McMaster Evidence Updates: High Quality Articles in Aging
This list contains citations to the latest journal articles in the field of geriatrics and is provided by an alert from Evidence Updates at McMaster University. These citations (from over 120 premier clinical journals) are pre-rated for quality by Evidence Updates research staff, then rated for clinical relevance and interest by at least 3 members of a worldwide panel of practicing physicians. Each citation includes a link to the article on PubMed.
Stellar articles are the geriatrics-related articles in Evidence Updates that have been most accessed by registered users and highest rated by McMaster's clinical raters in the last year.
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| Development and evaluation of the medication-based index of physical function (MedIP). | 09/01/2017 | Age and ageing | Hall CD, Karpen SC, Odle B, Panus PC, Walls ZF |
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| Efficacy and safety of a novel acetylcholinesterase inhibitor octohydroaminoacridine in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease: a Phase II multicenter randomised controlled trial. | 09/01/2017 | Age and ageing | Xiao S, Wang T, Ma X, Qin Y, Li X, Zhao Z, Liu X, Wang X, Xie H, Jiang Q, Sun L, Luo B, Shang L, Chen W, Bai Y, Tang M, He M, Wu L, Ma Q, Hou D, He J |
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| Effectiveness of a Timing and Coordination Group Exercise Program to Improve Mobility in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial. | 08/14/2017 | JAMA internal medicine | Brach JS, Perera S, Gilmore S, VanSwearingen JM, Brodine D, Nadkarni NK, Ricci E | ||
| Apathy: Risk Factor for Mortality in Nursing Home Patients. | 08/09/2017 | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | Nijsten JMH, Leontjevas R, Pat-El R, Smalbrugge M, Koopmans RTCM, Gerritsen DL | ||
| Blood pressure targets for hypertension in older adults. | 08/08/2017 | The Cochrane database of systematic reviews | Garrison SR, Kolber MR, Korownyk CS, McCracken RK, Heran BS, Allan GM |
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| Randomized clinical trial of percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation versus sham electrical stimulation in patients with faecal incontinence. | 08/01/2017 | The British journal of surgery | van der Wilt AA, Giuliani G, Kubis C, van Wunnik BPW, Ferreira I, Breukink SO, Lehur PA, La Torre F, Baeten CGMI | ||
| Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Patients Physically Ineligible for Open Repair: Very Long-term Follow-up in the EVAR-2 Randomized Controlled Trial. | 08/01/2017 | Annals of surgery | Sweeting MJ, Patel R, Powell JT, Greenhalgh RM | ||
| The effectiveness of optimised clinical medication reviews for geriatric patients: Opti-Med a cluster randomised controlled trial. | 08/01/2017 | Family practice | Willeboordse F, Schellevis FG, Chau SH, Hugtenburg JG, Elders PJM |
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| Antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements for preventing age-related macular degeneration. | 07/30/2017 | The Cochrane database of systematic reviews | Evans JR, Lawrenson JG |
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| Tai Chi for Risk of Falls. A Meta-analysis. | 07/24/2017 | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | Lomas-Vega R, Obrero-Gaitan E, Molina-Ortega FJ, Del-Pino-Casado R |
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| Effectiveness of Light Therapy in Cognitively Impaired Persons: A Metaanalysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. | 07/22/2017 | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | Chiu HL, Chan PT, Chu H, Hsiao SS, Liu D, Lin CH, Chou KR |
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| Perioperative Gabapentin Does Not Reduce Postoperative Delirium in Older Surgical Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial. | 07/20/2017 | Anesthesiology | Leung JM, Sands LP, Chen N, Ames C, Berven S, Bozic K, Burch S, Chou D, Covinsky K, Deviren V, Kinjo S, Kramer JH, Ries M, Tay B, Vail T, Weinstein P, Chang S, Meckler G, Newman S, Tsai T, Voss V, Youngblom E |
