New Horizons in orthostatic hypotension.

abstract：Background:high cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is associated with larger brain volumes but data on sex differences in the association of CRF with brain volumes are scarce. We investigated whether the association of CRF with total grey matter (GM) and white matter volumes as well as medial temporal lobe and striatum vo...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Pentikäinen H,Ngandu T,Liu Y,Savonen K,Komulainen P,Hallikainen M,Kivipelto M,Rauramaa R,Soininen H

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:Postural control is no longer considered simply a summation of static reflexes but, rather, a complex skill based on the interaction of dynamic sensorimotor processes. The two main functional goals of postural behaviour are postural orientation and postural equilibrium. Postural orientation involves the active alignme...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Horak FB

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT) has been recommended as a simple screening tool to identify those at risk of falling. However, subsequent detailed assessment is required to identify underlying falls risk factors to provide direction for optimal targeted intervention strategies. METHODS:110 consecutive falls...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Whitney JC,Lord SR,Close JC

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DOMINO study compared domiciliary and hospital-based rehabilitation services for stroke patients after discharge from hospital, stratified by the hospital ward at discharge. No difference between the services had been found at 6 months, but home therapy was better than outpatient department therapy at improving ho...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Gladman JR,Lincoln NB

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty digitalized elderly patients with chronic atrial fibrillation were randomized into a double-blind cross-over study. None was in overt heart failure and all were taking < 80 mg frusemide daily. They received xamoterol 200 mg b.d. for 2 months with their usual dose of digoxin for 1 month and placebo digoxin for t...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Lawson-Matthew PJ,McLean KA,Dent M,Austin CA,Channer KS

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:delirium is a clinical syndrome associated with multiple short and long-term complications and therefore prevention is an essential part of its management. This study was designed to assess the efficacy of multicomponent intervention in delirium prevention. METHODS:a total of 287 hospitalised patients at in...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Martinez FT,Tobar C,Beddings CI,Vallejo G,Fuentes P

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the 16-item Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) has been shown to have excellent reliability and construct validity. However, for practical and clinical purposes, a shortened version of the FES-I would be useful. OBJECTIVE:to develop and validate a shortened version of FES-I while preserving good psy...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Kempen GI,Yardley L,van Haastregt JC,Zijlstra GA,Beyer N,Hauer K,Todd C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The world is ageing rapidly. Between 2000 and 2050, the number of people aged ≥65 will double as a proportion of the global population, from 7% to 16%, respectively. By 2050, for the first time in human history, there will be more older people than children (aged 0–14 years) in the population. More distinctive is the ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： van der Cammen TJ,Albayrak A,Voûte E,Molenbroek JF

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：METHOD:We investigated the association of total serum cholesterol concentrations and subsequent overall and coronary mortality in 304 patients aged > or =65 discharged from hospital after acute myocardial infarction. RESULTS:There was no association between total cholesterol concentrations and mortality due to either ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Bo M,Fiandra U,Fonte G,Bobbio M,Fabris F

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:a professional man sustained a residual, persisting, isolated impairment of short-term memory secondary to severe carbon monoxide poisoning. Informal, open trial of the cholinesterase inhibitor donepezil resulted in uncertain benefit. PROTOCOL:an N-of-1 randomized, double-blind controlled trial of donepez...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Price JD,Grimley Evans J

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between hip fractures and aluminium in antacids and cooking pots was examined in an epidemiological study in Sydney, Australia. A population-based case-control study was conducted and 416 men and women aged 65 years and over were recruited (209 cases and 207 controls). There was a significantly (p < 0...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Cumming RG,Klineberg RJ

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:fall-risk assessment with fall-prevention intervention referral for at-risk groups to avoid falls could be cost-effective from a care-payer perspective. AIMS:to model the cost-effectiveness of a fall-risk assessment (QTUG compared to TUG) with referral to one of four fall-prevention interventions (Otago, Fa...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Franklin M,Hunter RM

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inappropriate prescribing (IP) is a common and serious global healthcare problem in elderly people, leading to increased risk of adverse drug reactions (ADRs), polypharmacy being the main risk factor for both IP and ADRs. IP in older people is highly prevalent but preventable; hence screening tools for IP have been de...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： O'Mahony D,Gallagher PF

