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A
AAO. See American Academy of Ophthalmology
AAO–H&NS. See American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
AAOS. See American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
AAPM&R. See American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
   endovascular repair: GenSurg 35, new research
   research findings
   screening for: GenSurg 34, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Abdominal pain, in older emergency department patients
   EmergMed 18, new research
   EmergMed 26, new research
   EmergMed 51
   EmergMed KQ2
   Supplement 1 updates
Abuse
   alcohol
      preoperative assessment
         Anes 7, new research
         Anes 8
      screening for
   elder
      EmergMed 5, new research
      EmergMed 62
      EmergMed 63
      screening for: EmergMed 61
ACAS. See Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study
Access to necessary care
   measuring and improving
   Rehab 9, new research
ACEP. See American College of Emergency Physicians
Achalasia
   GenSurg 43
   Supplement 1 updates
ACOG. See American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Acoustic neuroma
ACOVE (Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders)
ACS. See Acute coronary syndromes; American College of Surgeons
Activities of daily living
   cost-effective interventions for patients with limitations: Rehab 34
   after hip fracture
   range of motion necessary for: Ortho 1
   vision loss and
   wrist range of motion and strength necessary for: Ortho 38, new research
Activities of daily living disability: new research
Activities of Daily Vision Scale (ADVS)
   in age-related macular degeneration
   after cataract extraction
Acupuncture: Urol 6, new research
Acute care, transfers from: CCI 21
Acute Care for Elders (ACE) units: EmergMed 56
Acute coronary syndromes
   EmergMed 23, new research
   EmergMed 24, new research
   EmergMed 26, new research
   interventions for: EmergMed KQ2
   practice patterns for elderly patients
   Supplement 1 updates
Acute illness, recovery from: Rehab 4, new research
Acute inpatient rehabilitation
Acute pain management, postoperative: Anes 25, new research
Acute surgery, cardiac: CardiacSurg 43, new research
Adaptive techniques
   for disability
   progress in
Adolescence, and bone mass: Gyn 87, new research
Adrenal malignancy
a-1-Adrenoceptor antagonists, for BPH
Adrenocortical hormones
Advance directives: CCI 34
Adverse drug events
   associated with drug withdrawal
   in older emergency department patients: EmergMed 46, EmergMed 47
   postoperative, Table 2.2
      Anes 26
ADVS. See Activities of Daily Vision Scale
Aerobic (endurance) exercise
   new research
   Rehab 17, new research
Aesthetic surgery
AGA. See American Gastroenterological Association
Age-related macular degeneration
   interventions
      Ophth 28, new research
      Ophth 31, new research
   self-management of
   stratified results
      Ophth 29, new research
      Ophth 30, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Ageism: CardiacSurg KQ4
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)
   guideline for pressure ulcer prevention
   guidelines for stroke rehabilitation: compliance with
   National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT)
   Technology Assessment
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
   guidelines for stroke rehabilitation
   National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT)
Agenda items. See also specific topics
   Supplement 1 updates
Aggressive resuscitation, in older trauma patients
   in blunt multiple trauma: EmergMed KQ3
   EmergMed 30
   EmergMed 31
   Supplement 1 updates
Aging
   biology of
   and bone fusion or fracture healing: Ortho 26
   and cardiac response: CardiacSurg 8, new research
   and cataract extraction: Ophth 27, new research
   cellular and molecular changes: CCI 1
   and cellular response to wear debris: Ortho 13
   and glaucoma therapy: Ophth 35, new research
   homeostenosis of
   and hormone effects on cardiovascular system: Gyn 64, new research
   normal musculoskeletal
   and perioperative care
   and stress response
Aging athletes
AGS–Hartford Foundation Project: Supplement 1 updates
AHCPR. See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
AHRQ. See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Alcohol abuse
   preoperative assessment
      Anes 7, new research
      Anes 8
   screening for
Alcohol-Related Problems Survey (ARPS)
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
Alendronate, for osteoporosis: new research
Allergic rhinitis: Otolaryn 17, new research
Allostasis
Allostatic load: CCI 2
5-a-Reductase inhibitors, for BPH
Alternative medicine: CCI 17
Alzheimer's disease. See also Dementia
   differential diagnosis of: Otolaryn 28, new research
   estrogen replacement and
      Gyn 71, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   hearing loss and
   olfactory sensitivity and
   sexual dysfunction and
   smell sensitivity and
   visual loss and
Ambulation, early or ultra-early postoperative: CCI 6
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
   Preferred Practice Pattern (PPP) for cataract
   Preferred Practice Pattern (PPP) for Comprehensive Adult Eye Evaluation
   Preferred Practice Pattern (PPP) for glaucoma
   Preferred Practice Pattern (PPP) on low vision
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), research priorities for falls
American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO–H&NS)
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)
American Cancer Society
   lung cancer estimates
   recommendations for prostate cancer screening
American College of Cardiology guidelines for preoperative cardiac evaluation
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), recommendations for cervical cancer screening
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
   Major Trauma Outcome Study (ACS)
   Office of Evidence-Based Surgery
   practice guidelines
   Tumor Registry: GenSurg KQ3
American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
   Geriatrics for Specialty Residents (GSR) program
   official relationships with specialty societies
   research priorities for falls
   Section for Surgical and Medical Specialties
      past programs
   Supplement 1 updates
American Heart Association guidelines for preoperative cardiac evaluation
American Medical Association Physician's Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
   Physical Status Score (ASA-PS)
   practice guidelines
   Practice Guidelines for Perioperative Blood Transfusion and Adjuvant Therapies
American Urological Association (AUA), recommendations for surgery for stress incontinence
Americans with Disabilities Act
Amputation, literature review methods
Anabolism, transition to: Anes 24
Analgesia. See also Pain; Pain management
   adverse drug events, Table 2.2
   as-needed: Anes 26
   complications: Anes 25, new research
   and functional outcomes: Anes 41, new research
   nonopioid adjunctive drugs: Anes 26
   oligoanalgesia
   patient-controlled
      Anes 26
      Anes 43
      CCI 15
      intraoperative
   postoperative
      Anes 25, new research
      Anes KQ2
   regimes for elderly patients: Anes 27, new research
   route of administration: Anes 26
   scheduled dosing: Anes 26
   in surgical patients: Anes 27, new research
Anatomic Injury Severity score
   and functional outcome
   and mortality
Androgen replacement
   in elderly women
      Gyn 42, new research
      Gyn 43, new research
   short-term: CCI 5
Androgen supplementation
   Urol 27
   Urol 28
Andropause
Anesthesia, geriatric
   chronic pain therapy and: Anes 38, new research
   intraoperative management: Supplement 1 updates
   key research questions
   literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
   new agenda items
   for pelvic organ prolapse surgery: Gyn 101
   physiologic management
   postoperative management: Supplement 1 updates
   preoperative assessment for
   regional versus general, Figure 2.5
      Anes 43
      Supplement 1 updates
   requirements for, Figure 2.3
   risk assessment
   summary
   Supplement 1 updates
Aneurysm, abdominal aortic
   endovascular repair: GenSurg 35, new research