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| Exercise interventions for individuals with advanced cancer: A systematic review. | 07/15/2017 | Preventive medicine | Dittus KL, Gramling RE, Ades PA | ||
| Psychosocial interventions for fatigue during cancer treatment with palliative intent. | 07/14/2017 | The Cochrane database of systematic reviews | Poort H, Peters M, Bleijenberg G, Gielissen MF, Goedendorp MM, Jacobsen P, Verhagen S, Knoop H | ||
| Improving comfort around dying in elderly people: a cluster randomised controlled trial. | 07/08/2017 | Lancet (London, England) | Beernaert K, Smets T, Cohen J, Verhofstede R, Costantini M, Eecloo K, Van Den Noortgate N, Deliens L |
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| Effect of specialist palliative care services on quality of life in adults with advanced incurable illness in hospital, hospice, or community settings: systematic review and meta-analysis. | 07/04/2017 | BMJ (Clinical research ed.) | Gaertner J, Siemens W, Meerpohl JJ, Antes G, Meffert C, Xander C, Stock S, Mueller D, Schwarzer G, Becker G | ||
| Corticosteroids for adult patients with advanced cancer who have nausea and vomiting (not related to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or surgery). | 07/03/2017 | The Cochrane database of systematic reviews | Vayne-Bossert P, Haywood A, Good P, Khan S, Rickett K, Hardy JR | ||
| The effects of life review on psycho-spiritual well-being among patients with life-threatening illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | 07/01/2017 | Journal of advanced nursing | Chen Y, Xiao H, Yang Y, Lan X | ||
| Bleeding risk of antiplatelet drugs compared with oral anticoagulants in older patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | 07/01/2017 | Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH | Melkonian M, Jarzebowski W, Pautas E, Siguret V, Belmin J, Lafuente-Lafuente C |
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| Thyroid Hormone Therapy for Older Adults with Subclinical Hypothyroidism. | 06/29/2017 | The New England journal of medicine | Stott DJ, Rodondi N, Kearney PM, Ford I, Westendorp RGJ, Mooijaart SP, Sattar N, Aubert CE, Aujesky D, Bauer DC, Baumgartner C, Blum MR, Browne JP, Byrne S, Collet TH, Dekkers OM, den Elzen WPJ, Du Puy RS, Ellis G, Feller M, Floriani C, Hendry K, Hurley C, Jukema JW, Kean S, Kelly M, Krebs D, Langhorne P, McCarthy G, McCarthy V, McConnachie A, McDade M, Messow M, O'Flynn A, O'Riordan D, Poortvliet RKE, Quinn TJ, Russell A, Sinnott C, Smit JWA, Van Dorland HA, Walsh KA, Walsh EK, Watt T, Wilson R, Gussekloo J |
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| Ketamine as an adjuvant to opioids for cancer pain. | 06/28/2017 | The Cochrane database of systematic reviews | Bell RF, Eccleston C, Kalso EA | ||
| Early palliative care for adults with advanced cancer. | 06/12/2017 | The Cochrane database of systematic reviews | Haun MW, Estel S, Rucker G, Friederich HC, Villalobos M, Thomas M, Hartmann M | ||
| European Association for Neuro-Oncology (EANO) guidelines for palliative care in adults with glioma. | 06/01/2017 | The Lancet. Oncology | Pace A, Dirven L, Koekkoek JAF, Golla H, Fleming J, Ruda R, Marosi C, Le Rhun E, Grant R, Oliver K, Oberg I, Bulbeck HJ, Rooney AG, Henriksson R, Pasman HRW, Oberndorfer S, Weller M, Taphoorn MJB | ||
| Non-elastic taping, but not elastic taping, provides benefits for patients with knee osteoarthritis: systemic review and meta-analysis. | 06/01/2017 | Clinical rehabilitation | Ouyang JH, Chang KH, Hsu WY, Cho YT, Liou TH, Lin YN | ||
| Impact of the Clinical Frailty Scale on Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. | 05/23/2017 | Circulation | Shimura T, Yamamoto M, Kano S, Kagase A, Kodama A, Koyama Y, Tsuchikane E, Suzuki T, Otsuka T, Kohsaka S, Tada N, Yamanaka F, Naganuma T, Araki M, Shirai S, Watanabe Y, Hayashida K |
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| Association of Suicidality and Depression With 5alpha-Reductase Inhibitors. | 05/01/2017 | JAMA internal medicine | Welk B, McArthur E, Ordon M, Anderson KK, Hayward J, Dixon S |
