Identifying indicators of important diagnostic features of delirium.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Evidence suggests inflammation is associated with cognitive impairment, but previous epidemiological studies have reported conflicting results. DESIGN:Prospective population-based cohort. SETTING:Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study participants. PARTICIPANTS:Individuals without cognitive impairment in 1998...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Wichmann MA,Cruickshanks KJ,Carlsson CM,Chappell R,Fischer ME,Klein BE,Klein R,Tsai MY,Schubert CR

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the cognitive profile of a population representative sample with orthostatic hypotension (OH) with the profile of a sample without. DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis of a prospective nationally representative population study. SETTING:The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). PARTICIPANTS:T...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Frewen J,Savva GM,Boyle G,Finucane C,Kenny RA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of 3,595 white women aged 40-77 years was followed for an average of 10 years during which 84 new cases of hip fracture were identified. Triceps skinfold thickness and arm muscle area measured at baseline were examined as possible risk factors for hip fracture controlling for physical activity, height, menopa...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Farmer ME,Harris T,Madans JH,Wallace RB,Cornoni-Huntley J,White LR

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess colonization and infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), high-level gentamicin-resistant enterococci (R-ENT) and gentamicin and/or ceftriaxone-resistant Gram-negative bacilli (R-GNB) and the factors that are associated with colonization and infection with these organisms. ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Terpenning MS,Bradley SF,Wan JY,Chenoweth CE,Jorgensen KA,Kauffman CA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To demonstrate reliability and feasibility of a standardized protocol to assess and score quality indicators relevant to pressure ulcer (PU) care processes in nursing homes (NHs). DESIGN:Descriptive. SETTING:Eight NHs. PARTICIPANTS:One hundred ninety-one NH residents for whom the PU Resident Assessment Pr...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Bates-Jensen BM,Cadogan M,Jorge J,Schnelle JF

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the association between blood pressure and mortality in very old people. DESIGN:Population-based cohort study. SETTING:County of Västerbotten, Sweden. PARTICIPANTS:Half of all subjects aged 85 and all of those aged 90 and 95 and older (N=348) in one urban and five rural municipalities in th...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Molander L,Lövheim H,Norman T,Nordström P,Gustafson Y

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated prospectively the use of acute hemodialysis among hospitalized patients to identify demographic and clinical predictors of and chart documentation concerning dialysis withheld and withdrawn. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Five teaching hospitals. PATIENTS:Five hundred sixty-five seri...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Wenger NS,Lynn J,Oye RK,Liu H,Teno JM,Phillips RS,Desbiens NA,Sehgal A,Kussin P,Taub H,Harrell F,Knaus W

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess mobility disability trajectories before death in a large sample of very old adults using two analytical approaches to determine how well they corresponded. DESIGN:Decedent sample from the Health, Aging and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study. Data were collected between 1997 and 2015. SETTING:Pit...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Lunney JR,Albert SM,Boudreau R,Ives D,Satterfield S,Newman AB,Harris T,Health Aging and Body Composition Study.

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All autopsies (n = 34) performed over a period from July 1, 1981 to June 30, 1988 in a teaching nursing home were reviewed to determine the autopsy rate, to evaluate premortem versus postmortem diagnostic discrepancies, and to see if educational efforts could improve each. The autopsy rate was 3.5%. Major discrepancie...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Gloth FM 3rd,Burton JR

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effect of a Screening Tool of Older Persons potentially inappropriate Prescriptions/Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment (STOPP/START) medication intervention on clinical and economic outcomes. DESIGN:Parallel-group randomized trial. SETTING:Chronic care geriatric facility. PAR...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Frankenthal D,Lerman Y,Kalendaryev E,Lerman Y

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that sleep disturbances are independently associated with frailty status in older men. DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis of prospective cohort study. SETTING:Six U.S. centers. PARTICIPANTS:Three thousand one hundred thirty-three men aged 67 and older. MEASUREMENTS:Self-reported sleep...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Ensrud KE,Blackwell TL,Redline S,Ancoli-Israel S,Paudel ML,Cawthon PM,Dam TT,Barrett-Connor E,Leung PC,Stone KL,Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study Group.

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop a prediction model for kidney transplantation (KT) outcomes specific to older adults with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and to use this model to estimate the number of excellent older KT candidates who lack access to KT. DESIGN:Secondary analysis of data collected by the United Network for Organ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Grams ME,Kucirka LM,Hanrahan CF,Montgomery RA,Massie AB,Segev DL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether exercise-induced silent ischemia in older master athletes following a 3-month period of deconditioning is a predictor of future cardiovascular events. DESIGN:A longitudinal study of a cohort of master athletes. SETTING:The Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Balti...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Begum S,Katzel LI

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the internal validity of the physical activity index (PAI). DESIGN:Three time periods over a 26-year period (1965/68 examination, n = 7911; 1980/82 examination, n = 2054; 1991/93 examination, n = 3425). SETTING:Honolulu, Hawaii. PARTICIPANTS:Middle-aged to older Japanese-American men. MEASURE...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Young DR,Sharp DS,Petrovitch H,Curb JD

