Patterns of mortality in homes for the elderly.

abstract：:Deafness is a very common problem in older persons. We present a case of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas with deafness being the patient's only reason for seeking medical attention. The patient had bilateral vestibulocochlear nerve palsies with associated lower motor neurone facial nerve palsies and a bulbar...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Blows SJ,Morgan R,Dhariwal U,Petts G,Roncaroli F

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:to describe differences in care and 30-day mortality of patients admitted with hip fracture on weekends (Saturday-Sunday) compared to weekdays (Monday-Friday), and their relationship to the organisation of care. Methods:data came from the National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD) linked to ONS mortality data on ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Neuburger J,Currie C,Wakeman R,Georghiou T,Boulton C,Johansen A,Tsang C,Wilson H,Cromwell DA,van der Meulen J

更新日期：2018-09-01 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: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 effects of discontinuing long-term diuretic therapy were investigated by means of a double-blind randomized controlled trial. A total of 141 elderly patients in the long-stay wards of six hospitals were found to be taking maintenance diuretics, and for 33 of these the drugs were judged to be mandatory. Of the rema...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Burr ML,King S,Davies HE,Pathy MS

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:there is limited evidence of a protective effect of physical activity in preventing hip fractures among older people living in institutions and in those aged 80 or over. OBJECTIVE:to examine the relationship between physical activity and risk of hip fracture in frail older people. DESIGN:a case-control stu...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Norton R,Galgali G,Campbell AJ,Reid IR,Robinson E,Butler M,Gray H

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to (i) survey the risk factors for NSAID gastropathy in outpatients (elderly patients in the community), compared to those living in old people's homes or nursing homes, (ii) study the prescription of medication prophylaxis during use of NSAIDs conform the current national g...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： van Leen MW,van der Eijk I,Schols JM

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 521 patients consecutively admitted to an acute geriatric unit were kept under surveillance by one observer during their stay. All drugs given to them and the occurrence of adverse events were recorded. One hundred and seventeen adverse drug reactions occurred in 94 patients representing 18.8% of the 500 pa...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Leach S,Roy SS

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:to test the hypothesis as to whether persons newly discharged into the community following an acute stroke and assigned a stroke case manager would experience, compared to usual post-hospital care, better health-related quality of life (HRQL), fewer emergency room visits and less non-elective hospitalisation...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Mayo NE,Nadeau L,Ahmed S,White C,Grad R,Huang A,Yaffe MJ,Wood-Dauphinee S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:to investigate the effectiveness of a pharmacy discharge plan in elderly hospitalized patients. DESIGN:randomized controlled trial. SUBJECTS AND SETTINGS:we randomized patients aged 75 years and older on four or more medicines who had been discharged from three acute general and one long-stay hospital to a...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Nazareth I,Burton A,Shulman S,Smith P,Haines A,Timberal H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to evaluate a nurse-led management plan and care pathway for older people discharged from an Accident and Emergency Department after a fall. DESIGN:randomized controlled trial. SETTING:a large teaching hospital. SUBJECTS:348 consecutive patients aged 65 or over attending the Accident and Emergency Departme...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Lightbody E,Watkins C,Leathley M,Sharma A,Lye M

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Valproate (VPA) is an antiepileptic drug with a broad spectrum of efficacy. Although usually well-tolerated, it may have side-effects of which encephalopathy is one of the most serious. OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical characteristics of valproate encephalopathy (VE) in five older patients with remote sym...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Beyenburg S,Back C,Diederich N,Lewis M,Reuber M

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:in older persons, anaemia is associated with a number of unfavourable outcomes. In approximately 30% of older persons with anaemia, the cause of the anaemia is unexplained. We assessed the clinical differences between subjects with explained and unexplained anaemia and investigated whether these subjects hav...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Willems JM,den Elzen WP,Vlasveld LT,Westendorp RG,Gussekloo J,de Craen AJ,Blauw GJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:a large number of studies have explored factors related to self- and informant ratings of quality of life in people with dementia, but many studies have had relatively small sample sizes and mainly focused on health conditions and dementia symptoms. The aim of this study is to compare self- and informant-rat...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Wu YT,Nelis SM,Quinn C,Martyr A,Jones IR,Victor CR,Knapp M,Henderson C,Hindle JV,Jones RW,Kopelman MD,Morris RG,Pickett JA,Rusted JM,Thom JM,Litherland R,Matthews FE,Clare L,IDEAL Programme team.

