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abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) or potentially inappropriate associations (PIAs) prescribed knowingly are associated with patient monitoring. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:Geriatric units (n = 56) in 28 hospitals. PARTICIPANTS:Inpatients aged 75 and olde...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Pandraud-Riguet I,Bonnet-Zamponi D,Bourcier E,Buyse M,Laribe-Caget S,Frémont P,Pautas E,Verny C,Hindlet P,Fernandez C

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Lower than recommended doses of direct-acting oral anticoagulants are often prescribed to older adults with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). Our goal was to determine the consequences of lower than recommended dosing on plasma apixaban concentrations during the clinical care of older adults with NVAF....

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Sukumar S,Gulilat M,Linton B,Gryn SE,Dresser GK,Alfonsi JE,Schwarz UI,Kim RB,Schwartz JB

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To quantify the relationship between indwelling devices (urinary catheters, feeding tubes, and peripherally inserted central catheters) and carriage of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens in nursing home residents. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:Community nursing home in Southeast Michigan. PARTICIPANTS:Re...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Mody L,Maheshwari S,Galecki A,Kauffman CA,Bradley SF

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine in cognitively normal elderly adults whether vascular factors predict cognitive decline and whether these associations are mediated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures of subclinical vascular brain injury. DESIGN:Prospective multisite longitudinal study of subcortical ischemic vascular d...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Zheng L,Mack WJ,Chui HC,Heflin L,Mungas D,Reed B,DeCarli C,Weiner MW,Kramer JH

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite concerted effort to rehabilitate and return patients to their homes, the majority of nursing home patients are destined to spend the remainder of their days in institutional settings. These custodial care patients are elderly, have many functional disabilities, and are often demented. The traditional medical a...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Sloane PD,Pickard CG

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All living beings are at risk for experiencing infections; humans are no exception. The prestige and credibility of modern medicine is built in large part on achievements in preventing and treating infectious diseases. For most of human history, there was little that could be done to prevent and treat infections. Mill...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Coll PP,Costello VW,Kuchel GA,Bartley J,McElhaney JE

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) at old age and at age 50 on short-term survival among persons age 65 and older. DESIGN:Cross-sectional, using the 4,791 respondents to the community interview of the 1994 National Long Term Care Survey (NLTCS). SETTING:United States of America. PARTICIPANTS...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Taylor DH Jr,Ostbye T

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When medical schools change their curricula, this opens up opportunities for the development of new material and often eliminates previously designed courses. Emory University's School of Medicine revised its curriculum in 2007, combining clinical medicine and basic sciences in the first 18 months. As part of its firs...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Eskildsen MA,Flacker J

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether hospital costs are higher in patients with lower functional status at admission, defined as dependence in one or more activities of daily living (ADLs), after adjustment for Medicare Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) payments. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:General medical service at a ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Chuang KH,Covinsky KE,Sands LP,Fortinsky RH,Palmer RM,Landefeld CS

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relationship between serum insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), IGF-1 binding protein 1 (IGFBP-1), and IGF-1 binding protein 2 (IGFBP-2) and fasting insulin, fasting glucose, adiposity, and mortality in older adults. DESIGN:A prospective cohort study with mean follow-up of 6.2 years. SETTIN...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hu D,Pawlikowska L,Kanaya A,Hsueh WC,Colbert L,Newman AB,Satterfield S,Rosen C,Cummings SR,Harris TB,Ziv E,Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study.

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To use a simple measure of activities of daily living, wounds, and indwelling devices (urinary catheter, feeding tube) to predict prevalent, new, and intermittent multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) acquisition in nursing home (NH) residents. DESIGN:Secondary analysis, prospective cohort study. SETTING:Sou...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Min L,Galecki A,Mody L

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elderly adults (65 years of age and older) are of particular concern for traumatic amputations due to age-related changes in vision and coordination, making them more susceptible to injury. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study is to describe the epidemiology of traumatic amputations in the elderly adults ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Bandzar S,Gupta S,Atallah H,Pitts SR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients undergoing hip fracture surgery have a 10 times increased risk of stroke compared with the general population. We aimed to evaluate the association between the CHA2 DS2 -VASc (congestive heart failure, hypertension, age ≥75 years, diabetes, previous stroke/TIA [transient ischemic attack]/systemic em...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hjelholt TJ,Johnsen SP,Brynningsen PK,Pedersen AB

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the distribution of influenza vaccine coverage in the United States in 2008. DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis. SETTING:The 2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, which employs random-digit dialing to interview noninstitutionalized adults in the United States and territories. PARTICIP...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Linn ST,Guralnik JM,Patel KV