   screening for: GenSurg 34, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Angina: Seattle Angina Questionnaire
Angiogenesis: CCI 1
Angiographic procedures: Anes 18, new research
Angioplasty
   Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI) trial
   coronary artery bypass grafting after: CardiacSurg 15, new research
   in octogenarians
      CardiacSurg 36, new research
      CardiacSurg 38, new research
   percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
      changing pattern of patients undergoing
      in octogenarians
         CardiacSurg 36, new research
         CardiacSurg 38, new research
   risks of reintervention: CardiacSurg 15, new research
Ankle
   arthritis of
   degenerative disease of: Ortho 28
   fractures of
   total arthroplasty
Ankle fusion
Ankle reconstruction: Ortho 28
Antagonistic pleiotropy
Antibiotic therapy
   adverse drug events, Table 2.2
   perioperative: Anes 12, new research
   postoperative: Anes 13, new research
   preoperative: Anes 13, new research
   prophylactic: Anes 21, new research
   for urinary tract infections: Urol 12, new research
Anticholinergic drugs: Urol 5, new research
Anticoagulation
   adverse drug events, Table 2.2
   with mechanical valvular prostheses: CardiacSurg 18, new research
   perioperative termination of: Anes 16, new research
Antihistamines
Antineoplastics, Table 2.2
Antiplatelet therapy
   Anes 9, new research
   Anes 17
Antipsychotics, Table 2.2
Antithrombotic therapy: Anes 9, new research
Aortic dissection
   nonoperative treatment of: CardiacSurg 26, new research
   operative treatment of: CardiacSurg 27, new research
Aortic stenosis
Aortic surgery, Figure 2.4
Aortic valve replacement
   minimally invasive techniques: CardiacSurg 19, new research
   in octogenarians
   quality of life after
   Supplement 1 updates
APDS. See Association of Program Directors in Surgery
Apolipoprotein E epsilon-4 (apoE4) allele
Apoptosis, CCI 1
Aromatase inhibitors: GenSurg 41
Arrhythmias, perioperative: CardiacSurg 29, new research
Arterial grafts: CardiacSurg 24, new research
Arthritis. See Osteoarthritis
Arthroplasty
   hemiarthroplasty
      for femoral neck fractures
      functional outcomes in: Ortho 21, new research
      for hip fractures: Ortho 36, new research
      for proximal humerus fractures
      shoulder
   total ankle
   total hip
      for femoral neck fractures
         new research in
         Supplement 1 updates
      new research in
      preoperative testing, Figure 2.4
      rehabilitation after
      Supplement 1 updates
      surgical approaches: Ortho 11, new research
   total knee
      for comminuted distal femur fracture: Ortho 19, new research
      gait and balance benefits: Ortho 20, new research
      hip fracture and: Ortho 20, new research
      hylan and hyaluronate injections and: Ortho 7, new research
      new research
      rehabilitation after
      risk factors: Ortho 16, new research
   total shoulder, functional outcomes in: Ortho 21, new research
Arthroscopy
   of knee
      Ortho 2
      Ortho 15, new research
   of osteoarthritic knee
   for shoulder injuries: Ortho 2
ASA. See American Society of Anesthesiologists
Asians: and visual loss
Aspiration
   complications of: ThoracicSurg 15, new research
   perioperative
      Anes 18, new research
      CCI 36
   postoperative
      Anes 19, new research
      Anes 21, new research
Aspirin: Gyn 66, new research
Assessment
   of abuse: EmergMed 5, new research
   clinical outcomes
   comprehensive
      new agenda items
      Supplement 1 updates
      timing of: Rehab 30
      types of: Rehab 30
   in emergency department
      EmergMed 14, new research
      new agenda items
   functional: in emergency department
      EmergMed 9
      Supplement 1 updates
   hearing tests
      Otolaryn 6, new research
      Otolaryn 12, new research
   of home environment: EmergMed 5, new research
   of life expectancy
   of medication use: EmergMed 45
   neurobehavioral: CardiacSurg 34, new research
   preoperative
      Anes KQ1
      and anesthesia
      in lung cancer: ThoracicSurg 4
      progress in
   preoperative functional
      Anes 5, new research
      Anes 6, new research
   to target rehabilitation
   of visual loss
      Ophth 1, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
Assessment instruments
   for chronic pain in cognitive impairment: Anes 40, new research
   in dementia: CCI 54
   for esophageal cancer: ThoracicSurg 16
   geriatric, in emergency department: Supplement 1 updates
   HRQOL measures
      CCI 53
      condition-specific: CCI 60
      measuring impact of visual loss on functional ability
      procedure-specific
      questions about sexuality: CCI 57
   for life expectancy: Urol 30
   for lung cancer
      ThoracicSurg 2
      ThoracicSurg 3
      ThoracicSurg 17
   new agenda items
   for pain: Anes 28, new research
   patient satisfaction surveys: CCI 22
   preoperative
      Anes 3, new research
      Anes 4, new research
   quality-of-life instruments after cardiac surgery: CardiacSurg 41, new research
   quality-of-life instruments in dementia: CCI 54
   quality-of-life instruments targeting vulvovaginal conditions: Gyn 29, new research
   for urinary incontinence: Urol 2, new research
   visual function assessment tools
      in glaucoma
      new research
   visual measures: Ophth KQ3
Assistive devices
   for arthritic and musculoskeletal conditions: Rehab 21, new research
   cardiac: CardiacSurg 7, new research
   Rehab 19, new research
   usability of
Assistive technology
   benefits of
   Rehab 9, new research
Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS)
Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study (ACAS)
Atherosclerotic disease
   Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study (ACAS)
   of lower extremities: new research
   vascular
Athletes, aging
Atlantic Philanthropies
Atrial arrhythmias, postoperative: CardiacSurg 29, new research
Atrial fibrillation, postoperative
   after cardiac surgery
   pharmacologic prophylaxis against
Attitude, in rehabilitation: Rehab 9, new research
AUA. See American Urological Association
Auditory brain-stem response (ABR) testing
Auditory rehabilitation: CCI 55
Auditory system
   disorders of, progress in
   Otolaryn 24
Augmented swallowing therapy: Otolaryn 32
Automated external defibrillators: EmergMed 58
Axillary lymph node dissection: GenSurg 11, new research

B
Bacillus-Calmette-Guérin, for bladder cancer
Bacteruria, asymptomatic
   natural history of: Urol 11, new research
   operational definition of: Urol 10, new research
   preventive therapy: Urol 11, new research
Bailey-Lovie logMAR
Balance. See also Falls
   foot and ankle problems and: Ortho 28
   limb shortening and: Ortho 33, new research
   total knee arthroplasty and: Ortho 20, new research
   treatment of age-related problems: Supplement 1 updates
Balance disorders, targeted treatment: Otolaryn KQ2, Supplement 1 updates
Balance exercise: new research
Balance therapy
Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
   estrogen replacement therapy and Alzheimer's disease
   hearing loss
   screening for prostate cancer
BARI trial. See Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation trial
Barrett's cancer
Barrett's esophagus: medical management of
Beaver Dam Eye Study
   scope of the problem
   visual loss and falls
   visual loss and hearing loss
Beers' criteria: EmergMed 45
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Behavioral therapy
   for postoperative depression: CCI 50
   for urinary incontinence
      needed research in
      new research
Benign esophageal disease: Supplement 1 updates
Benign lung diseases: Supplement 1 updates
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
Benign prostatic hyperplasia
   androgen supplementation and
      Urol 27
      Urol 28
   early transurethral resection of the prostate for
      Urol 15, new research
      Urol 16, new research
   needed research in
   phytotherapy for: Urol 13, new research
   surgery for
      minimally invasive: Urol 14, new research
      needed research in
Berg Balance Scale
b-Blockers, in elderly surgical patients
   Anes 9, new research
