Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1998 - Abstracts

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1998
TitleSubjectAuthors
Absence of vascular dementia in an autopsy series from a dementia clinic.SeniorsJohn P. Blass, Karen A. Nolan, M. Maddelena Lino, Arthur W. Seligmann
Acceptability to patients of a home hospital. (home care for serious medical conditions)SeniorsBruce Leff, William B. Greenough III, John R. Burton, Lynda C. Burton, Michael Harper, Ipsita Ghoshtagore, Donald A. Steinwachs
Accuracy of medical records in hip fracture.SeniorsJay Magaziner, Kathleen M. Fox, Sheryl Itkin Zimmerman, J. Richard Hebel, William G. Hawkes, Melissa Reuland, James Hudson, John Kenzora
A census-based comparison of centenarians in New Zealand with those in the United States.SeniorsTim J. Wilkinson, Richard Sainsbury
Aerobic exercise and lumbar spine bone mineral density in postmenopausal women: a meta-analysis.SeniorsGeorge Kelley
Age dependence of choroidal blood flow.SeniorsSusanne Dallinger, Oliver Findl, Karin Strenn, Hans-Georg Eichler, Michael Wolzt, Leopold Schmetterer
Aging, esophageal motility, and gastroesophageal reflux.SeniorsE. Ferriolli, R. B. Oliveira, N. M. Matsuda, F. J. H. N. Braga, R. O. Dantas
Aging-related clinical and health services research in Canada.Seniors 
A home care annotated bibliography.SeniorsBruce Leff, Knight Steel, Barbara Vaitovas
AIDS in older people.(Editorial)SeniorsMargaret Terpenning
Alprazolam as an alternative to low-dose haloperidol in older, cognitively impaired nursing facility patients.SeniorsDale B. Christensen, William R. Benfield
Alzheimer's disease and managed care: how much will it cost?(Editorial)SeniorsKenneth V. Brummel-Smith
Alzheimer's disease under managed care: implications from Medicare utilization and expenditure patterns.SeniorsMichael Weiner, Neil R. Powe, Gerard F. Anderson, Thomas J. Shaffer, Wendy E. Weller
An evaluation of antiepileptic drug therapy in nursing facilities.SeniorsGena W. Cramer, Marilyn A. Mendelson, Gregory D. Thompson, Steven C. Schachter, Robert J. Chaponis, Larry Lawhorne
A nonpharmacologic sleep protocol for hospitalized older patients.SeniorsSharon K. Inouye, Lorraine C. Mion, Jane A. McDowell, Thomas J. Lydon
An operation under general anesthesia as a risk factor for age-related cognitive decline: results from a large cross-sectional population study.SeniorsJellemer Jolles, Martin P.J. Van Boxtel, Peter J. Houx, Jeanette B. Dijkstra
Anterior cervical osteophytes as a cause of pharyngeal stage dysphagia.SeniorsMichael Silverman, Lisa J. Granville, Nan Musson, Roy Altman
A pelvic muscle precontraction can reduce cough-related urine loss in selected women with mild SUI. (stress urinary incontinence)SeniorsJames A. Ashton-Miller, John O.L. DeLancey, Janis M. Miller
Apolipoprotein E phenotypes, dementia and mortality in a prospective population sample.SeniorsTimo E. Strandberg, Kati Juva, Reijo S. Tilvis
A practical approach to identifying mortality-related factors in established long-term care residents.SeniorsJonathan M. Flacker, Dan K. Kiely
A preliminary assessment of the medical and functional factors associated with vehicle crashes in older adults.SeniorsRichard M. Allman, Cynthia Owsley, Karlene Ball, Richard V. Sims, Tonya M. Smoot
A prospective study of posturography in normal older people.SeniorsRobert W. Baloh, Sonia Corona, Kathleen M. Jacobsen, Jane A. Enrietto, Theodore Bell
A prospective study of the efficacy of The Physician Order Form for Life-Sustaining Treatment.SeniorsSusan W. Tolle, Virginia P. Tilden, Christine A. Nelson, Patrick M. Dunn
A prospective study of the use of liquid oral dietary supplements in nursing homes.SeniorsMaryann Redford, Carol Porter, Jeanie Kayser-Jones, Ellen S. Schell, Joseph C. Barbaccia, Catherine Steinbach, William F. Bird, Kathryn Pengilly
Arginine vasopressin levels in nursing home residents with nighttime urinary incontinence.SeniorsJoseph G. Ouslander, John F. Schnelle, Myron Miller, Samer Z. Nasr, Wendy Withington, Carol S. Lee, Michelle Wiltshire-Clement, Patrice Cruise
Assessing life expectancies of older nursing home residents.SeniorsSylvan Wallenstein, Leslie S. Libow, Brenda Breuer, Chana Feinberg, Maria-Jose F. Camargo
Assessing the impact of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease: the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Caregiver Distress Scale.SeniorsJeffrey L. Cummings, Donna Masterman, Steven T. DeKosky, Daniel I. Kaufer, Dianne Christine, Tim Bray, Steve Castellon, Audrey MacMillan, Patrick Ketchel
