Suicide and parasuicide in old age: a review.

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：: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：:Vaginal pessaries are widely considered to be a safe alternative to surgery in older women. We report a case of near fatal septicaemia in a 75-year-old woman associated with a shelf pessary, the presence of which was identified during an exploratory laparotomy. This case highlights the importance of the gynaecological...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Wheeler LD,Lazarus R,Torkington J,O'Mahony MS,Woodhouse KW

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, frailty is defined variably. Some consensus on a definition is likely to emerge, but the basis for a successful definition needs to be explored. Here, a classic approach to validation is proposed: a successful definition of frailty should be multifactorial but must also manage the many factors in a way tha...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Rockwood K

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:in some current policy discussions concerning long-term care, the emphasis has been almost solely on the costs of care. This dialogue must be replaced with a discussion of value, which emphasizes both the costs of care and quality of care. While the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) was originally designe...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Phillips CD,Zimmerman D,Bernabei R,Jonsson PV

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE REPORTS:We report three cases of rectus sheath haematoma in elderly women. This condition is commonly misdiagnosed at any age but is an even more elusive diagnosis in elderly patients. CONCLUSION:It is important to consider rectus sheath haematoma in older patients with an abdominal or pelvic mass or spontaneous ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Bene J,Lassman D,Solomon SA

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The General Medical Council (GMC) provides a core curriculum for all medical degrees in the UK. However, these guidelines do not provide in-depth, specific learning outcomes for the various medical specialties. Recognising our ageing population, the British Geriatrics Society in 2013 published their own supplementary ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Tinker A,Hussain L,D'Cruz JL,Tai WY,Zaidman S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of snoring was studied in 46 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), 37 with multiinfarct dementia (MID), and in a random sample of 124 elderly community residents without known diseases affecting higher cortical functions. The demented patients were reported to snore twice as frequently as the control s...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Erkinjuntti T,Partinen M,Sulkava R,Palomaki H,Tilvis R

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Joint geriatric/psychiatric wards are a potential solution to improving care of older patients with both psychiatric and medical illnesses in acute hospitals. A literature search using Medline, PsycINFO, Embase and CINAHL between 1980 and 2010 was carried out for information about joint wards for older people. Thirtee...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： George J,Adamson J,Woodford H

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE REPORT:An elderly woman with poor nutritional intake developed profound hypophosphataemia and hypokalaemia following the institution of nasogastric feeding. DISCUSSION:Refeeding syndrome is well recognized in certain undernourished groups of patients, but may not be so well known to physicians looking after elder...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Mallet M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results reported here are from a 2-year follow-up study of 58 elderly patients in a continuing-care unit. Most of these patients were in a hyperosmolar state at the time of entry (mean plasma osmolality 304 +/- 8 mOsmol/kg). The survival of those patients with the highest osmolality (greater than 308 mOsmol/kg) wa...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： O'Neill PA,Faragher EB,Davies I,Wears R,McLean KA,Fairweather DS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of tamoxifen on the vaginal mucosa and on serum oestrone, oestradiol and gonadotrophin concentrations was investigated in a group of nine postmenopausal women with non-metastatic breast cancer. Compared with fit age-matched controls, the vaginal pH in the tamoxifen-treated group was significantly lower and ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Miodrag A,Ekelund P,Burton R,Castleden CM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:nasogastric tube (NGT) feeding is commonly used after stroke, but its effectiveness is limited by frequent dislodgement. OBJECTIVE:the objective of the study was to evaluate looped NGT feeding in acute stroke patients with dysphagia. METHODS:this was a randomised controlled trial of 104 patients with acute...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Beavan J,Conroy SP,Harwood R,Gladman JR,Leonardi-Bee J,Sach T,Bowling T,Sunman W,Gaynor C

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The change in mental and physical functioning over 5 years for 594 survivors of a community survey of the elderly is described. An increase in cognitive impairment, physical disability and incontinence over the period was found with increasing age. Women in the two oldest age groups had a significantly greater increas...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Jagger C,Clarke M,Cook AJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Visuo-spatial neglect (VSN) after stroke is associated with a poor prognosis for rehabilitation. The co-existence of a visual field deficit (VFD) with VSN may be associated with impaired visuo-spatial functioning and thereby poor functional outcome. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the presence of a VFD (i) e...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Cassidy TP,Bruce DW,Lewis S,Gray CS

更新日期：1999-05-01 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：Background:fear of falling (FOF) is a major health concern among community-dwelling older adults that could restrict mobility. Objective:to examine the association of FOF with life-space mobility (i.e. the spatial area a person moves through in daily life) of community-dwelling older adults from five diverse sites. M...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Auais M,Alvarado B,Guerra R,Curcio C,Freeman EE,Ylli A,Guralnik J,Deshpande N

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:our aim was to study the relationship between HbA1c and cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause mortality among older insulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) after adjustment for multiple confounders. METHODS:data for 4589 adults with T2D (>65 years) on insulin treatment were sourced from 532 UK ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Anyanwagu U,Mamza J,Donnelly R,Idris I

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:Recent studies have shown a defect in the cholinergic system of the cerebral cortex of patients suffering from nonvascular senile dementia. This observation suggests the possibility of instituting some kind of replacement therapy and trial have been carried out. At this juncture it seem pertinent to ask what lessons c...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Kendall MJ

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project (OCSP) devised a simple clinical classification for acute stroke which predicted mortality, functional recovery and patterns of recurrent stroke. We aimed to determine whether this could predict the presence of carotid disease and be used to select which patients with...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Mead GE,Shingler H,Farrell A,O'Neill PA,McCollum CN

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a common clinical syndrome that identifies people at high risk of developing dementia. Although treatments for MCI are currently unavailable, preliminary evidence has identified potential neuro-protective effects of physical activity, which may lead to improved outcomes. However, the...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Barber SE,Clegg AP,Young JB

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:how the National Service Framework (NSF) for older people in England might be associated with changes in clinically relevant stroke outcome has not been investigated. We looked for changes in computerised tomography (CT) scan rate, inpatient case-fatality rate (CFR), length of acute hospital stay and disch...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Myint PK,Vowler SL,Redmayne O,Fulcher RA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was performed of 163 patients aged 65 years and over with a diagnosis of duodenal ulceration admitted to one Health District over a period of six years. Eighty per cent of the patients were admitted with acute complications, 50% bled and 30% were perforated. A large proportion of these patients w...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Watson RJ,Hooper TL,Ingram G

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was carried out on 288 general surgical patients aged 65 years and over. Over 40% of patients suffered no post-operative complication. The commonest post-operative problem was respiratory, with 17% of patients having simple atelectasis, 12% acute bronchitis and 10% pneumonia. Six per cent of patien...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Seymour DG,Vaz FG

更新日期：1989-09-01 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：:A straight abdominal radiograph can be used in the elderly to indicate a loaded colon. Two groups of patients were identified using radiology, one with faeces-filled caeca and the other with gas-filled caeca. Gastro-intestinal transit time measurements and breath methane analysis, an indicator of colonic bacterial act...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： McKay LF,Smith RG,Eastwood MA,Walsh SD,Cruikshank JG

更新日期：1983-05-01 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：: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：:The contribution of the elderly to the workload of a combined consultative District Hospital Gastroenterology Clinic has been studied over a 12-year period. The elderly group comprise 24% of the total referrals with a gradually increasing trend over successive years. The service implications are discussed and the main...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Purkayastha SK,Salter RH,Holmes KM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00