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore changes in care goals and treatment orders around the occurrence of pneumonia and intake problems, and whether hospitalization is in line with earlier agreed-upon do-not-hospitalize orders. DESIGN:Data were collected as part of the Dutch End of Life in Dementia study (2007-2011), a longitudinal o...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hendriks SA,Smalbrugge M,Hertogh CMPM,van der Steen JT

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The literature suggests that Medicare health maintenance organization (HMO) patients may have poorer outcomes with formal home-health care than do fee-for-service (FFS) patients, but it is unclear whether this is related to case-mix or quality. Our objective was to compare the home-health care outcomes for HM...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Holtzman J,Chen Q,Kane R

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Observation stays are increasingly common for older adults, yet little is known about the extent to which they are being used as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) originally intended for unscheduled or acute problems and whether different types of services are reflected in curre...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Powell WR,Kaiksow FA,Kind AJH,Sheehy AM

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relationship between insomnia and 6-year survival among older, community-dwelling, white women. DESIGN:Longitudinal study. SETTING:The sample was selected randomly from a 20-census tract area of Baltimore, Maryland. PARTICIPANTS:In 1984, 778 women aged 65 years and older participated in...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Althuis MD,Fredman L,Langenberg PW,Magaziner J

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The objective of this meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of terazosin versus placebo in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) was to evaluate the effect of terazosin on lower urinary tract symptoms. BACKGROUND:BPH is common in older men; more than 90% of men aged 70 and older suffer fro...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Mudiyala R,Ahmed A

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate whether levels of cognitive reserve (CR), as measured using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)-III vocabulary test, moderated longitudinal associations between cognitive functions and decline in gait speed in a community-based cohort of older adults without dementia, specifically, wheth...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Holtzer R,Wang C,Lipton R,Verghese J

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To confirm associations of apolipoprotein E (ApoE) ε4 carrier status, sex, and time-dependent cognitive status with mortality risk and to investigate these joint effects of these associations in a cohort of community-dwelling U.S. adults. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:The Baltimore Longitudinal ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Beydoun MA,Beydoun HA,Kaufman JS,An Y,Resnick SM,O'Brien R,Ferrucci L,Zonderman AB

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arguments have been made that the culture of nursing homes (NHs) must change to improve the quality of care, and two initiatives have been designed to accomplish this goal. One initiative is to provide resident outcome information (quality indicators) to NH management and consumers via public reporting systems. This i...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Schnelle JF,Bates-Jensen BM,Chu L,Simmons SF

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral blood flow (CBF) was measured by the 133Xe inhalation method in patients with multi-infarct dementia (MID, N = 26), Alzheimer's dementia (AD, N = 19), and among age-matched, neurologically normal, healthy volunteers (N = 26). Cognitive performance was assessed in all subjects using the Cognitive Capacity Scre...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Judd BW,Meyer JS,Rogers RL,Gandhi S,Tanahashi N,Mortel KF,Tawaklna T

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the American Geriatrics Society's (AGS) commitment to improving health care for older adults by, among other means, educating older people and their caregivers about their health and healthcare choices, the AGS was delighted when, in late 2011, the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation invited the Socie...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： AGS Choosing Wisely Workgroup.

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether changes in death certificate coding and reporting practices explain part or all of the recent increase in the rate of fatal falls in adults aged 65 and older in the United States. DESIGN:Trends in coding and reporting practices of fatal falls were evaluated under mortality coding sche...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Kharrazi RJ,Nash D,Mielenz TJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether anticholinergic burden scores from nine published anticholinergic scales are associated with adverse health outcomes, including hospital admissions, hospitalizations for falls, hospital length of stay (LOS), and more visits to general practitioners (GPs). DESIGN:Pharmacoepidemiologica...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Salahudeen MS,Hilmer SN,Nishtala PS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the value of calcium supplementation in age-related bone loss is controversial, we conducted a study to examine the effects of six months of calcium supplementation on parathyroid hormone (PTH) and other indices of bone metabolism. Calcium carbonate (1.2 grams elemental calcium/day) or placebo was administered...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Kochersberger G,Westlund R,Lyles KW

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to test whether an intervention combining increased daytime physical activity with improvement in the nighttime environment improves sleep and decreases agitation in nursing home residents. DESIGN:A randomized trial. SETTING:One community nursing home in the Los Angeles, Calif...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Alessi CA,Yoon EJ,Schnelle JF,Al-Samarrai NR,Cruise PA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors are a new therapeutic option in the treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease. COMT inhibitors act by extending the duration of action of levodopa, thus improving the amount of time a patient can experience benefit from levodopa. COMT inhibitors are only used in conj...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Waters C

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The specific goals of the study were to compare three health status measures among older adults for their correlations with similar scales and to examine whether extreme (positive) health states might lead to measurement problems. We also report on practical administration and response problems among older a...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Andresen EM,Patrick DL,Carter WB,Malmgren JA

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00