Assessment of insulin sensitivity in older adults using the hyperglycemic clamp technique.SeniorsThomas Elliott, Graydon S. Meneilly
Association of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, body composition, and physical fitness in independent community-dwelling older men and women.SeniorsDale E. Mattson, Charles Wilson, Adil Abbasi, Edmund H. Duthie Jr., Lois Sheldahl, Edward Sasse, Inge Rudman
A study of force and cross-sectional area of adductor pollicis muscle in female hip fracture patients.SeniorsA. Young, S.K. Phillips, R.C. Woledge, S.A. Bruce, D. Levy, Yeo. A., F.C. Martin
Atrial natriuretic peptide level contributes to a model of future mortality in the oldest old.SeniorsEdward R. Marcantonio, Dan K. Kiely, Eric L. Knight, Kenneth L. Minaker, Loretta C. Fish
Attention, frailty, and falls: the effect of a manual task on basic mobility.SeniorsYngve Gustafson, Lars Nyberg, Lillemor Lundin-Olsson
A two-year follow-up of geriatric consults in the emergency department.SeniorsA.M. Clarfield, H. Bergman, G. Sinoff, M. Beaudet
Balance and gait performance in an urban and a rural population.SeniorsOlof Johnell, Ingemar Sernbo, Karin A.M. Ringsberg, Per Gardsell, Brynjolfur Jonsson, Karl J. Obrant
Barriers to obtaining consent in dementia research: implications for surrogate decision-making.SeniorsR. Sean Morrison, Judith C. Ahronheim, Diane E. Meier, Shari A. Baskin, Jane Morris
Beliefs concerning death, dying, and hastening death among older, functionally impaired Dutch adults: a one-year longitudinal study.SeniorsMark Sullivan, Johan Ormel, G.I.J.M. Kempen, Tj. Tymstra
Benign prostatic hyperplasia: diagnosis and treatment.Seniors 
Benzodiazepine exposure and functional status in older people.SeniorsRichard E. Johnson, L. Douglas Ried, David A. Gettman
Better use of hearing aids in hearing-impaired adults.SeniorsStephen T. Miller, David A. Zapala
Can money buy happiness? Depressive symptoms in an affluent older population.SeniorsDwayne M. Reed, Catherine G. West, Ginny L. Gildengorin
Can we afford comprehensive, supportive care for the very old?SeniorsJoan Teno, Thomas A. Bubolz, John H. Wasson, Joanne Lyn
Capitated risk-bearing managed care systems could improve end-of-life care.(Ethics in Managed Care)SeniorsJoanne Lynn, Felicia Cohn, Anne Wilkinson, Stanley B. Jones
Care of the living, care of the dying: reconceptualizing nursing home care.SeniorsVeronica Engle
Caring for vulnerable older adults in urban academic medical centers in a managed care environment.SeniorsCyril F. Chang
Causes and prognosis of acute renal failure in the very old.SeniorsJulio Pascual, Fernando Liano
Characteristics of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in older adults.SeniorsHelen X. Chen, Patricia A. Ryan, Robert P. Ferguson, Albert Yataco, Jan A. Markowitz, Karen Raksis
Clinical responsibility and legal liability in managed care.(Ethics in Managed Care)SeniorsEllen H. Moskowitz
Clock drawing test in very mild Alzheimer's disease.SeniorsDavid S. Geldmacher, Concepcion Esteban-Santillan, Rungnirand Praditsuwan, Hideki Ueda
Closure, fair procedures, and setting limits within managed care organizations.(Ethics in Managed Care)SeniorsNorman Daniels, James Sabin
Combination therapy for early Alzheimer's disease: what are we waiting for?SeniorsP. Murali Doraiswamy, David C. Steffens
Competency and consent in dementia.SeniorsLesley K. Fellows
Compliance with PASARR recommendations for Medicaid recipients in nursing homes. (Preadmission Screening and Annual Resident Review)SeniorsMark Snowden, John Piacitelli, Tom Koepsell
Conflicts of interest and accountability in managed care: the aging of medical ethics.(Ethics in Managed Care)SeniorsMarc A. Rodwin
Congestive heart failure and cognitive impairment in an older population.SeniorsStefania Maggi, Michele Varricchio, Franco Rengo, Pasquale Abete, Francesco Cacciatore, Nicola Ferrara, Claudio Calabrese, Claudio Napoli
Consumer-perceived value: the key to a successful business strategy in the healthcare marketplace. (The Business of Medicine)SeniorsWalter H. Ettinger
Contribution of individual items to the performance of the Norton pressure ulcer prediction scale.SeniorsThomas V. Perneger, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, Anne-Claire Rae, Francois Borst, Celiane Heliot
Coronary heart disease risk factors of vigorously active sexagenarians and septuagenarians.SeniorsPaul T. Williams