   to prevent postoperative atrial fibrillation
Biliary disease
   GenSurg 26, new research
   research findings
   and risk for requiring emergency surgical procedures
   Supplement 1 updates
   and surgical outcomes
Binocular inhibition
Biobehavioral therapy for urinary incontinence, needed research in
Bioengineering-based treatment strategies
   for aging larynx: Otolaryn 36
   for dysphagia: Otolaryn 33
Biology of aging
Bisphosphonates
   long-term use: Gyn 92, new research
   for osteoporosis: Gyn 95, new research
   for osteoporosis in frail and institutionalized elderly women: Gyn 85
   quality-of-life outcomes
      Gyn 80, new research
      Gyn 84
   Supplement 1 updates
Black Americans
   and cataracts
   and cervical cancer screening
   and visual loss: Supplement 1 updates
Bladder malignancy
   bladder-sparing therapy for: Urol 19
   predictive outcomes models: Urol 20
Bladder neck suspension
   for female stress incontinence
   longevity: Urol 7, new research
Bleeding diathesis, postoperative: Anes 30, new research
Bleeding risk: Anes 16, new research
Blindness, legal
Blood cell counts, preoperative
Blood transfusions, perioperative
   Anes 14, new research
   Anes 15, new research
Blue Mountains Eye Study, new research
Blunt trauma
   EmergMed 60
   invasive monitoring and aggressive resuscitation in: EmergMed KQ3
   risk of multiple-organ failure and death after: EmergMed 29, new research
Bone
   implant fixation in: Ortho KQ1
   medications that reduce resorption of: Gyn 93, new research
   medications that stimulate formation of: Gyn 94, new research
   strategies to augment healing of: Ortho 26
Bone fusion: Ortho 26
Bone insufficiency
Bone loss. See also Osteoporosis
Bone mass, peak: Gyn 87, new research
Bone matrix: Gyn 87, new research
Bone mineral density
Bone void filler
BPH. See Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Bradycardia, postoperative: Anes 30, new research
Brain injury
   after cardiac surgery
   traumatic: Rehab 35
Brain Resuscitation Clinical Trials
Breast cancer
   adjuvant therapy for
      GenSurg 39
      GenSurg 41
   chemotherapy for
      GenSurg 38
      GenSurg 40
   Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer
   estrogen replacement therapy and
      Gyn 73, new research
      Gyn 76, new research
      Gyn 79, new research
   NIH treatment recommendations
   radiotherapy for
      GenSurg 38
      Supplement 1 updates
   research findings
   screening for: Supplement 1 updates
   selective estrogen receptor modulators and: Gyn 77, new research
   and sexuality
   Supplement 1 updates
   surgery for
      GenSurg 9, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   tamoxifen therapy for
      GenSurg 9, new research
      GenSurg 10, new research
Breast density, mammographic: Gyn 59, new research
Breast reconstruction
BRFSS. See Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
British Geriatrics Society research priorities for falls
British Journal of Cancer
Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI) trial
Bypass surgery
   cardiopulmonary
      CABG with and without: CardiacSurg 34, new research
      complications
      techniques for
         CardiacSurg 10, new research
         CardiacSurg 11, new research
   cerebral hypoperfusion during
   coronary artery
      after angioplasty
         CardiacSurg 15, new research
         Supplement 1 updates
      atrial fibrillation after
      benefit predictors: CardiacSurg 12, new research
      with cardiopulmonary bypass: CardiacSurg 34, new research
      changing pattern of patients undergoing, new research
      clinical pathways
      cognitive decline after
      comparison with catheter-based interventions: CardiacSurg 4, new research
      complications
      conduit use: CardiacSurg 16, new research
      lung function and: CardiacSurg 9, new research
      minimally invasive techniques: CardiacSurg 17, new research
      neurobehavioral changes after: CardiacSurg 34, new research
      new agenda items
      in octogenarians
         CardiacSurg 36, new research
         CardiacSurg 38, new research
         CardiacSurg 40, new research
      on- and off-pump
         CardiacSurg 12, new research
         CardiacSurg 13, new research
         CardiacSurg 23, new research
         new agenda items
         Supplement 1 updates
      quality of life after: Supplement 1 updates
      reoperative
         CardiacSurg 21, new research
         CardiacSurg 24, new research
         Supplement 1 updates
      risk factors: CardiacSurg 12, new research
      stroke after
         CardiacSurg 34, new research
         Supplement 1 updates
      summary
      Supplement 1 updates
   distal
   lower-extremity: GenSurg 32

C
CABG. See Coronary artery bypass grafting
Cache County Study
CAGE questionnaire: new research
Calcium supplements
   costs and side effects: Gyn 88, new research
   methods: Gyn 90, new research
   optimal time in woman's life span for: Gyn 89, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
CAM. See Confusion Assessment Method
Cambodians: and cervical cancer screening
Cancer
   bladder
   breast
      adjuvant therapy for
         GenSurg 39
         GenSurg 41
      chemotherapy for
         GenSurg 38
         GenSurg 40
      estrogen replacement therapy and
         Gyn 73, new research
         Gyn 76, new research
         Gyn 79, new research
      screening for: Supplement 1 updates
      selective estrogen receptor modulators and: Gyn 77, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
      surgery for
         GenSurg 9, new research
         new agenda items
         Supplement 1 updates
      tamoxifen therapy for
         GenSurg 9, new research
         GenSurg 10, new research
   cervical
      incidence: Gyn 49, new research
      mortality rates: Gyn 50, new research
      risk factors: Gyn 52
      screening for
         Gyn 48, new research
         Gyn 51, new research
         Supplement 1 updates
   colon
      estrogen therapy and
         Gyn 76, new research
         Gyn 78, new research
      screening for: Gyn 74
      selective estrogen receptor modulators and: Gyn 77, new research
   colorectal
      emerging technologies in management of: GenSurg 23, new research
      GenSurg 44
      GenSurg 45
      GenSurg 46
      hepatic resection for metastases: GenSurg 47
      new agenda items
      screening for: GenSurg 22, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   esophageal
      chemoprevention: ThoracicSurg 12
      diagnostic techniques for: ThoracicSurg 22
      minimally invasive techniques for: ThoracicSurg 14
      staging: ThoracicSurg 21, ThoracicSurg 22
      Supplement 1 updates
      surgery for
         new research
         ThoracicSurg 16
   estrogen replacement therapy and: Supplement 1 updates
   gastric
      GenSurg 19, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   head and neck
      molecular biology studies: Otolaryn 23, new research
      present practice
         Otolaryn 20, new research
         Otolaryn KQ3, Supplement 1 updates
      progress in
      quality of life: Otolaryn KQ3, Supplement 1 updates
      surgical approaches: Otolaryn 22, new research
      surgical outcomes: Otolaryn 21, new research
   lung
      assessment instruments: ThoracicSurg 2, ThoracicSurg 3, ThoracicSurg 17
      diagnostic techniques for: ThoracicSurg 22
      new agenda items
      non–small cell
      preoperative assessment: ThoracicSurg 4
      preoperative optimization: ThoracicSurg 7, new research
      risk factors for surgery: ThoracicSurg 5
      screening for: ThoracicSurg 1, new research
      staging
         new agenda items
         new research
         ThoracicSurg 21
         ThoracicSurg 22
      Supplement 1 updates
   ovarian
   pancreatic: GenSurg 28, new research
   pharyngeal: Otolaryn 22, new research
   prostate
      androgen supplementation and: Urol 27, Urol 28
      screening for
         needed research in
         Urol 17, new research
      treatment of: Urol 18, new research
   rectal
   tongue: Otolaryn 22, new research
   vaginal, risk factors: Gyn 52
   vulvar
      age-related factors: Gyn 35
      susceptibility profiles: Gyn 36
      topical immune modulators and: Gyn 37, new research
