Recent syncope and unexplained falls are associated with poor cognitive performance.

abstract：:Fasting serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and lipoprotein electrophoretic patterns have been investigated in 42 men aged 67-92 years (mean 79 years). Although all the cholesterol and the majority of the triglyceride levels were within the normal range for younger people, both were significantly greater (P < 0...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Horsey J,Livesley B,Dickerson JW

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:to determine the safety and effect of intravenous iron sucrose on functional outcomes, delirium, nosocomial infections and transfusion requirements in older patients with hip fracture. DESIGN:single-centre randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:orthogeriatric ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Bielza R,Llorente J,Thuissard IJ,Andreu-Vázquez C,Blanco D,Sanjurjo J,López N,Herráez MR,Molano C,Morales A,Arias E,Neira M,Lung A,Escalera J,Portillo L,Larrubia Y,García C,Zambrana F,Gómez Cerezo J

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the relationship between proximity to death and the amount of care provided by general practitioners (GPs) is largely unknown. OBJECTIVE:to examine the influence of the proximity to death on the frequency and length of GP contacts in the oldest old. STUDY DESIGN:this population-based follow-up study includ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Blom JW,Lemmens SP,Assendelft WJ,Eekhof JA,Gussekloo J

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:the empirical Dignity Model has profoundly influenced the provision of palliative care for older terminally ill patients in the West, as it provides practical guidance and intervention strategies for promoting dignity and reducing distress at the end-of-life. OBJECTIVE:to examine the concept of 'living and ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Ho AH,Chan CL,Leung PP,Chochinov HM,Neimeyer RA,Pang SM,Tse DM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, frailty is defined variably. Some consensus on a definition is likely to emerge, but the basis for a successful definition needs to be explored. Here, a classic approach to validation is proposed: a successful definition of frailty should be multifactorial but must also manage the many factors in a way tha...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Rockwood K

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the World Health Organization estimates that more than one billion of the world's population are disabled. Disability is associated with increasing age and poverty, yet there are few reliable data regarding disability among the elderly in low-income countries. The aim of this study was to accurately document...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Dewhurst F,Dewhurst MJ,Gray WK,Orega G,Howlett W,Chaote P,Dotchin C,Longdon AR,Paddick SM,Walker RW

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：Background:older patients admitted to hospitals are at risk for hospital-acquired morbidity related to immobility. The aim of this study was to implement and evaluate an evidence-based intervention targeting staff to promote early mobilisation in older patients admitted to general medical inpatient units. Methods:the ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Liu B,Moore JE,Almaawiy U,Chan WH,Khan S,Ewusie J,Hamid JS,Straus SE,MOVE ON Collaboration.

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a city where specialist homes for the elderly mentally infirm (EMI) have been extensively developed, a study was carried out to determine if residents in such homes were mentally impaired to a degree intermediate between that of residents in ordinary homes, and those in psychogeriatric beds. The study, using valid ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： de Zoysa AS,Blessed G

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the presentation, course and duration of delirium in hospitalized older people. DESIGN:Observational cohort study. SETTING:Inpatient surgical and medical wards at a university hospital. PARTICIPANTS:432 people over the age of 65. MEASUREMENTS:All participants were screened daily for confusio...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Rudberg MA,Pompei P,Foreman MD,Ross RE,Cassel CK

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic factors are known to be of importance in determining the rate of biotransformation of foreign compounds in the liver. Adverse reactions to drugs are increased and pharmacokinetic parameters altered with age. In the present study, the effect of age on plasma paroxonase activity is studied. Paroxonase is a hepat...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Playfer JR,Powell C,Evans DA

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:STOPP/START was formulated to identify potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) and potential prescribing omissions (PPOs) in older people. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of PIP and PPO in older Irish patients in residential care using STOPP/START. METHODS:data were collected p...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Ryan C,O'Mahony D,Kennedy J,Weedle P,Cottrell E,Heffernan M,O'Mahony B,Byrne S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have shown the indigenous elderly population and Asian immigrants to be groups at particular risk of vitamin D deficiency and osteomalacia, but there are no data on the risks in elderly Asians. In this community-based study a group of elderly Asians was compared with control groups of elderly and young wh...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Solanki T,Hyatt RH,Kemm JR,Hughes EA,Cowan RA

