A brief history of pneumococcal vaccines.

abstract：:Influenza infection is an acute respiratory disease with a high morbidity and significant mortality, particularly among the elderly and individuals with chronic diseases. The majority of countries now recommend annual influenza vaccination for all people aged 65 years or older, and for those with high risk conditions....

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Corrigan EM,Clancy RL

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Statins have been shown to be beneficial in primary and secondary prevention settings; however, their role in the elderly remains a clinical conundrum, given that age-related factors could alter the risk-benefit ratio of statin treatment. This study aimed to critically evaluate the efficacy and safety of sta...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Teng M,Lin L,Zhao YJ,Khoo AL,Davis BR,Yong QW,Yeo TC,Lim BP

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Temporal changes in the dispensing of glucose-lowering drugs (GLD) and their associated costs among elderly populations is unclear. This information is especially relevant to countries in which medications are partly or fully government subsidized. OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to estimate the trends in preva...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Chin KL,Hidayat FM,Ofori-Asenso R,Ilomäki J,Bell JS,Zoungas S,Liew D

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major problem in the elderly population, with approximately 10% of the population affected. Since COPD is an inflammatory disorder of the pulmonary system, corticosteroids might be expected to improve clinical outcomes of the disease. Data from large, well designed ran...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Sin DD,Man SF

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Man and higher primates have adrenals that secrete large amounts of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) [prasterone] and its sulphate (DHEAS) [PB 008]. A remarkable feature of plasma DHEAS levels in humans is their great decrease with aging. Researchers have postulated that this age-related decline of DHEAS levels may expla...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Legrain S,Girard L

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New treatments and treatment protocols for diseases affecting the elderly are evolving as we strive to meet the needs of an aging society. To help you keep up to date with the latest advances worldwide on all aspects of drug therapy and patient management, this section of the journal brings you information selected fr...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

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更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild hypertension (grade 1 or stage 1 hypertension) is defined as a systolic blood pressure of 140-159 mm Hg or a diastolic pressure of 90-99 mm Hg. According to current guidelines, patients with mild hypertension can be at low, medium, high or very high risk depending on the presence of other risk factors, target org...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Fagard RH

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cataract surgery is the most frequent surgical procedure requiring anaesthesia in developed countries. It is performed mainly in elderly patients, who present with many coexisting diseases that induce subsequent hazards from general anaesthesia. Cataract anaesthesia is performed following various techniques of regiona...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Nouvellon E,Cuvillon P,Ripart J,Viel EJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elderly patient may show normal physiological changes of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems that accompany aging, as well as features of intrinsic cardiac disease. The latter include: a past history of myocardial infarction or ischaemic heart disease; history of congestive cardiac failure; angina; arterial...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Sear JW,Higham H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aims of the study were to evaluate usage rates of warfarin in stroke prophylaxis and the association with assessed stages of stroke and bleeding risk in long-term care (LTC) residents with atrial fibrillation (AFib). METHODS:A cross-sectional analysis of two LTC databases (the National Nursing Home Surv...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Reardon G,Nelson WW,Patel AA,Philpot T,Neidecker M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aflibercept is a fully human, recombinant fusion protein that acts as a soluble decoy receptor for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family members, including VEGF-A, VEGF-B and placental growth factor (P1GF), thereby inhibiting downstream signalling mediated by these ligands. Aflibercept binds all isoforms of...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Yang LP,McKeage K

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteoporosis is a common cause of disability and death in elderly men and women. Until 2007, Australian Government-subsidized use of oral bisphosphonates, raloxifene and calcitriol (1alpha,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol) was limited to secondary prevention (requiring x-ray evidence of previous low-trauma fractu...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Hollingworth SA,Gunanti I,Nissen LM,Duncan EL

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frailty is a clinical phenotype that is associated with adverse health outcomes. Since frail patients may be more prone for adverse drug events and about 15-20 % of commonly prescribed drugs are metabolized by CYP2D6, we hypothesized that CYP2D6 metabolism is decreased in frail patients compared with healthy...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Opdam FL,Modak AS,Mooijaart SP,Louwerens M,de Waal MW,Gelderblom H,Guchelaar HJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical validation studies of the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) measures of inappropriate prescribing in the elderly are limited. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to examine associations of new exposure to high-risk medication in the elderly (HRME) and drug-disease in...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Pugh MJ,Marcum ZA,Copeland LA,Mortensen EM,Zeber JE,Noël PH,Berlowitz DR,Downs JR,Good CB,Alvarez C,Amuan ME,Hanlon JT

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is generally considered a disease of young adults, it can occur in elderly individuals. The clinical features and treatment considerations in older patients are similar to those in younger patients, with some notable exceptions, which are reviewed in this article. Consideratio...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Hussain SW,Pardi DS