Correlates of prescription and over-the-counter medication usage among older Mexican Americans: the Hispanic EPESE study. (Established Population for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly)SeniorsKyriakos S. Markides, Christine A. Stroup-Benham, David V. Espino, Robert C. Wood, Michael J. Lichtenstein, Helen P. Hazuda, Dennis Fabrizio, James Goodwin
Corticotropin-dependent Cushing's syndrome in older people: presentation of five cases and therapeutical use of ketoconazole.SeniorsJoris J. Berwaerts, Johan A. Verhelst, griet C. Verhaert, Ann A. Verhaegen, Roger E. Abs
Cost of health care for a community of older adults in an urban academic healthcare system.SeniorsKevin T. Stroupe, Timothy E. Stump, Christopher M. Callahan, William M. Tierney
Cross-cultural adaptation of the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly-Screening version for use with Spanish-speaking Mexican Americans.SeniorsMichael J. Lichtenstein, Helen P. Hazuda
Current status of antioxidant therapy for Alzheimer's disease.SeniorsP. Murali Doraiswamy, Suresh S. Pitchumoni
Curriculum recommendations for resident training in home care.SeniorsPeter A. Boling, Gail M. Sullivan, Christine Ritchie, Sharon Levine
Decreasing hospitalization rates for older home care patients with symptoms of depression.SeniorsJohn E. Morley, Douglas K. Miller, Joseph H. Flaherty, Marilyn Hanchett, Fran E. Kaiser, Mary McBride, Shaden Marzouk, Norman Chien, Sheila Leander
Dementia and the goals of care.(Editorial)SeniorsGreg A. Sachs
Dementias that present with and without posterior cortical features: an important clinical distinction.SeniorsDonald R. Royall, Marsha Polk
Dementia with Lewy bodies.SeniorsBradley T. Hyman, Estrella Gomez-Tortosa, Aubrey O. Ingraham, MIchael C. Irizarry
Depression and disability associated with impaired vision: the MoVIES Project. (Monongahela Valley Independent Elders Survey)SeniorsBarry W. Rovner, Mary Ganguli
Detecting balance deficits in frequent fallers using clinical and quantitative evaluation tools.SeniorsGary Kamen, Chiung-Yu Cho
Developing rehabilitative behavioral interventions for long-term care: technology transfer, acceptance, and maintenance issues.SeniorsJoseph G. Ouslander, John F. Schnelle, Patrice A. Cruise, Annie Rahman
Development and validation of a geriatrics attitudes scale for primary care residents.SeniorsDavid B. Reuben, Ming Lee, James W. Davis Jr., Michelle S. Eslami, Daniel G. Osterweil, Susan Melchiore, Nancy T. Weintraub
Development of a test battery to identify older drivers at risk for self-reported adverse driving events.SeniorsRichard A. Marottoli, Mary E. Tinetti, Lawrence M. Brass, Leo M. Cooney Jr., Emily D. Richardson, Meredith H. Stowe, Eydie G. Miller
DHEA: elixir of youth or mirror of age?(Editorial)SeniorsCynthia K. Buffington
Differences among geriatricians, general internists, and cardiologists in the care of patients with heart failure: a cautionary tale of quality assessment.SeniorsGreg A. Sachs, Roberto M. Lang, James X. Zhang, marshall H. Chin, John C. Wang
Discussions about end-of-life care in nursing homes.SeniorsElizabeth H. Bradley, Terrie Wetle, Vasum Peiris
Do older drivers with visual and cognitive impairments drive less?SeniorsJane C. Stutts
Dose-response relationship of physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk.(Editorial)SeniorsDenise G. Simons-Morton
Effect of tamoxifen on bone fractures in older nursing home residents.SeniorsSylvan Wallenstein, Richard Anderson, Brenda Breuer
Effects of home-based intervention on unplanned readmissions and out-of-hospital deaths.SeniorsSimon Stewart, Sue Pearson, Colin G. Luke, John D. Horowitz
Elder abuse in te community: prevalence and consequences.SeniorsLex M. Bouter, Cees Jonker, Johannes H. Smit, Anne Margriet Pot, Hannie C. Comijs
Elder-proxy agreement concerning the functional status and medical history of the older person: the impact of caregiver burden and depressive symptomatology.SeniorsElizabeth Mutran, Kirstie Long, S. Sudha
Emerging antidementia drugs: a preliminary ethical view.(Commentary)SeniorsPeter J. Whitehouse, Stephen G. Post
Emotional vitality among disabled older women: the women's health and aging study.SeniorsBrenda W.J.H. Penninx, Jack M. Guralnik, Luigi Ferrucci, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Judith D. kasper
Environmental correlates of resident agitation in Alzheimer's Disease special care units.SeniorsJohn S. Preisser, C. Madeline Mitchell, Charles Phillips, Philip D. Slone, Charlotte Commander, Eileen Burker
Epilepsy in older adults: causes, consequences and treatment.SeniorsJoseph I. Sirven