Capnography
Capsaicin
Cardiac assist devices: CardiacSurg 7, new research
Cardiac care patterns: CardiacSurg 1, new research
Cardiac complications, intraoperative
   Anes 9, new research
   Anes 10, new research
Cardiac rehabilitation: Rehab 24, new research
Cardiac surgery, geriatric. See also specific procedures
   acute: CardiacSurg 43, new research
   ageism and: CardiacSurg KQ4
   areas of investigation: CardiacSurg 9-17
   changing pattern of patients undergoing: Supplement 1 updates
   clinical pathways: CardiacSurg 2, new research
   complications
      CardiacSurg 31, new research
      CardiacSurg 42, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   elective: CardiacSurg 43, new research
   exclusion criteria for: CardiacSurg 43, new research
   functional outcomes
      CardiacSurg 1, new research
      CardiacSurg KQ1
   key research questions
      new questions
      Supplement 1 updates
   length of hospital stay after: CardiacSurg 5, new research
   literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
   minimally invasive techniques: CardiacSurg 30, new research
   neurobehavioral assessment tools before and after: CardiacSurg 34, new research
   neurocognitive deficits after: CardiacSurg KQ2
   neurologic deficits and: Supplement 1 updates
   new agenda items
   in octogenarians
      CardiacSurg 36, new research
      CardiacSurg 38, new research
      CardiacSurg 39, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   perioperative care: CardiacSurg KQ3
   physiologic management
   predictive models: CardiacSurg 6, new research
   prehabilitation for
   quality of life after: Supplement 1 updates
   quality-of-life instruments after: CardiacSurg 41, new research
   reoperative
      myocardial protective techniques in: CardiacSurg 22, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   risk factors for stroke in: CardiacSurg 35, new research
   risk profiles: CardiacSurg 1, new research
   stroke and
      CardiacSurg KQ2
      Supplement 1 updates
   summary
   Supplement 1 updates
   total costs: CardiacSurg 3, new research
Cardiac transplantation
Cardiac treatment protocols: CardiacSurg 40, new research
Cardiopulmonary arrest
   EmergMed 25, new research
   new agenda items
   Supplement 1 updates
Cardiopulmonary bypass
   CABG with and without: CardiacSurg 34, new research
   cerebral hypoperfusion during
   complications
   techniques for
      CardiacSurg 10, new research
      CardiacSurg 11, new research
Cardiopulmonary function, preoperative
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training: EmergMed 58
Cardiovascular drugs, Table 2.2
Cardiovascular Health Study
Cardiovascular system
   and perioperative care
   estrogen replacement and
      Gyn 61, new research
      Gyn 64, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   hormone effects on: Gyn 64, new research
   intraoperative complications
      Anes 9, new research
      Anes 10, new research
   selective estrogen receptor modulators and: Gyn 63, new research
Care delivery models
Caregivers
   identification of unfulfilled needs by: CCI 72
   outcomes and: Rehab 8, new research
   surgical treatment and: CardiacSurg 41, new research
Carotid disease screening: GenSurg 30, new research
Carotid endarterectomy
   CABG preceded by: CardiacSurg 33, new research
   GenSurg 29, new research
   research findings
   regional versus general anesthesia for
Case-finding interventions: EmergMed 50
Catabolism, postoperative: Anes 24
Cataract: Supplement 1 updates
Cataract surgery
   functional outcomes
      Ophth 26, new research
      Ophth 27, new research
   preoperative testing
Catecholamines
Catheter-based interventions for coronary artery disease: CardiacSurg 4, new research
Celecoxib. See also COX-2 inhibitors
Cellular senescence: CCI 1
Cementless components, in total hip replacement: Ortho 11, new research
Cementless fixation
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
   GenSurg KQ3
   National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
   cervical cancer screening statistics
   definition of health-related quality of life
   discharge statistics
Central auditory testing: Otolaryn 12, new research
Cerebral hypoperfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass
Cerebral protection techniques: CardiacSurg 28, new research
Cerebrovascular disease. See also Stroke
   incidence and prevalence of: GenSurg 30, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Cerumen impaction, patient-based remedies for: Otolaryn 24
Cervical cancer
   incidence: Gyn 49, new research
   mortality rates: Gyn 50, new research
   risk factors: Gyn 52
Cervical cancer screening
   Gyn 48, new research
   Gyn 51, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Cervical mediastinoscopy
Cervical neoplasia, early detection of: Gyn 53, new research
Cervical-spine decompressive surgery
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy
Cesarean section, and pelvic organ prolapse: Gyn 19, new research
Chemotherapy
   for breast cancer: GenSurg 38, GenSurg 40
   for esophageal cancer
   for head and neck cancer
   induction therapy
   for lung cancer
   for rectal cancer
Chest pain: Seattle Angina Questionnaire
Chest x-ray, preoperative
Childbirth delivery routes, and pelvic organ prolapse: Gyn 19, new research
Cholecystectomy
   laparoscopic
      outpatient or short-stay vs longer hospital stay: GenSurg 25, new research
      research findings
      and risk for requiring emergency surgical procedures
      Supplement 1 updates
      and surgical outcomes
   open, research findings
   outpatient or short-stay vs longer hospital stay: GenSurg 25, new research
   research findings
Chronic disease, perioperative management of: CCI 13
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
   CABG in
   lung volume reduction procedures for: ThoracicSurg 9, new research
Chronic pain
   assessment tools for, in cognitive impairment: Anes 40, new research
   progress in
   research agenda
   and sexual dysfunction
Chronic pain therapy
   Anes 36, new research
   Anes 38, new research
Chronic post-herpetic neuralgia: Anes 37, new research
Clinical outcomes assessment
Clinical pathways
   for CAB
   for cardiac surgery: CardiacSurg 2, new research
   perioperative
Clinical Practice Improvement (CPI)
Cochlear implantation: Otolaryn 9, new research
Cochrane review methodology: EmergMed 37
Cognitive impairment
   after CAB
   delirium and: CCI 48
   educational strategies for partners of patients with: Gyn 46
   in emergency department
      EmergMed 6, new research
      EmergMed 7, new research
      EmergMed 8, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   estrogen-progestin replacement and: Gyn 69, new research
   falls-prevention interventions in: Rehab 28, new research
   and length of stay
   measures of: CCI 46
   pain assessment in
      Anes 28, new research
      Anes 40, new research
   pain management in
      Anes 29, new research
      Anes 39, new research
   postoperative
      CCI 47
      drug choice and
   preoperative assessment
      Anes 7, new research
      Anes 8
   screening tests for
      EmergMed 6, new research
      EmergMed 8, new research
Cognitive status
   estrogen replacement and
      Gyn 67, new research
      Gyn 72, new research
   in gynecologic surgery: Gyn 3, new research
   regional versus general anesthesia and: Anes 43
Colectomy, elective
Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer
Collaborative Normal-Tension Glaucoma Study Group
Colon cancer
   estrogen therapy and
      Gyn 76, new research
      Gyn 78, new research
   screening for: Gyn 74
   selective estrogen receptor modulators and: Gyn 77, new research
Colorectal cancer
   emerging technologies in management of: GenSurg 23, new research
   GenSurg 44
   GenSurg 45
   GenSurg 46
   hepatic resection for metastases: GenSurg 47
   new agenda items
   screening for: GenSurg 22, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Colorectal disease: Supplement 1 updates
Colostomy
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
Communication
   among care settings: CCI 65
   of drug regimens to primary care physicians: Anes 31, new research
