Geriatric Library: Page 4
Contents of this page include:
- Home Visits and Interventions
- Hypertension in the Elderly
- Medication Use in Older Adults
- Osteoporosis
Home Visits and Interventions
Gill TM, Baker DI, Goltschalk M, et al. A Program to Prevent Functional Decline in Physically Frail, Elderly Persons Who Live at Home. N Engl J Med 2002;347:1068-74.
Gitlin LN, Winter L, Dennis MP et al. A Randomized Trial of a Multicomponent Home Intervention to Reduce Functional Difficulties in Older Adults. J Am Geriatric Soc 2006;54:809-816.
Stuck AE, Minder CE, Peter-Wuest I, et al. A Randomized Trial of In-Home Visits for Disability Prevention in Community-dwelling Older People at Low and High Risk for Nursing Home Admission. Arch Intern Med 2000;160-977-986.
Stuck AE, Egger M, Hammer A, et al. Home visits to Prevent Nursing Home Admission and Functional Decline in Elderly People. Systematic Review and Meta-regression Analysis. JAMA 2002;287:1022-1028.
Hypertension in the Elderly
Chobanian AV. Isolated Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:789-96.
Medication use in Older Adults
Gandhi TK, Weingart SN, Borus J, et al. Adverse drug events in ambulatory care. N Engl J Med. 2003;348:1556-64.
Goulding MR. Inappropriate medication prescribing for elderly ambulatory care patients. Arch Intern Med. 2004:164:305-312
Gurwitz JH. Polypharmacy: A new paradigm for quality drug therapy in the elderly? Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1957-59.
Rochon PA, Gurwitzh JH. Optimizing drug treatment for elderly people: The prescirbinh cascade. BMJ. 1997;315:1096-99.
Liperoti R, Pedone C, Lapane KL, et al. Venous Thromboembolism Among Elderly Patients Treated with Atypical and Conventional Antipsychoatic Agents. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165:2577-2682
Wang PS, Schneeweiss S, Avorn J, Et al. Risk of Death in Elderly Users of Conventional vs. Atypical Antipsychotic Medications. N Engl J Med. 2005;352:2335-41
Osteoporosis
Poole KES, Compston JE. Osteoporosis and its management. BMJ 2006;333:1251-6.
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