Equivalence of two screens of cognitive functioning: the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire and the Orientation-Memory-Concentration Test.SeniorsLawrence R. Landerman, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Gerda G. Fillenbaum
Essential components of geriatric care provided through health maintenance organizations. (HMO Workgroup on Care Management)Seniors 
Ethnicity and decision-makers in a group of frail older people.SeniorsG. Paul Eleazer, Catherine Eng, Robert McCann, Carlton A. Hornung, Harry S. Strothers III, G. Darryl Wieland, Marc Sapir
Evaluating the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors for older nursing home residents with chronic heart failure.SeniorsKate L. Lapane, Daniel E. Forman, Ravi B. Chander, Parul Shah, John Stoukides
Executive cognitive abilities and functional status among community-dwelling older persons in the San Luis Valley Health and Aging Study.SeniorsRichard F. Hamman, Judith Baxter, Jim Grigsby, Kathryn Kay, Susan M. Shetterly
Executive dyscontrol: an important factor affecting the level of care received by older retirees.SeniorsDonald R. Royall, Marsha J. Polk, Maria Cabello
Exercise to improve spinal flexibility and function for people with Parkinson's disease: a randomized, controlled trial.SeniorsCarl F. Pieper, Julie Chandler, Margaret Schenkman, Toni M. Cutson, Maggie Kuchibhatla, Laurie Ray, Kathryn Laub
Exploring joint research initiatives: opportunities for collaboration between the US and the UK.SeniorsSpencer Van B. Wilking, Alan J. Sinclair, Edward J. Dickinson
Factors associated with six-month mortality in recipients of community-based long-term care.SeniorsMary E. Tinetti, Terri R. Fried, Daphna M. Pollack
Features of cancer in nonagenarians and centenarians.SeniorsSidney L. Saltzstein, Rebecca N. Baergen, Cynthia A. Behling
Final-year-of-life pacemaker recipients.SeniorsBrockton J. Hefflin
Functional outcomes of posthospital care for stroke and hip fracture patients under medicare.SeniorsRobert L. Kane, Mark Moskowitz, Michael Finch, Qing Chen, Lynn Blewett, Risa Burns
Functioning, well-being, and health perception in late middle-aged and older people: comparing the effects of depressive symptoms and chronic medical conditions.SeniorsDorly J.H. Deeg, Johan Ormel, Gertrudis I.J.M. Kempen, Els I. Brilman, Eric van Sonderen, John Relyveld
Gastroesophageal reflux disease.SeniorsPhilip O. Katz
Gentle cervical hyperextension causing quadriplegia in an older man with symptomatic cervical spondylosis.SeniorsVolker K.H. Sonntag, Karl A. Greene, Warren F. Gorman
Geriatric nurse practitioners in long-term care: demonstration of effectiveness in managed care. (Advancing Geriatric Nursing Practice)SeniorsAlice Bonner, Jeffrey B. Burl, Maithili Rao, Anwer M. Khan
Getting meaningful informed consent from older adults: a structured literature review of empirical research.SeniorsJeremy Sugarman, Douglas C. McCrory, Robert C. Hubal
Guidelines for fellowship training in Geriatrics.Seniors 
Health care for older persons, a country profile: France.SeniorsF. Nourhashemi, B. Vellas, L.K. Gray, D. Mischlich, F. Forette, B. Forette, J-M Vetel, F. Kuntzmann, R. Moulias, J.L. Albarede
Health care system structure and function - and outcomes.(Editorial)SeniorsDavid M. Mirvis
Hearing loss in community-dwelling older persons: national prevalence data and identification using simple questions.SeniorsGail A. Greendale, David B. Reuben, Mark Damesyn, Alison A. Moore, Kathleen Walsh
Heart failure: evaluation and treatment of patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. (Clinical Practice Guidelines)Seniors 
High levels of hopelessness persist in geriatric patients with remitted depression and a history of attempted suicide.SeniorsYeates Conwell, Charles F. Reynolds, Patricia Houck, Katalin Szanto, Amy E. Begley
Home environmental hazards and the risk of fall injury events among community-dwelling older persons.SeniorsRichard W. Sattin, Phyllis A. Wingo, Juan G. Rodriguez, Carolee A. DeVito
House calls for the 21st Century.(Editorial)SeniorsGeorge Taler
How accurate is the terminal prognosis in the minimum data set?SeniorsU. Harriet Finne-Soveri, Rijo S. Tilvis
Hypoglycemia in hospitalized nondiabetic older patients.SeniorsYechiel Friedlander, Shmuel Shilo, Svetlana Berezovsky, Moshe Sonnenblick
Iatrogenic benzodiazepine withdrawal delirium in hospitalized older patients.SeniorsJay H. Moss, Krista L. Lanctot
Identification of medications that cause cognitive impairment in older people: the case of oxybutynin chloride.SeniorsIra R. Katz, Warren Bilker, Alice Boyce, Suzanne DiFilippo, Laura Prouty Sands, Kristina D'Angelo