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| Randomized clinical trial of comprehensive geriatric assessment and optimization in vascular surgery. | 05/01/2017 | The British journal of surgery | Partridge JS, Harari D, Martin FC, Peacock JL, Bell R, Mohammed A, Dhesi JK |
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| Multicenter Validation of an MMSE-MoCA Conversion Table. | 05/01/2017 | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | Bergeron D, Flynn K, Verret L, Poulin S, Bouchard RW, Bocti C, Fulop T, Lacombe G, Gauthier S, Nasreddine Z, Laforce RJ |
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| Efficacy of Clarithromycin-Naproxen-Oseltamivir Combination in the Treatment of Patients Hospitalized for Influenza A(H3N2) Infection: An Open-label Randomized, Controlled, Phase IIb/III Trial. | 05/01/2017 | Chest | Hung IFN, To KKW, Chan JFW, Cheng VCC, Liu KSH, Tam A, Chan TC, Zhang AJ, Li P, Wong TL, Zhang R, Cheung MKS, Leung W, Lau JYN, Fok M, Chen H, Chan KH, Yuen KY |
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| Vitamin E for Alzheimer's dementia and mild cognitive impairment. | 04/18/2017 | The Cochrane database of systematic reviews | Farina N, Llewellyn D, Isaac MGEKN, Tabet N |
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| Risk of pneumonia associated with incident benzodiazepine use among community-dwelling adults with Alzheimer disease. | 04/10/2017 | CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale | Taipale H, Tolppanen AM, Koponen M, Tanskanen A, Lavikainen P, Sund R, Tiihonen J, Hartikainen S |
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| Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients. | 04/06/2017 | The New England journal of medicine | Reardon MJ, Van Mieghem NM, Popma JJ, Kleiman NS, Sondergaard L, Mumtaz M, Adams DH, Deeb GM, Maini B, Gada H, Chetcuti S, Gleason T, Heiser J, Lange R, Merhi W, Oh JK, Olsen PS, Piazza N, Williams M, Windecker S, Yakubov SJ, Grube E, Makkar R, Lee JS, Conte J, Vang E, Nguyen H, Chang Y, Mugglin AS, Serruys PW, Kappetein AP |
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| Association of Testosterone Levels With Anemia in Older Men: A Controlled Clinical Trial. | 04/01/2017 | JAMA internal medicine | Roy CN, Snyder PJ, Stephens-Shields AJ, Artz AS, Bhasin S, Cohen HJ, Farrar JT, Gill TM, Zeldow B, Cella D, Barrett-Connor E, Cauley JA, Crandall JP, Cunningham GR, Ensrud KE, Lewis CE, Matsumoto AM, Molitch ME, Pahor M, Swerdloff RS, Cifelli D, Hou X, Resnick SM, Walston JD, Anton S, Basaria S, Diem SJ, Wang C, Schrier SL, Ellenberg SS |
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| National Trends in Atrial Fibrillation Hospitalization, Readmission, and Mortality for Medicare Beneficiaries, 1999-2013. | 03/28/2017 | Circulation | Freeman JV, Wang Y, Akar J, Desai N, Krumholz H | ||
| Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension in Adults Aged 60 Years or Older to Higher Versus Lower Blood Pressure Targets: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians. | 03/21/2017 | Annals of internal medicine | Qaseem A, Wilt TJ, Rich R, Humphrey LL, Frost J, Forciea MA |
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| Benefits and Harms of Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment in Adults Aged 60 Years or Older: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. | 03/21/2017 | Annals of internal medicine | Weiss J, Freeman M, Low A, Fu R, Kerfoot A, Paynter R, Motu'apuaka M, Kondo K, Kansagara D |
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| Early Functional Limitations in Cognitively Normal Older Adults Predict Diagnostic Conversion to Mild Cognitive Impairment. | 03/17/2017 | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | Farias ST, Lau K, Harvey D, Denny KG, Barba C, Mefford AN | ||
| Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Antipsychotic Use and Risk of Dementia in Veterans. | 03/17/2017 | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | Roughead EE, Pratt NL, Kalisch Ellett LM, Ramsay EN, Barratt JD, Morris P, Killer G | ||
| Life-Space Mobility and Cognitive Decline Among Mexican Americans Aged 75 Years and Older. | 03/09/2017 | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | Silberschmidt S, Kumar A, Raji MM, Markides K, Ottenbacher KJ, Al Snih S | ||
