Psychiatric emergency consultations to elderly patients in a Canadian general hospital.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effect of chronic renal failure (CRF) on quality of life (QOL). DESIGN:Controlled cross-sectional study. SETTING:All 13 dialysis units in the French Lorraine region and six departments of a Nancy hospital. PARTICIPANTS:One hundred sixty-nine older patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD)...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Loos C,Briançon S,Frimat L,Hanesse B,Kessler M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the value of dual tasking in predicting falling in the general population of oldest old with that of easy-to-administer single tasks. DESIGN:Prospective population-based follow-up study. SETTING:Municipality of Leiden, the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS:Representative cohort of 380 individuals, all ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Bootsma-van der Wiel A,Gussekloo J,de Craen AJ,van Exel E,Bloem BR,Westendorp RG

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding variability in conceptions of dementia in multiethnic populations is important to improve care and guide research. The objectives of this study were to describe caregiver conceptions of dementia using a previously developed typology and to examine the correlates of conceptions of dementia in a multiethni...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hinton L,Franz CE,Yeo G,Levkoff SE

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine how many individual patient data (IPD) reviews that included older people were available in MEDLINE and whether the effectiveness of treatments differed between older and younger individuals. DESIGN:Overview of IPD reviews. SETTING:A MEDLINE search was conducted for IPD reviews of randomized c...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： van de Glind EM,Rhodius-Meester HF,Reitsma JB,Hooft L,van Munster BC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied attitudes of health professionals toward life-sustaining treatment. A patient management questionnaire sent to staff physicians and nurses in 183 Oregon nursing homes consisted of eight patient sketches which varied age, mental status, and enjoyment of life. Respondents were asked whether they would favor t...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Watts DT,Cassel CK,Hickam DH

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether serum thyrotropin (TSH) levels are altered in euthyroid older persons compared with middle-aged adults. DESIGN:Serum TSH and thyroid hormone levels were measured in a large group of older persons (> 70 years old, n = 216) and their middle-aged offspring (40-60 years old, n = 211) after e...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hershman JM,Pekary AE,Berg L,Solomon DH,Sawin CT

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyze the costs for long-stay (>90 days) nursing home (NH) decedents with and without hospice care. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study using a 1999-2009 data set of linked Medicare and Medicaid claims and minimum data set (MDS) assessments. SETTING:Indiana NHs. PARTICIPANTS:Long-stay NH decedents (N =...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Unroe KT,Sachs GA,Dennis ME,Hickman SE,Stump TE,Tu W,Callahan CM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements were made of the overnight mobility of a group of elderly hospital patients whose clinical status had been assessed using the Norton clinical assessment score. The number of movements on the first two nights after admission differed from subsequent nights. There was a significant correlation between mobil...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Barbenel JC,Ferguson-Pell MW,Kennedy R

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimizing the management of antibiotic resistance is an important strategy in improving outcomes for infectious diseases in older persons. Strategies that manage antibiotic resistance must take into account all clinical settings, because resistant pathogens previously seen only in acute care facilities are becoming i...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Norman DC

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To use an expert consensus process to identify indicators of delirium features to help enhance bedside recognition of delirium. DESIGN:Modified Delphi consensus process to assign existing cognitive and delirium assessment items to delirium features in the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) diagnostic algorit...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Huang LW,Inouye SK,Jones RN,Fong TG,Rudolph JL,O'Connor MG,Metzger ED,Crane PK,Marcantonio ER

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the effects of a communication skills training intervention on older patients' discourse during a primary care interview. DESIGN:A quasi-experimental design involving two intervention conditions. SETTING:The Family Practice Center of a university-based clinic. PARTICIPANTS:Thirty-three patients av...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Cegala DJ,Post DM,McClure L

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterize illness and identify the etiology for two nursing home outbreaks of respiratory illness. DESIGN:Multisite outbreak investigations; cohort. SETTING:Two nursing homes in Pennsylvania. PARTICIPANTS:Facility A residents (n = 170), Facility B residents (n = 124), and employees (n = 91). MEASUR...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hicks LA,Shepard CW,Britz PH,Erdman DD,Fischer M,Flannery BL,Peck AJ,Lu X,Thacker WL,Benson RF,Tondella ML,Moll ME,Whitney CG,Anderson LJ,Feikin DR

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A medical examiner's series of 71 elderly patients with fatal internal cerebral injuries demonstrated age differences with respect to the type of cerebral lesion and the causal incident. The elderly showed relatively fewer severe cerebral contusions than did a young group, but a higher incidence of subdural and intrap...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Kirkpatrick JB,Pearson J

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE:The benefits and harms of screening of Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRDs) are unknown. This study addressed the question of whether the benefits outweigh the harms of screening for ADRDs among older adults in primary care. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:Single-blinded, two-arm, ran...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Fowler NR,Perkins AJ,Gao S,Sachs GA,Boustani MA

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the utility of hypodermoclysis in the management of dehydration in nursing home residents and to review the recent literature on the use of clysis in older adults. DESIGN:A retrospective chart review. SETTING:Two continuing care retirement community nursing home units in Cincinnati. PARTICIPA...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hussain NA,Warshaw G

