Examination of the common cause account in a population-based longitudinal study with narrow age cohort design.

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：:The Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in French Polynesia, in 2013, and in Brazil, in 2015, was correlated with neurological complications, which comprised, among others, congenital microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), which includes a group of acute autoimmune neuropathies generally reported after respiratory or ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Savino W,Messias CV,Mendes-da-Cruz DA,Passos P,Ferreira AC,Nascimento OJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the mechanisms of age-related decline in synthesis of adrenal androgen, we studied the contents of cortisol (F) and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and the amounts of cytochrome P450 17 alpha-hydroxylase (P450c17) mRNA and cytochrome P450 11 beta-hydroxylase (P450c11) mRNA in young (1 year old) and senesc...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Ogo A,Haji M,Ohashi M,Nawata H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conditioned avoidance response and the cerebral levels of dopamine and noradrenaline have been studied in control rats and in rats submitted to a hypobaric hypoxia. A protection against the effects of hypoxia was induced by both dihydroergocornine (20 microgram/kg) and dihydroergocryptine (100 microgram/kg), and t...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Boismare F,Le Poncin M,Lefrançois J

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article discusses some aspects demonstrating that a decrease in acetylcholine synthesis in senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT) is a consequence of the strong decline in glucose turnover in the brain. This becomes obvious by the fact that acetylcoenzyme A, the key substrate of acetylcholine synthesis, is e...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Meier-Ruge W,Bertoni-Freddari C,Iwangoff P

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective surveillance of nosocomial infection was conducted at seven skilled proprietary nursing facilities in Orange County, Calif., USA. The average incidence of facility-acquired infection was 5.2 infections/1,000 patient days. The most common source of infection was urinary tract (47%), followed by respiratory ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Lee YL,Thrupp LD,Friis RH,Fine M,Maleki P,Cesario TC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we examined the changes that occur with age in anti-idiotype-blocked, hapten-augmentable PFC in the mucosal-associated lymph nodes (MLN and BLN) and spleen of various strains of mice. 2-month-old 129/J, AKR/J, and C57L/J mice had a high percentage of hapten-augmentable PFC in their spleen, MLN, a...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Szewczuk MR,Wade AW

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different approaches using cell culture techniques to study the biology of aging are critically described. Most of the studies concerned the relationship between cell division potential and aging. The growth potential of cells is fundamental for aging of the organism, since it relates to phenomena such as the regenera...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Macieira-Coelho A

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite declines in cognitive abilities, older adults often perform comparable to younger adults in everyday tasks [J Am Geriatr Soc 1999;47:172-183]. Older adults may compensate for cognitive declines by using more efficient strategies. People often improve their efficiency by switching from an algorithmic ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Frank DJ,Jordano ML,Browne K,Touron DR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to examine the characteristics of colorectal cancer in elderly patients. The medical histories of 178 consecutive patients (79 men and 99 women) with colorectal cancer were studied from hospital records. The studied parameters were compared between three age groups: under 65 years old, 65-80 y...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kemppainen M,Räihä I,Rajala T,Sourander L

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the correlation between the in vitro lymphocyte proliferative response and some early parameters of lymphocyte activation in aged people. While a consistent number of elderly subjects showed significantly decreased proliferative responses to mitogen stimulation, interleukin-1 (IL-1) production and IL-2 rece...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Amadori A,Zanovello P,Cozzi E,Ciminale V,Borghesan F,Fagiolo U,Crepaldi G

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Historically, older adults have been disproportionately affected by disasters. In particular, homebound adults are especially at risk. As one facet of bolstering community resilience, home health agencies have been tasked with improving their patients' disaster preparedness. However, home health practitioner...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Wyte-Lake T,Claver M,Tubbesing S,Davis D,Dobalian A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on 3 allergic disorders of persons coming up against venerable age: asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis. The prevalence of allergic diseases in the elderly ranges from 5 to 10% and appears to be rising. A gradual decline in immune function, termed immunosenescence, and age-related chan...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Milgrom H,Huang H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(Na+-K+)-ATPase is an enzyme responsible for ionic homeostasis in excitable tissues. Thus, the activity of this enzyme is essential for the maintenance of optimal function of the cerebral cortex. Although abnormalities of cerebral oxidative metabolism have been described in aging, these abnormalities do not appear to ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： LaManna JC,Doull G,McCracken K,Harik SI

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The life span of Drosophila melanogaster was reduced when copper compounds were fed at concentrations of 1 X 10(-3) M or greater. Feeding lower concentrations of copper compounds failed to significantly change life span. A combination of copper gluconate and gluconic acid increased the adult life span by 21.6%. We con...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Massie HR,Williams TR,Aiello VR

