Age and Ageing

Editor's view

R. M. Francis

Editor's view
Age Ageing 2009 38: 639; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp184 [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials

Finbarr C Martin

Next Steps for Falls and Fracture Reduction
Age Ageing 2009 38: 640-643; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp185 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Margot A. Gosney

Geriatric Oncology
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 7, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 644-645; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp182 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News and Reviews

Diogenes

News and Reviews
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 6, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 646-647; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp183 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Get checked abstract M. A. Williams, D. Craig, P. Passmore, and G. Silvestri

Retinal drusen: harbingers of age, safe havens for trouble
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 1, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 648-654; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp136 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Review

Get checked abstract Bert Vaes, Wouter de Ruijter, Jacobijn Gussekloo, and Jan Degryse

The accuracy of plasma natriuretic peptide levels for diagnosis of cardiac dysfunction and chronic heart failure in community-dwelling elderly: a systematic review
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 27, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 655-662; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp157 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Papers

Get checked abstract David Seidel, Carol Jagger, Carol Brayne, Fiona E. Matthews, and MRC CFAS

Recovery in instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs): findings from the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS)
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 25, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 663-668; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp128 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alex D. Federman, Helen Cole, and Mary Sano

Cognitive performance in community-dwelling English- and Spanish-speaking seniors
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 3, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 669-675; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp127 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Suzan Abou-Raya, Madihah Helmii, and Anna Abou-Raya

Bone and mineral metabolism in older adults with Parkinson's disease
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 15, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 675-680; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp137 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maw Pin Tan, Julia L. Newton, Pam Reeve, Alan Murray, Tom J. Chadwick, and Steve W. Parry

Results of carotid sinus massage in a tertiary referral unit—is carotid sinus syndrome still relevant?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 7, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 680-686; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp160 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bodil Samuelsson, Margareta I. Hedström, Sari Ponzer, Anita Söderqvist, Eva Samnegård, Karl-Göran Thorngren, Tommy Cederholm, Maria Sääf, and Nils Dalen

Gender differences and cognitive aspects on functional outcome after hip fracture—a 2 years’ follow-up of 2,134 patients
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 18, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 686-692; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp169 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ulrich Thiem, David Niklaus, Bettina Sehlhoff, Christoph Stückle, Hans Jürgen Heppner, Heinz Gerd Endres, and Ludger Pientka

C-reactive protein, severity of pneumonia and mortality in elderly, hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 3, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 693-697; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp164 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gregory William Roberts, Pernille Maria Ibsen, and Charlotte Teglman Schiøler

Modified diet in renal disease method overestimates renal function in selected elderly patients
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 19, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 698-703; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp168 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mark McCann, Dermot O’Reilly, and Chris Cardwell

A Census-based longitudinal study of variations in survival amongst residents of nursing and residential homes in Northern Ireland
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 14, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 711-717; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp173 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Steve W. Parry, Michael Norton, Jessie Pairman, Mary Baptist, Katharine Wilton, Pam Reeve, Katy Sutcliffe, and Julia L. Newton

Impedance cardiography: a role in vasovagal syncope diagnosis?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 12, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 718-723; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp167 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract P.M. Ciaschini, S.E. Straus, L.R. Dolovich, R.A. Goeree, K.M. Leung, C.R. Woods, G.M. Zimmerman, S.R. Majumdar, S. Spadafora, L.A. Fera, and H.N. Lee

Community-based intervention to optimise falls risk management: a randomised controlled trial
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 19, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 724-730; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp176 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Adrian Wagg, Derek Lowe, Penny Peel, and Jonathan Potter

Do self-reported ‘integrated’ continence services provide high-quality continence care?
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 30, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 730-733; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp177 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gianluca Testa, Francesco Cacciatore, Gianluigi Galizia, David Della-Morte, Francesca Mazzella, Salvatore Russo, Nicola Ferrara, Franco Rengo, and Pasquale Abete

Charlson Comorbidity Index does not predict long-term mortality in elderly subjects with chronic heart failure
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 15, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 734-740; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp165 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Research Letters

Caroline Sirois, Jocelyne Moisan, Paul Poirier, Julie Couture, and Jean-Pierre Gregoire

Association between age and the initiation of antihypertensive, lipid lowering and antiplateletet medications in elderly individuals newly treated with antidiabetic drugs
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 16, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 741-745; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp170 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kade L. Paterson, Noel D. Lythgo, and Keith D. Hill

Gait variability in younger and older adult women is altered by overground walking protocol
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 1, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 745-748; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp159 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sharad Agarwal, Clyde Schechter, and Azfar Zaman

Assessment of functional status and quality of life after percutaneous coronary revascularisation in octogenarians
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 15, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 748-751; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp174 [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Abhay K. Das, Ashraf Ahmed, Oliver J. Corrado, and Robert M. West

Quality of life of elderly people on warfarin for atrial fibrillation
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 26, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 751-754; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp158 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sophie Pautex, François R. Herrmann, Paulette Le Lous, and Gabriel Gold

Improving pain management in elderly patients with dementia: validation of the Doloshort observational pain assessment scale
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 14, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 754-757; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp172 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Minna Mänty, Ari Heinonen, Anne Viljanen, Satu Pajala, Markku Koskenvuo, Jaakko Kaprio, and Taina Rantanen

Outdoor and indoor falls as predictors of mobility limitation in older women
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 24, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 757-761; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp178 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical Reminder

Lisa Kelly and Gideon Caplan

Delirium and long haul travel
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 16, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 762; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp171 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

S. Khan and K. Myers

Warfarin can be safe and effective in the extreme elderly
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 12, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 763; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp162 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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

Reply
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 12, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 763-764; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp163 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sanjay H. Chotirmall, Michael Watts, Allan Moore, Fiona Kearney, Linda Brewer, Noel G. McElvaney, and Ciaran F. Donegan

Dispelling myths regarding the safety of ‘bronchoscopy in octogenerians’
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on October 1, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 764-765; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp180 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nisar Ahmed, Sheila Payne, and Sam H. Ahmedzai

Re: Jenni Burt, Rosalind Raine. The effect of age on referral to and use of specialist palliative care services in adult cancer patients: a systematic review. Age and Ageing (2006). Received 1 November 2005; accepted in revised form 2 February 2006 (pp. 1–8).
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 24, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 765-766; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp179 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gianluca Isaia, Vittoria Tibaldi, and Nicoletta Aimonino Ricauda

Non-pharmacological prevention of delirium
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on September 24, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 766; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp181 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews

T. G. Robinson

National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke (Third Edition)
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on July 23, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 767; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp131 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Jolley

Integrated Management of Depression in the Elderly
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 27, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 767; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp161 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tom Dening

Dementia Care: A Practical Manual
Age and Ageing Advance Access published on August 17, 2009
Age Ageing 2009 38: 767-768; doi:10.1093/ageing/afp138 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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