Identifying nursing home residents at risk for falling.SeniorsDan K. Kiely, Douglas P. Kiel, Lewis A. Lipsitz, Adam B. Burrows
Improving balance.SeniorsSteven Robbins, Edward Waked, Nicholas Krouglicof
Improving health care quality by reimbursement policy.(Commentary)SeniorsRichard W. Besdine
Improving the utility of urine flow rate to exclude outlet obstruction in men with voiding symptoms.SeniorsNeil M. Resnick, Catherine E. DuBeau, Subbarao V. Talla
Influence of patient preferences and local health system characteristics on the place of death.SeniorsJoan M. Teno, Joanne Lynn, William A. Knaus, John E. Wennberg, Elliott S. Fisher, Sandra M. Sharp, Robert S. Pritchard, Douglas J. Reding
Informed consent fo research on human subjects with dementia.Seniors 
Integration of geriatrics into cardiology fellowship training programs: A joint position paper form the American Geriatrics Society and te Society of Geriatric Cardiology.SeniorsWilliam R. Hazzard, Michael W. Rich, Melvin D. Cheitli, Josephn S. Alpert
Lack of an association between insulin-like growth factor-I and body composition, muscle strength, physical performance or self-reported mobility among older persons with functional limitations.SeniorsDouglas P. Kiel, Clifford J. Rosen, David B. MacLean, John B. Murphy, Jacqeline Puhl, Katherine berg
Letting the patient backstage: informed consent for HMO enrollees.(Ethics in Managed Care)SeniorsTod Chambers
Looking beyond the 'form' to complex interventions needed to improve end-of-life care.SeniorsJoan M. Teno
Low airloss hydrotherapy versus standard care for incontinent hospitalized patients. (prevention of pressure sores)SeniorsRichard G. Bennett, William B. Greenough III, Matthew Tayback, Patricia J. Baran, LaVeda DeVone, Hector Bacetti, Blaine Kristo
Lower-extremity functioning in older Mexican Americans and its association with medical problems.SeniorsKyriakos S. Markides, James S. Goodwin, Jack M. Guralnik, Christine A. Stroup-Benham, Michael J. Lichtenstein, Ronald J. Angel, Linda C. Perkowski
Low prevalence of hearing aid use among older adults with hearing loss: the epidemiology of hearing loss study.SeniorsMichael M. Popelka, Karen J. Cruickshanks, Terry L. Wiley, Theodore S. Tweed, Barbara E.K. Klein, Ronald Klein
Major depression in a population of demented and nondemented older people: prevalence and correlates.SeniorsYvonne Forsell, Bengt Winblad
Managed care and the goals of medicine.(Ethics in Managed Care)SeniorsDaniel Callahan
Managed care, managing ethics.(Ethics in Managed Care)(Editorial)SeniorsDavid M. Mirvis
Managed care: the third reorganization of health care.(Ethics in Managed Care)SeniorsDaniel M. Fox
Managed primary care of nursing home residents.SeniorsChad Boult, Abe Joseph
Management of the older patient with acute myocardial infarction: difference in clinical presentations between older and younger patients.SeniorsDonald D. Tresch
Mediation and managed care.(Ethics in Managed Care)SeniorsNancy Neveloff Dubler
Medical education and managed care: keeping pace.(Ethics in Managed Care)SeniorsSheila Moriber Katz
Mobility after hip fracture predicts health outcomes.SeniorsJay Magaziner, Kathleen M. Fox, Sheryl Itkin Zimmerman, J. Richard Hebel, William G. Hawkes, John E. Kenzora, Gerald Felsenthal, Meredith Clark
Moderate-intensity aerobic training improves glucose tolerance in aging independent of abdominal adiposity.SeniorsTeresa E. Seeman, Nina S. Stachenfeld, Loretta DiPietro, Lee D. Katz, Ethan R. Nadel
Moderate wine consumption is associated with decreased odds of developing age-related macular degeneration in NHANES-1. (National Health and Nutrition and Examination Survey)SeniorsRobert Hirsch, Thomas O. Obisesan, Omofolasade Kosoko, Letitia Carlson, Marian Parrott
Newer psychotropic medication use in nursing home residents.SeniorsTrey Sunderland, Robert A. Lasser
Nighttime urinary incontinence and sleep disruption among nursing home residents.SeniorsJoseph G. Ouslander, John F. Schnelle, Cathy Alessi, Patrice A. Cruise, William G. Buxton, Nahla R. Al- Samarrai
Nontreatment and aggressive narcotic therapy among hospitalized pancreatic cancer patients.SeniorsRoss L. Prentice, Donovan J. Thompson, Norman K. Brown
Obligations and opportunities: the role of clinical societies in the ethics of managed care.(Ethics in Managed Care)SeniorsLois Snyder, John Tooker
On the number of automated timed manual performance trials to administer.SeniorsJan Busby-Whitehead, Pamela S. Robinson, Elizabeth S. Matteson, Cherie Rosemond, William L. Dunn