更新日期：2020-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are conflicting data on the association between Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection and cardiovascular diseases. AIM:To determine if there is an association between gastric HP infection and atherosclerosis of cerebral or peripheral arteries in elderly subjects. METHODS:90 dyspeptic elderly subjects ha...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Pilotto A,Rumor F,Franceschi M,Leandro G,Novello R,Soffiati G,Scagnelli M,Di Mario F,Valerio G

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:to compare the cost effectiveness of post-acute care for older people provided in community hospitals with general hospital care. DESIGN:cost-effectiveness study embedded within a randomised controlled trial. SETTING:seven community hospitals and five general hospitals at five centres in the midlands and n...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： O'Reilly J,Lowson K,Green J,Young JB,Forster A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little evidence about the utilization of healthcare services and disease recognition in the older population, which was urged to self-isolate during the COVID-19 lockdowns. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to describe the utilization of physician consultations, specialist referrals, hospital admissions, and the...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Michalowsky B,Hoffmann W,Bohlken J,Kostev K

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the epidemiology and outcomes of non-traumatic dyspnoea in patients aged 75 years or older presenting to emergency departments (EDs) in the Asia-Pacific region. METHODS:A substudy of a prospective interrupted time series cohort study conducted at three time points in EDs in Australia, New Zealan...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Kelly AM,Keijzers G,Klim S,Craig S,Kuan WS,Holdgate A,Graham CA,Jones P,Laribi S

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:oropharyngeal dysphagia is a common condition among the elderly but not systematically explored. OBJECTIVE:to assess the prevalence and the prognostic significance of oropharyngeal dysphagia among elderly patients with pneumonia. DESIGN:a prospective cohort study. SETTING:an acute geriatric unit in a gene...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Cabre M,Serra-Prat M,Palomera E,Almirall J,Pallares R,Clavé P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the most common discharge diagnosis for elderly patients. The survival of elderly (age greater than or equal to 75 years) patients with CHF has not recently been reported, especially with reference to left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). A patient database was searched for the d...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Taffet GE,Teasdale TA,Bleyer AJ,Kutka NJ,Luchi RJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:frailty is a dynamic condition for which a range of interventions are available. Health state utilities are values that represent the strength of an individual's preference for specific health states, and are used in economic evaluation. This is a topic yet to be examined in detail for frailty. Likewise, lit...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Thompson MQ,Theou O,Ratcliffe J,Tucker GR,Adams RJ,Walters SJ,Visvanathan R

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses an assessment procedure for the formal identification of patients requiring long-stay geriatric care. It was introduced immediately prior to the reorganization of geriatric in-patient care at St Pancras Hospital which saw the abolition of mixed wards of acute, rehabilitation, and long-stay patient...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Golding R,Lugon M,Hodkinson HM

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elastic and mechanical behaviour of isolated papillar muscle was studied in aged and in young rats. The spontaneous fall in tension (stress relaxation phenomenon) and the duration of the active state of the contractile element during the isometric and isotonic contraction were greater in aged than in young rats. T...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Minelli R,Reggiani C,De Nicola P

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the number of older people living in residential and nursing care homes is rising. Loneliness is a major problem for older people, but little is known about the prevalence of loneliness amongst older people living in care homes. AIM:to undertake a systematic review of literature on the prevalence of moderat...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Gardiner C,Laud P,Heaton T,Gott M

更新日期：2020-08-24 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：BACKGROUND:delirium is a frequent complication of hospital admission for older people and can be reduced by multicomponent interventions, but implementation and delivery of such interventions is challenging. OBJECTIVE:to investigate fidelity to the prevention of delirium system of care within a multicentre, pragmatic,...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Smith J,Green J,Siddiqi N,Inouye SK,Collinson M,Farrin A,Young J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age is thought to be strongly associated with intensive care outcomes, but this relationship may be confounded by many clinical variables. OBJECTIVES:To compare clinical characteristics of elderly patients (> or = 65 years) admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with those in younger patients and to iden...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Vosylius S,Sipylaite J,Ivaskevicius J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Routine cognitive screening for in-patients aged ≥75 years is recommended, but there is uncertainty around how this should be operationalised. We therefore determined the feasibility and reliability of the Abbreviated mental test score (AMTS/10) and its relationship to subjective memory complaint, Montreal...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Pendlebury ST,Klaus SP,Mather M,de Brito M,Wharton RM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00