Relationship between HbA1c and all-cause mortality in older patients with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes: results of a large UK Cohort Study.

abstract：:A 73-year-old man presented with a huge intra-abdominal mass. Initially a gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) was diagnosed, but his tumour was subsequently classified as a spindle cell sarcoma. Difficulties in the classification of rare intra-abdominal tumours are discussed. ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Bills V,Iqbal R,Haqqani M,Clague JE

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to examine the relationships between impairments in hearing and vision and mortality from all-causes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) among older people. DESIGN:population-based cohort study. PARTICIPANTS:the study population included 4,926 Icelandic individuals, aged ≥67 years, 43.4% male, who completed vi...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Fisher D,Li CM,Chiu MS,Themann CL,Petersen H,Jónasson F,Jónsson PV,Sverrisdottir JE,Garcia M,Harris TB,Launer LJ,Eiriksdottir G,Gudnason V,Hoffman HJ,Cotch MF

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Therapists and nurses often use verbal instruction in the rehabilitation of mobility following stroke. This study aimed to determine whether performing a verbal cognitive task while walking adversely affected patients' balance and velocity. METHODS:There were two counterbalanced conditions: walking only and...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Bowen A,Wenman R,Mickelborough J,Foster J,Hill E,Tallis R

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the UK, the General Medical Council's new guidance on confidentiality restates the professional duty for doctors to regard personal information revealed to them as confidential. Such information can be shared only with the patient's explicit consent--the exceptions to this are narrowly defined. We believe the guida...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Hughes JC,Louw SJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to evaluate the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention on incidence of falls in psychogeriatric nursing home patients. DESIGN:cluster-randomised controlled 12-month trial. SETTING:psychogeriatric wards in 12 nursing homes in The Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS:psychogeriatric nursing home patients (n = 5...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Neyens JC,Dijcks BP,Twisk J,Schols JM,van Haastregt JC,van den Heuvel WJ,de Witte LP

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:home visits and telephone calls are two often used approaches in transitional care, but their differential economic effects are unknown. OBJECTIVE:to examine the differential economic benefits of home visits with telephone calls and telephone calls only in transitional discharge support. DESIGN:cost-effect...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Wong FK,So C,Chau J,Law AK,Tam SK,McGhee S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two cases of acute hepatotoxicity associated with elevated paracetamol (acetaminophen) levels in older patients. Both patients were receiving a standard European dose of oral paracetamol (2 × 500 mg QDS) with no risk factors for slowed metabolism (weight <50 kg, interacting medications, hepatic enzyme induc...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Ging P,Mikulich O,O'Reilly KM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in the United States have suggested that medical students' bias against older patients is not influenced by ad hoc courses in geriatrics. If the suggestion is correct then there should be no difference between the attitudes towards the care of the aged and to a career with elderly patients among students attac...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Peach H,Pathy MS

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:the aim of this study was to compare the effects of a functional tasks exercise programme to a cognitive training programme in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. DESIGN:a single-blind randomised control trial with the intervention group compared with an active control group. SETTING:out-patient cl...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Law LL,Barnett F,Yau MK,Gray MA

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two studies of the social behaviour of geriatric patients are reported. In the first, lunchtime observations were made of two comparable wards in a continuing-care hospital and all episodes of social interaction recorded. There were twice as many interactions on one ward as on the other and their type and variety diff...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Davies AD,Snaith PA

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Delirium is one of the foremost unmet medical needs in healthcare. It affects one in eight hospitalised patients and is associated with multiple adverse outcomes including increased length of stay, new institutionalisation, and considerable patient distress. Recent studies also show that delirium strongly pr...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Maclullich AM,Anand A,Davis DH,Jackson T,Barugh AJ,Hall RJ,Ferguson KJ,Meagher DJ,Cunningham C

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of new world records has decreased substantially in most athletic events in recent years. There has been enormous growth in participation at Masters events, and older athletes have been competing at the highest levels with much younger athletes. However, the progression of athletic performance ove...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Akkari A,Machin D,Tanaka H

