Age and Ageing

Editorials:

A Onafowokan and GP Mulley

Age-related geriatric medicine or integrated medical care?
Age Ageing 1999 28: 245-247; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.245 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

JR Hampton

The management of atrial fibrillation in elderly patients
Age Ageing 1999 28: 249-250; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.249 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N Van Den Noortgate, D Vogelaers, M Afschrift, and F Colardyn

Intensive care for very elderly patients: outcome and risk factors for in-hospital mortality
Age Ageing 1999 28: 253-256; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.253 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

TP Cassidy, DW Bruce, S Lewis, and CS Gray

The association of visual field deficits and visuo-spatial neglect in acute right-hemisphere stroke patients
Age Ageing 1999 28: 257-260; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.257 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AR Abdul-Hamid and GP Mulley

Why do so few older people with aortic stenosis have valve replacement surgery?
Age Ageing 1999 28: 261-264; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.261 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y Sato, H Kuno, T Asoh, Y Honda, and K Oizumi

Effect of immobilization on vitamin D status and bone mass in chronically hospitalized disabled stroke patients
Age Ageing 1999 28: 265-269; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.265 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Bene and SA Solomon

The attitudes of patients to integrated medical care
Age Ageing 1999 28: 271-273; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.271 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JE Gordon, C Powell, and K Rockwood

Goal attainment scaling as a measure of clinically important change in nursing-home patients
Age Ageing 1999 28: 275-281; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.275 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Giampaoli, L Ferrucci, F Cecchi, C Lo Noce, A Poce, F Dima, A Santaquilani, MF Vescio, and A Menotti

Hand-grip strength predicts incident disability in non-disabled older men
Age Ageing 1999 28: 283-288; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.283 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Ringsberg, P Gerdhem, J Johansson, and KJ Obrant

Is there a relationship between balance, gait performance and muscular strength in 75-year-old women?
Age Ageing 1999 28: 289-293; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.289 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GR Swanwick, RF Coen, CP Maguire, M Kirby, JB Walsh, D O'Neill, D Coakley, and BA Lawlor

The association between demographic factors, disease severity and the duration of symptoms at clinical presentation in elderly people with dementia
Age Ageing 1999 28: 295-299; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.295 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N Nakanishi, K Tatara, F Shinsho, S Murakami, T Takatorige, H Fukuda, K Nakajima, and H Naramura

Mortality in relation to urinary and faecal incontinence in elderly people living at home
Age Ageing 1999 28: 301-306; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.301 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GA Broe, AF Jorm, H Creasey, B Casey, H Bennett, J Cullen, D Edelbrock, L Waite, and D Grayson

Carer distress in the general population: results from the Sydney Older Persons Study
Age Ageing 1999 28: 307-311; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.307 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Bo, U Fiandra, G Fonte, M Bobbio, and F Fabris

Cholesterol and long-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients
Age Ageing 1999 28: 313-315; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.313 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Raina, S Dukeshire, M Wong, A Scanlan, L Chambers, and J Lindsay

Patterns of self-reported health care use in injured and uninjured older adults
Age Ageing 1999 28: 316-318; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.316 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Kafetz

Appendix abscess: a surgical giant presenting as a geriatric giant
Age Ageing 1999 28: 319-320; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.319 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Srinivas and J George

Cervical osteoarthropathy: an unusual cause of dysphagia
Age Ageing 1999 28: 321-322; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.321 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N Nakanishi

'Ikigai' in older Japanese people
Age Ageing 1999 28: 323-324; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.323 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

JE Kurtz, E Andres, F Maloisel, V Kurtz-Illig, D Heitz, J Sibilia, M Imler, and P Dufour

Drug-induced agranulocytosis in older people. A case series of 25 patients
Age Ageing 1999 28: 325-326; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.325 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Patterson, C Teale, and L Dow

Do we overlook respiratory symptoms and airflow obstruction in elderly medical admissions?
Age Ageing 1999 28: 326a; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.326a [Request Permissions]  

JS Green

Rectal examinations in elderly subjects
Age Ageing 1999 28: 326b-327b; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.326b [Request Permissions]  

H van Hout and S Berkhout

Inter-rater reliability of the clock-drawing test
Age Ageing 1999 28: 327-328; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.327 [Request Permissions]  

SA Kausar

Heart failure: a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma in elderly patients
Age Ageing 1999 28: 328-329; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.328 [Request Permissions]  

BS Cox and DJ Cox

Driving safety: motivating messages
Age Ageing 1999 28: 329-330; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.3.329 [Request Permissions]  

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