Intensive care-management at home: an alternative to institutional care?

abstract：:The results reported here are from a 2-year follow-up study of 58 elderly patients in a continuing-care unit. Most of these patients were in a hyperosmolar state at the time of entry (mean plasma osmolality 304 +/- 8 mOsmol/kg). The survival of those patients with the highest osmolality (greater than 308 mOsmol/kg) wa...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： O'Neill PA,Faragher EB,Davies I,Wears R,McLean KA,Fairweather DS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age is thought to be strongly associated with intensive care outcomes, but this relationship may be confounded by many clinical variables. OBJECTIVES:To compare clinical characteristics of elderly patients (> or = 65 years) admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with those in younger patients and to iden...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Vosylius S,Sipylaite J,Ivaskevicius J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delirium is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome that is common among elderly inpatients. It has been associated with increased mortality, longer hospital stays, cognitive and functional decline and increased institutionalisation rates. Multicomponent interventions, a series of non-pharmacological strategies ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Martinez F,Tobar C,Hill N

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular immune function declines with age and is implicated in the increased incidence of cancer, and morbidity and mortality associated with infections in elderly people. Elderly people are at risk of nutritional depletion, including of zinc, and zinc is known to influence immunity. The present study assessed zinc s...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Goode HF,Penn ND,Kelleher J,Walker BE

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to explore views on advance care planning in care homes for older people. DESIGN:qualitative exploration of views from care home staff and the family of residents in care homes for older people. SETTING:all care homes for the elderly in two London Boroughs. PARTICIPANTS:staff (care managers, nurses and car...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Stewart F,Goddard C,Schiff R,Hall S

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:there is limited evidence of a protective effect of physical activity in preventing hip fractures among older people living in institutions and in those aged 80 or over. OBJECTIVE:to examine the relationship between physical activity and risk of hip fracture in frail older people. DESIGN:a case-control stu...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Norton R,Galgali G,Campbell AJ,Reid IR,Robinson E,Butler M,Gray H

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:to determine the prevalence of vertebral fractures and their risk factors in geriatric patients. DESIGN:prospective cohort study. SETTING:teaching hospital in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. SUBJECTS:three hundred and three geriatric patients, who had their first visit at a diagnostic day hospital between Apr...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： van der Jagt-Willems HC,van Hengel M,Vis M,van Munster BC,van Campen JP,Tulner LR,Lems WF

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:intracranial volume (ICV) is commonly used as a marker of premorbid brain size in neuroimaging studies as it is thought to remain fixed throughout adulthood. However, inner skull table thickening would encroach on ICV and could mask actual brain atrophy. OBJECTIVE:we investigated the effect that thickening ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Aribisala BS,Royle NA,Valdés Hernández MC,Murray C,Penke L,Gow A,Maniega SM,Starr JM,Bastin M,Deary I,Wardlaw J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the influence of age on the day-night blood pressure rhythm and on the prevalence of vascular events in those whose systolic blood pressure (SBP) fell by <10% overnight (non-dippers). DESIGN:Cross-sectional observational cohort study. SETTING:Outpatient hypertension clinic. PARTICIPANTS:419 Hy...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Di Iorio A,Marini E,Lupinetti M,Zito M,Abate G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:up to 25% of older people in the USA and other Western countries are anaemic by World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. The objective of this study was to examine the long-term relationships of haemoglobin concentration with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a community-based sample of Australian a...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Chalmers KA,Knuiman MW,Divitini ML,Bruce DG,Olynyk JK,Milward EA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes how a sample of elderly people were identified from the electoral register using an initial postal screen, and reports a technique that was used to increase the response to the screen. ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Cartwright A,Smith C

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this prospective study was to investigate whether an immunological double faecal occult blood test (Fecatwin-S/FECA-EIA) can be used in screening patients with symptoms suggestive of colonic or rectal origin in primary health care. Altogether 523 patients were referred to the study by general practitioners....

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Kemppainen M,Häkkinen I,Räihä I,Pomoell R,Sourander L

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digoxin elimination phase kinetics have been studied in 24 hospital in-patients (mean age 79 years), six of whom showed no evidence of digoxin toxicity. The others, with suspected toxicity, have been grouped according to the nature of the drug effects observed. Renal function, digoxin elimination half-life, apparent v...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Reid J,Kennedy RD,Caird FI

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The course of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is described in 22 patients in respect of the extent and duration of the disabilities. The average stay in hospital in the terminal phase in 20 patients followed to the time of their death was 6.6 months for men and 4.7 months for women. The total duration of the disease range...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Rosin AJ

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doppler-shifted ultrasound and spectral analysis were used to assess signals from the resting supra-orbital artery and the common carotid artery at the base of the neck of 658 (270 male, 388 female) asymptomatic subjects aged 5 to 90 years. The sonagrams obtained showed two peaks (A and B) during cardiac systole. The ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Baskett JJ,Lewis RR,Beasley MG,Gosling RG