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Age limits for diagnostics and treatments have been largely removed and replaced by an active diagnostic and treatment practice among the oldest old and has led to concerns about potential overtreatment during the last years of life. METHODS:Use of prescription medication in the last years of life was ass...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Pedersen JK,Jensen TM,Waldorff FB,Søndergaard J,Christensen K

更新日期：2020-10-23 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: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：: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：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：:The measurement of cutaneous pain threshold using the Neuromod Selectra Model 7750 Transcutaneous Neuronal Electrical Stimulator is described. Pain threshold, measured in 520 healthy volunteers aged 5-105 years, increased with age. Consistent values were obtained in 22 healthy volunteers on three successive days. Pain...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Tucker MA,Andrew MF,Ogle SJ,Davison JG

更新日期：1989-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:chronic knee pain is still considered a fairly benign disease by many, an 'unavoidable' consequence of ageing. This passive acceptance may be unnecessarily exposing older people to disability and serious co-morbidity. The aim of this study was to determine the disease burden associated with chronic knee pain...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Fransen M,Su S,Harmer A,Blyth FM,Naganathan V,Sambrook P,Le Couteur D,Cumming RG

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:The medical histories of 178 colorectal cancer patients were studied retrospectively from hospital records. The average age at the time of diagnosis was 71 years. Visible loss of blood or anaemia were the commonest features. The mean time from first symptom to first medical consultation was 82.8 days. Men under 65 yea...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Kemppainen M,Räihä I,Rajala T,Sourander L

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background/Objective:studies on the association of dementia with specific body composition (BC) components are scarce. Our aim was to investigate associations of BC measures with different levels of cognitive function in late-life. Methods:we studied 5,169 participants (mean age 76 years, 42.9% men) in the AGES-Reykja...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Spauwen PJ,Murphy RA,Jónsson PV,Sigurdsson S,Garcia ME,Eiriksdottir G,van Boxtel MP,Lopez OL,Gudnason V,Harris TB,Launer LJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the wide range of topics embraced in the subject of geriatric medicine, a division may be made as far as teaching is concerned into: 1. those that could be taught by other people; 2. those that should be taught by other people; 3. those that cannot be taught by other people. If attitudes throughout the medical ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Millard PH

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:geriatrics encompasses diverse medical, social and ethical challenges requiring a multidimensional, interdisciplinary approach. Recent reports have highlighted failings in the care of older people. It is therefore vital that trainees in geriatrics are afforded opportunities to develop skills in managing this...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Braude P,Reedy G,Dasgupta D,Dimmock V,Jaye P,Birns J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outline is given of simple urodynamic investigations applicable to elderly subjects. The type of patient presenting primarily to geriatric departments with urinary incontinence, whose management is aided by such studies, is described under various clinical groupings. The requirement for urodynamic studies and the b...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Eastwood HD

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:despite the vast literature in the area, few studies examined the large range of factors associated with physical activity (PA) in the older adult collectively, information that could help develop a supportive culture for healthy ageing. OBJECTIVE:to identify the socio-demographic, social connectedness, phy...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： McKee G,Kearney PM,Kenny RA

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred and fifty patients aged 75 years or older were followed up after discharge from an accident and emergency department. Forty-three per cent of all patients experienced some loss of functional independence. A small number, 5.6%, were readmitted to hospital within 14 days. This group were significantly less ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Rowland K,Maitra AK,Richardson DA,Hudson K,Woodhouse KW

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug compliance was assessed amongst all 91 patients attending a psychogeriatric day hospital during July 1988. Of the 86 patients taking medication, the 57 functionally and 29 organically ill patients were interviewed at home, the latter with their carers. A disparity in results was shown when compliance was measured...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Rosenvinge HP,Groarke EP,Bradshaw JW

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:epidemiological studies of Alzheimer's disease and aluminium intake have focused on aluminium in drinking water. There have been no studies investigating the relation between the disease and the consumption of foods containing large amounts of aluminium additives. OBJECTIVES:to conduct a pilot study to dete...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Rogers MA,Simon DG

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00