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Editor's view Back

R. M. Francis
Editor's view
Age Ageing 2008 37: 127; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn037 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials Back

Opinder Sahota and Colin Currie
Hip fracture care: all change
Age Ageing 2008 37: 128-129; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn007 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Finbarr C. Martin and Philip Brighton
Frailty: different tools for different purposes?
Age Ageing 2008 37: 129-131; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn011 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christine H. McAlpine
Elder abuse and neglect
Age Ageing 2008 37: 132-133; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn008 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews Back

Diogenes
News and Reviews
Age Ageing 2008 37: 134-135; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn009 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Conference Report Back

Katy Ladbrook
International Longevity Centre Global Alliance Conference ‘Human Rights in an Ageing World’
Age Ageing 2008 37: 136-137; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn001 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentary Back

Denis O'Mahony and Paul Francis Gallagher
Inappropriate prescribing in the older population: need for new criteria
Age Ageing 2008 37: 138-141; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm189 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Back

Jenny Marsden, Lorna Mary Gibson, Catherine Elizabeth Lightbody, Anil Kumar Sharma, Mashood Siddiqi, and Caroline Watkins
Can early onset bone loss be effectively managed in post-stroke patients? An integrative review of the evidence
Age Ageing 2008 37: 142-150; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm198 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Review Back

Claudia Cooper, Amber Selwood, and Gill Livingston
The prevalence of elder abuse and neglect: a systematic review
Age Ageing 2008 37: 151-160; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm194 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers Back

Giovanni Ravaglia, Paola Forti, Anna Lucicesare, Nicoletta Pisacane, Elisa Rietti, and Christopher Patterson
Development of an easy prognostic score for frailty outcomes in the aged
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 31, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 161-166; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm195 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Helen Cox, Suezann Puffer, Veronica Morton, Cyrus Cooper, Jean Hodson, Tahir Masud, David Oliver, Danielle Preedy, Peter Selby, Mike Stone, Anne Sutcliffe, and David Torgerson
Educating nursing home staff on fracture prevention: a cluster randomised trial
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 14, 2007
Age Ageing 2008 37: 167-172; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm168 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Nicolai B. Foss, Morten Tange Kristensen, and Henrik Kehlet
Anaemia impedes functional mobility after hip fracture surgery
Age Ageing 2008 37: 173-178; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm161 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul J. Roderick, Richard J. Atkins, Liam Smeeth, Dorothea M. Nitsch, Richard B. Hubbard, Astrid E. Flectcher, and Chris J. Bulpitt
Detecting chronic kidney disease in older people; what are the implications?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 14, 2007
Age Ageing 2008 37: 179-186; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm180 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. T. E. Puts, D. J. H. Deeg, N. Hoeymans, W. J. Nusselder, and F. G. Schellevis
Changes in the prevalence of chronic disease and the association with disability in the older Dutch population between 1987 and 2001
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 4, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 187-193; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm185 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Jessica Ford, Melanie Spallek, and Annette Dobson
Self-rated health and a healthy lifestyle are the most important predictors of survival in elderly women
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 6, 2007
Age Ageing 2008 37: 194-200; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm171 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marian L. Burr, Eamon Dolan, Eoin W. O'Brien, Eoin T. O'Brien, and Patricia McCormack
The value of ambulatory blood pressure in older adults: the Dublin outcome study
Age Ageing 2008 37: 201-206; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm193 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jennifer L. Akerblom, Rosann Costa, Jose A. Luchsinger, Jennifer J. Manly, Ming-Xin Tang, Joseph H Lee, Richard Mayeux, and Nicole Schupf
Relation of plasma lipids to all-cause mortality in Caucasian, African-American and Hispanic elders
Age Ageing 2008 37: 207-213; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters Back

Nicola Scichilone, Giuseppe Paglino, Salvatore Battaglia, Lavinia Martino, Amelia Interrante, and Vincenzo Bellia
The mini nutritional assessment is associated with the perception of dyspnoea in older subjects with advanced COPD
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 25, 2007
Age Ageing 2008 37: 214-217; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm143 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hans-Olov Hellström, Karl Michaëlsson, Hans Mallmin, and Bengt Mjöberg
The aluminium content of bone, and mortality risk
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 14, 2007
Age Ageing 2008 37: 217-220; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm152 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Caroline McInnes, Christine McAlpine, and Matthew Walters
Effect of gender on stroke management in Glasgow
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 14, 2007
Age Ageing 2008 37: 220-222; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm153 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Bossoni, G. Mazziotti, C. Gazzaruso, D. Martinelli, S. Orini, S. B. Solerte, G. Romanelli, and A. Giustina
Relationship between instrumental activities of daily living and blood glucose control in elderly subjects with type 2 diabetes
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 21, 2007
Age Ageing 2008 37: 222-225; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm158 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicky Hayes, Jacqueline C. T. Close, Susan Witchard, Rahila Awan-Bux, Loretta Anthony, Susan Cawley, and Stephen H. D. Jackson
What predicts compliance rates with hip protectors in older hospital in-patients?
Age Ageing 2008 37: 225-228; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm173 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports Back

J. M. Brostoff, Y. Beitverda, and J. Birns
Post-influenza vaccine chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneruopathy
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 9, 2007
Age Ageing 2008 37: 229-230; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm151 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria Foundas, Mark D. Donaldson, Ian L. McAllister, and Leslie R. Bridges
Vision loss due to coincident ocular and central causes in a patient with Heidenhain variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
Age Ageing 2008 37: 231-232; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm191 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul R. Fitzsimmons, Asangaedem Akpan, and Benedict Michael
Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease as a rare cause of fever of unknown origin in a septuagenarian
Age Ageing 2008 37: 233-234; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm200 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Reminders Back

Luisa Bissoli, Vincenzo Di Francesco, Filippo Valbusa, Alessandra Zivelonghi, Francesco Fantin, and Mauro Zamboni
A case of bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumoniae (BOOP) after nine months post-operative irradiation for breast cancer
Age Ageing 2008 37: 235; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn010 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Indunil Gunawardena and Thurul Attygalle
Re-infection with primary varicella zoster in older people
Age Ageing 2008 37: 235; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn005 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor Back

Nigel Dudley and Jonathan Blacktop
The ‘hype’ in hyper-acute stroke
Age Ageing 2008 37: 236; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm199 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Margot Gosney
Enterobacter sakazakii bacteraemia with multiple splenic abscesses in a 75-year-old woman: a case report
Age Ageing 2008 37: 236-237; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn006 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Jolley
Integrated services for people with dementia
Age Ageing 2008 37: 237; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn018 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew Donaldson and Gary Cousland
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and cardiovascular disease
Age Ageing 2008 37: 237-238; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn015 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews Back

Rowan H. Harwood
Ethical Issues in Dementia Care: Making Difficult Decisions
Age Ageing 2008 37: 239; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn002 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joaquim Cerejeira and Elizabeta B. Mukaetova-Ladinska
Bipolar Disorder in Later Life
Age Ageing 2008 37: 239; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn014 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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