The extent and consequence of misdiagnosis of wide complex tachycardia (QRS, 120 ms or more; heart rate, 100 or more beats/min) presenting emergently were assessed. Forty-six consecutive episodes of… (More)
Elderly patients use more medications than younger patients and the trend of increasing drug use continues through 80 years of age. Studies conducted in a variety of settings have shown that patients… (More)
Prevalence of reported symptoms was studied in 1927 women and 1140 men over 65 years of age in an ambulatory health screening program. Reports of 28 common symptoms were obtained from a standardized… (More)
One hundred sixty-eight obstetrical patients' conditions were monitored prospectively throughout the prenatal, perinatal, and postpartum periods to obtain data on maternal drug consumption. In the… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To determine if nocturia is a risk factor for reported falls and bone fractures in older persons.
DESIGN
Cross-sectional study comparing falls in men and women with and without nocturia.… (More)
Patient compliance with physician's medication instructions has been a growing concern for nearly two decades. Elderly patients are thought to have more difficulty following prescription instructions… (More)
Constipation is a common and often perplexing problem for elderly people. The prevalence of self-reported constipation and factors associated with constipation were investigated in 3,166 people over… (More)
Participants in a geriatric health screening program were studied longitudinally to determine the patterns of drug use over a 10 year period. There were 314 (34.0%) men and 610 (66.0%) women who… (More)
185 men and women representing five developmental ages ranging from younger to older adulthood (17 to 96 yr) completed several measures to assess the amount and origins of most meaningful events in a… (More)