Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Vera Cvoro and Gillian E. Mead

Inferior vena caval filters or anticoagulation for patients with haemorrhagic stroke complicated by venous thromboembolism?
Age Ageing 2002 31: 85-86; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.85 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentaries:

Diptarup Mukhopadhyay and Kanthaya Mohanaruban

Iron deficiency anaemia in older people: investigation, management and treatment
Age Ageing 2002 31: 87-91; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.87 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Grimley Evans

National initiatives in ageing research in the United Kingdom
Age Ageing 2002 31: 93-95; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.93 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iain Carpenter, John R. F. Gladman, Stuart G. Parker, and John Potter

Clinical and research challenges of intermediate care
Age Ageing 2002 31: 97-100; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.97 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James Kelly, Tony Rudd, Roger Lewis, and Beverley Hunt

Occult cancer in older patients presenting with venous thromboembolism
Age Ageing 2002 31: 101-104; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.101 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and reviews:

News and reviews
Age Ageing 2002 31: 105-106; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.105 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic review:

Sheila Payne, Chris Kerr, Sheila Hawker, Michael Hardey, and Jackie Powell

The communication of information about older people between health and social care practitioners
Age Ageing 2002 31: 107-117; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.107 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research papers:

Dawn A. Skelton, Jonathon Kennedy, and Olga M. Rutherford

Explosive power and asymmetry in leg muscle function in frequent fallers and non-fallers aged over 65
Age Ageing 2002 31: 119-125; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.119 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rupert Püllen, Rüdiger Popp, Peter Volkers, and Ingo Füsgen

Prospective randomized double-blind study of the wound-debriding effects of collagenase and fibrinolysin/deoxyribonuclease in pressure ulcers
Age Ageing 2002 31: 126-130; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.126 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Wood, Brian Maraj, C. Matthew Lee, and Rafael Reyes

Short-term heart rate variability during a cognitive challenge in young and older adults
Age Ageing 2002 31: 131-135; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.131 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abebaw M. Yohannes, Robert C. Baldwin, and Martin Connolly

Mortality predictors in disabling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in old age
Age Ageing 2002 31: 137-140; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.137 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short report:

Ben Pearson, Robert Skelly, Derek Wileman, and Tahir Masud

Unplanned readmission to hospital: a comparison of the views of general practitioners and hospital staff
Age Ageing 2002 31: 141-143; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.141 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case report:

Alan L. Barton and Nigel J. Dudley

Caval filter placement for pulmonary embolism in a patient with a deep vein thrombosis and primary intracerebral haemorrhage
Age Ageing 2002 31: 144-146; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.144 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Viewpoint:

Julian C. Hughes and Stephen J. Louw

Confidentiality and cognitive impairment: professional and philosophical ethics
Age Ageing 2002 31: 147-150; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.147 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

Helen Rodgers and Peter Langhorne

Alternatives to hospital care
Age Ageing 2002 31: 151; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.151 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicola J. Curtis, Charles van Heyningen, and John J. Turner

Irreversible nephrotoxicity from demeclocycline in the treatment of hyponatramia
Age Ageing 2002 31: 151-152; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.151-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simonetta Scalvini and Emanuela Zanelli

Telecardiology: a new support for general practioners in the management of elderly patients
Age Ageing 2002 31: 153; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.153 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Forthcoming meetings:

Forthcoming meetings
Age Ageing 2002 31: 154; doi:10.1093/ageing/31.2.154 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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