Contents
Geriatrics and Gerontolog y International Volume 18 Issue 12, December 2018
Does long-term care insurance reduce the burden of medical costs? A retrospective elderly cohort study
JW Choi et al. 1641
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CASE REPORTS
Acute psychosis in a patient with metabolic disorder and receiving anti-epileptic therapy with levetiracetam
E Patrizio et al. 1647
Twelve-year natural history of early esophagogastric junction cancer in an extremely old patient
M Nikaido et al. 1648
RESEARCH STUDIES
Burning mouth syndrome: The challenge of an aging population
T Suga et al. 1649
There is something about advance care planning:
Report on Dr Karen Detering’s lecture on advance care planning at the Annual Meeting of the Japan Geriatrics Society, 2018
K Senda et al. 1651
High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy for acute respiratory failure in a non-intensive geriatric setting
FL Fimognari et al. 1652
Hand contracture in an elderly male
JE Hellwinkel and M Khodaee 1653
COMMENTS
Estimated glomerular filtration rate and all-cause mortality
T Kawada 1654
Estimated glomerular filtration rate and all-cause mortality – In response to Dr Kawada’s letter
A Corsonello and R Antonelli Incalzi 1655
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1656
EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL PRACTICE AND HEALTH
Vitamin D insufficiency predicts mortality among older men, but not women: A nationwide retrospective cohort from Thailand
V Srinonprasert et al. 1585
Determinants of clinical presentation on outcomes in older patients with myocardial infarction
A Breining et al. 1591
Diabetic nephropathy is associated with frailty in patients with chronic hemodialysis
Y Kakio et al. 1597
Effect of noise and reverberation on speech recognition and listening effort for older adults
C Kwak et al. 1603
Preadmission frailty status as a powerful predictor of dependency after discharge among hospitalized older patients: A clinical-based prospective study
S Koyama et al. 1609
Structural analysis of impact of physical, cognitive and social status on the incidence of disability in community-dwelling people aged ≥75 years
K Makino et al. 1614
Relationship between the Functional Independence Measure and Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability in hospitalized patients with pneumonia
Y Mitani et al. 1620
Prevalence and risk factors of delirium and subsyndromal delirium in Chinese older adults
K-K Yam et al. 1625
BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Association between health-related quality of life and work status in older Korean adults
J Kim et al. 1629
SOCIAL RESEARCH, PLANNING AND PRACTICE
Atrial fibrillation and medication treatment among centenarians: Are all very old patients treated the same?
R Kreutz et al. 1634
