Pyogenic liver abscesses: a comparison of older and younger patients.

abstract：:Digoxin elimination phase kinetics have been studied in 24 hospital in-patients (mean age 79 years), six of whom showed no evidence of digoxin toxicity. The others, with suspected toxicity, have been grouped according to the nature of the drug effects observed. Renal function, digoxin elimination half-life, apparent v...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Reid J,Kennedy RD,Caird FI

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:residential aged care facility (RACF) resident numbers are increasing. Residents are frequently frail with substantial co-morbidity, functional and cognitive impairment with high susceptibility to acute illness. Despite living in facilities staffed by health professionals, a considerable proportion of reside...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Dwyer R,Gabbe B,Stoelwinder JU,Lowthian J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower urinary tract symptoms are frequency report in Parkinson's disease. Whether these are causally related to Parkinson's disease rather than the known effects of age on the urinary tract is unknown. In this study we compared urodynamic data from 1864 women and 357 men with no neurological disease with data from 34 ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Gray R,Stern G,Malone-Lee J

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that up to a fifth of people over the age of 80 years may suffer severe dementia-like illnesses. This total population survey of over a thousand people over the age of 75 suggests that the prevalence of marked cognitive impairment is much less than expected. However, differences in the ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Clarke M,Lowry R,Clarke S

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS/OBJECTIVES:to study associations between the likelihood of hospital death with patient demographics, cause of death and co-morbidities for people aged ≥85 at death who have been previously admitted (within 12 months of death) to hospital. METHODS:a cross-sectional study, using death registration data and hospital...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Pocock LV,Ives A,Pring A,Verne J,Purdy S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma Human Growth Hormone (HGH) was raised in a patient with bronchial carcinoma and hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy before radiotherapy to the tumour. Though the soft-tissue swelling and pain of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy disappeared two to three weeks after radiotherapy to the carcinoma the HGH plasma l...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Mukherjee SK

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effect of a general practitioner's 'patient centredness' on identification of unmet needs in older adults. DESIGN:Correlational questionnaire based study with a descriptive element. SETTING:Two south London general practice surgeries. PARTICIPANTS:Sixty seven patients over the age of 65...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Smith F,Orrell M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to evaluate the relationship between serum levels of the soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-products (sRAGE) and mortality in frail and non-frail older adults. METHODS:we studied 691 subjects (141 frail and 550 non-frail) with a median age of 75 years from two population-based cohorts, the Toledo St...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Butcher L,Carnicero JA,Gomez Cabrero D,Dartigues JF,Pérès K,Garcia-Garcia FJ,Rodriguez-Mañas L,Erusalimsky JD,FRAILOMIC Consortium.

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to explore the relationship between blood lipids/lipoproteins and cognitive function in the Chinese oldest-old. DESIGN:multivariate statistical analysis using cross-sectional data. SETTING:community-based setting in longevity areas in China. SUBJECTS:eight hundred and thirty-six subjects aged 80 and older ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Yin ZX,Shi XM,Kraus VB,Fitzgerald SM,Qian HZ,Xu JW,Zhai Y,Sereny MD,Zeng Y

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：INTRODUCTION:a professional man sustained a residual, persisting, isolated impairment of short-term memory secondary to severe carbon monoxide poisoning. Informal, open trial of the cholinesterase inhibitor donepezil resulted in uncertain benefit. PROTOCOL:an N-of-1 randomized, double-blind controlled trial of donepez...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Price JD,Grimley Evans J

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:it is uncertain as to which measures of gait best predict those who are likely to fall. Our aim was to investigate the associations of gait and gait variability measures with incident falls risk. METHODS:individuals aged 60-86 years (n = 412) were randomly selected from the Tasmanian electoral roll. Average...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Callisaya ML,Blizzard L,Schmidt MD,Martin KL,McGinley JL,Sanders LM,Srikanth VK

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DOMINO study compared domiciliary and hospital-based rehabilitation services for stroke patients after discharge from hospital, stratified by the hospital ward at discharge. No difference between the services had been found at 6 months, but home therapy was better than outpatient department therapy at improving ho...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Gladman JR,Lincoln NB

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:to determine the safety and effect of intravenous iron sucrose on functional outcomes, delirium, nosocomial infections and transfusion requirements in older patients with hip fracture. DESIGN:single-centre randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:orthogeriatric ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Bielza R,Llorente J,Thuissard IJ,Andreu-Vázquez C,Blanco D,Sanjurjo J,López N,Herráez MR,Molano C,Morales A,Arias E,Neira M,Lung A,Escalera J,Portillo L,Larrubia Y,García C,Zambrana F,Gómez Cerezo J

