Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Martyn J. Parker

Care pathways for hip fractures: a useful tool or passing fashion?
Age Ageing 2004 33: 93-94; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh061 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark Barber, Peter Langhorne, and David J. Stott

Barriers to delivery of thrombolysis for acute stroke
Age Ageing 2004 33: 94-95; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh065 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gary A. Ford

Thrombolysis for stroke in the over 80s
Age Ageing 2004 33: 95-97; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh060 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentary:

Tony Luxton

Continuing care: legal and ‘Coughlan compliant’?
Age Ageing 2004 33: 98-99; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh018 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

For Debate...:

Peter Jüni and Paul Dieppe

Older people should NOT be prescribed ‘coxibs’ in place of conventional NSAIDs
Age Ageing 2004 33: 100-104; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh035 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

Adam Harper and James Croft-Baker

Carbon monoxide poisoning: undetected by both patients and their doctors
Age Ageing 2004 33: 105-109; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh038 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Reviews:

Susan E. Campbell, D. Gwyn Seymour, and Willie R. Primrose

A systematic literature review of factors affecting outcome in older medical patients admitted to hospital
Age Ageing 2004 33: 110-115; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh036 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Joseph Kwan, Peter Hand, and Peter Sandercock

A systematic review of barriers to delivery of thrombolysis for acute stroke
Age Ageing 2004 33: 116-121; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh064 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

David Oliver, Fergus Daly, Finbarr C. Martin, and Marion E. T. McMurdo

Risk factors and risk assessment tools for falls in hospital in-patients: a systematic review
Age Ageing 2004 33: 122-130; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh017 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers:

Raeburn B. Forbes, Shuna Colville, and Robert J. Swingler

The epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS/MND) in people aged 80 or over
Age Ageing 2004 33: 131-134; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh013 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tze Pin Ng, C. H. Tan, and E. H. Kua

The use of Chinese herbal medicines and their correlates in Chinese older adults: the Singapore Chinese Longitudinal Aging Study
Age Ageing 2004 33: 135-142; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh016 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jessica E. Simon, David L. Sandler, J. H. Warwick Pexman, Michael D. Hill, and Alastair M. Buchan

Is intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) safe for use in patients over 80 years old with acute ischaemic stroke? – The Calgary experience
Age Ageing 2004 33: 143-149; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh031 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lars Peter Kammersgaard, H. S. Jørgensen, J. Reith, H. Nakayama, P. M. Pedersen, and T. S. Olsen

Short- and long-term prognosis for very old stroke patients. The Copenhagen Stroke Study
Age Ageing 2004 33: 149-154; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh052 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan L. Madsen and Jesper Graff

Effects of ageing on gastrointestinal motor function
Age Ageing 2004 33: 154-159; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh040 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernadette Hood, Dorothy Bruck, and Gerard Kennedy

Determinants of sleep quality in the healthy aged: the role of physical, psychological, circadian and naturalistic light variables
Age Ageing 2004 33: 159-165; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh051 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Gillian Woolhead, Michael Calnan, Paul Dieppe, and Win Tadd

Dignity in older age: what do older people in the United Kingdom think?
Age Ageing 2004 33: 165-170; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh045 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shakoor Hajat, Andy Haines, Christopher Bulpitt, and Astrid Fletcher

Patterns and determinants of alcohol consumption in people aged 75 years and older: results from the MRC trial of assessment and management of older people in the community
Age Ageing 2004 33: 170-177; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh046 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Helen C. Roberts, Ruth M. Pickering, Elizabeth Onslow, Mike Clancy, Jackie Powell, Alison Roberts, Kerry Hughes, Diane Coulson, and Jane Bray

The effectiveness of implementing a care pathway for femoral neck fracture in older people: a prospective controlled before and after study
Age Ageing 2004 33: 178-184; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh063 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shu F. Ho, M. Sinead O’Mahony, John A. Steward, Patricia Breay, and Michael L. Burr

Inhaler technique in older people in the community
Age Ageing 2004 33: 185-188; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh062 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Report:

Margaret F. Hammond

Doctors’ and nurses’ observations on the Geriatric Depression Rating Scale
Age Ageing 2004 33: 189-192; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh037 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters:

Tim Stevens, Gerry Leavey, and Gill Livingston

Dementia and hypertension in African/Caribbean elders
Age Ageing 2004 33: 193-195; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh042 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephanie A. Studenski, Sue Min Lai, Pamela W. Duncan, and Sally K. Rigler

The impact of self-reported cumulative comorbidity on stroke recovery
Age Ageing 2004 33: 195-198; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh056 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

D. M. Blunt and M. G. Impallomeni

Warfarin-associated thoracic aortic dissection in an elderly woman
Age Ageing 2004 33: 199-201; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh015 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abhaya Gupta, Preeti Gupta, Krishna Prasanna, and Leslie Johny

Continuous machinery murmur in an octogenarian
Age Ageing 2004 33: 201-203; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh066 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Janet M. Simpson and Fiona Jones

Physical or psychological change? Which is the most important rehabilitation outcome for older people who fall?
Age Ageing 2004 33: 204-205; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh039 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Vilches and A. Suman

Awareness of over-the-counter drug use by elderly patients. A hospital-based questionnaire survey
Age Ageing 2004 33: 205-206; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh032 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. N. Ganeshram, V. Adhiyaman, and R. J. Meara

Higher level gait disorders
Age Ageing 2004 33: 206; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh043 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Donald R. Royall, Jason E. Schillerstrom, and Monica S. Horton

ECF impairment is common
Age Ageing 2004 33: 206-207; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh041 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen C. Allen

Reply
Age Ageing 2004 33: 207; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh093 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kai Ming Chow and Zun Chang Liu

Amiodarone and cirrhosis
Age Ageing 2004 33: 207-208; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh053 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shahid Anis Khan, Amitabh Singhal, and Partha Ghosh

Reply
Age Ageing 2004 33: 208; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh094 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elliot Epstein, Peter Crome, and Jonathan Casement

Ageism in access to critical care
Age Ageing 2004 33: 209; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh054 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ruth E. Hubbard, Ronan A. Lyons, Ken W. Woodhouse, and Sharon L. Hillier

Reply
Age Ageing 2004 33: 209-210; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh095 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Apurba Komar Chatterjee

Wealth and health of ageing
Age Ageing 2004 33: 210; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh057 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luis J. Catoggio, Manuel Montero Odasso, Enrique R. Soriano, Patricia M. Imamura, Luis A. Camera, and L. Marcelo Mayorga

Re: Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of PMR/GCA
Age Ageing 2004 33: 210-211; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh059 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julia L. Newton

Reply
Age Ageing 2004 33: 211; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh096 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Stephen Louw

Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making
Age Ageing 2004 33: 212-213; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh033 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. H. Downton

Falls and Bone Health: Interactive Training Program
Age Ageing 2004 33: 213; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh034 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tom Dening and Charul Barapatre

Mental Health in Older People: A Mixed Case Part 1
Age Ageing 2004 33: 213-215; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh047 [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Colin Powell

Dementia Care Mapping: Applications Across Cultures
Age Ageing 2004 33: 215; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh049 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Web Reviews:

Jolyon Meara

Web Review
Age Ageing 2004 33: 216; doi:10.1093/ageing/afh050 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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