Oral cobalamin for pernicious anemia: back from the verge of extinction.SeniorsFrank A. Lederle
Osteoarthritis in older adults. (Progress in Geriatrics)SeniorsJoan M. Bathon, Shari Miura Ling
Outbreak of pneumonia in a long-term care facility: antecedent human parinfluenza virus 1 infection may predispose to bacterial pneumonia.SeniorsRobert F. Breiman, Larry J. Anderson, Barry Fields, Deborah F. Talkington, Susan M. Lett, Dean Erdman, Anthony E. Fiore, Martin S. Cetron, George M. Carlone, Chris Iverson, Trudy Messmer
Outcomes-based quality improvement: reducing the data collection burden.(Editorial)SeniorsElizabeth H. Bradley, Richard Besdine
Outcomes of anesthesia and surgery in people 100 years of age and older.SeniorsDarrell R. Schroeder, Kenneth P. Offord, Darryl T. Gray, David O. Warner, Mark A. Warner, Rachel A. Saletel
Outpatient geriatric evaluation and management.SeniorsRobert L. Kane, Chad Boult, Lisa Boult, Lynne Morishita, Stanley L. Smith
Oxidative stress and advancing age: results in healthy centenarians.SeniorsGiuseppe Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Tagliamonte, Michele Varricchio, Antonio Gambardella, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Daniela Manzella
Paget's disease of bone (osteitis deformans).SeniorsMichael A. Ankrom, Jay R. Shapiro
Pemphigus vulgaris in older adults.SeniorsA. Razzaque Ahmed, Zohreh Tehranchi-Nia, Tabarak A. Qureshi
Pharmacologic treatment of geriatric depression: key issues in interpreting the evidence.SeniorsStephanie Studenski, Sally K. Rigler, Pamela W. Duncan
Plasma antioxidants and cognitive performance in middle-aged and older adults: results of the Austrian stroke prevention study.Seniors 
Practice guidelines: a limited role in resolving rationing decisions.(Ethics in Managed Care)SeniorsDavid Orentlicher
Predicting hospitalization and functional decline in older health plan enrollees: are administrative data as accurate as self-report?SeniorsLouis C. Grothaus, Edward H. Wagner, Eric A. Coleman, David M. Buchner, Julia Hecht, James Savarino
Predictors of mortality in patients with bacteremia: the importance of functional status.SeniorsFrancesc Deulofeu, Betlem Cervello, Santiago Capell, Carmina Marti, Vicenc Mercade
Preparing Canadian physicians for health care of older adults. (Geriatric Medicine in Canada)SeniorsHoward Bergman, Christopher Patterson, Irene Turpie, David Hogan
Prescribing exercise intensity for older women.SeniorsWendy M. Kohrt, John O. Holloszy, Robert J. Spina, Ali A. Ehsani
Pressure ulcer products and devices: are they safe, much less effective?(Editorial)SeniorsBruce A. Ferrell
Prevalence and outcome of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus colonization in two nursing centers in Georgia.SeniorsAli R. Rahimi
Prevalence estimation of dementia in a rural area of Korea.SeniorsJong Inn Woo, Jung Hie Lee, Keun-Young Yoo, Chang-Yup Kim, Yong-Ik Kim, Young Soo Shin
Prevalence of coronary artery disease, atherothrombotic brain infarction, and peripheral arterial disease: associated risk factors in older Hispanics in an academic hospital-based geriatrics practice.SeniorsChul Ahn, Wilbert S. Aronow, Gad Mendelson
Prevalence rates of hearing impairment and comorbid conditions in older people: The Veneto Study.SeniorsStefania Maggi, Giuliano Enzi, Mara Pavan, Nadia Minicuci, Alessandro Martini, Jean Langlois, Paola Siviero
Preventing disability and managing chronic illness in frail older adults: a randomized trial of a community-based partnership with primary care.SeniorsSuzanne G. Leveille, Edward H. Wagner, Daniel Kent, Lou Grothaus, Jeffrey Wallace, Connie Davis, Marianne LoGerfo
Preventing disability in older people with chronic disease: what is a doctor to do?(Editorial)SeniorsC. Seth Landefeld, Mary-Margaret Chren
Problems in measuring and interpreting cognitive decline.SeniorsWalter A. Kukull
Prognostic factors in very old demented adults: a seven-year follow-up from a population-based survey in Stockholm.SeniorsLaura Fratiglioni, Matti Viitanen, Bengt Winblad, Zhenchao Guo, Hedda Aguero-Torres
Provider practice patterns in nursing home-acquired pneumonia.SeniorsWayne C. McCormick, Annette M. Medina-Walpole
Psychiatric diagnosis and intervention in older and younger patients in a primary care clinic: effect of a screening and diagnostic instrument.SeniorsFrederic C. Blow, Kristen Lawton Barry, Marcia Valenstein, Helen Kales, Alan Mellow, Gregory Dalack, Sara Figueroa