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：Background:diabetes increases the risk of frailty that is a leading cause of disability and premature mortality in older people. Metabolic syndrome (MS) and insulin resistance (IR) are strong risk factors for diabetes and could, thus, lead to frailty. However, the association between MS or IR and frailty has barely bee...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Pérez-Tasigchana RF,León-Muñoz LM,Lopez-Garcia E,Gutierrez-Fisac JL,Laclaustra M,Rodríguez-Artalejo F,Guallar-Castillón P

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fat necrosis of the breast is a well-recognised complication of unfractionated heparin. The following is a case of fat necrosis due to low-molecular-weight heparin in a 91-year-old woman admitted to hospital with unstable angina. ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Das AK

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:To determine whether medication use differs by cognitive status among community dwelling elderly, a survey was made of a stratified random sample of 4110 black and white participants, aged 65 or older from the Duke Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly in five adjacent urban and rural counti...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Hanlon JT,Landerman LR,Wall WE Jr,Horner RD,Fillenbaum GG,Dawson DV,Schmader KE,Cohen HJ,Blazer DG

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:there are around 100,000 new stroke cases and over a million people living with its consequences annually in the UK. This has large impacts on health and social care, unpaid carers and lost productivity. We aimed to estimate associated costs. METHODS:we estimated 2014/2015 annual mean cost per person and ag...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Patel A,Berdunov V,Quayyum Z,King D,Knapp M,Wittenberg R

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to explore views on advance care planning in care homes for older people. DESIGN:qualitative exploration of views from care home staff and the family of residents in care homes for older people. SETTING:all care homes for the elderly in two London Boroughs. PARTICIPANTS:staff (care managers, nurses and car...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Stewart F,Goddard C,Schiff R,Hall S

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic simple glaucoma is a common disease in old age and lowering intraocular pressure is the treatment strategy. Although this can be achieved surgically, medical treatment with eye drops is more often prescribed. Beta-antagonists are the class of drug most often chosen, although other medical therapies are availab...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Diggory P,Franks WA

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine whether the Short-form 36 Health Status Questionnaire (SF-36) is suitable for use in an elderly population. The SF-36 was administered by interview to a random sample of 827 adults from West Glamorgan. Among the 216 adults aged 65 and over the data were 98.8% complete. Evid...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Lyons RA,Perry HM,Littlepage BN

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to describe the characteristics and survival of the oldest old in England and Wales. DESIGN:retrospective analysis of the oldest old from a population-based cohort study. SETTING:population-based study in England and Wales: two rural and three urban sites. METHODS:two types of analyses were conducted: (i) ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Xie J,Matthews FE,Jagger C,Bond J,Brayne C

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:A study was carried out to examine the prevalence of oropharyngeal and urinary tract colonization and to compare the colonizing bacteria with the strains causing nosocomial infections during patients' stays in a geriatric ward. Colonization with Gram-negative rods was not uncommon. Nosocomial infections frequently occ...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Michielsen W,Vandevondele D,Verschraegen G,Claeys G,Afschrift M

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deprescribing has gained interest recently, driven by an ageing population seeing an increasing number living with multiple long-term conditions. This, coupled with disease-specific guidelines derived from clinical trials in younger people, has led to an increase in exposure to polypharmacy and the associated therapeu...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Woodford HJ,Fisher J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type of environmental hazards implicated in the aetiology of a consecutive series of 787 hip-fracture patients was prospectively studied. Most falls occurred between 09 h 00 and midday and there was no seasonal variation. Fifty-one different environmental hazards were implicated in the aetiology of the fall for 58...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Parker MJ,Twemlow TR,Pryor GA

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delirium is a common presentation in older inpatients with COVID-19, and a risk factor for cognitive decline at discharge. The glaring gaps in the service provision in delirium care, regardless of aetiology, after a hospital admission pre-existed the pandemic, but the pandemic arguably offers an opportunity now to add...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Rahman S,Byatt K

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrated care programs have been developed to enhance the quality care for older adults in primary care. These programs usually consist of a multidisciplinary approach, with personalised care based on comprehensive geriatric assessments. However, there is limited evidence for the effectiveness of these programs in f...

journal_title：Age and ageing

authors： Hoogendijk EO

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00