Chronic medical conditions and risk of fall injury events at home in older adults.

abstract：:Among 35 elderly patients with transtracheal aspirate (TTA)-documented nosocomial pneumonia, 7 (20 percent) had Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. Clinical and epidemiologic data are reported on these 7 patients and on 2 others with nosocomial pneumococcal pneumonia documented by bacteremia. Malignancy and chronic ob...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Berk SL,Gallemore GM,Smith JK

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To confirm associations of apolipoprotein E (ApoE) ε4 carrier status, sex, and time-dependent cognitive status with mortality risk and to investigate these joint effects of these associations in a cohort of community-dwelling U.S. adults. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:The Baltimore Longitudinal ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Beydoun MA,Beydoun HA,Kaufman JS,An Y,Resnick SM,O'Brien R,Ferrucci L,Zonderman AB

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether body mass index (BMI) is independently associated with cognitive function in postmenopausal women and the relationship between body fat distribution as estimated by waist-hip ratio (WHR). DESIGN:Cross-sectional data analysis. SETTING:Baseline data from the Women's Health Initiative (WH...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Kerwin DR,Zhang Y,Kotchen JM,Espeland MA,Van Horn L,McTigue KM,Robinson JG,Powell L,Kooperberg C,Coker LH,Hoffmann R

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether patient age is associated with differences in flexible bronchoscopy technique and tolerance. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:University hospital system. PARTICIPANTS:One thousand three hundred fifty-eight adults, including 219 (16.1%) aged 70 and older, undergoing bronchoscop...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hehn BT,Haponik E,Rubin HR,Lechtzin N,Diette GB

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify the practical problems that older people experience with the daily use of their medicines and their management strategies to address these problems and to determine the potential clinical relevance thereof. DESIGN:Qualitative study with semistructured face-to-face interviews. SETTING:A communit...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Notenboom K,Beers E,van Riet-Nales DA,Egberts TC,Leufkens HG,Jansen PA,Bouvy ML

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether function-related indicators (FRIs), derived from preadmission claims data, help explain the frequent practice of forgoing secondary prevention medications observed in Medicare. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort. SETTING:National Medicare data. PARTICIPANTS:Elderly Medicare beneficiaries dis...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Chrischilles EA,Schneider KM,Schroeder MC,Letuchy E,Wallace RB,Robinson JG,Brooks JM

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence of self-harm, suicidal ideation (SI), and suicide attempts (SA) in older adults in the emergency department (ED), including differences according to age, sex, and race and ethnicity. DESIGN:Quasi-experimental, multiphase, eight-center study with prospective review of consecutive c...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Betz ME,Arias SA,Segal DL,Miller I,Camargo CA Jr,Boudreaux ED

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify the current state of medication-taking practices of community-dwelling older adults on high-risk medications. DESIGN:Telephone survey of older adults filling prescriptions for warfarin, digoxin, or phenytoin from May 2, 2002, through June 30, 2003. SETTING:The Pennsylvania Pharmacy Assistance C...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Metlay JP,Cohen A,Polsky D,Kimmel SE,Koppel R,Hennessy S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of histopathologic, morphologic, and pharmacologic criteria are proposed to establish the significance of neurochemical deficits in Alzheimer's disease. The underlying pathogenic biochemistry of a better understood neurotransmitter-deficiency syndrome, Parkinson's disease, validates these criteria. The major ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Greenwald BS,Mohs RC,Davis KL

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the frequency of diagnostic errors in older adults presenting to the emergency department (ED) with symptoms suggestive of Chikungunya virus infection (CVI) and to compare the rates of misdiagnosis of older and younger adults. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study performed in the University Hospitals of M...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Godaert L,Bartholet S,Gazeuse Y,Brouste Y,Najioullah F,Kanagaratnam L,Césaire R,Fanon JL,Dramé M

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：: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：:A 66-year-old male patient who had undergone repeated operations for peptic ulcer disease involving the right upper abdominal quadrant, developed cholecystitis with calculous obstruction of the common bile duct. The gallbladder was removed. Later, an operation was performed for removal of a residual stone from the com...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Case TC

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether normal aging interferes with the functional capability of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), 6 tests of PMN function were performed in 285 healthy subjects whose ages ranged from 20 to 97 years. A second selection based upon blood measurement and a review of medical histories 6 months later, eli...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Corberand J,Ngyen F,Laharrague P,Fontanilles AM,Gleyzes B,Gyrard E,Senegas C

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the cost-effectiveness of four influenza vaccines available in the United States for persons aged 65 and older: trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV3), quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV4), a more-expensive high-dose IIV3, and a newly approved adjuvanted IIV3. DESIGN:Cost-eff...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Raviotta JM,Smith KJ,DePasse J,Brown ST,Shim E,Nowalk MP,Zimmerman RK

