Objectives: (1) Determine the relationship of geriatric assessment markers to 6-month
postoperative mortality in elderly patients.(2) Create a clinical prediction rule using geriatric …

OBJECTIVES: To describe the incidence, anthropometric parameters, and clinical significance
of weight loss in older outpatients. DESIGN: Four‐year prospective cohort study. SETTING…

BACKGROUND: Frailty is a state of increased vulnerability to health-related stressors and
can be measured by summing the number of frailty characteristics present in an individual. …

BACKGROUND: Effective new strategies that complement primary care are needed to reduce
disability risks and improve self‐management of chronic illness in frail older people living …

Objectives. —To estimate how often physicians receive requests for physician-assisted
suicide and euthanasia and to describe a case series of patient requests for physician-assisted …

Background. Because preventing functional decline in older adults is a national priority and
senior centers have been identified as potentially important venues for health-promotion …

Objectives To determine the efficacy and safety of high‐dose vitamin D supplementation for
prevention of acute respiratory infection ( ARI ) in older long‐term care residents. Design …

Unintentional weight loss in older adults is a problem that occurs frequently in clinical
practice. Although slight declines in weight have been observed with aging alone, clinically …

Adults 65 years of age and older represent 14% of the US population, but take 30% of
prescription medications and 50% of over-the-counter medications. 1 Most adverse drug events …

Weight loss appears to occur frequently in older adults and has been associated with increased
morbidity and mortality. However, the significance of weight loss per se and the optimal …