Age and Ageing

Frailty and the geriatrician
pp. 429-430(2)
Authors: Kenneth Rockwood; Ruth Hubbard

Not because they are old—revisited
pp. 430-432(3)
Author: David Black

Who is losing the language? Persistent pain in home-dwelling elders
pp. 432-434(3)
Author: Pamela S. Melding

Left ventricular systolic dysfunction and atrial fibrillation in older people in the community: the need for identification, as well as appropriate management
pp. 434-436(3)
Authors: Anirban Choudhury; Gregory Y. H. Lip

News and reviews
pp. 437-439(3)

Communication in stroke: the overlooked rehabilitation tool
pp. 440-443(4)
Authors: Sharon Anderson; Nancy J. Marlett

Services for older people in Malaysia: issues and challenges
pp. 444-446(3)
Authors: Philip J.-H. Poi; Duncan R. Forsyth; Daniel K. Y. Chan

Screening for cognitive impairment among older people in black and minority ethnic groups
pp. 447-452(6)
Authors: Chris Parker; Ian Philp

Occupational therapy for community dwelling elderly people: a systematic review
pp. 453-460(8)
Authors: Esther M. J. Steultjens; Joost Dekker; Lex M. Bouter; Sandra Jellema; Erica B. Bakker; Cornelia H. M. van den Ende

General practitioners' knowledge, confidence and attitudes in the diagnosis and management of dementia
pp. 461-467(7)
Authors: Stephen Turner; Steve Iliffe; Murna Downs; Jane Wilcock; Michelle Bryans; Enid Levin; John Keady; Ronan O'Carroll

Age is not a significant risk factor for failed trial of beta-blocker therapy in older patients with chronic heart failure
pp. 467-472(6)
Authors: Miles D. Witham; Neil D. Gillespie; Allan D. Struthers

Does a nurse-led mental health liaison service for older people reduce psychiatric morbidity in acute general medical wards? A randomised controlled trial
pp. 472-478(7)
Authors: Robert Baldwin; Helen Pratt; Hannah Goring; Alison Marriott; Chris Roberts

The ageing of the population: implications for multidisciplinary care in hospital
pp. 479-482(4)
Authors: Ruth E. Hubbard; M. Sinead O'Mahony; Eleri Cross; Alun Morgan; Helen Hortop; Rhian E. Morse; Lynne Topham

The effects of age, glucose ingestion and gluco-regulatory control on episodic memory
pp. 483-487(5)
Authors: Leigh Martin Riby; Andrew Meikle; Cheryl Glover

Left ventricular systolic dysfunction and atrial fibrillation in older people in the community – a need for screening?
pp. 488-492(5)
Authors: Shu F. Ho; M. Sinead O'Mahony; John A. Steward; Michael L. Burr; Maurice Buchalter

Is tube feeding associated with altered arterial oxygen saturation in stroke patients?
pp. 493-496(4)
Authors: Dipankar Dutta; Mira Bannerjee; Tara Chambers

Effects of dementia on perceived daily pain in home-dwelling elderly people: a population-based study
pp. 496-499(4)
Authors: Pekka Mäntyselkä; Sirpa Hartikainen; Kirsti Louhivuori-Laako; Raimo Sulkava

Evidence for a gender and age inequality in the prescribing of preventative cardiovascular therapies to the elderly in primary care
pp. 500-502(3)
Authors: Cara Usher; Kathleen Bennett; John Feely

Stroke mortality datasets
pp. 502-504(3)
Authors: James A. Barrett; Valerie B. Owens; Vicky Little; Pauline Weir; Ruth Plant; David T. Shakespeare; Graeme Sangster; Melanie Maxwell

Using the EQ-5D to assess health-related quality of life in older people
pp. 504-507(4)
Authors: Claire Hulme; Andrew F. Long; Rosie Kneafsey; Gaynor Reid

Osteoporosis intervention in men with hip fracture
pp. 507-508(2)
Authors: Lionel S. Lim; Paul Y. Takahashi

Hydrochlorothiazide induced hepato-cholestatic liver injury
pp. 509-510(2)
Authors: Zeev Arinzon; Peisakh Alexander; Yitshal Berner

Lesson of the week: perils of pessaries
pp. 510-511(2)
Authors: Luke D. Wheeler; Rajeka Lazarus; Jared Torkington; M. Sinead O'Mahony; Kenneth W. Woodhouse

Cutaneous angiosarcoma presenting as an unusual facial bruise
pp. 512-514(3)
Authors: Anna L. Rich; Peter Berman

Hemihyperhidrosis in cerebral infarction
pp. 514-515(2)
Authors: Shoaib Faruqi; Gemma Redmond; Pusbar Ram; Val B. Owens; Graeme Sangster; James A. Barrett

Adding rivastigmine to antipsychotics in the treatment of a chronic delirium
pp. 516-521(6)
Authors: Paul L. J. Dautzenberg; Leonie J. Mulder; Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert; Cees J. Wouters; Anton J. M. Loonen

A silent ageism in access to critical care
pp. 517-517(1)
Authors: Renzo Rozzini; Tony Sabatini; Marco Trabucchi

Reply
pp. 518-518(1)
Authors: Thompson G. Robinson; John F. Potter

The difficulty in diagnosing non-convulsive status epilepticus during routine medical practice
pp. 518-519(2)
Authors: Jonathan Cooper; Morgan Feely

Blood pressure lowering in acute stroke – consider the carotids
pp. 518-518(1)
Authors: Partha Das; Sanjay Suman; Peter Phillips

Reply
pp. 519-520(2)
Authors: José L. Fernández-Torre

Clinical experience with high success rate of antiretroviral therapy in elderly HIV-infected patients
pp. 520-521(2)
Authors: Somnuek Sungkanuparph; Weerawat Manosuthi; Sasisopin Kiertiburanakul; Asda Vibhagool

Comment on Jüni P, Dieppe P. Older people should NOT be prescribed ‘coxibs’ in place of conventional NSAIDs
pp. 521-521(1)
Authors: Dirk O. Stichtenoth; Jürgen C. Frölich

Surgical Treatment of Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders Edited by Daniel Tarsy, Jerrold L. Vitek and Andres M. Lozano Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2003. 352 pp, ISBN 0-89603-921-8. £135.00
pp. 522-523(2)
Author: Graeme Macphee

Quick Cognitive Screening for Clinicians Edited by Kenneth Shulman and Anthony Feinstein London: Martin Dunitz, 2003. 176 pp, ISBN 1-84184-239-7. £19.95.
pp. 522-522(1)
Author: Peter Hobson

Osteoporosis
pp. 524-524(1)
Author: Jolyon Meara

Continuing care – should geriatricians re-engage?
pp. 525-527(3)
Authors: Simon P. Conroy; Tony Luxton

Excess help in the home?
pp. 528-528(1)
Author: A. N. G. Clark

A memorable patient
pp. 528-528(1)
Author: A. Colebatch