Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

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July 2010

Volume 58, Issue 7

Pages 1225–1425

  1. Clinical Investigations

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Brief Methodological Reports
    5. Drugs & Pharmacology
    6. Ethnogeriatrics And Special Populations
    7. International Health Affairs
    8. Dental and Oral Health
    9. Special Series On Aging Research
    10. Editorial
    11. Letters to the Editor
    12. Notices
    1. Association Between Dietary Quality of Rural Older Adults and Self-Reported Food Avoidance and Food Modification Due to Oral Health Problems (pages 1225–1232)

      Margaret R. Savoca, Thomas A. Arcury, Xiaoyan Leng, Haiying Chen, Ronny A. Bell, Andrea M. Anderson, Teresa Kohrman, Gregg H. Gilbert and Sara A. Quandt

      Article first published online: 1 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02909.x

    2. Effect of a Disease-Specific Planning Intervention on Surrogate Understanding of Patient Goals for Future Medical Treatment (pages 1233–1240)

      Karin T. Kirchhoff, Bernard J. Hammes, Karen A. Kehl, Linda A. Briggs and Roger L. Brown

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02760.x

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      A Comparison of Methods to Communicate Treatment Preferences in Nursing Facilities: Traditional Practices Versus the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Program (pages 1241–1248)

      Susan E. Hickman, Christine A. Nelson, Nancy A. Perrin, Alvin H. Moss, Bernard J. Hammes and Susan W. Tolle

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02955.x

    4. A Comparative, Retrospective, Observational Study of the Prevalence, Availability, and Specificity of Advance Care Plans in a County that Implemented an Advance Care Planning Microsystem (pages 1249–1255)

      Bernard J. Hammes, Brenda L. Rooney and Jacob D. Gundrum

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02956.x

    5. Leg Symptom Categories and Rates of Mobility Decline in Peripheral Arterial Disease (pages 1256–1262)

      Mary M. McDermott, Luigi Ferrucci, Kiang Liu, Jack M. Guralnik, Lu Tian, Yihua Liao and Michael H. Criqui

      Article first published online: 11 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02941.x

    6. Long-Term Effects of Conjugated Equine Estrogen Therapies on Domain-Specific Cognitive Function: Results from the Women's Health Initiative Study of Cognitive Aging Extension (pages 1263–1271)

      Mark A. Espeland, Robert L. Brunner, Patricia E. Hogan, Stephen R. Rapp, Laura H. Coker, Claudine Legault, Iris Granek and Susan M. Resnick, for the Women's Health Initiative Study of Cognitive Aging Study Group

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02953.x

    7. Likelihood of Ordering Physical Restraints: Influence of Physician Characteristics (pages 1272–1278)

      Satinderpal K. Sandhu, Lorraine C. Mion, Rabia Halim Khan, Ruth Ludwick, Jeffrey Claridge, James C. Pile, Michael Harrington, Janice Winchell and Mary S. Dietrich

      Article first published online: 23 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02950.x

    8. Effect of Situational and Clinical Variables on the Likelihood of Physicians Ordering Physical Restraints (pages 1279–1288)

      Lorraine C. Mion, Satinderpal K. Sandhu, Rabia Halim Khan, Ruth Ludwick, Jeffrey A. Claridge, James Pile, Michael Harrington, Mary S. Dietrich and Janice Winchell

      Article first published online: 23 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02952.x

    9. Leukocyte Telomere Length Is Associated with Disability in Older U.S. Population (pages 1289–1298)

      Rosa Ana Risques, Konstantin G. Arbeev, Anatoli I. Yashin, Svetlana V. Ukraintseva, George M. Martin, Peter S. Rabinovitch and Junko Oshima

      Article first published online: 23 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02948.x

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      Vitamin D Treatment for the Prevention of Falls in Older Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (pages 1299–1310)

      Rita Rastogi Kalyani, Brady Stein, Ritu Valiyil, Rebecca Manno, Janet W. Maynard and Deidra C. Crews

      Article first published online: 23 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02949.x

  2. Brief Reports

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Brief Methodological Reports
    5. Drugs & Pharmacology
    6. Ethnogeriatrics And Special Populations
    7. International Health Affairs
    8. Dental and Oral Health
    9. Special Series On Aging Research
    10. Editorial
    11. Letters to the Editor
    12. Notices
    1. Age-Varying Association Between Statin Use and Incident Alzheimer's Disease : [See editorial comments by Dr. Mary Hann pp 000–000) (pages 1311–1317)