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effect of impaired hearing and vision on balance in a sample of 977 elderly people residing in the community. Of the sample, 21% reported balance problems, 27% vision problems, and 30% hearing problems. The increased relative risk for balance problems was 1.7 for each 10-year age increment. Women were...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Gerson LW,Jarjoura D,McCord G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:how the National Service Framework (NSF) for older people in England might be associated with changes in clinically relevant stroke outcome has not been investigated. We looked for changes in computerised tomography (CT) scan rate, inpatient case-fatality rate (CFR), length of acute hospital stay and disch...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Myint PK,Vowler SL,Redmayne O,Fulcher RA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formal assessment of cognitive decline with cognitive tests can be difficult, requiring either two measurement points or a comparison of 'hold' with 'don't hold' tests. Informant-based assessment provides an alternative approach because informants can adopt a longitudinal perspective and directly rate cognitive change...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Jorm AF,Christensen H,Henderson AS,Jacomb PA,Korten AE,Mackinnon A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although often a last resort, urinary catheterisation is a relatively common management option for bladder dysfunction in older people and others cared for in community settings. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is a well-recognised source of increased morbidity and economic burden in ac...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Getliffe K,Newton T

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the most common discharge diagnosis for elderly patients. The survival of elderly (age greater than or equal to 75 years) patients with CHF has not recently been reported, especially with reference to left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). A patient database was searched for the d...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Taffet GE,Teasdale TA,Bleyer AJ,Kutka NJ,Luchi RJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delirium is a common presentation in older inpatients with COVID-19, and a risk factor for cognitive decline at discharge. The glaring gaps in the service provision in delirium care, regardless of aetiology, after a hospital admission pre-existed the pandemic, but the pandemic arguably offers an opportunity now to add...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Rahman S,Byatt K

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-nine patients with probable Alzheimer's disease were enrolled into a double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study to assess the therapeutic effect and safety of THA (tetrahydroaminoacridine; tacrine) without concomitant lecithin administration. Forty-one patients completed the trial which consisted of two...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Wilcock GK,Surmon DJ,Scott M,Boyle M,Mulligan K,Neubauer KA,O'Neill D,Royston VH

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:antipsychotics are widely used in assisted living (AL facilities). Even more, the prescription of these drugs is gradually increasing since the availability of second-generation atypical antipsychotics. More knowledge is needed on prescription reasons to understand this increasing prevalence. METHODS:cross-...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Larrayadieu A,Abellan van Kan G,Piau A,Soto Martin M,Nourhashemi F,Rolland Y,Vellas B

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tests of intestinal permeability are used as a reflection of upper-small-intestinal mucosal damage. Thirty-two elderly in-patients aged 75-96 years, and 64 hospital volunteers aged 22-64 years with no overt gastro-intestinal disease were studied to determine whether permeability changes with increasing age. Intestinal...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Saweirs WM,Andrews DJ,Low-Beer TS

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the levels of satisfaction expressed by residents of nursing homes with those of patients in geriatric long-stay wards. DESIGN:A structured satisfaction questionnaire containing 37 closed and two open questions was used to elicit responses from residents of nursing homes in the former South West T...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Higgs PF,MacDonald LD,MacDonald JS,Ward MC

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was carried out to examine the prevalence of oropharyngeal and urinary tract colonization and to compare the colonizing bacteria with the strains causing nosocomial infections during patients' stays in a geriatric ward. Colonization with Gram-negative rods was not uncommon. Nosocomial infections frequently occ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Michielsen W,Vandevondele D,Verschraegen G,Claeys G,Afschrift M

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assessment of thiamine status was made in two groups of elderly orthopaedic patients. None of the 30 men and women presenting for elective total hip replacement was malnourished before operation but there was a significant fall in the thiamine status 48 hours later, which had returned to normal by 14 days. In contr...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Older MW,Dickerson JW

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The European Stroke Database (ESDB) Project aims to develop a 'common clinical language' for stroke care by agreeing on terminology, definitions and clinical assessments. Each area of stroke assessment has a 'minimum dataset', which can be collected routinely and more detailed information can be added for pa...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Ellul J,Watkins C,Barer D

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In older ambulatory persons, exercise strategies that are expected to generate beneficial muscle adaptations with low cardiopulmonary demands are needed. OBJECTIVE:We hypothesised that eccentric resistance exercise would be less demanding on the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems than bouts of concentric ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Vallejo AF,Schroeder ET,Zheng L,Jensky NE,Sattler FR

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to examine whether the Danish 1905 cohort members had more active hospital treatment than the 1895 cohort members from ages 85 to 99 years and whether it results in higher in-hospital and post-operative mortality. METHODS:in the present register-based follow-up study the complete Danish birth cohorts born in...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Oksuzyan A,Jeune B,Juel K,Vaupel JW,Christensen K

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00