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research indicates that lower extremity muscle weakness in the elderly is consistently related to impaired mobility and fall risk. Reversible components of the muscle weakness of aging include underuse syndromes and undernutrition, both of which are prevalent in nursing home populations. The Boston FICSIT study is a n...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Fiatarone MA,O'Neill EF,Doyle N,Clements KM,Roberts SB,Kehayias JJ,Lipsitz LA,Evans WJ

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between gender and specific types of behavior problems that occur in patients with Alzheimer's disease. DESIGN:This was an observational study using the Dementia Behavior Disturbance Scale to quantify and define behavioral problems encountered by caregivers. Multiple regressions w...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Ott BR,Tate CA,Gordon NM,Heindel WC

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence of cognitive impairment in older adults with heart failure (HF). DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis of the 2004 wave of the nationally representative Health and Retirement Study linked to 2002 to 2004 Medicare administrative claims. SETTING:United States, community. PARTICIPANTS:S...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Gure TR,Blaum CS,Giordani B,Koelling TM,Galecki A,Pressler SJ,Hummel SL,Langa KM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although frailty status is dynamic, whether improvements in frailty predict mortality is unknown. OBJECTIVE:Describe 1-year changes in a frailty index (FI) and association with 48-month mortality. DESIGN:Secondary analysis of the National Health in Aging Trends Study. SETTING:Community. PARTICIPANTS:Five...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Shi SM,Olivieri-Mui B,McCarthy EP,Kim DH

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A rough plan is proposed which may facilitate the care of geriatric patients. The plan is to introduce pilot programs of geriatric regional centers attached to Veteran's Administration hospitals. Thus, at minimal cost, the problems of geriatric medicine would be under the supervision of our excellent university medica...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Dawson D

更新日期：1966-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Only limited data are available regarding smoking and health in later life and, in particular, in the older Chinese population. This paper reports the relationship between smoking and mortality in a Chinese cohort aged 70 years and older. SETTING:A population-based study conducted in Hong Kong. PARTICIPANT...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Ho SC,Zhan SY,Tang JL,Chan SG,Woo J

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to determine the outcome of onsite CPR in elderly patients receiving institutional care who had access to 24-hour on-site full ACLS capability. We used a retrospective chart and CPR protocol review of all patients who received CPR during the study period; these were patients or residents in a multi-l...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Gordon M,Cheung M

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the association between interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-6 soluble receptor (sR), and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor-1 (sTNF-R1) and cognitive status in the oldest-old women. DESIGN:Twenty-year longitudinal cohort study. SETTING:Four clinical sites in the United States. PARTICIPANTS:Women fro...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Metti AL,Yaffe K,Boudreau RM,Ganguli M,Lopez OL,Stone KL,Cauley JA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the evaluation of an interdisciplinary comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) consultation program for targeted hospitalized patients. DESIGN:Multi-center randomized clinical trial (RCT) at four hospitals where patients were randomly assigned to CGA consultation or usual care by the attending p...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Borok GM,Reuben DB,Zendle LJ,Ershoff DH,Wolde-Tsadik G,Rubenstein LZ,Ambrosini VL,Fishman LK,Beck JC

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of dental problems in Paget's patients and in a control population without Paget's disease. The relationship of localization of bony involvement of Paget's disease with the prevalence of dental, auditory, visual, and smell changes is examined. DESIGN:Cross-sectional national surve...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Wheeler TT,Alberts MA,Dolan TA,McGorray SP

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To apply diagnostic criteria for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to a geographically representative sample, to estimate the prevalence of MCI, and to estimate 10-year trajectories of incident disability for cognitively intact participants and subgroups with MCI. DESIGN:Prospective cohort; 10 years of follow...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Purser JL,Fillenbaum GG,Pieper CF,Wallace RB

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the incidence of spinal fractures and their outcomes in the elderly who fall from low-levels in a suburban county. DESIGN:Retrospective county-wide trauma registry review from 2004 to 2013. SETTING:Suburban county with regionalized trauma care consisting of 11 hospitals. PARTICIPANTS:Adult tra...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Jawa RS,Singer AJ,Rutigliano DN,McCormack JE,Huang EC,Shapiro MJ,Fields SD,Morelli BN,Vosswinkel JA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Geriatric assessment units have improved pharmacotherapy for their patients by decreasing the number of medications prescribed. The Senior Care Study, a randomized controlled trial, compared a multidisciplinary-team approach to patient care to the standard medical practice of the institution. As a part of th...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Owens NJ,Sherburne NJ,Silliman RA,Fretwell MD

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence of depression in a cohort of elderly men as assessed using a 30-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) score and to describe the association between this score and sex steroids, androgen receptor (AR) polymorphism, and general health status. DESIGN:Observational study on the relat...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： T'Sjoen GG,De Vos S,Goemaere S,Van Pottelbergh I,Dierick M,Van Heeringen C,Kaufman JM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the association between usages of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and subsequent risk of pneumonia in dementia patients. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database. PARTICIPANTS:The study cohort consisted of 786 dementia patients with new PP...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Ho SW,Teng YH,Yang SF,Yeh HW,Wang YH,Chou MC,Yeh CB

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00