Age and Ageing

Editorials:

Stuart G. Parker, Reza Fadayevatan, and Simon D. Lee

Acute hospital care for frail older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 29, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 551-552; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl070 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cees M. P. M. Hertogh

Advance care planning and the relevance of a palliative care approach in dementia
Age Ageing 2006 35: 553-555; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl103 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rachel L. Howard and Anthony J. Avery

Pharmacist-led medication reviews can reduce patient morbidity?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 18, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 555-556; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl110 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews:

Bill MacLennan

News and Reviews
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 2, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 557-559; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl093 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews:

Sally A. Jones and Roger A. Shinton

Improving outcome in stroke patients with visual problems
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 4, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 560-565; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl074 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bhomraj Thanvi and Tom Robinson

Sporadic cerebral amyloid angiopathy—an important cause of cerebral haemorrhage in older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 18, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 565-571; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl108 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Review:

Stefan T. Engelter, Leo H. Bonati, and Philippe A. Lyrer

Intravenous thrombolysis in stroke patients of 80 versus <80 years of age—a systematic review across cohort studies
Age Ageing 2006 35: 572-580; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers:

Gideon A. Caplan, Anne Meller, Barbara Squires, Stella Chan, and Wendy Willett

Advance care planning and hospital in the nursing home
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 28, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 581-585; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl063 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

Arnold Geoffrey Zermansky, David Phillip Alldred, Duncan Robert Petty, David K. Raynor, Nick Freemantle, Joanne Eastaugh, and Peter Bowie

Clinical medication review by a pharmacist of elderly people living in care homes—randomised controlled trial
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 12, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 586-591; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl075 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Minna M. Kaarisalo, Ismo Räihä, Seija Arve, and Aapo Lehtonen

Impaired glucose tolerance as a risk factor for stroke in a cohort of non-institutionalised people aged 70 years
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 30, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 592-596; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl094 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bechor Zvi Aminoff and Abraham Adunsky

Their last 6 months: suffering and survival of end-stage dementia patients
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 22, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 597-601; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl067 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Giallauria, Rosa Lucci, Anna De Lorenzo, Mariantonietta D’Agostino, Domenico Del Forno, and Carlo Vigorito

Favourable effects of exercise training on N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide plasma levels in elderly patients after acute myocardial infarction
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 1, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 601-607; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl098 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ann Bowling and Steve Iliffe

Which model of successful ageing should be used? Baseline findings from a British longitudinal survey of ageing
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 2, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 607-614; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl100 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nick Miller, Emma Noble, Diana Jones, and David Burn

Hard to swallow: dysphagia in Parkinson’s disease
Age Ageing 2006 35: 614-618; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl105 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antonia K. Coppin, Anne Shumway-Cook, Jane S. Saczynski, Kushang V. Patel, Alessandro Ble, Luigi Ferrucci, and Jack M. Guralnik

Association of executive function and performance of dual-task physical tests among older adults: analyses from the InChianti study
Age Ageing 2006 35: 619-624; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl107 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters:

G. E. Bignardi, R. Dhar, R. Heycock, S. Bansal, and N. Majmudar

Can procalcitonin testing reduce antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 5, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 625-626; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl054 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dipankar Dutta, Tracy Wood, Rhys Thomas, and Muhammad Asrar ul Haq

Is overnight tube feeding associated with hypoxia in stroke?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 1, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 627-629; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl099 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patricia A. Tun and Margie E. Lachman

Telephone assessment of cognitive function in adulthood: the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 30, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 629-632; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl095 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Corina Naughton, Kathleen Bennett, and John Feely

Prevalence of chronic disease in the elderly based on a national pharmacy claims database
Age Ageing 2006 35: 633-636; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl106 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ho-Ming Su, Herng-Chia Chiu, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Wen-Chol Voon, Hong-Wen Liu, and Wen-Ter Lai

Longitudinal study of the ageing trends in QT interval and dispersion in healthy elderly subjects
Age Ageing 2006 35: 636-638; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl114 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Chetan Bangra Kuloor and Ananth Puranik

Pain with Donepezil
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 4, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 639-640; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Avion Douglas and Jackie Morris

It was not just a heatwave! Neuroleptic malignant-like syndrome in a patient with Parkinson’s disease
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 30, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 640-641; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mario Impallomeni, Deepak Subramanian, Nazim Mahmood, and Illes Joseph

Fraser syndrome in a 96-year-old female
Age Ageing 2006 35: 642-643; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl109 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Reminder:

J. S Balami, H. W Jones, N. Alp, J. Dwight, C. Casser, A. Martin, and L. Winter

Atrial myxoma presenting as transient ischaemic attack and acute coronary syndrome in an octogenarian
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 1, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 644; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl097 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

William B. Grant

Cholecalciferol, not ergocalciferol, should be used for vitamin D supplementation
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 18, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 645; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl111 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Malcolm Law, Heather Withers, and Joan Morris

Reply
Age Ageing 2006 35: 645; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl112 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander Spratt, Lola Ogunbowale, Anthony Khawaja, and Wendy Franks

Drops and falls
Age Ageing 2006 35: 646; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl113 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book review:

Michael Hogan

The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing • Edited by M. L. Johnson, V. L. Bengtson, P. G. Coleman and T. B. L. Kirkwood • Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-521-82632-2. £65.
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on June 13, 2006
Age Ageing 2006 35: 647; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl059 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Filler:

A. N. G. Clark

Advice for senior doctors, consultants and GPs on retirement
Age Ageing 2006 35: 648; doi:10.1093/ageing/afl048 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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