      Ge Li, Jane B. Shofer, Isaac C. Rhew, Walter A. Kukull, Elaine R. Peskind, Wayne McCormick, James D. Bowen, Gerard D. Schellenberg, Paul K. Crane, John C.S. Breitner and Eric B. Larson

      Article first published online: 1 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02906.x

    2. Glycemia and Levels of Cerebrospinal Fluid Amyloid and Tau in Patients Attending a Memory Clinic (pages 1318–1321)

      Lieza G. Exalto, Wiesje M. Van Der Flier, Phillip Scheltens and Geert Jan Biessels

      Article first published online: 7 MAY 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02854.x

    3. Physical Activity Over the Life Course and Its Association with Cognitive Performance and Impairment in Old Age (pages 1322–1326)

      Laura E. Middleton, Deborah E. Barnes, Li-Yung Lui and Kristine Yaffe

      Article first published online: 30 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02903.x

    4. Spironolactone and Hydrochlorothiazide Decrease Vascular Stiffness and Blood Pressure in Geriatric Hypertension (pages 1327–1332)

      Philip A. Kithas and Mark A. Supiano

      Article first published online: 1 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02905.x

    5. Disparities in Influenza Vaccine Coverage in the United States, 2008 (pages 1333–1340)

      Shauna T. Linn, Jack M. Guralnik and Kushang V. Patel

      Article first published online: 1 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02904.x

    6. Incidence and Risk Factors for Fecal Incontinence in Black and White Older Adults: A Population-Based Study (pages 1341–1346)

      Alayne D. Markland, Patricia S. Goode, Kathryn L. Burgio, David T. Redden, Holly E. Richter, Patricia Sawyer and Richard M. Allman

      Article first published online: 1 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02908.x

  3. Brief Methodological Reports

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Brief Methodological Reports
    5. Drugs & Pharmacology
    6. Ethnogeriatrics And Special Populations
    7. International Health Affairs
    8. Dental and Oral Health
    9. Special Series On Aging Research
    10. Editorial
    11. Letters to the Editor
    12. Notices
    1. Measuring Falls Events in Acute Hospitals—A Comparison of Three Reporting Methods to Identify Missing Data in the Hospital Reporting System (pages 1347–1352)

      Anne-Marie Hill, Tammy Hoffmann, Keith Hill, David Oliver, Christopher Beer, Steven McPhail, Sandra Brauer and Terry P. Haines

      Article first published online: 7 MAY 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02856.x

  4. Drugs & Pharmacology

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Brief Methodological Reports
    5. Drugs & Pharmacology
    6. Ethnogeriatrics And Special Populations
    7. International Health Affairs
    8. Dental and Oral Health
    9. Special Series On Aging Research
    10. Editorial
    11. Letters to the Editor
    12. Notices
    1. Outcomes Associated with Opioid Use in the Treatment of Chronic Noncancer Pain in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (pages 1353–1369)

      Maria Papaleontiou, Charles R. Henderson, Jr, Barbara J. Turner, Alison A. Moore, Yelena Olkhovskaya, Leslie Amanfo and M. Carrington Reid

      Article first published online: 1 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02920.x

  5. Ethnogeriatrics And Special Populations

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Brief Methodological Reports
    5. Drugs & Pharmacology
    6. Ethnogeriatrics And Special Populations
    7. International Health Affairs
    8. Dental and Oral Health
    9. Special Series On Aging Research
    10. Editorial
    11. Letters to the Editor
    12. Notices
    1. Physician-Assisted Suicide Attitudes of Older Mexican-American and Non-Hispanic White Adults: Does Ethnicity Make a Difference? (pages 1370–1375)

      David V. Espino, R. Lillianne Macias, Robert C. Wood, Johanna Becho, Melissa Talamantes, M. Rosina Finley, Arthur E. Hernandez and Rubén Martinez

      Article first published online: 1 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02910.x

