Age and Ageing

Editor's view

R. M. Francis

Editor's view
Age Ageing 2009 38: 137; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp001 [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

List of Reviewers

List of Reviewers
Age Ageing 2009 38: 138-139; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn294 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials

Kok Hoon Tay, Deirdre A. Lane, and Gregory Y. H. Lip

Challenges facing anticoagulation among the elderly and frail
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 20, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 140-142; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn295 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emma H. Fletcher, Julia L. Newton, and Christopher S. Gray

Commencing antiplatelet therapy in older people after an acute ischaemic stroke
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 142-144; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn296 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews

Diogenes

News and Reviews
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 7, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 145-146; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn290 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentary

Get checked abstract D. Gwyn Seymour and Andrew M. Severn

Cognitive dysfunction after surgery and anaesthesia: what can we tell the grandparents?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 18, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 147-150; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn289 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Review

Get checked abstract Meghan G. Donaldson, Boris Sobolev, Wendy L. Cook, Patti A. Janssen, and Karim M. Khan

Analysis of recurrent events: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials of interventions to prevent falls
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 23, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 151-155; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn279 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers

Get checked abstract Vidya Perera, Beata V. Bajorek, Slade Matthews, and Sarah N. Hilmer

The impact of frailty on the utilisation of antithrombotic therapy in older patients with atrial fibrillation
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 16, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 156-162; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn293 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jenni Kulmala, Anne Viljanen, Sarianna Sipilä, Satu Pajala, Olavi Pärssinen, Markku Kauppinen, Markku Koskenvuo, Jaakko Kaprio, and Taina Rantanen

Poor vision accompanied with other sensory impairments as a predictor of falls in older women
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 13, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 162-167; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn228 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Carol P. Chong, Que T. Lam, Julie E. Ryan, Rabindra N. Sinnappu, and Wen Kwang Lim

Incidence of post-operative troponin I rises and 1-year mortality after emergency orthopaedic surgery in older patients
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 13, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 168-174; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn231 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Annette Swinkels, John H. Newman, and Theresa J. Allain

A prospective observational study of falling before and after knee replacement surgery
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 21, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 175-181; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn229 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anne McMunn, James Nazroo, and Elizabeth Breeze

Inequalities in health at older ages: a longitudinal investigation of the onset of illness and survival effects in England
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 22, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 181-187; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn236 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Fiona Rowe, Darren Brand, Carole A. Jackson, Alison Price, Linda Walker, Shirley Harrison, Carla Eccleston, Claire Scott, Nicola Akerman, Caroline Dodridge, Claire Howard, Tracey Shipman, Una Sperring, Sonia MacDiarmid, and Cicely Freeman

Visual impairment following stroke: do stroke patients require vision assessment?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 21, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 188-193; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn230 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jacques C. L. Neyens, Béatrice P. J. Dijcks, Jos Twisk, Jos M. G. A. Schols, Jolanda C. M. van Haastregt, Wim J. A. van den Heuvel, and Luc P. de Witte

A multifactorial intervention for the prevention of falls in psychogeriatric nursing home patients, a randomised controlled trial (RCT)
Age Ageing 2009 38: 194-199; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn297 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract P. E. Cotter, M. Simon, C. Quinn, and S. T. O’Keeffe

Changing attitudes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation in older people: a 15-year follow-up study
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 26, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 200-205; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn291 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Wanda M. Snow, Robert Murray, Okechukwa Ekuma, Suzanne L. Tyas, and Gordon E. Barnes

Alcohol use and cardiovascular health outcomes: a comparison across age and gender in the Winnipeg Health and Drinking Survey Cohort
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 7, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 206-212; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn284 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Phyllis K. Stein, Joshua I. Barzilay, Paulo H. M. Chaves, Peter P. Domitrovich, and John S. Gottdiener

Heart rate variability and its changes over 5 years in older adults
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 212-218; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn292 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paula M. Trief, Jeanne A. Teresi, Joseph P. Eimicke, Steven Shea, and Ruth S. Weinstock

Improvement in diabetes self-efficacy and glycaemic control using telemedicine in a sample of older, ethnically diverse individuals who have diabetes: the IDEATel project
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 26, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 219-225; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn299 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters

Rajaa Lagnaoui, Marie Tournier, Yola Moride, Christina Wolfson, Thierry Ducruet, Bernard Bégaud, and Nicholas Moore

The risk of cognitive impairment in older community-dwelling women after benzodiazepine use
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 9, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 226-228; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn277 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Danielle Harari and Carlene Igbedioh

Restoring continence in frail older people living in the community: what factors influence successful treatment outcomes?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 23, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 228-233; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn276 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

A. R. Aftab, F. Donnellan, F. Zeb, and G. Courtney

Advancing age is not a reason to withhold ERCP
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 23, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 233-235; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn280 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine Yates, Neil Stanley, Joaquim M. Cerejeira, Roger Jay, and Elizabeta B. Mukaetova-Ladinska

Screening instruments for delirium in older people with an acute medical illness
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 25, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 235-237; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn285 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeremy M. Silverman, Michal Schnaider Beeri, James Schmeidler, Clive Rosendorff, Gary Angelo, Rizalina S. Mavris, Hillel T. Grossman, Gregory A. Elder, Jose Carrion-Baralt, and Rebecca West

C-reactive protein and memory function suggest antagonistic pleiotropy in very old nondemented subjects
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 237-241; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn278 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Melissa K. Andrew, Ravi Bhat, Barry Clarke, Susan H.  Freter, Michael R. H. Rockwood, and Kenneth  Rockwood

Inter-rater reliability of the DRS-R-98 in detecting delirium in frail elderly patients
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 28, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 241-244; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn298 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Report

Get checked abstract Stuart A. Keynes, Steven L. Due, and Biju Paul

Pseudomonas arthropathy in an older patient
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 26, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 245-246; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn300 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

Ana Manzano-Santaella

Predicting length of hospitalisation and social factors
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 247; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn286 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Supervía, A. Aguirre, and E. Skaf

Reply
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on December 25, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 247-248; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn287 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ruth Martin and Desmond O’Neill

What determines the ability to stop smoking in old age?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 248; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn288 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews

Premila Fade

Assisted dying and legal change
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 22, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 249; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn248 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlo Prina

Rapid review of medicine in old age
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 25, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 249; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn250 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kalman Kafetz

The Oxford textbook of old age psychiatry
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 13, 2008
Age Ageing 2009 38: 250; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn224 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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