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Frailty as a Predictor of Alzheimer Disease, Vascular Dementia, and All Dementia Among Community-Dwelling Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

JAMDA
June 17, 2016
To perform a systematic search of the literature for currently available evidence on frailty as a predictor of dementia and to conduct a meta-analysis to synthesize the pooled risk estimates among community-dwelling older people.

A 108-Year-Old Centenarian Survivor of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Acute Kidney Injury

JAMDA
June 17, 2016
Heart failure in centenarians is an especially challenging syndrome, as these patients frequently suffer from comorbidities and functional impairments. Age-related physiological changes can also affect pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and may...

Skeletal Muscle Regulates Metabolism via Interorgan Crosstalk: Roles in Health and Disease

JAMDA
June 17, 2016
Skeletal muscle is recognized as vital to physical movement, posture, and breathing. In a less known but critically important role, muscle influences energy and protein metabolism throughout the body. Muscle is a primary site for glucose uptake and...

Development and Implementation of the Advanced Practice Nurse Worldwide With an Interest in Geriatric Care

JAMDA
June 16, 2016
Many countries are seeking to improve health care delivery by reviewing the roles of health professionals, including nurses. Developing new and more advanced roles for nurses could improve access to care in the face of a limited or diminishing...

Signs of Imminent Dying and Change in Symptom Intensity During Pharmacological Treatment in Dying Nursing Home Patients: A Prospective Trajectory Study

JAMDA
June 16, 2016
To investigate whether it is possible to determine signs of imminent dying and change in pain and symptom intensity during pharmacological treatment in nursing home patients, from day perceived as dying and to day of death.

Sarcopenia in Advanced COPD Affects Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction by Short-Term High-intensity Pulmonary Rehabilitation

JAMDA
June 16, 2016
Sarcopenia is common in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and may contribute to increased cardiometabolic risk. Interventions to reduce cardiometabolic risk in advanced COPD have been scarcely studied. We have investigated the...

Development and Implementation of the Advanced Practice Nurse Worldwide With an Interest in Geriatric Care

JAMDA
June 16, 2016
Many countries are seeking to improve health care delivery by reviewing the roles of health professionals, including nurses. Developing new and more advanced roles for nurses could improve access to care in the face of a limited or diminishing...

Signs of Imminent Dying and Change in Symptom Intensity During Pharmacological Treatment in Dying Nursing Home Patients: A Prospective Trajectory Study

JAMDA
June 16, 2016
To investigate whether it is possible to determine signs of imminent dying and change in pain and symptom intensity during pharmacological treatment in nursing home patients, from day perceived as dying and to day of death.

Sarcopenia in Advanced COPD Affects Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction by Short-Term High-intensity Pulmonary Rehabilitation

JAMDA
June 16, 2016
Sarcopenia is common in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and may contribute to increased cardiometabolic risk. Interventions to reduce cardiometabolic risk in advanced COPD have been scarcely studied. We have investigated the...

Erratum

JAMDA
June 14, 2016
The authors of the In The Trenches article from the February 2016 issue wish to make a correction to Figure 1 of their article titled, Algorithms Promoting Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-Term Care (Zarowitz BJ, Allen C, Tangalos E, Ouslander JG,...