  6. International Health Affairs

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Brief Methodological Reports
    5. Drugs & Pharmacology
    6. Ethnogeriatrics And Special Populations
    7. International Health Affairs
    8. Dental and Oral Health
    9. Special Series On Aging Research
    10. Editorial
    11. Letters to the Editor
    12. Notices
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      An International Model for Geriatrics Program Development in China: The Johns Hopkins–Peking Union Medical College Experience (pages 1376–1381)

      Sean X. Leng, Xinping Tian, Xiaohong Liu, Gerald Lazarus, Michele Bellantoni, William Greenough, Linda P. Fried, Ti Shen and Samuel C. Durso

      Article first published online: 1 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02927.x

  7. Dental and Oral Health

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Brief Methodological Reports
    5. Drugs & Pharmacology
    6. Ethnogeriatrics And Special Populations
    7. International Health Affairs
    8. Dental and Oral Health
    9. Special Series On Aging Research
    10. Editorial
    11. Letters to the Editor
    12. Notices
    1. Geriatric Patients: Oral Health and the Operating Room (pages 1382–1385)

      Jeffrey S. Yasny and George Silvay

      Article first published online: 1 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02919.x

  8. Special Series On Aging Research

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Brief Methodological Reports
    5. Drugs & Pharmacology
    6. Ethnogeriatrics And Special Populations
    7. International Health Affairs
    8. Dental and Oral Health
    9. Special Series On Aging Research
    10. Editorial
    11. Letters to the Editor
    12. Notices
    1. Gerontologic Biostatistics: The Statistical Challenges of Clinical Research with Older Study Participants (pages 1386–1392)

      Peter H. Van Ness, Peter A. Charpentier, Edward H. Ip, Xiaoyan Leng, Terrence E. Murphy, Janet A. Tooze and Heather G. Allore

      Article first published online: 1 JUN 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02926.x

  9. Editorial

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Brief Methodological Reports
    5. Drugs & Pharmacology
    6. Ethnogeriatrics And Special Populations
    7. International Health Affairs
    8. Dental and Oral Health
    9. Special Series On Aging Research
    10. Editorial
    11. Letters to the Editor
    12. Notices
    1. Can Statins Prevent Dementia in Older Adults? (pages 1393–1394)

      Mary N. Haan

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02907.x

  10. Letters to the Editor

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    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Brief Methodological Reports
    5. Drugs & Pharmacology
    6. Ethnogeriatrics And Special Populations
    7. International Health Affairs
    8. Dental and Oral Health
    9. Special Series On Aging Research
    10. Editorial
    11. Letters to the Editor
    12. Notices
    1. IN MEMORIAM: ALVAR SVANBORG (page 1395)

      David O. Staats

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02944.x

    2. SUDDEN DECLINE IN MOBILITY AS AN INDICATOR OF INFECTION AND DISCLOSURE OF SUBCLINICAL SARCOPENIA: FOUR CASES (pages 1395–1396)

      Marianne B. Van Iersel and Marcel G.M. Olde Rikkert

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02899.x

    3. THE EFFECT OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION ON FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME: COMBINATION WITH PHYSICAL EXERCISE MAY PROVE TO BE THE WINNING FORMULA (pages 1396–1398)

      Danielle Ní Chróinín, Helen O'Brien, Mary Stafford and Dermot Power

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02929.x

    4. REVISION OF A HOME SAFETY ASSESSMENT CURRICULUM IMPROVES MEDICAL STUDENT REPORTING OF SAFETY PROBLEMS (pages 1398–1399)

      Maria H. Van Zuilen, Renuka Tunuguntla, Osvaldo L. Rodriguez and Michael J. Mintzer

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02923.x

    5. ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY AND MORTALITY IN OLDER PEOPLE (pages 1399–1401)

      S. Marjut Hovinen, Kaisu H. Pitkala, Reijo S. Tilvis and Timo E. Strandberg

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02901.x

    6. WHO IS ADDICTED TO, AND DYING FROM, PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS? (pages 1401–1402)

      Joanna E.M. Sale, Stephen Thielke and Jane Topolovec-Vranic

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02902.x

    7. GIANT PROLACTINOMA IN AN ELDERLY MAN (pages 1402–1404)

      Thomas Kitchen, Rachel Coles, Anna Smith, Piero Baglioni and Onyebuchi E. Okosieme

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02922.x

    8. ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH QUALITY REGARDING PHARMACEUTICAL INTERVENTION IN ELDERLY RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (pages 1404–1406)

      Daniel Tenório Da Silva, Ana Patrícia Alves Lima Santos, Patrícia Melo Aguiar, Wellington Barros Da Silva and Divaldo Pereira De Lyra Jr.