   between emergency department and primary physician: EmergMed 33
   EmergMed 3, new research
   problems: CCI 65
   strategies that foster: CCI 66
Community participation in rehabilitation
Complementary (alternative) medicine: CCI 17
Complementary therapy
   for coronary artery disease: CardiacSurg 14, new research
   for urge or mixed urinary incontinence: Urol 6, new research
   for urinary incontinence
Compliance with recommendations
   EmergMed 14, new research
   lack of: CCI 65
Comprehensive eye evaluation and screening: Supplement 1 updates
Comprehensive geriatric assessment
   in emergency department
      EmergMed 14, new research
      new agenda items
   EmergMed 14, new research
   new agenda items
   timing of: Rehab 30
   types of: Rehab 30
Compression fractures, vertebral
Compression hip screws
Computed tomography screening, for cancer: ThoracicSurg 1, new research
Computer adaptive testing
Computer-assisted decision support systems: EmergMed 13, new research
Confusion. See also Delirium; Dementia
   chronic pain therapy and: Anes 38, new research
   postoperative: Anes 30, new research
Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)
   in emergency department care
   and postoperative delirium
   serial testing with: Anes 33, new research
Congestive heart failure
   cardiac assist devices for: CardiacSurg 7, new research
   etiology: CardiacSurg 8, new research
   surgery for
Consent for resuscitation: CCI 34
Constipation
   chronic pain therapy and: Anes 38, new research
   postoperative: Anes 30, new research
Constraint-induced movement therapy
Constraint therapy
Continuing Outcomes Relevant to Evista trial
Continuity of care: CCI 65
Coordination of care
   postoperative
   postoperative drug regimens: Anes 31, new research
   strategies that foster: CCI 66
Coping strategies in rehabilitation: Rehab 9, new research
Coronary angioplasty, percutaneous transluminal (PTCA)
   changing pattern of patients undergoing
   in octogenarians
      CardiacSurg 36, new research
      CardiacSurg 38, new research
Coronary artery bypass grafting
   after angioplasty
      CardiacSurg 15, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   atrial fibrillation after
   benefit predictors: CardiacSurg 12, new research
   with cardiopulmonary bypass: CardiacSurg 34, new research
   after carotid endarterectomy: CardiacSurg 33, new research
   changing pattern of patients undergoing, new research
   clinical pathways
   cognitive decline after
   comparison with catheter-based interventions: CardiacSurg 4, new research
   complications
   conduit use: CardiacSurg 16, new research
   lung function and: CardiacSurg 9, new research
   minimally invasive techniques: CardiacSurg 17, new research
   neurobehavioral changes after: CardiacSurg 34, new research
   new agenda items
   in octogenarians
      CardiacSurg 36, new research
      CardiacSurg 37, new research
      CardiacSurg 38, new research
      CardiacSurg 40, new research
   on- and off-pump
      CardiacSurg 12, new research
      CardiacSurg 13, new research
      CardiacSurg 23, new research
      new agenda items
      Supplement 1 updates
   operative mortality
   quality of life after: Supplement 1 updates
   reoperative
      CardiacSurg 21, new research
      CardiacSurg 24, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   risk factors: CardiacSurg 12, new research
   stroke after
      CardiacSurg 34, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   summary
   Supplement 1 updates
Coronary artery disease
   catheter-based interventions versus CABG for: CardiacSurg 4, new research
   emerging therapies: CardiacSurg 14, new research
   multivessel
   recurrent: CardiacSurg 22, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
   surgical management of
      changing pattern of patients undergoing
      summary
      Supplement 1 updates
Coronary stents: Supplement 1 updates
Cortisone, for degenerative joint disease
Cosmetic surgery
Cost-effectiveness
   of assistive technology: Rehab 9, new research
   of cardiac surgery: CardiacSurg 3, new research
   of cervical cancer screening
   of cochlear implantation: Otolaryn 9, new research
   of disability treatment: Rehab 2, new research
   of emergency department–based immunization programs: EmergMed 22, new research
   of falls-prevention interventions: EmergMed 53
   of falls-prevention strategies: Rehab 28, new research
   of fracture treatment
   of geriatrics technicians: EmergMed 48
   of interdisciplinary teams: CCI 70
   of interventions for patients with ADL limitations: Rehab 34
   of medications for frail elderly women: Gyn 97
   of newer prostheses: Rehab 26, new research
   of reducing environmental hazards: Ophth 5, new research
   of surgical care
   of transfers from acute-care facilities: CCI 21
   of vision screening: Ophth 24, new research
   of vision stabilization or improvement in glaucoma: Ophth 33, new research
COX-2 inhibitors
   celecoxib
   effects on fracture healing, tissue healing, and bony ingrowth: Ortho 10, new research
   for esophageal cancer
   for osteoarthritis
   rofecoxib
Cranberry juice, and UTIs
Cross-cutting issues: planned updates
Cryoablation, liver-directed: GenSurg 24, new research
Cumulative Illness Rating Scale

D
Day surgery
Deconditioning, new research
Deep-vein thrombosis. See also Thromboembolism
   in joint replacement surgery
   perioperative clinical pathways
   prophylaxis: CCI 40
   prophylaxis after total joint replacement or hip fracture: Ortho 22, new research
Degenerative disease
   of foot and ankle: Ortho 28
   of hip: new research in
   of joints
      Supplement 1 updates
      surgical treatment of
   of knee: new research
   of shoulder: new research in
   of spine: Supplement 1 updates
Dehydration
Dehydroepiandrosterone: CCI 5
Delirium
   biochemical basis for: CCI 44
   and cognitive decline: CCI 48
   drug therapy: CCI 44
   in emergency care
      EmergMed 7, new research
      EmergMed 8, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   after heart surgery
   in hospitalized patients: Ophth 23, new research
   and length of stay
   and perioperative aspiration: CCI 36
   postoperative
      anti-delirium strategies for: CCI 28
      with dementia: CCI 36
      diagnosis of: Anes 33, new research
      after hip fracture treatment
      after outpatient surgery: CCI 45
      perioperative clinical pathways
      predisposing and precipitating factors: CCI 42
      prevention of, Table 2.1
      risk factors: Anes 32, new research
   prevention of
      Anes 34, new research
      CCI 43
   undiagnosed
   vision treatments and: Ophth 23, new research
   visual improvement or stabilization and: Ophth KQ1
   visual loss and
Delivery of care models
Delivery routes, and pelvic organ prolapse: Gyn 19, new research
Dementia
   in emergency care
   hearing loss and
   with postmenopausal hormone use: Gyn 70
   with postoperative delirium: CCI 36
   preoperative diagnosis of: Anes 33, new research
   quality-of-life instruments in: CCI 54
   sexual dysfunction and
   visual improvement or stabilization and: Ophth KQ1
   visual loss and
      Ophth 11, new research
      Ophth 12, new research
      Ophth 13, new research
      Ophth 14, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
Deming, W. Edwards
Depression
   and disability
   behavioral therapy for: CCI 50
   interventions for: Ophth 9, new research
   pharmacotherapy for: CCI 50
   postoperative: CCI 49, CCI 50
   preoperative assessment
      Anes 7, new research
      Anes 8
   screening for
   visual improvement or stabilization and: Ophth KQ1
   visual loss and
      Ophth 8, new research
      Ophth 9, new research
      Ophth 10, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
Detrusor hyperactivity with impaired contractility
Diabetes Control and Complications Trial
Diabetes drugs, Table 2.2
Diabetic control: Ophth 40
Diabetic macular edema: Ophth 40
Diabetic retinopathy
   early treatment diabetic retinopathy study (ETDRS) chart
   functional outcomes in
      Ophth 38
      Ophth 39
      Ophth 40
   and health-related quality of life: Ophth 37
   proliferative: Ophth 40
   stratified results: Ophth 40
   Supplement 1 updates
Diabetic Retinopathy Study