| The impact of individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) on cognition, quality of life, caregiver health, and family relationships in dementia: A randomised controlled trial. | 03/01/2017 | PLoS medicine | Orrell M, Yates L, Leung P, Kang S, Hoare Z, Whitaker C, Burns A, Knapp M, Leroi I, Moniz-Cook E, Pearson S, Simpson S, Spector A, Roberts S, Russell I, de Waal H, Woods RT, Orgeta V |
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| Implementation of Observational Pain Management Protocol for Residents With Dementia: A Cluster-RCT. | 03/01/2017 | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | Liu JY, Lai CK |
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| Preoperative frailty is predictive of complications after major lower extremity amputation. | 03/01/2017 | Journal of vascular surgery | Fang ZB, Hu FY, Arya S, Gillespie TW, Rajani RR | ||
| Osteoporosis Treatment Efficacy for Men: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. | 03/01/2017 | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | Nayak S, Greenspan SL |
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| Mediation of Cognitive Function Improvements by Strength Gains After Resistance Training in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Outcomes of the Study of Mental and Resistance Training. | 03/01/2017 | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | Mavros Y, Gates N, Wilson GC, Jain N, Meiklejohn J, Brodaty H, Wen W, Singh N, Baune BT, Suo C, Baker MK, Foroughi N, Wang Y, Sachdev PS, Valenzuela M, Fiatarone Singh MA |
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| Testosterone Treatment and Cognitive Function in Older Men With Low Testosterone and Age-Associated Memory Impairment. | 02/21/2017 | JAMA | Resnick SM, Matsumoto AM, Stephens-Shields AJ, Ellenberg SS, Gill TM, Shumaker SA, Pleasants DD, Barrett-Connor E, Bhasin S, Cauley JA, Cella D, Crandall JP, Cunningham GR, Ensrud KE, Farrar JT, Lewis CE, Molitch ME, Pahor M, Swerdloff RS, Cifelli D, Anton S, Basaria S, Diem SJ, Wang C, Hou X, Snyder PJ |
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| An Occupational Therapy Fall Reduction Home Visit Program for Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Hong Kong After an Emergency Department Visit for a Fall. | 02/01/2017 | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | Chu MM, Fong KN, Lit AC, Rainer TH, Cheng SW, Au FL, Fung HK, Wong CM, Tong HK |
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| CollAborative care and active surveillance for Screen-Positive EldeRs with subthreshold depression (CASPER): a multicentred randomised controlled trial of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. | 02/01/2017 | Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) | Lewis H, Adamson J, Atherton K, Bailey D, Birtwistle J, Bosanquet K, Clare E, Delgadillo J, Ekers D, Foster D, Gabe R, Gascoyne S, Haley L, Hargate R, Hewitt C, Holmes J, Keding A, Lilley-Kelly A, Maya J, McMillan D, Meer S, Meredith J, Mitchell N, Nutbrown S, Overend K, Pasterfield M, Richards D, Spilsbury K, Torgerson D, Traviss-Turner G, Trepel D, Woodhouse R, Ziegler F, Gilbody S |
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| Effectiveness of medication withdrawal in older fallers: results from the Improving Medication Prescribing to reduce Risk Of FALLs (IMPROveFALL) trial. | 01/10/2017 | Age and ageing | Boye ND, van der Velde N, de Vries OJ, van Lieshout EM, Hartholt KA, Mattace-Raso FU, Lips P, Patka P, van Beeck EF, van der Cammen TJ |
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| Second-Generation Antidepressants and Hyponatremia Risk: A Population-Based Cohort Study of Older Adults. | 01/01/2017 | American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney | Gandhi S, Shariff SZ, Al-Jaishi A, Reiss JP, Mamdani MM, Hackam DG, Li L, McArthur E, Weir MA, Garg AX |
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| Long-Term Risk of Dementia Among Survivors of Ischemic or Hemorrhagic Stroke. | 01/01/2017 | Stroke | Corraini P, Henderson VW, Ording AG, Pedersen L, Horvath-Puho E, Sorensen HT |
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