Psychometric characteristics of the Minimum Data Set I: confirmatory factor analysis.SeniorsMorton H. Kleban, Patricia A. Parmelee, M. Powell Lawton, Robin Casten
Psychometric characteristics of the Minimum Data Set II: validity.SeniorsMorton H. Kleban, Patricia A. Parmelee, M. Powell Lawton, Robin Casten, Kimberly Van Haitsma, Julie Corn
Quality of life of older adults with urinary incontinence.(Editorial)SeniorsJean F. Wyman
Race and stress in the incidence of herpes zoster in older adults.SeniorsBruce M. Burchett, Carl F. Pieper, John D. Hamilton, Linda K. George, Kenneth Schmader
Recognition of dementia: discovering the silent epidemic.SeniorsEric B. Larson
Relation between intellectual dysfunctioning and mortality in community-residing older people.SeniorsKozo Tatara, Noriyuki Nakanishi, Kazunori Ikeda, Youichi Hino, Atsuhiro Yamada, Chisato Nishioka
Relation of colonic transit to functional bowel disease in older people: a population-based study.SeniorsAlan R. Zinsmeister, Nicholas J. Talley, Jonathan M. Evans, Kevin C. Fleming, Cathy D. Schleck, L. Joseph Melton III.
Relationships between sleep and body temperature in middle-aged and older subjects.SeniorsScott S. Campbell, Patricia J. Murphy
Remaining vital in the fact of disability.SeniorsRichard Schulz
Reproductive and hormonal risk factors for urinary incontinence in later life: a review of the clinical and epidemiologic literature.SeniorsJeanette S. Brown, David H. Thom
Rethinking estrogen and the brain.SeniorsElizebeth Barrett-Connor
Revenue streams and clinical discretion.(Ethics in Managed Care)SeniorsE. Haavi Morreim
Risk factors for colonization with yeast species in a veterans affairs long-term care facility.SeniorsMargaret S. Terpenning, Jim Y. Wan, Suzanne F. Bradley, Carol A. Kauffman, Sara A. Hedderwick, Jon A. Sangeorzan
Risk left ventricular dysfunction in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease with APOE 4 allele.SeniorsC.M. van Duijn, T.J.M. van der Cammen, C.J. Verschoor, C.P.M. van Loon Loon, F. van Harskamp, I. de Koning, W.J. Schudel, A.J.C. Slooter, C. Van Broeckhoven
Searching for proof about yet unproven remedies. (News Around the World)SeniorsMarco Pahor
Serum estrogen levels, cognitive performance, and risk of cognitive decline in older community women.SeniorsDeborah Grady, Kristine Yaffe, Steve Cummings, Alice Pressman
Shoulder pain in older people.SeniorsLeo M. Cooney Jr., John Daigneault
Sleep complaints in community-dwelling older persons: prevalence, associated factors, and reported causes.SeniorsDaniel J. Foley, Stefania Maggi, Francesco Grigoletto, Giuliano Enzi, Jean A. Langlois, Mara Pavan, Nadia Minicuci
Strength, physical activity, and body mass index: relationship to performance-based measures and activities of daily living among older Japanese women in Hawaii.SeniorsMichael C. Nevitt, James W. Davis, Richard D. Wasnich, Philip D. Ross, Steven D. Preston
Systems of care for older populations of the future. (Geriatrics in Managed Care)SeniorsJames T. Pacala, Chad Boult, Lisa Boult
That was the year that was: an evidence-based clinical geriatrics update.SeniorsRosanne M. Leipzig
The ankle brachial index independently predicts walking velocity and walking endurance in peripheral arterial disease.SeniorsKiang Liu, Philip Greenland, Jack M. Guralnik, Gary J. Martin, Mary McGrae McDermott, Michael H. Criqui, Shruti mehta
The APOE 4 allele is associated with decline on delayed recall performance in community-dwelling older adults.SeniorsHelena C. Kraemer, Jerome A. Yesavage, Ruth O'Hara, Leah F. Friedman, Maritess Mauricio, Greer M. Murphy
The association between chronic illness and functional change among participants in a comprehensive geriatric assessment program.SeniorsChoo-Yon Cho, John C. Beck, Cathy A. Alessi, Andreas E. Stuck, Harriet U. Aronow, Meehyung Cho, Laurence A. Rubenstein
The association of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and cognitive function in an older cohort.SeniorsElizabeth Barrett-Connor, Donna Kritz-Silverstein, Ronald D. Scott, Wigbert C. Wiederholt
The association of urinary incontinence with poor self-rated health.SeniorsTheodore M. Johnson II, Gordon H. DeFriese, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Shulamit L. Bernard, Jan Busby-Whitehead, Jean E. Kincade
The association of weight change in Alzheimer's disease with severity of disease and mortality: a longitudinal analysis.SeniorsCarl Pieper, Heidi White, Ken Schmader
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997: implications for the practice of geriatric medicine. (The Business of Medicine)SeniorsWalter H. Ettinger Jr.