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02932.x

    9. BLOOD PRESSURE VARIATIONS AFTER HOSPITAL DISCHARGE IN OLDER ADULTS WITH HYPERTENSION (pages 1406–1407)

      Marco Astengo, Martina Bonetto, Gianluca Isaia, Monica Comba, Gianfranco Fonte and Mario Bo

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02934.x

    10. SURVIVAL OF THE FATTEST (page 1407)

      John H. Glaser

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02925.x

    11. POSTPRANDIAL HYPERGLYCEMIA IS AN INDEPENDENT RISK FOR RETINOPATHY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE WITH NEAR-NORMAL GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN (pages 1408–1409)

      Toru Aizawa, Masafumi Katakura, Motoji Naka and Teruki Kondo

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02928.x

    12. NEED FOR EVIDENCE-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS IN GUIDELINES WITH RELEVANCE TO HEALTHCARE PROVISION IN OLDER PATIENTS IN GERMANY (pages 1409–1410)

      Benjamin Weiss and Wolfgang Von Renteln-Kruse

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02935.x

    13. CLINICAL RISK FACTORS IN REGIONAL BRAIN ISCHEMIA USING SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (pages 1411–1412)

      Rui Chen, Fengxia Liang, Kei-Ichiro Ishigami, Tsugiyasu Kanda, Li Zeng, Atsushi Saito, Masayuki Hasegawa, Naohiro Yamashita, Tomohiko Itoh, Toshikazu Kigoshi, Yoichi Izumi, Noboru Takekoshi and Shigeto Morimoto

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02933.x

    14. CENTENARIAN STROKE TREATED WITH REHABILITATION THERAPY (pages 1412–1413)

      Verónica Domingo García, María Susana Gil Hernández and José Antonio Serra Rexach

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02930.x

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    15. SURVIVAL BENEFIT OF HIGH SERUM BILIRUBIN AND LOW ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE IN OLDER ADULTS (pages 1413–1415)

      Seung Seok Han, Ki Young Na, Dong-Wan Chae, Yon Su Kim, Suhnggwon Kim and Ho Jun Chin

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02942.x

    16. ASSESSMENT OF A SIMPLE CLINICAL SCORE FOR SCREENING METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS COLONIZATION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS UPON HOSPITAL ADMISSION (pages 1415–1417)

      Sophie Bettens, Didier Schoevaerdts, Jacques Jamart, Christian Swine, Benedicte Delaere and Youri Glupczynski

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02940.x

    17. RECENT-ONSET ULCERATIVE COLITIS COMPLICATED BY COLON ISCHEMIA IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT (pages 1417–1418)

      Ibrahim Koral Onal, Gurel Nessar, Samet Yardimci, Nesrin Turhan, Mevlut Kurt and Aysel Ulker

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02943.x

    18. CHRONIC DIARRHEA IN AN ELDERLY MAN (pages 1418–1419)

      Margherita Azzini, Claudia Bozzini and Claudio Bellamoli

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02931.x

    19. EFFECTS OF TESTOSTERONE IN OLDER MEN WITH MILD-TO-MODERATE COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT (pages 1419–1421)

      Shiho Fukai, Masahiro Akishita, Shizuru Yamada, Kenji Toba and Yasuyoshi Ouchi

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02946.x

    20. A CASE OF SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR-INDUCED RAPID EYE MOVEMENT BEHAVIOR DISORDER (pages 1421–1422)

      Inna Sheyner, Shakib Khan and Jonathan T. Stewart

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02947.x

    21. A 65-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR: A CASE REPORT (pages 1422–1423)

      Nahla Mahgoub, Arun Singh and Sibel Klimstra

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02945.x

  11. Notices

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Brief Methodological Reports
    5. Drugs & Pharmacology
    6. Ethnogeriatrics And Special Populations
    7. International Health Affairs
    8. Dental and Oral Health
    9. Special Series On Aging Research
    10. Editorial
    11. Letters to the Editor
    12. Notices
    1. NOTICES (pages 1424–1425)

      Article first published online: 2 JUL 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03003.x

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