Diagnostic tools, otolaryngologic: Otolaryn KQ4
Digital rectal examination
   for prostate cancer
   Urol 17, new research
Disability
   aerobic exercise and: Rehab 17, new research
   causes of: Rehab 3
   conceptual framework for
   development in elderly persons: Rehab KQ1, new research
   diagnostic methods: Rehab 3
   Geriatric Index of Comorbidity
   key outcomes for measurement: Rehab 20, new research
   physiologic processes underlying: Rehab 4, new research
   prevention of
   public health prevention model, Figure 12.2
   risk factors
      Rehab 7, new research
      Rehab 20, new research
   societal effects: Rehab 6, new research
   timing of treatment for: Rehab 5, new research
   treatment costs: Rehab 2, new research
   treatment patterns: Rehab KQ2, new research
Discharge instructions, emergency department: EmergMed 13, new research
Distal bypass
Distal femur fractures, comminuted: Ortho 19, new research
Diverticular disease
   GenSurg 21, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Diverticulitis
Diverticulosis
Dizziness
   etiology
   evaluation and treatment: Otolaryn 13
   targeted treatment: Otolaryn KQ2, Supplement 1 updates
Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders. See also Resuscitation
   in operating room
DOLOPLUS 2
Domain Management Model: new research
Donors, kidney, older adults as
Driving impairment
   emergency department identification of: EmergMed 43, EmergMed 44
   screening for: EmergMed 43
   vision loss and
      Ophth 19
      Ophth 20
      Supplement 1 updates
   visual improvement or stabilization and: Ophth KQ1
Driving safety
Drug abuse: CCI 10
Drug-ethanol interactions: CCI 16
Drug regimens. See also Medications; Pharmacotherapy
   communicating to primary care physicians: Anes 31, new research
   simplifying: Anes 31, new research
Drug withdrawal: CCI 11
Duke Activity Status Index
Duke Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly
   estrogen replacement therapy and Alzheimer's disease
   rates of inappropriate drug use
DVT. See Deep-vein thrombosis
Dyspareunia secondary to urogenital atrophy: Gyn 47, new research
Dysphagia
   and age
   bioengineering-based and tissue-engineering–based treatment strategies for: Otolaryn 33
   evaluation of
      Otolaryn 18, new research
      Otolaryn 31
   progress in
Dysphonia

E
Early Lung Cancer Action Project, new research
Early treatment diabetic retinopathy study (ETDRS) chart
Education
   of elderly patients: Rehab 22
   for partners of cognitively impaired patients: Gyn 46
   preoperative: CCI 38, CCI 39
   to reduce inappropriate medications: EmergMed 13, new research
Elder abuse
   EmergMed 5, new research
   EmergMed 62
   EmergMed 63
   screening for: EmergMed 61
Elder Protection Service
"Elderly" (term): EmergMed 59
Elderly drivers
   mandatory vision screening of: Ophth 17
   traffic accidents by: Ophth 17, Ophth 18, Ophth 21, Ophth KQ1
   vision loss in: Ophth 19
   visual improvement or stabilization in: Ophth KQ1
Elderly Lung Cancer Vinorelbine Italian Study (ELVIS)
Elective surgery
   for abdominal aortic aneurysm
   cardiac: CardiacSurg 43, new research
   laparoscopic colectomy
   nutritional supplementation for: CCI 30
   prehabilitation for: Rehab 31
   survival rates
Electrical stimulation
   for fracture healing: Ortho 34, new research
   surface, for swallowing disorders: Otolaryn 32
Electrocardiography, preoperative
Electrolytes
   adverse drug events, Table 2.2
   management of, in surgical patients: CCI 33
   preoperative
ELVIS. See Elderly Lung Cancer Vinorelbine Italian Study
Emergency department (ED) care. See also Emergency medicine
   adverse drug events in: EmergMed 45, EmergMed 46, EmergMed 47
   alternatives to inpatient management: EmergMed 41
   case-finding interventions: EmergMed 50
   communication with primary physician: EmergMed 33
   comprehensive geriatric assessment
      new agenda items
      Supplement 1 updates
   discharge instructions: EmergMed 13, new research
   environment of
      EmergMed 3, new research
      EmergMed 4, new research
      EmergMed 40
      new agenda items
      Supplement 1 updates
   falls prevention interventions: EmergMed 53
   family caregiving and: CCI 71
   functional assessment
      EmergMed 9
      Supplement 1 updates
   identification of driving impairment: EmergMed 43, EmergMed 44
   immunization programs: EmergMed 55
   literature reviews: EmergMed 37
   medication use in: EmergMed 45
   micro-environment of
      EmergMed 3, new research
      EmergMed 4, new research
      EmergMed 38
      EmergMed 39
      EmergMed 40
   models of care
   patterns of use
      EmergMed 1, new research
      EmergMed 32
      new agenda items
      Supplement 1 updates
   process alterations: EmergMed KQ1
   quality improvement: EmergMed 38, EmergMed 39
   quality indicators: EmergMed 49
   residency training: EmergMed 35, EmergMed 36, EmergMed 37
   screening for elder mistreatment: EmergMed 61
   service utilization rates: EmergMed 34
Emergency medical service (EMS)
Emergency medicine, geriatric
   for abdominal aortic aneurysm
   for abdominal pain
      EmergMed 18, new research
      EmergMed 51
      Supplement 1 updates
   for acute coronary syndromes
      EmergMed 23, new research
      EmergMed 24, new research
      new research
   alternatives to inpatient management: EmergMed 41
   for cardiopulmonary arrest: Supplement 1 updates
   for cognitive impairment
      EmergMed 6, new research
      EmergMed 7, new research
      EmergMed 8, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   comprehensive assessment: Supplement 1 updates
   comprehensive screening of older patients: EmergMed 14, new research
   for elder abuse
      EmergMed 5
      EmergMed 62
      EmergMed 63
      new research
      screening for: EmergMed 61
   for falls: EmergMed 53
   functional assessment
      EmergMed 9
      Supplement 1 updates
   for functional impairment
      EmergMed 10, new research
      EmergMed 11, new research
   general geriatric emergency care
      new agenda items
      Supplement 1 updates
   identification of driving impairment: EmergMed 43, EmergMed 44
   identification of high-risk patients: GenSurg KQ1
   immunization programs: EmergMed 22, new research
   for infectious disease
      EmergMed 21, new research
      new agenda items
      Supplement 1 updates
   key research questions
   literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
   medication use
      new agenda items
      Supplement 1 updates
   models of care
   new agenda items
   patterns of emergency department use
      EmergMed 1, new research
      EmergMed 32
      new agenda items
      Supplement 1 updates
   for penetrating trauma
   physician training and comfort: EmergMed 35, EmergMed 36, EmergMed 37
   quality of care improvement: EmergMed 2, new research
   screening
      for asymptomatic conditions: EmergMed 17, new research
      new agenda items
      for specific conditions
         EmergMed 16, new research
         Supplement 1 updates
   for specific clinical syndromes
      new agenda items
      Supplement 1 updates
   for stroke
   Supplement 1 updates
   surgery for peptic ulcer disease
      GenSurg 15, new research
      GenSurg 16, new research
   surgical procedures
      GenSurg 3, new research
      GenSurg 4, new research
      GenSurg 5, new research
   for trauma
Emerging technologies: GenSurg 23, new research
Emphysema
Empyema: ThoracicSurg 10
Encephalopathy after cardiac surgery
End-stage renal disease
Endocrine disease: Supplement 1 updates
Endocrine response to stress
Endocrine therapy: GenSurg 40
Endoscopic bronchoscopic ultrasound biopsy
Endoscopic confocal microscopy
Endoscopic stenting
Endovascular repair: GenSurg 35, new research
Endovascular therapy: GenSurg 31, new research
Endurance exercise, new research
Enoxaparin, after joint replacement
Environment
   emergency department
      EmergMed 3, new research
      EmergMed 4, new research
      EmergMed 38
      EmergMed 39
      EmergMed 40
      new agenda items
      Supplement 1 updates
   risk factors for disability: Rehab 7, new research
Environmental hazards: Ophth 5, new research
EORTC. See European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer
Epidemiology of surgical outcomes: Anes 1, new research
Equipment, rehabilitation
Erectile dysfunction
Errors: CCI 61, CCI 62, CCI 65
Erythropoietin therapy, perioperative: Anes 15, new research
Esophageal cancer
   chemoprevention: ThoracicSurg 12
   diagnostic techniques for: ThoracicSurg 22
   minimally invasive techniques for: ThoracicSurg 14
   staging: ThoracicSurg 21, ThoracicSurg 22
   Supplement 1 updates
   surgery for
      new research
      ThoracicSurg 16
Esophageal disease, benign: Supplement 1 updates
Esophageal dysplasia, screening for: ThoracicSurg 11, new research
Esophageal resection, new research
Esophagectomy
   age-related operative factors: ThoracicSurg 13
   minimally invasive
   new research
   and quality of life: ThoracicSurg 15, new research
   as surgical model: ThoracicSurg 18
Esophagus, Barrett's, and GERD
Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly
Estrogen-progestin replacement therapy
   and Alzheimer's disease
   and breast cancer: Gyn 79, new research
   and cardiovascular disease
   and cognition: Gyn 67, new research
   cognitive detriment with: Gyn 69, new research
   Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study (HERS)
      cervical cancer screening
      estrogen replacement and cardiovascular disease
   quality-of-life outcomes: Gyn 80, new research
   selection of older women for initiation or continuation of: Gyn KQ3
   stratified results: Gyn 75, new research
Estrogen receptor modulators: Gyn 23, new research
Estrogen replacement therapy
   and Alzheimer's disease
      Gyn 71, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   and breast cancer
      Gyn 73, new research
      Gyn 76, new research
   and cancer: Supplement 1 updates
   and cardiovascular disease
      Gyn 61, new research
      Gyn 64, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   and cognition: Gyn 67, new research
   and colon cancer: Gyn 76, new research
   Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study (HERS)
      cervical cancer screening
      estrogen replacement and cardiovascular disease
   low-dose: Gyn 82, new research
   mammographic density related to: Gyn 59, new research
   neuroprotective effects: Gyn 69, new research
   for nonagenarians: Gyn 72, new research
   for octogenarians: Gyn 72, new research
   oral: Gyn 44, new research
   for osteoporosis
      in frail and institutionalized elderly women: Gyn 85
      stratified results: Gyn 83, new research
   and perioperative morbidity: Gyn 8, new research
   postmenopausal
      and breast and colon cancer: Gyn 76, new research
      and cognition: Gyn 72, new research
      dementia associated with: Gyn 70
      long-term: Gyn 68
   progress in
   quality-of-life outcomes: Gyn 84
   selection of older women for initiation or continuation of: Gyn KQ3
   and sexual function in older women: Gyn 44, new research
   short-term: CCI 2
   stratified results
      Gyn 65, new research
      Gyn 71, new research
   synergy with fracture-prevention interventions: Gyn 81, new research
   transdermal
      Gyn 44, new research
      for osteoporosis
   and urogenital symptoms: Gyn 32, new research
   vaginal
Estrogen status: Gyn 3, new research
Estrogen therapy
   and breast cancer: Gyn 76, new research
   after breast cancer treatment: Gyn 79, new research
   and cardiovascular disease
   and colon cancer: Gyn 76, new research
   and gynecologic surgery: Gyn 7
   long-term, quality-of-life outcomes: Gyn 80, new research
   for osteoporosis
   and pelvic organ prolapse
      Gyn 21, new research
      Gyn 23, new research
   and pelvic organ prolapse surgery: Gyn 22
   postmenopausal: Gyn 76, new research
   selection of older women for initiation or continuation of: Gyn KQ3
   stratified results: Gyn 75, new research
   thrombogenic effects: Gyn 66, new research
   and urogenital symptoms
      Gyn 32, new research
      Gyn 33
Estrogens
   and colon cancer: Gyn 78, new research
   esterified
   modified: Supplement 1 updates
ETDRS chart. See Early treatment diabetic retinopathy study chart
Ethanol-drug interactions: CCI 16
Ethical issues
Etidronate, for osteoporosis
European Carotid Surgery trial
European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), 129
European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)
EuroQol measure
Eurotransplant Senior Programme
Eustachian tube dysfunction
   new research
   Otolaryn 4, new research
   Otolaryn 5, new research
Evidence-based medicine
   Office of Evidence-Based Surgery (ACS)
   in perioperative care: CCI 62
Exercise
   aerobic (endurance)
      new research
      Rehab 17, new research
   for arthritic and musculoskeletal conditions: Rehab 21, new research
   balance, new research
   benefits of
      in arthritis
      Rehab 18, new research
   combinations of treatments: Rehab 16, new research
   comparison of types
   flexibility
   functionally based
   habituation
   modes of delivery: Rehab 16, new research
   for osteoarthritis: Rehab 21, new research
   for osteoporosis
   pelvic floor muscle: Gyn 25, new research
   for prevention of falls: Rehab 28, new research
   resistance
   resistive
      Rehab 16, new research
      task-specific
   types of: Rehab 18, new research
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation: Rehab 24, new research
Exercise programs, progress in
External auditory canal diseases
Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy
Extremities, normal range of motion of: Ortho 1
Eye disorders: Supplement 1 updates
Eye evaluation, comprehensive: Supplement 1 updates

F
FACT-L. See Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung
Faculty Development and Residency Training Outreach Program
Falls. See also Balance
   assessment of home environment and: EmergMed 5, new research
   bone insufficiency and: Supplement 1 updates
   chronic pain therapy and: Anes 38, new research
   emergency department management of
      EmergMed 53
      Supplement 1 updates
   hip or knee osteoarthritis and: Ortho 8, new research
   joint replacement surgery and: Ortho 9, new research
   low-vision rehabilitation and: Ophth 2, new research
   ocular disorders and: Ophth 3, new research
   polypharmacy and: Anes 30, new research
   postoperative: CCI 51
   preventive measures
   research priorities
   risk factors
      CCI 51
      Ortho 9, new research
   visual improvement or stabilization and: Ophth KQ1
   visual loss and
      new agenda items
      Ophth 2, new research
      Ophth 4, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
Falls prevention
   CCI 51
   emergency department–initiated interventions: EmergMed 53
   programs
      EmergMed 20, new research
      EmergMed 52
   rehabilitation interventions: Rehab 28, new research
   strategies: Ortho 30
Family caregiving: CCI 65, CCI 71
Feeding, postoperative
   Anes 21, new research
   Anes 23
Female sexual dysfunction
   estrogen replacement and: Gyn 44, new research
   Gyn 39
   medications and: Gyn 40, new research
   needed research in
   Urol 22, new research
Female stress incontinence
Femoral fractures: Ortho 19, new research
Femoral neck fractures: Supplement 1 updates
Fever, in older emergency department patients
   EmergMed 21, new research
   EmergMed 26, new research
Fibrinolytic therapy, intrapleural
FIM. See Functional Independence Measure
FIT. See Fracture Intervention Trial
Flexibility exercise
Fluid management
   preoperative: Anes 18, new research
   in surgical patients: CCI 33
Follow-up: EmergMed 14, new research
Follow-up interval: EmergMed 33
Folstein Mini–Mental State Examination (MMSE)
   and delirium
   blind version (MMSE-blind)
   in emergency department care
   and hearing loss
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Foot deformity: Ortho 28
Foot disease
   degenerative: Supplement 1 updates
   fungal: Ortho 29
Foot reconstruction: Ortho 28
Fracture healing
   aging and: Ortho 26
   COX-2 inhibitors and: Ortho 10, new research
   electrical stimulation and: Ortho 34, new research
   risk factors: Ortho KQ2
   strategies to augment: Ortho 26
   ultrasound and: Ortho 34, new research
Fracture Intervention Trial (FIT)
Fractures
   of ankle
   bone insufficiency and
   comminuted distal femur: Ortho 19, new research