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While skin tears are a common occurrence in the institutionalized elderly population, nothing has been written about this problem. We retrospectively studied all incident reports during a 1-year period at a large, urban, long-term-care facility to identify residents with skin tears. The overall incidence of skin tears...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Malone ML,Rozario N,Gavinski M,Goodwin J

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Knowledge of male sexual function is somewhat limited because of a lack of current population-based data. This study provides information on sexual function and satisfaction in a population-based sample of men. METHODS:Men aged 40 to 79 years (n = 2115) were selected randomly from the Olmsted County populat...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Panser LA,Rhodes T,Girman CJ,Guess HA,Chute CG,Oesterling JE,Lieber MM,Jacobsen SJ

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：:Tetanus is more common in the elderly, who have a higher case-fatality rate than younger age groups. Immunization against tetanus is recommended for all elderly, including nursing home residents, but the tetanus immunization policies of nursing homes are unknown. Nursing home medical directors in Maryland were surveye...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Richardson JP,Knight AL,Stafford DT

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the trajectory of handgrip strength (HGS) from age 70 to 90 and its association with mood, cognition, functional status, and mortality. DESIGN:Prospective follow-up of an age-homogenous representative community-dwelling cohort (born 1920-21) in the Jerusalem Longitudinal Cohort Study (1990-2015...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Stessman J,Rottenberg Y,Fischer M,Hammerman-Rozenberg A,Jacobs JM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate whether age, sex, depression, dementia disorder, nutritional status, or level of functional balance capacity influences the effect of a high-intensity functional weight-bearing exercise program on functional balance. DESIGN:Preplanned subgroup analyses of a randomized controlled trial. SETTING:...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Littbrand H,Carlsson M,Lundin-Olsson L,Lindelöf N,Håglin L,Gustafson Y,Rosendahl E

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the association between neighborhood walkability and depression in older adults. DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis using data from Adult Changes in Thought (ACT), a prospective, longitudinal cohort study. SETTING:King County, Washington. PARTICIPANTS:Seven hundred forty randomly selected men and...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Berke EM,Gottlieb LM,Moudon AV,Larson EB

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effects of a medicated chewing gum on the oral health of frail older people. DESIGN:A controlled, double-blind trial using three groups based on random allocation of residential homes. SETTING:Sixteen residential homes in West Hertfordshire, England. PARTICIPANTS:One hundred eleven dentat...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Simons D,Brailsford SR,Kidd EA,Beighton D

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the effect of homebound status of older persons in Israel on mortality, mental health and function, future homebound status, and institutionalization. DESIGN:Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis using existing data sets of a national survey. SETTING:A national survey. PARTICIPANTS:The anal...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Cohen-Mansfield J,Shmotkin D,Hazan H

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ratio of pepsinogen I to pepsinogen II in the circulation decreases progressively with increasing severity of atrophic gastritis of the fundic gland mucosa. Fasting blood was obtained from 359 free-living and institutionalized elderly people (age range, 60 to 99 years). A pepsinogen I/pepsinogen II ratio less than...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Krasinski SD,Russell RM,Samloff IM,Jacob RA,Dallal GE,McGandy RB,Hartz SC

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary and secondary diagnoses for 100 geriatric patients consecutively admitted to a nursing home were reviewed for accuracy and omissions. Primary diagnoses were identified as the direct basis for nursing home admission. Other physical, biochemical or behavioral disorders requiring continued therapeutic care we...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Miller MB,Elliott DF

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effect of milk and dairy intake on the development of all-cause dementia and its subtypes in an elderly Japanese population. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:The Hisayama Study, Japan. PARTICIPANTS:Individuals aged 60 and older without dementia (N = 1,081). MEASUREMENTS:Milk and ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Ozawa M,Ohara T,Ninomiya T,Hata J,Yoshida D,Mukai N,Nagata M,Uchida K,Shirota T,Kitazono T,Kiyohara Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether a twice-weekly maintenance schedule of evening bright light exposure is effective in alleviating sleep maintenance insomnia on a long-term basis, after the establishment of a more favorable phase relationship between the core body temperature (CBT) rhythm and sleep. DESIGN:Subjects unde...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Suhner AG,Murphy PJ,Campbell SS

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:To optimize health and well-being for all older people, we must collectively develop leaders to pioneer models of care, educate the healthcare workforce, advance research, and engage the community. METHODS:The Emerging Leaders in Aging (ELIA) program was created to train a multiprofessional cadre...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Chang A,Lundebjerg NE,Abrams J,Barnes DE,Fain MJ,Hall WJ,Johnson TM 2nd,Michael Harper G,Williams B,Ritchie CS

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00