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:avoidance of over anticoagulation in response to warfarin therapy would reduce risk of associated bleeding. SUBJECTS:two elderly patients with venous thromboembolism exhibited extreme anticoagulant response to warfarin. Both were noted to have variant CYP2C9 alleles, which reduce the metabolic capacity of c...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Khan T,Kamali F,Daly A,King B,Wynne HA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a tremendous therapeutic advance for patients with severe aortic stenosis and high-surgical risk. Since TAVI-treated patients are elderly with multiple co-existing conditions, limited life expectancy and disproportionate health-care expenditures, the aspect of the heal...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Georgiadou P,Sbarouni E,Karavolias GK,Voudris V

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially severe diagnosis with high short-term mortality. Recently, age-adjusted cut-off values (age × 10 μg/l) of D-dimer were introduced to improve the diagnostic workup in older patients. In clinical practice, PE is considered 'ruled out' in patients with a non-high clinical probabil...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Stein CE,Keijsers CJ,Bootsma JE,Schouten HJ

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:screening for cognitive impairment in Emergency Department (ED) requires short, reliable tools. Objective:to validate the 4AT and 6-Item Cognitive Impairment Test (6-CIT) for ED dementia and delirium screening. Design:diagnostic accuracy study. Setting/subjects:attendees aged ≥70 years in a tertiary care ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： O'Sullivan D,Brady N,Manning E,O'Shea E,O'Grady S,O 'Regan N,Timmons S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Care management and assessment of need are the cornerstones of the community care reforms in the UK. Although much of the research base has been on highly vulnerable older people, in practice, care management has been implemented for a wider group. OBJECTIVE:To examine how intensive care-management at home ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Challis D,Darton R,Hughes J,Stewart K,Weiner K

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:aspiration pneumonia increases hospitalisation and mortality of older people in residential aged care. OBJECTIVES:determine potentially pathogenic microorganisms in oral specimens of older people with aspiration pneumonia and the effect of professional oral care in reducing aspiration pneumonia risk. DATA ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Khadka S,Khan S,King A,Goldberg LR,Crocombe L,Bettiol S

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of a teaching machine is the assessment of mental function has been described by Gredye and his colleagues. This report concerns its use in testing 56 elderly patients suffering from functional psychiatric disorders of dementia. After a diagnostic interview patients were tested on the teaching machine as well ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Levy R,Post F

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frailty was shown to be associated with psychosocial risk factors, but there are few longitudinal data. METHODS:We used data from waves 5 and 6 of the Survey of Health Aging Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to study the contribution of loneliness and social isolation to transitions towards frailty defined accor...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Jarach CM,Tettamanti M,Nobili A,D'avanzo B

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:hip fractures result in a significant burden to the patient, their caregivers and the health care system. Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) have a higher incidence of hip fracture compared with other older people without AD, although it is not clear if AD is an independent risk factor for hip fracture. ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Baker NL,Cook MN,Arrighi HM,Bullock R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:measuring the complex needs of care home residents is crucial for resource allocation. Hospital patient administration systems (PAS) may not accurately identify admissions from care homes. Objective:to develop and validate an accurate, practical method of identifying care home resident hospital admission us...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Housley G,Lewis S,Usman A,Gordon AL,Shaw DE

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:a trend towards decline in disability has been reported in older adults, but less is known about corresponding temporal trends in measured physical functions. Objective:to verify these trends during 2001-16 in an older Swedish population. Methods:functional status was assessed at three occasions: 2001-04 (...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Santoni G,Angleman SB,Ek S,Heiland EG,Lagergren M,Fratiglioni L,Welmer AK

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:the STOPP criteria advise against the use of long-acting benzodiazepines (LBs). OBJECTIVE:to study whether LBs are associated with a higher fall risk than short-acting benzodiazepines (SBs) (elimination half-life ≤ 10 h). METHODS:we used base-line data and prospective fall follow-up from the Longitudinal A...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： de Vries OJ,Peeters G,Elders P,Sonnenberg C,Muller M,Deeg DJ,Lips P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional survey of community-dwelling elderly volunteers (104 women, 87 men, mean age 70 years) was carried out in winter to determine whether cardiovascular and other potentially modifiable lifestyle factors were associated with serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D during this period. Mean winter levels of se...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Scragg R,Khaw KT,Murphy S

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual acuity and contrast sensitivity were measured in 95 residents of a hostel for the aged (mean age = 83 years) using a dual-contrast letter chart and the Melbourne Edge Test (MET). Vision (as measured by visual acuity, the MET, low-contrast visual acuity, and difference between high- and low-contrast acuity) decr...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Lord SR,Clark RD,Webster IW

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00