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Editor's view Back

R. M. Francis
Editor's view
Age Ageing 2008 37: 241; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn089 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials Back

Ajit Shah and Chris Heginbotham
The Mental Capacity Act: some implications for black and minority ethnic elders
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 10, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 242-243; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn042 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Ramanath and T. J. Hendra
How safe are our hospitals?
Age Ageing 2008 37: 243-245; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn087 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews Back

Diogenes
News and Reviews
Age Ageing 2008 37: 246-247; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn067 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentary Back

David Oliver
Falls risk-prediction tools for hospital inpatients. Time to put them to bed?
Age Ageing 2008 37: 248-250; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn088 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Back

Samuel Delerme and Patrick Ray
Acute respiratory failure in the elderly: diagnosis and prognosis
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 3, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 251-257; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn060 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Review Back

Norine Foley, Robert Teasell, Katherine Salter, Elizabeth Kruger, and Rosemary Martino
Dysphagia treatment post stroke: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Age Ageing 2008 37: 258-264; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn064 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers Back

Ali B. A. Sari, Alison Cracknell, and Trevor A. Sheldon
Incidence, preventability and consequences of adverse events in older people: results of a retrospective case-note review
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 10, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 265-269; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

A. Ashburn, D. Hyndman, R. Pickering, L. Yardley, and S. Harris
Predicting people with stroke at risk of falls
Age Ageing 2008 37: 270-276; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn066 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Vassallo, Lynn Poynter, Jagdish C. Sharma, Joseph Kwan, and Stephen C. Allen
Fall risk-assessment tools compared with clinical judgment: an evaluation in a rehabilitation ward
Age Ageing 2008 37: 277-281; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn062 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Nahid Azad, Frank Molnar, and Anna Byszewski
Lessons learned from a multidisciplinary heart failure clinic for older women: a randomised controlled trial
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 18, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 282-287; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn013 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander Kulminski, Svetlana V. Ukraintseva, Konstantin G. Arbeev, Kenneth G. Manton, Junko Oshima, George M. Martin, and Anatoli I. Yashin
Association between APOE {varepsilon}2/{varepsilon}3/{varepsilon}4 polymorphism and disability severity in a national long-term care survey sample
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 4, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 288-293; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthieu Eveillard, Philippe Charru, Pierre Rufat, Marie-Claire Hippeaux, Evelyne Lancien, Farida Benselama, and Catherine Branger
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in a long-term care facility: hypothesis about selection and transmission
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 12, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 294-299; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn021 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Kara N. Stevens, Iain A. Lang, Jack M. Guralnik, and David Melzer
Epidemiology of balance and dizziness in a national population: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 12, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 300-305; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anne Bouwen, Jan De Lepeleire, and Frank Buntinx
Rate of accidental falls in institutionalised older people with and without cognitive impairment halved as a result of a staff-oriented intervention
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 2, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 306-310; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn053 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Vasant Hirani and Jennifer Mindell
A comparison of measured height and demi-span equivalent height in the assessment of body mass index among people aged 65 years and over in England
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 6, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 311-317; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm197 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Leszek Paczek, Wanda Michalska, and Irena Bartlomiejczyk
Trypsin, elastase, plasmin and MMP-9 activity in the serum during the human ageing process
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 10, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 318-323; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn039 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

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Renate Pettersen, Ylva Haig, Per Hjalmar Nakstad, and Torgeir Bruun Wyller
Subtypes of urinary incontinence after stroke: relation to size and location of cerebrovascular damage
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 4, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 324-327; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm196 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Philip Dainty and Daryl Leung
An evaluation of palliative care in the acute geriatric setting
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 12, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 327-330; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn050 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masao Kanauchi, Kimiko Kanauchi, Tomoko Inoue, Kuniko Kimura, and Yoshihiko Saito
Insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function in older Japanese adults without diabetes
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 10, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 330-333; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn038 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Xinxin Guo, Ingmar Skoog, Esma Idrizbegovic, Leonardo Pantoni, Michela Simoni, and Ulf Rosenhall
Hearing loss and cortical atrophy in a population-based study on non-demented women
Age Ageing 2008 37: 333-336; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm179 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Tretjak and Mirta Kozelj
Tissue Doppler annular velocities, NT-proBNP and exercise capacity in healthy elderly
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on November 20, 2007
Age Ageing 2008 37: 336-339; doi:10.1093/ageing/afm170 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

August Supervía, Dolors Aranda, Miguel Angel Márquez, Alfons Aguirre, Elias Skaf, and Juan Gutiérrez
Predicting length of hospitalisation of elderly patients, using the Barthel Index
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 12, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 339-342; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn049 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports Back

Phyo K. Myint, Kirstie N. Anderson, Nagui M. Antoun, and Elizabeth A. Warburton
Eyelid apraxia associated with bilateral paramedian thalamic infarct
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 12, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 343-344; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Udayaraj Umasankar, Timothy J. Carroll, Adeyosola Famuboni, Mehool D. Patel, and Ian D. Starke
Vertebral artery dissection: not a rare cause of stroke in the young
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 27, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 345-346; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. V. Hindle, Amin Ibrahim, and Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
Ataxia caused by amiodarone in older people
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on April 2, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 347-348; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn063 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Reminder Back

Abhay Kumar Das, Andrew Higgins, and Jennifer Fildes
Sister Joseph's nodule
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on February 8, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 349; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn020 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor Back

H. J. Woodford and J. George
Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination - Revised in day-to-day clinical practice
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 10, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 350; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn047 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. J. Larner
Reply
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 12, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 350-351; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn044 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Susan L. Powell
Evaluating the impact of the National Service Framework for Older People; qualitative science or populist propaganda?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 10, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 351; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn045 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jill Manthorpe and Steve Iliffe
Reply
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 10, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 351-352; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn046 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lesley Day and Stephen Lord
Individual and community fall prevention strategies
Age Ageing 2008 37: 352-353; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn058 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. John Campbell and M. Clare Robertson
Reply
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 22, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 353; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn059 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giuseppe Bellelli, Sara Morghen, Renato Turco, and Marco Trabucchi
Delirium in older people: an epiphenomenon of incipient death or a separate biological process?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 28, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 353-354; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn056 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Adamis
Reply
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 28, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 355; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn057 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews Back

Roger Jay
Essential Geriatrics • By Henry Woodford
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on March 10, 2008
Age Ageing 2008 37: 356; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn040 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter H. Millard
The Long Life • By Helen Small
Age Ageing 2008 37: 356; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn065 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Corrigendum Back

Corrigendum
Age Ageing 2008 37: 357; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn012 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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