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the earliest and most persistent inquiries in developmental psychology is that of the relative contributions of nature and nurture to human ontogeny. One way of studying this distinction is by doing cross-cultural studies, in which culture provides a powerful way to operationalize the influence of nur...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Luszcz M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alteration in lipid peroxidation products such as lipid peroxides, lipid hydroperoxides were studied in different regions of CNS of ageing rats (13, 26, 52, 78 and 104 weeks). The levels of lipid peroxide and lipid hydroperoxide were increased in various regions of brain and spinal cord. However, the activity of super...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Gupta A,Hasan M,Chander R,Kapoor NK

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typically, subjective memory assessments (be it in form of single items or questionnaires) in old age only weakly correlate with the performance in objective memory tests at cross-section. It thus appears as if individual differences in subjective memory assessments hardly reflect individual differences in memory in o...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Zimprich D,Kurtz T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of age on the compositional analysis of human Descemet's membrane was examined. Membranes were obtained from human corneas ranging from 0.5 to 95 years and purified by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) extraction. Substantial age-related changes were obtained in the amino acid compositions of the SDS-insoluble b...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Freeman IL,Vergnes JP,Brown SI

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding comorbidity prevalence and the effects of comorbidities in older veterans with lower extremity amputations may aid in assessing patient outcomes, resource use, and facility-level quality of care. OBJECTIVES:To determine the degree to which adding outpatient to inpatient administrative data sou...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kurichi JE,Stineman MG,Kwong PL,Bates BE,Reker DM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of a single marker that reliably reflects biological aging, or even an exact definition of biological age, compound aging scores that combine multiple aging biomarkers into a single composite aging score can quantitatively reflect the age-related changes over time. If aging is viewed as the broad accumu...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Shamir L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fishes exhibit a 'determinate' type of growth in short-lived species of warmer regions and an 'indeterminate' type in long-lived species of colder regions. Growth is measured in units of length and weight and is best represented as the specific growth rate. The relationship between weight and length provides an index ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Dutta H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofilament accumulation was produced in neuronal perikarya of the lower brain stem nuclei in the hamster brain by inoculating buffy coat from a patient with Alzheimer's disease. The abnormally proliferated neurofilament was characterized by immunostaining and electron microscopy. The intracytoplasmic neurofilament ...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Takeda M,Nishimura T,Kudo T,Tanimukai S,Gotow T,Tanabe H,Miki T,Nakamura Y,Niigawa H,Morita H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological rhythms of rectal temperature were documented in young (circadian variations) and elderly (circadian and seasonal variations) human subjects either in apparent good health or suffering from senile dementia of Alzheimer type (SDAT). All the subjects were synchronized. Data obtained showed a decrease of t...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Touitou Y,Reinberg A,Bogdan A,Auzéby A,Beck H,Touitou C

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between carotid blood flow measured by Doppler spectrum analysis and brain atrophy on computed tomography (CT) was studied in 22 subjects with multiple lacunar cerebral infarctions. The subjects were divided into two groups, 7 patients with multi-infarct dementia (MID) (mean age 73 years) and 15 nondement...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Yamashita K,Kobayashi S,Yamaguchi S,Kitani M,Okada K,Fujihara S,Shimode K,Tsunematsu T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined age- and diet-related alterations in RNA poly(A) tail length using high-resolution gel electrophoresis followed by Northern hybridization. The results demonstrate conclusively that there is no age-related decrease in the size of the Poly(A) tail of RNA isolated from the male Fischer 344 rat. In contrast, o...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Kristal BS,Conrad CC,Richarson A,Yu BP

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fall incidents and their negative outcomes represent a considerable problem in hospitals, especially in geriatric wards, and require implementation of strategies to prevent these undesirable events. For this reason, the College of Geriatrics, a body funded by the Belgian Government to set up quality improvem...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Coussement J,Dejaeger E,Lambert M,Van Den Noortgate N,De Paepe L,Boonen S,Schoevaerdts D,Milisen K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The oral cavity is a reservoir for colonization and infection of systemic organs by pathogenic bacteria. It is understood that aging, tooth eruption, hormonal changes, active disease, oral hygiene, and other factors have an influence on biofilm formation and bacterial accumulation in the oral cavity. OBJECT...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Senpuku H,Sogame A,Inoshita E,Tsuha Y,Miyazaki H,Hanada N

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:Tuberculosis is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Recent studies have suggested that even in the developed world its incidence in the elderly is increasing. Symptoms of active tuberculosis are non-specific and less pronounced in the elderly. Radiological features are more likely to be 'atypical...

journal_title：Gerontology

authors： Packham S

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00