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elderly rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is classified into two clinical subsets, elderly-onset RA (EORA) and younger-onset elderly RA. With the improvement of life expectancy in the general population and advent of the super-aging society, the number of patients with EORA is anticipated to increase. Both large and small joi...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Sugihara T,Harigai M

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Previous studies of antihypertensive treatment of older patients have focused on blood pressure control, cardiovascular risk or adherence, whereas data on inappropriate antihypertensive prescriptions to older patients are scarce. OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to assess inappropriate antihypertensive...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Márquez PHP,Torres OH,San-José A,Vidal X,Agustí A,Formiga F,López-Soto A,Ramírez-Duque N,Fernández-Moyano A,Garcia-Moreno J,Arroyo JA,Ruiz D,Potentially Inappropriate Prescription in Older Patients in Spain (PIPOPS) Investigators

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is the most common major neurocognitive disorder with substantial social and economic impacts. This article is an update on current pharmacotherapy, advancements in biomarker use, and drugs in the pipeline for this disease. To date, no new drug has qualified to be added to the current therapeutic a...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Khoury R,Patel K,Gold J,Hinds S,Grossberg GT

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Generalised pruritus is common in the elderly. Idiopathic 'senile pruritus' is a diagnosis of exclusion, and an underlying systemic disorder should be sought. Thyroid disease, haematological malignancy, iron deficiency, cholestasis or renal impairment may be responsible for pruritus. Rarely pruritus may occur after ce...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Lonsdale-Eccles A,Carmichael AJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inappropriate polypharmacy may negatively impact the quality of life of residents in aged care facilities, but it remains unclear which medications may influence this reduced quality of life. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to examine whether the Drug Burden Index and potentially inappropriate med...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Harrison SL,Kouladjian O'Donnell L,Bradley CE,Milte R,Dyer SM,Gnanamanickam ES,Liu E,Hilmer SN,Crotty M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) represent a major public health problem in the aged. In order to better evaluate this problem in Brazil, this study was designed to assess the prevalence of ADRs in an elderly hospitalised population, identify the most common ADRs and the principal medications involved, evaluate ...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Passarelli MC,Jacob-Filho W,Figueras A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of pneumonia is highest among the aged compared with other adult populations, and causes significant morbidity and mortality among this group. Most episodes of pneumonia are caused by aspiration of oropharyngeal flora into the lungs and failure of lung defence mechanisms to eliminate the aspirated bacter...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Mylotte JM,Ksiazek S,Bentley DW

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is a common disease in the elderly, and the number of older prostate cancer patients will probably increase with both the aging of the population and the increased rate of screening. In elderly patients with several co-morbidities, cancer management can be complex, and the risk of administering toxic t...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Fontana A,Falcone A,Derosa L,Di Desidero T,Danesi R,Bocci G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an acquired inflammatory demyelinating disease of the CNS that is typically diagnosed in the second or third decade of life. It is generally believed that over the last few decades the life expectancy of patients with adult onset MS (AOMS) has approached that of the general population as a r...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Awad A,Stüve O

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the frequency of physician consultations and the sale of over-the-counter remedies establish the high prevalence of acute cough in the elderly, epidemiological studies have tended to be imprecise. However, respiratory tract infections in nose, larynx and/or bronchi, either viral or bacterial or both, are by f...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Widdicombe J,Kamath S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary incontinence is a common and debilitating problem, and post-prostatectomy incontinence (PPI) is becoming an increasing problem, with a higher risk among elderly men. Current treatment options for PPI include pelvic floor muscle exercises and surgery. Conservative treatment has disputable effects, and surgical ...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Løvvik A,Müller S,Patel HR

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioural disturbances, also termed neuropsychiatric symptoms, are a frequent clinical feature of dementia in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Many AD patients receive treatment with cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs). This review examines the evidence for behavioural effects of the four ChEIs that have been approved for th...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Grimmer T,Kurz A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) is associated with various co-morbidities; treatment of these frequently results in multiple medication use (MMU) and the potential for drug-drug interactions, which may lead to adverse events and altered efficacy. With the aging population, the prevalence of MMU is likely t...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Sand PK,Rovner ES,Watanabe JH,Oefelein MG

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main characteristic of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in the elderly is its dismal prognosis. However, other than a lower incidence of T-cell ALL and a greater likelihood of unfavourable chromosomal abnormalities, the clinical and biological characteristics of Philadelphia chromosome-negative (Ph-) ALL in the...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Rousselot P,Delannoy A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine (13-valent, adsorbed) (PCV13; Prevenar 13(®); Prevnar 13(®)) is approved in adults aged ≥50 years (focus of review) and in children aged 6 weeks to 5 years for protection against pneumococcal diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in numerous countries worldwide, incl...

journal_title：Drugs & aging

authors： Scott LJ,Sanford M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00