriuria was recorded in 27% of the subjects, 13% of the men and 30% of the women. Pyuria was recorded in 47% of the total material. R...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Heinämäki P,Haavisto M,Mattila K,Rajala S

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depressed mood may either precede mobility limitation or follow from mobility limitation. OBJECTIVE:To compare mood status among people with manifest mobility limitation, those with preclinical mobility limitation and those without mobility limitation and investigate factors explaining the association betwe...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Hirvensalo M,Sakari-Rantala R,Kallinen M,Leinonen R,Lintunen T,Rantanen T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell surface of chick fibroblasts were labelled by a short treatment with 125I in presence of lactoperoxidase. A glycoprotein (220,000 molec. wt) was iodinated and was present in a more exposed position or in greater amounts at the surface of old phase III cells compared to young phase II cells. The findings extend ou...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Courtois Y,Hughes RC

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from 40 elderly individuals ranging in age from 60 to 94 years were tested for the presence of antibodies to varicella-zoster virus (VZV)-specific proteins. Sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of lysates of VZV-infected BSC-1 cells labeled with either [35S]methionine or [3H]mannose a...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Vafai A,Mahalingam R,Zerbe G,Wellish M,Gilden DH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is common in older adults and associated with increased morbidity and mortality, loss of independence and high health-care costs. Standing up slowly is a recommended non-pharmacological intervention. However, the effectiveness of this advice has not been well studied. OBJECTIVES...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： de Bruïne ES,Reijnierse EM,Trappenburg MC,Pasma JH,de Vries OJ,Meskers CG,Maier AB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Functional status in older people is a dynamic situation, which makes it necessary to evaluate functional capacity at different times to determinate their prognostic value. OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between functional status (baseline and change after acute illness) and mortality and functional c...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Baztán JJ,Gálvez CP,Socorro A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:100 consecutive endoscopies in elderly patients referred with symptoms after previous gastric surgery are reviewed. 57% showed positive findings, and the procedure was found particularly useful in making definitive diagnoses in patients presenting with dyspepsia and upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. The incidence of g...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Gibbins FJ,Gupta SD,Sen I

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, Granacher et al. (2010) proposed an intergenerational approach to promoting balance and strength for fall prevention in children and elderly subjects together. Although this sounds like a stimulating idea, its effectiveness for fall prevention in both groups has yet to be demonstrated. Undoubtedly, fall prev...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Burtscher M,Kopp M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Future time perspective has been associated with subjective well-being, though depending on the line of research considered either an open-ended future time perspective or a limited future time perspective has been associated with high well-being. Most of this research however has conceptualized future time ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kozik P,Hoppmann CA,Gerstorf D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraneoplastic symptoms, caused by a malignancy, but not directly related to invasion by the tumor or its metastases, are the result of a wide variety of tumor-derived biologic mediators like hormones, peptides, antibodies, cytotoxic lymphocytes, autocrine and paracrine mediators. Systemic inflammatory rheumatic disea...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Szekanecz Z,Szekanecz E,Bakó G,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00