Prevention of falls in the elderly.

abstract：:To improve delirium recognition and care, numerous serum biomarkers have been investigated as potential tools for risk stratification, diagnosis, monitoring, and prognostication of delirium. The literature was reviewed, and no evidence was found to support the clinical use of any delirium biomarker, although certain b...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Khan BA,Zawahiri M,Campbell NL,Boustani MA

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Attention has recently been drawn to the potential dangers of firearm use among patients with dementia. However, little is known about the actual prevalence of firearms in households with demented family members. This study seeks to determine the prevalence and loaded status of firearms in households with a d...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Spangenberg KB,Wagner MT,Hendrix S,Bachman DL

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The implications for society of increasing life span to 120 years can only be guessed, but comparing the diversity of responses to aging in different countries may give insights into the possible effect. A European Union-funded study of the recipients of community care services in 11 European countries illustrates how...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Carpenter GI

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To study the effects of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) and multidisciplinary intervention on elderly patients sent home from the emergency department (ED). DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled trial with 18 months of follow-up. SETTING:Large medical school-affiliated public hospital in an u...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Caplan GA,Williams AJ,Daly B,Abraham K

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether resting heart rate is associated with several types of osteoporotic fractures, mortality, and cause-specific mortality in older women. DESIGN:A prospective cohort study. SETTING:Four communities across the United States. PARTICIPANTS:We prospectively assessed resting pulse rate in 9,7...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Kado DM,Lui LY,Cummings SR,Study Of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group.

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All autopsies (n = 34) performed over a period from July 1, 1981 to June 30, 1988 in a teaching nursing home were reviewed to determine the autopsy rate, to evaluate premortem versus postmortem diagnostic discrepancies, and to see if educational efforts could improve each. The autopsy rate was 3.5%. Major discrepancie...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Gloth FM 3rd,Burton JR

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the association between a restrictive transfusion strategy and cardiovascular complications during hospitalization for hip fracture with the association between a liberal transfusion strategy and cardiovascular complications, accounting for all transfusions from the emergency department to postacu...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Zerah L,Dourthe L,Cohen-Bittan J,Verny M,Raux M,Mézière A,Khiami F,Tourette C,Neri C,Le Manach Y,Riou B,Vallet H,Boddaert J

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prescription drugs are not always taken as directed. When there is a discrepancy between the use of a drug and the prescription directions, the drug-taking behavior is considered "nonadherent." To determine the extent of prescription non adherence by old persons and the reasons for nonadherence, an in-home survey was ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Cooper JK,Love DW,Raffoul PR

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of adverse publicity regarding increased risk of endometrial cancer in women receiving estrogen therapy, a 2-year prospective study was conducted in 1976 to determine the incidence of endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women. A retrospective study for the year 1975 was also added. A postmenopausal survey c...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Gambrell RD Jr,Massey FM,Castaneda TA,Ugenas AJ,Ricci CA

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the utility of verbal fluency discrepancy scores in predicting progression to Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a cohort of individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). DESIGN:Case control. SETTING:Cases identified from new referrals to a memory clinic and controls identified from The Irish Longit...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Vaughan RM,Coen RF,Kenny R,Lawlor BA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the extent to which disease-related symptoms and impairments, which constitute measures of disease severity or targets of therapy, account for the associations between chronic diseases and universal health outcomes. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) and the ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Tinetti ME,McAvay G,Chang SS,Ning Y,Newman AB,Fitzpatrick A,Fried TR,Harris TB,Nevitt MC,Satterfield S,Yaffe K,Peduzzi P

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Health Care Surrogate Act (HCSA) in Illinois has been proposed as a model for state laws naming surrogate medical decision-makers for those without advance directives (ADs). Our objective was to determine if the HCSA identifies the same surrogate as older persons would choose for themselves. If not, is th...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hayley DC,Stern R,Stocking C,Sachs GA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characteristic morphologic changes frequently observed in the brain of an old adult include a decrease in weight and volume, a change in the pattern of cerebral cortical convolutions, and an increase in ventricular size. Cell loss varies from region to region in the brain, and may be intensified in Alzheimer's dis...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Samorajski T

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To improve screening for Alzheimer's disease (AD) with the Memory Impairment Screen (MIS), a 4-minute, four-item delayed free and cued recall memory test with controlled learning and high discriminative validity. To assess the discriminative validity of the MIS for AD and to compare it with the conventional ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Kuslansky G,Buschke H,Katz M,Sliwinski M,Lipton RB

