Clinical correlates of sway in old age--sensory modalities.

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：:Older people attend accident and emergency departments more frequently than younger people. However, most assessments indicate that this higher level of use is appropriate and is the result of more serious injury and illness among this population. Older patients discharged from accident and emergency departments are f...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Burns E

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:(i) to describe the general practitioner utilisation of health assessments, management plans, coordination of team care arrangements and medication review item numbers within 6 months of an aged care eligibility assessment for home care packages (HCP) and (ii) investigate the impact of health assessments on t...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Visvanathan R,Amare AT,Lang C,Khadka J,Yu S,Beilby J,Wesselingh S,Inacio MC

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of leukoaraiosis or white matter low attenuation (WMLA) on cognitive function is not fully understood. We compared the neuropsychological performance of 37 Alzheimer's disease patients with WMLA on CT brain scans with a similar group of 31 Alzheimer's disease patients with no evidence of white matter lesion...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Amar K,Bucks RS,Lewis T,Scott M,Wilcock GK

更新日期：1996-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Delirium is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome that is common among elderly inpatients. It has been associated with increased mortality, longer hospital stays, cognitive and functional decline and increased institutionalisation rates. Multicomponent interventions, a series of non-pharmacological strategies ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Martinez F,Tobar C,Hill N

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:to investigate a high-intensity functional exercise (HIFE) group in hospitalised older adults. Design:assessor-blinded, randomised-controlled trial. Setting:sub-acute wards at a metropolitan rehabilitation hospital. Participants:older adults ≥65 years (n = 468) able to stand with minimum assistance or less...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Raymond MJ,Jeffs KJ,Winter A,Soh SE,Hunter P,Holland AE

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample of 761 subjects 70 years and over was drawn from general-practice records of a rural township. Each subject was assessed and followed for 1 year to determine the incidence of and factors related to falls. The fall rate (number of falls per 100 person-years) increased from 47 for those aged 70-74 years to 121 ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Campbell AJ,Borrie MJ,Spears GF,Jackson SL,Brown JS,Fitzgerald JL

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:there is limited data comparing conditions and health service use across care settings in centenarians. To improve health service delivery in centenarians, the aim of this study was to compare the proportion of centenarians who have chronic conditions, take medication and use health care services across diff...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： von Berenberg P,Dräger D,Zahn T,Neuwirth J,Kuhlmey A,Gellert P

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous research has indicated that age-related medical or health conditions can affect driving performance in older adults but little, if any, research has examined the mechanisms through which health conditions affect driving difficulties in older adults. DESIGN:Cross-sectional, correlational study. SET...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Tuokko HA,Rhodes RE,Dean R

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:We analysed 103 episodes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in 88 elderly patients (age 76 +/- 7.7 years) to determine which of a group of 52 clinical and laboratory variables, measured on admission, best predicted continued or rebleeding, and death in these patients. Variables which related directly to the size of th...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Booker JA,Johnston M,Booker CI,Tydd T,Mitchell R

更新日期：1987-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:while it is well established that individual patient preferences regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may change with time, the stability of population preferences, especially during periods of social and economic change, has received little attention. OBJECTIVE:to elicit the resuscitation preferen...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Cotter PE,Simon M,Quinn C,O'Keeffe ST

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the human body composition changes with advances in age. Particularly, the central fat amount increases. Because the central fat mass is a cardiovascular risk factor, we investigated whether in an elderly population, fat mass (measured at different bodily locations) is associated with peripheral and central ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： van Dijk S,van den Meiracker A,van der Cammen T,Mattace Raso F,van der Velde N

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：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：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

abstract：BACKGROUND:several studies examining diet and functional status of individuals have focused on single nutrients or food groups. Studies examining the relationship between diet and health have increasingly witnessed a shift in focus from single nutrients to overall diet quality. The objective of this study was to examin...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Xu B,Houston D,Locher JL,Zizza C

更新日期：2012-05-01 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

abstract：:In a study of two representative population samples of 70-year-olds, one of which was followed up at 75 years of age, digitalis treatment was associated with oestrogen-like metabolic effects, indicated by changes in the composition of the plasma phospholipid fraction. Digitalis treatment, at least at these ages, is re...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Persson G,Landahl S,Svanborg A

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:the association between pain characteristics and frailty risk is uncertain. Objective:to investigate the separate impact of the frequency, intensity and location of pain on frailty risk and its possible mechanisms. Methods:prospective cohort of 1505 individuals ≥63 years followed between 2012 and 2015 in S...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Rodríguez-Sánchez I,García-Esquinas E,Mesas AE,Martín-Moreno JM,Rodríguez-Mañas L,Rodríguez-Artalejo F

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:antipsychotics are widely used in assisted living (AL facilities). Even more, the prescription of these drugs is gradually increasing since the availability of second-generation atypical antipsychotics. More knowledge is needed on prescription reasons to understand this increasing prevalence. METHODS:cross-...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Larrayadieu A,Abellan van Kan G,Piau A,Soto Martin M,Nourhashemi F,Rolland Y,Vellas B

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 212 cases of peritonitis found in a retrospective study of geriatric inpatients, the most common causes were mesenteric infarction, malignancy, intestinal obstruction, perforated peptic ulcer, cholecystitis, diverticulitis and perforation of the urinary bladder. The diagnostic accuracy was 47%. Abdominal pain had b...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Wroblewski M,Mikulowski P

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular immune function declines with age and is implicated in the increased incidence of cancer, and morbidity and mortality associated with infections in elderly people. Elderly people are at risk of nutritional depletion, including of zinc, and zinc is known to influence immunity. The present study assessed zinc s...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Goode HF,Penn ND,Kelleher J,Walker BE

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:fractures are a major health concern among the elderly. People at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) are at an increased risk for fractures. The aim of this study was to assess the individual and combined effect of the CVD risk factors of smoking, alcohol consumption and physical activity on fracture risk...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Khatib R,Yusuf S,Barzilay JI,Papaioannou A,Thabane L,Gao P,Joseph PG,Teo K,Mente A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capillary fragility has been examined in 110 elderly patients, excluding those patients who might have been expected to have abnormal fragility. Nonetheless, fragility appeared to be greater in elderly patients than in younger subjects. It was much increased in the non-paralysed arm of hemiplegic patients but not in t...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Bloomer J,Morley H,Denham MJ,Hodkinson HM

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:to compare walking speed in the UK older population with the speed required to utilise pedestrian crossings (≥1.2 m/s), and determine health and socio-demographic associations with walking impairment. DESIGN:cross-sectional study using Health Survey for England 2005 data. SETTING:private households in Engl...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Asher L,Aresu M,Falaschetti E,Mindell J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the type and frequency of falls presenting to an inner city casualty department, and to identify modifiable risk factors in these patients. A prospective descriptive study evaluated those over 65 years presenting to an inner city casualty department with falls. Over a 4-week recru...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Davies AJ,Kenny RA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resuscitation decisions during the first 6 weeks were analysed for 97 admissions to a psychogeriatric ward of a general teaching hospital. Seventy-seven patients (79%) had a written 'do not resuscitate' (DNR) order on admission and 74 patients (875) had a written DNR order after 6 weeks. Morbidity was assessed with a ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Dautzenberg PL,Hooyer C,Schonwetter RS,Dermout KM,vd Veer JK,Duursma SA

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00