The clinical utility of a six-minute walk test in peripheral arterial occlusive disease patients.SeniorsAndrew W. Gardner, Polly S. Montgomery
The effectiveness of day hospital care on home care patients.SeniorsKaisu Pitkala
The effect of aging on bone mineral metabolism and bone mass in Native American women.SeniorsJohn E. Morley, Joseph Flaherty, Michael Horowitz, Horace M. Perry III, Douglas K. Miller, Marie Bernard, Shantiel Fleming, Mary Zoe Baker, Raj Purushothaman, Ramzi Hajjar, fran E. Kaiser, Ping Patrick
The effect of a physician assistant on the hospitalization of nursing home residents.SeniorsRichard J. Ackermann, Kathy A. Kemle
The effect of HMO status on the outcomes of home-care after hospitalization in a Medicare population. (Geriatrics in Managed Care)SeniorsRobert Kane, Jeremy Holtzman, Qing Chen
The effect of Vitamin B12 deficiency on older veterans and its relationship to health.SeniorsT. Michael Kashner, Marie A. Bernard, Paul A. Nakonezny
The effect of zinc and vitamin A supplementation on immune response in an older population.SeniorsShah Ebrahim, Cristina Fortes, Francesco Forastiere, Nerina Agabiti, Valeria Fano, Roberta Pacifici, Fabio Virgili, Giovanna Piras, Luisa Guidi, Carlo Bartoloni, Augusto Tricerri, Piergiorgio Zuccaro, Carlo A. Perucci
The epidemiology of cardiac pacemakers in the older US population.SeniorsRonald G. Kaczmarek, W. Randolph Daley
The experience of living-dying in a nursing home: self-reports of black and white older adults.SeniorsMarshall J. Graney, Veronica F. Engle, Emily Fox-Hill
The future of the doctor-payer-patient relationship.(Ethics in Managed Care)SeniorsEric J. Cassell
The impact of regular multidisciplinary team interventions on psychotropic prescribing in Swedish nursing homes.SeniorsIngrid Schmidt, Cecilia B. Claesson, Barbro Westerholm, Lars G. Nilsson, Bonnie L. Svarstad
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The management of chronic pain in older persons. (American Geriatric Society)Seniors 
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Therapy for acute myocardial infarction in older persons.SeniorsMichael W. Rich
The relationship between insomnia and mortality among community-dwelling older women.SeniorsJay Magaziner, Patricia W. Langenberg, Michelle D. Althuis, Lisa Fredman
The search to improve safe vehicular operation among older drivers: are we reaching our destination?(Editorial)SeniorsRobert B. Wallace
The sequelae of hospitalization for ischemic stroke among older adults.SeniorsJames G. Gurney, David W. Bentley, Fredric D. Wolinsky, George J. Wan
The use of mammography by women aged 75 and older: factors related to health, functioning, and age.SeniorsJan Blustein, Linda J. Weiss
The war on health care fraud and abuse: peril for providers.SeniorsWalter H. Ettinger
Thioridazine dose-related effects on biomechanical force platform measures of sway in young and old men.SeniorsMichael J. Lichtenstein, Yan Juan Liu, Grazia Stagni, Judith G. Walden, Alexander M.M. Shepherd
Time and cost for recruiting older adults.SeniorsGordon L. Jensen, Helen Smiciklas-Wright, Diane C. Mitchell, Stephanie Taylor-Davis, Andrew C. Davis
Treatment of pain in cognitively impaired compared with cognitively intact older patients with hip-fracture.SeniorsSteven Miles, Karen S. Feldt, Muriel B. Ryden
Undertreatment of hypertension in older Mexican Americans.SeniorsKyriakos S. Markides, James S. Goodwin, Christine A. Stroup-Benham, David V. Espino, Shiva Satish
Urinary antibody level and survival in bacteriuric institutionalized older subjects.SeniorsJ. Kennedy, L.E. Nicolle, H. Duckworth, J. Brunka, B. Urias, D. Murray, G.K.M. Harding
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Validation and application of the pneumonia prognosis index to nursing home residents with pneumonia.SeniorsJoseph M. Mylotte, Bruce Naughton, Charito Saludades, Zoltan Maszarovics
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a long-term care facility.SeniorsRobert R. Muder, Carole Brennen, Marilyn M. Wagener
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Venous thrombosis in older people: prevalence of the factor V gene mutation Q506.SeniorsE. Andre, V. Siguret, M. Alhenc-Gelas, O. Saint-Jean, P. Gaussem
Visual impairment and falls in older adults: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.SeniorsPaul Mitchell, Rebecca Q. Ivers, Robert G. Cumming, Karin Attebo
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