Annals ofGeriatric Internal Medicine

Volume: 10 - Number: 97 - February 14, 2010

Outstanding

Attenuated peripheral vasoconstriction during an orthostatic challenge in older men

Does depression predict adverse outcomes for older medical inpatients? A prospective cohort study of individuals screened for a trial

Review of a rapid geriatric medical assessment model based in emergency department

Exploring reasons for variation in urinary catheterisation prevalence in care homes: a qualitative study

Case report

Late onset dopa-responsive dystonia with tremor, gait freezing and behavioural disturbance and a normal dopamine transporter scan

Clinical reminder

Pisa syndrome in an elderly elite mountain walker: an exceptional mode of presentation of extrapyramidal disease

Research letters

Review of a rapid geriatric medical assessment model based in emergency department

Age and opioid analgesia in an acute hospital population

Should elderly patients be screened for their ‘falls risk’? Validity of the STRATIFY falls screening tool and predictors of falls in a large acute hospital

Exploring reasons for variation in urinary catheterisation prevalence in care homes: a qualitative study

Bronchoscopy in octogenarians

The efficacy of pre-thickened fluids on total fluid and nutrient consumption among extended care residents requiring thickened fluids due to risk of aspiration

Age, comorbidity, treatment decision and prognosis in lung cancer

Research papers

Optimising recruitment into a study of physical activity in older people: a randomised controlled trial of different approaches

Responsiveness of the Duke Social Support sub-scales in older women

STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons’ potentially inappropriate Prescriptions): application to acutely ill elderly patients and comparison with Beers’ criteria

Attenuated peripheral vasoconstriction during an orthostatic challenge in older men

Cognitive function and psychological well-being: findings from a population-based cohort

Does depression predict adverse outcomes for older medical inpatients? A prospective cohort study of individuals screened for a trial