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether adhering to a healthy lifestyle in midlife may reduce the risk of dementia. DESIGN:Case-control study nested in a prospective cohort. SETTING:The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, Oahu, Hawaii. PARTICIPANTS:Three thousand four hundred sixty-eight Japanese-American men (mean age 52 in 1965-19...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Gelber RP,Petrovitch H,Masaki KH,Abbott RD,Ross GW,Launer LJ,White LR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To quantitatively summarize changes in cognitive performance in individuals with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). DESIGN:Metaanalysis. PARTICIPANTS:Individuals undergoing TAVI (N = 1,065 (48.5% male) from 18 studies, average age ≥80). MEASUREMENTS:The MEDLI...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Khan MM,Herrmann N,Gallagher D,Gandell D,Fremes SE,Wijeysundera HC,Radhakrishnan S,Sun YR,Lanctôt KL

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review studies investigating cochlear implant (CI) outcomes in older adults, and to develop a conceptual framework demonstrating important interactions between characteristics of hearing disability, aging, and the CI intervention. DESIGN:Review of English literature with titles containing the words "coch...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Clark JH,Yeagle J,Arbaje AI,Lin FR,Niparko JK,Francis HW

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the relative independent contribution of changes in executive control function (ECF) and memory to changes in functional status. DESIGN:Three-year longitudinal cohort study. SETTING:A comprehensive care retirement community. PARTICIPANTS:Five hundred forty-seven noninstitutionalized people aged ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Royall DR,Palmer R,Chiodo LK,Polk MJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To alert persons in the public and private healthcare professions to the increasing trends in higher proportions of persons aged 50 and older who are newly diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and who are living with HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). DESIGN:Data from the period...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Paul SM,Martin RM,Lu SE,Lin Y

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nursing homes have become "ground zero" for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in North America, with homes experiencing widespread outbreaks, resulting in severe morbidity and mortality among their residents. This article describes a 371-bed acute-care hospital's emergency response to a 126-bed nursing ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Stall NM,Farquharson C,Fan-Lun C,Wiesenfeld L,Loftus CA,Kain D,Johnstone J,McCreight L,Goldman RD,Mahtani R

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Logical bases (five of which are outlined) underlie action in nutrition and aging. First, nutrition, health, and aging form an integral triad affecting all. This basis has been applied to the conceptualization of the Nutrition Program for Older Americans (NPOA). Second, in North America, malnutrition is a sequitur of ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Watkin DM

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The GRECC program was established by the VA in 1975 and has been expanded since then to 16 sites. For more than a decade, GRECC staff have made major contributions to advancing the understanding of the aging process and developing approaches that have improved the care of older veterans as well as all frail elderly pe...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Goodwin M,Morley JE

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-administered questionnaires were sent to all faculty and staff members of the departments of internal medicine and psychiatry in a school of medicine. The questionnaires asked for information about personal characteristics, practice characteristics, and interest in teaching geriatrics. Included also were measures...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Coe RM,Miller DK,Prendergast JM,Grossberg G

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether slowing of gastric emptying and glucose absorption with guar gum would reduce the fall in blood pressure after an oral glucose load in older subjects. DESIGN:A randomized, experimental, cross-over study. SETTING:Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Aust...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Jones KL,MacIntosh C,Su YC,Wells F,Chapman IM,Tonkin A,Horowitz M

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine reference values for laboratory tests in individuals aged 85 and older. DESIGN:Cross-sectional cohort study. SETTING:International. PARTICIPANTS:Long Life Family Study (LLFS) participants (N~5,000, age: range 25-110, median 67, 45% male). MEASUREMENTS:Serum biomarkers were selected based on ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Sebastiani P,Thyagarajan B,Sun F,Honig LS,Schupf N,Cosentino S,Feitosa MF,Wojczynski M,Newman AB,Montano M,Perls TT

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether slow gait represents a compensatory strategy to reduce the energetic cost of walking with age. DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis. SETTING:Community-dwelling volunteers from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA). PARTICIPANTS:Four hundred twenty community-dwelling persons aged...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Schrack JA,Simonsick EM,Chaves PH,Ferrucci L

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the relationship between frailty and delirium. DESIGN:Systematic review and meta-analysis. SETTING:MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases were searched for articles on frailty and delirium published on or before October 31, 2017. PARTICIPANTS:Individuals ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Persico I,Cesari M,Morandi A,Haas J,Mazzola P,Zambon A,Annoni G,Bellelli G

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the frequency of vitamin D deficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism in Australian hip fracture patients living in the community. PATIENTS:A total of 283 consecutive patients with hip fracture admitted over a 15-month period to a university teaching hospital in Western Australia. Included we...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Bruce DG,St John A,Nicklason F,Goldswain PR

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00