Annals ofGeriatric Internal Medicine

Volume: 8 - Number: 74 - March 15, 2008

Outstanding

Geriatric consultation: is there a future?

Is augmentation index a good measure of vascular stiffness in the elderly?

Influence of ageing on perioperative cardiac risk in non-cardiac surgery

The effect of delirium education on use of target PRN medications in older orthopaedic patients

Case report

It was not just a heatwave! Neuroleptic malignant-like syndrome in a patient with Parkinson’s disease

Fraser syndrome in a 96-year-old female

Endovascular intervention for symptomatic bilateral carotid artery stenosis in an octogenarian

Adult-onset Still\'s disease in a patient over 80 years old successfully treated with low-dose methotrexate therapy

Clinical reminder

Atrial myxoma presenting as transient ischaemic attack and acute coronary syndrome in an octogenarian

Editorial

Geriatric consultation: is there a future?

Ageing and central aortic pulse wave analysis. Commentary on ‘Is Augmentation Index a Good Measure of Vascular Stiffness in the Elderly?’

How might a crisis in long-term care of people with dementia be averted

Hot topic

New treatments for age-related macular degeneration

News and Reviews

News and reviews

Occasional paper

The Penitentiary visit—a new role for geriatricians?

Research letters

The impact of long-term warfarin on the quality of life of elderly people with atrial fibrillation

The effect of delirium education on use of target PRN medications in older orthopaedic patients

Research papers

Effectiveness of fingertip light contact in reducing postural sway in older people

A randomised trial of a geriatric evaluation and management consultation services in frail hospitalised patients

Is augmentation index a good measure of vascular stiffness in the elderly?

Minimal-preparation CT colon in detection of colonic cancer, the Oxford experience

Determinants of smoking and cessation in older women

Longitudinal Change in Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Older Runners

Low serum carotenoids and development of severe walking disability among older women living in the community: the Women\'s Health and Aging Study I

Influence of ageing on perioperative cardiac risk in non-cardiac surgery

People admitted to hospital with physical disability have increased length of stay: implications for diagnosis related group re-imbursement in England

A comparison of different balance tests in the prediction of falls in older women with vertebral fractures: a cohort study

The CareFile Project: a feasibility study to examine the effects of an individualised information booklet on patients after stroke

Long-term outcome after stroke: does dysphagia matter?

Review

Long-term care and dementia services: an impending crisis

Systematic review:

The risk of dementia with increased body mass index