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Neuberger report failed to show that the Liverpool Care Pathway was the cause of poor end-of-life care and made it the scapegoat for poor communication and faulty decision-making. The report's discrediting of a quality assurance mechanism that had the potential for improvement is a disservice to dying patients. Se...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Regnard C

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:whether socioeconomic position over the life course influences the wellbeing of older people similarly in different societies is not known. OBJECTIVE:to investigate the magnitude of socioeconomic inequalities in life satisfaction among individuals in early old age and the influence of the welfare state regi...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Niedzwiedz CL,Katikireddi SV,Pell JP,Mitchell R

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the population study Seventy-year-old People in Göteborg, 449 70-year-old men were examined in 1971/72. Out of these, 331 were re-examined in 1976/77 at age 75, together with a cohort-comparison group of 474 70-year-old men. Cohort differences and a lower smoking prevalence at higher ages were observed. The loss of...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Mellström D,Rundgren A,Jagenburg R,Steen B,Svanborg A

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:to assess the effects of a physiotherapist-led stroke training programme for nurses working in a rehabilitation ward on clinical practice and patient outcome. METHOD:before and after group comparison with outcome assessment by observational and quantitative methods. Non-participant observation before and after the...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Forster A,Dowswell G,Young J,Sheard J,Wright P,Bagley P

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE REPORT:An elderly woman with poor nutritional intake developed profound hypophosphataemia and hypokalaemia following the institution of nasogastric feeding. DISCUSSION:Refeeding syndrome is well recognized in certain undernourished groups of patients, but may not be so well known to physicians looking after elder...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Mallet M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Eating by oneself may be a risk factor for mental illness among older adults, but may be influenced by cohabitation status. We examined the association between eating alone and depression in the context of cohabitation status in older adults in Japan. DESIGN:A longitudinal, population-based study. SETTING:...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Tani Y,Sasaki Y,Haseda M,Kondo K,Kondo N

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:exposures in childhood and adolescence may impact the development of diseases and symptoms in late life. However, evidence from low- and middle-income countries is scarce. In this cross-sectional study, we examined the association of early life risk factors with frailty amongst older adults using a large, na...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Li Y,Xue QL,Odden MC,Chen X,Wu C

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as an alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement for patients with severe aortic stenosis considered inoperable or at high operative risk, but the long-term outcome remains unknown. HYPOTHESIS:we assessed the 4-year clinical and echocardiograp...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Thomopoulou S,Vavuranakis M,Karyofyllis P,Kariori M,Karavolias G,Balanika M,Smyrli A,Stefopoulos C,Sbarouni E,Moldovan C,Khoury M,Stefanadis C,Voudris V

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:frailty is an increased vulnerability to adverse health outcomes, across multiple physiological systems, with both environmental and genetic drivers. The two most commonly used measures are Rockwood's frailty index (FI) and Fried's frailty phenotype (FP). Material and methods:the present study included 36...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Livshits G,Ni Lochlainn M,Malkin I,Bowyer R,Verdi S,Steves CJ,Williams FMK

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:recent evidence suggests that the interaction between periods of sedentary and activity behaviour is important for health; providing distinctive information to assessment of activity alone. This study quantified activity and sedentary behaviour in older, community-dwelling adults. METHODS:fifty-six communit...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Lord S,Chastin SF,McInnes L,Little L,Briggs P,Rochester L

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:vascular disease has been postulated to contribute to muscle dysfunction in old age. Previous studies examining the effects of cardiovascular drugs on muscle function have shown conflicting results. We therefore examined the association of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, thiazide and statin us...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Witham MD,Syddall HE,Dennison E,Cooper C,McMurdo ME,Sayer AA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have so far been no reported studies of localization of urinary tract infection (UTI) in elderly women. The site of infection, renal or bladder, in significant urinary tract infection in 50 elderly women (mean age 80) admitted acutely to a geriatric unit was determined by the Fairley bladder washout method. Of t...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Suntharalingam M,Seth V,Moore-Smith B

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The electronic Frailty Index (eFI) has been developed in primary care settings. The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) was derived using secondary care data. OBJECTIVE:Compare the two different tools for identifying frailty in older people admitted to hospital. DESIGN AND SETTING:Retrospective cohort study...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Hollinghurst J,Housley G,Watkins A,Clegg A,Gilbert T,Conroy SP

更新日期：2020-11-30 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