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis, etiologic bacterial agents to late prosthetic joint infections (LPJI), are more prevalent in the oral flora of older individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) than in an age and gender-matched nonarthritic control population (NA). DESIGN:...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Jacobson JJ,Patel B,Asher G,Woolliscroft JO,Schaberg D

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical performance measures, including cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPXT), are widely used in geriatric practice and aging research. Theoretically, research participants and study personnel could get infected in the closed environment of the exercise laboratory by contact with respiratory droplets from an infec...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Storer TW,Latham NK,Bhasin S

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe factors associated with provider-ordered influenza testing in hospitalized older adults. DESIGN:Information on participant demographics, symptoms, and provider-ordered influenza testing were collected by questionnaire and chart review. We conducted prospective laboratory-based surveillance using...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hartman L,Zhu Y,Edwards KM,Griffin MR,Talbot HK

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the association between serum albumin and cognitive impairment and decline in community-living older adults. DESIGNS:Population-based cohort study, followed up to 2 years; serum albumin, apolipoprotein E (APOE)-epsilon4, and cognitive impairment measured at baseline and cognitive decline (> or =2...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Ng TP,Niti M,Feng L,Kua EH,Yap KB

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demographic information suggests that the problems of alcohol abuse among the elderly will increase at least in proportion to the population growth of that sector. While fewer older people drink and average consumption declines, four factors that promote alcohol abuse are noted. These are: 1) retirement, with its atte...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Brody JA

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are over 2.5 million black Americans aged 65 and over living in the United States today, including some 258,000 persons aged 85 years and over. The post-World War II baby boom within the US black population should ensure that the numbers of persons aged 65 and over will increase into the 21st Century. If present...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Miles TP,Bernard MA

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of isobaric oxygenation on psychogeriatric subjects, with mild cognitive impairment was assessed in a single-blind controlled pilot study. Three of the 7 subjects were treated with a mixture of 97% oxygen plus 3% carbon dioxide, and 4 treated with compressed air. The oxygen or air was administered during tw...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： White L,Crovello JN,Rosenberg SN,Neiditch JA

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Most forms of dementia are associated with progressive cognitive and noncognitive impairments that can severely affect fitness to drive. Whether safe driving is still possible in the single case, however, is often difficult to decide and may be dependent on both severity and type of the respective...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Toepper M,Falkenstein M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral temperature has long been used as a basis for clinical decisions. The ingestion of cold liquids such as iced water, which are frequently found at patients' bedsides or in clinic waiting areas, has been believed to potentially lower oral temperature readings. The degree and duration of this effect, however, has no...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Sugarek NJ

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-seven community-dwelling nonagenarians provided with extensive medical and social services as needed were followed for two years. Fifty-one subjects were admitted to an acute care hospital at least once. Total durations of hospitalization for those who required it averaged 44 days per individual over the two ye...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Patterson C,Crescenzi C,Steel K

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-held belief that outcome data from intervention trials in men are generalizable to women has created the framework in which the primary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) in women is viewed, but over the past decade, data have accumulated to refute such a supposition of generalizability. These lines o...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hodis HN,Mack WJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify factors associated with functional change in an older population and investigate interactions among selected potential risk factors. DESIGN:A population-based prospective cohort study. SETTING:A random sample was selected from the Group Health Cooperative members in the Seattle area from 1994 t...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Wang L,van Belle G,Kukull WB,Larson EB

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether severe obesity in older people is independently associated with diminished lower extremity physical performance (LEP) in a random sample of homebound older adults that were considered ambulatory. DESIGN:Prospective cohort with 1 year of follow-up (2000-02). SETTING:In-home assessments ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Sharkey JR,Ory MG,Branch LG

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of Simulated Presence, a personalized approach to enhance well-being among nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia's (ADRD). DESIGN:Latin-Square, double blinded, 3-factor design with restrictive randomization of three treatments (the study intervention, a...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Camberg L,Woods P,Ooi WL,Hurley A,Volicer L,Ashley J,Odenheimer G,McIntyre K

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the clinical presentation, findings, and outcomes of older adults (> 60) with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and compare these with a control group of younger patients (< or or =60). DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:A community-based, acute hospital in Hong Kong. PARTICIPA...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Chan TY,Miu KY,Tsui CK,Yee KS,Chan MH

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of some controversies still existing about the real efficacy of ergot derivatives in the management of dementia, a double-blind, randomized, parallel group trial extending up to 6 months was carried out to compare the effects of nicergoline, 60 mg daily, and placebo in 315 patients suffering from mild to moder...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Battaglia A,Bruni G,Ardia A,Sacchetti G

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00