- ►annals.org MC Creditor - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1993 - Am Coll Physicians Usual aging is often associated with functional change, such as a decline in muscle strength
and aerobic capacity; vasomotor instability; reduced bone density; diminished pulmonary
ventilation; altered sensory continence, appetite, and thirst; and a tendency toward ... Cited by 453 - Related articles - All 5 versions
M Strength, A Capacity - medicine.emory.edu Hazards of Hospitalization of the Elderly - Creditor 118 (3): 219 -- Annals of Internal M... Page
2 of 15 Usual aging is associated with changes that increase susceptibility to various
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CH Hirsch, L Sommers, A Olsen, L Mullen, CH … - Journal of the American …, 1990 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov This study provides data on changes in the functional status of older patients that are associated
with acute hospitalization. Seventy-one patients over the age of 74 admitted to the medical service
of Stanford University Hospital between February and May 1987 received functional ... Cited by 179 - Related articles - All 2 versions
MA Sager, T Franke, SK Inouye, CS … - Archives of Internal …, 1996 - archinte.highwire.org Methods: A total of 1279 community-dwelling pa- tients, aged 70 years and older, hospitalized
for acute medical illness were enrolled in this multicenter, pro- spective cohort study. Functional
measurements ob- tained at discharge (Activities of Daily Living) and at 3 months after ... Cited by 181 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
CS Landefeld, RM Palmer, DM Kresevic, RH … - The New England …, 1995 - nejm.highwire.org Methods We studied 651 patients 70 years of age or older who were admitted for general medical
care at a teaching hospital; these patients were randomly assigned to receive usual care or to
be cared for in a special unit designed to help older persons maintain or achieve ... Cited by 358 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
MA Sager, MA Rudberg, M Jalaluddin, T … - Journal of the American …, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov OBJECTIVES: To develop and validate an instrument for stratifying older patients at the time
of hospital admission according to their risk of developing new disabilities in activities of daily
living (ADL) following acute medical illness and hospitalization. DESIGN: Multi-center ... Cited by 151 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
KE Covinsky, RM Palmer, RH Fortinsky, … - Journal of the …, 2003 - interscience.wiley.com *Division of Geriatrics, † Institute on Health and Aging, University of California at San
Francisco, San Francisco, California; ‡ San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco,
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SK Inouye, DR Wagner, D Acampora, RI Horwitz, … - Journal of General …, 1993 - Springer Objective: To prospectively develop and validate a predictive index to identify on admission elderly
hospitalized medical patients at risk for functional decline. Design: Two prospective cohort
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MR Gillick, NA Serrell, LS Gillick - Social Science & Medicine, 1982 - Elsevier This study prospectively examines 502 general medical patients for evidence of side-effects
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psychophysiologic functioning (confusion, falling, not eating, and incontinence) unrelated ... Cited by 198 - Related articles - All 2 versions