   falls-prevention strategies and: Ortho 30
   of hip
      bone insufficiency and
      clinical management strategies: Ortho 35, new research
      deep-vein thrombosis prophylaxis after: Ortho 22, new research
      functional outcomes: Ortho 37, new research
      long-term outcomes: Ortho 37, new research
      outcomes after surgery, Table 2.1
      Supplement 1 updates
      total knee arthroplasty and: Ortho 20, new research
   literature review methods
   low-dose estrogen replacement therapy and: Gyn 82, new research
   optimization of outcomes: Ortho KQ3
   periprosthetic
      Ortho 14, new research
      protective factors: Ortho 23, new research
      risk factors
         Ortho 23, new research
         Ortho 24, new research
   postoperative mortality
   prevention interventions: Gyn 81, new research
   of proximal humerus
      Ortho 43
      Ortho 44
      Ortho 45
      Supplement 1 updates
   SERMs after age 75 and: Gyn 86
   of spine
      bone insufficiency and
      Supplement 1 updates
   total joint replacement treatment of: Ortho 31
   vertebral compression
   of wrist
      bone insufficiency and
      fixation methods: Ortho 40, new research
      graft material to supplement: Ortho 41, new research
      management: Ortho 38, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
Frailty
   hormonal therapies for osteoporosis in: Gyn 85
   medications vs physical and occupational therapy for: Gyn 97
   and multiple comorbidities, Figure 12.3
   rehabilitation treatment of, new research
   slow stream rehabilitation of
   untreated vulvovaginal symptoms in: Gyn 38
Framingham study
   hearing loss
   hearing loss and dementia
   inheritance of presbycusis
Function overall. See also Functional outcomes
   low-vision rehabilitation and: Ophth 16
   visual loss and: Supplement 1 updates
Functional assessment
   in emergency department care
      EmergMed 9
      Supplement 1 updates
   preoperative
      Anes 5, new research
      Anes 6, new research
Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung (FACT-L)
Functional decline
   assessment of home environment in: EmergMed 5, new research
   cataract surgery and
   vision loss and: Ophth 15
Functional impairment
   in older emergency department patients
      EmergMed 10, new research
      EmergMed 11, new research
   visual improvement or stabilization and: Ophth KQ1
Functional Independence Measure (FIM)
   and length of stay for stroke survivors
   and length of stay with spinal cord injury
Functional outcomes. See also Function overall; Independence
   analgesia and: Anes 41, new research
   in cardiac surgery
      CardiacSurg 1, new research
      CardiacSurg KQ1
   in cardiac surgery in octogenarians: CardiacSurg 39, new research
   in cataract surgery
      Ophth 26, new research
      Ophth 27, new research
   CCI 22
   chronic pain therapies and: Anes 36, new research
   in diabetic retinopathy: Ophth 38, Ophth 39, Ophth 40
   early identification and treatment of risk factors and: CCI 19
   in glaucoma
      Ophth 32, new research
      Ophth 34, new research
      Ophth 35, new research
      Ophth 36, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   in gynecologic surgery
      Gyn 5, new research
      Gyn KQ1
   in hemiarthroplasty: Ortho 21, new research
   in hospitalization
   low-vision therapy and: Ophth 41, new research
   measures of
   multisensory loss and: Ophth 6, new research
   ocular disorders and: Ophth 6, new research
   pain intervention and: Anes 35, new research
   postoperative cognitive decline and: CCI 47
   preoperative interventions to enhance: CCI 29
   preoperative predictors: CCI 18
   in rotator cuff surgery: Ortho 21, new research
   in shoulder disease: Ortho 21, new research
   in total shoulder replacement: Ortho 21, new research
   in trauma
   in vision-related depression: Ophth 10, new research
   visual loss and
      Ophth 1, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   in visual loss and dementia: Ophth 14, new research
Functional problems
Functional reserve, Figure 2.1 – To receive a copy, please contact Amy Tam-Liao at tamlio@americangeriatrics.org.
Functional urinary incontinence
Functional visual impairment, risk factors: Ophth KQ3
Fungal disease, of foot: Ortho 29
Funguria

G
Gait
   foot and ankle problems and: Ortho 28
   hip flexibility and
   limb shortening and: Ortho 33, new research
   total knee arthroplasty and: Ortho 20, new research
Gamma nails, in hip fracture treatment
Gastrectomy
Gastric cancer
   GenSurg 19, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Gastric disease
Gastric resection
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
   criteria for intervention in: ThoracicSurg 19
   new agenda items
   research findings
   Supplement 1 updates
   surgery for: Supplement 1 updates
Gastrointestinal procedures, emergency
Gastrojejunostomy
   laparoscopic
   open
Gellhorn pessaries
Gene therapy, for inoperable coronary artery disease
General surgery, geriatric. See also specific disorders, procedures
   challenges in
   key research questions
   literature review methods
Genitourinary disorders: Urol KQ1
Genitourinary malignancies: Supplement 1 updates
Geriatric Depression Scale, shorter version for visually impaired older patients
Geriatric Emergency Medicine Task Force
Geriatric Index of Comorbidity
Geriatric teams. See also Interdisciplinary teams
   referral to: EmergMed 14, new research
Geriatric trauma survival score
Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents (GESR) program: Supplement 1 update
Geriatrics for Specialists project. See Increasing Geriatrics Expertise in Surgical and Related Medical Specialties
Geriatrics for Specialty Residents (GSR) program
Geriatrics Syllabus for Specialists, Supplement 1 updates
Geriatrics technicians: EmergMed 48
GESR program. See Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents program
"Get Up and Go" test
Glasgow Coma Scale
   in emergency department care
   and functional outcome
   risk factor for death
Glaucoma
   functional outcomes
      Ophth 32, new research
      Ophth 34, new research
      Ophth 35, new research
      Ophth 36, new research
   screening for: Ophth 34, new research
   stratified results: Ophth 36, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
   treatments
      Ophth 32, new research
      Ophth 35, new research
      Ophth 36, new research
   vision stabilization or improvement in: Ophth 33, new research
Glenohumeral joint change, degenerative
Glucose control, perioperative: Anes 42
Goldman Cardiac Risk Index
Gonadal steroids, and surgical stress
Graft materials: Ortho 41, new research
Grafts. See also Coronary artery bypass grafting
   arterial: CardiacSurg 24, new research
   saphenous vein: CardiacSurg 16, new research
Growth hormone
   pituitary
   short-term replacement: CCI 5
Gustatory rhinitis
Gynecologic surgery
   cognitive status: Gyn 3, new research
   comorbidities: Gyn 3, new research
   epidemiology
   estrogen replacement therapy and: Gyn 8, new research
   estrogen status: Gyn 3, new research
   estrogen therapy and: Gyn 7
   functional outcomes
      Gyn 5, new research
      Gyn KQ1
   guidelines for selecting candidates: Gyn 11, new research
   interventions for reducing risks in: Gyn 6
   morbidity and mortality
   perioperative complications: Gyn 1, new research
   perioperative management: Supplement 1 updates
   quality of data
   quality-of-life outcomes
      Gyn 5, new research
      Gyn 9, new research
      Gyn 10
   results
   risk factors for perioperative complications: Gyn 2, new research
   risks: Gyn 12, new research
   stratified outcomes: Gyn 4, new research
   summary
Gynecology, geriatric. See also specific disorders, procedures
   key research questions
   literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
   new agenda items
   nonsurgical management: Gyn 5, new research
   Supplement 1 updates

H
H2 blockers
Habituation exercises
Hallux valgus
John A. Hartford Foundation
   Geriatric Emergency Medicine Task Force
   Jahnigen Career Development Award program
   official relationships with specialty societies
   Supplement 1 updates
Head and neck cancer
   molecular biology studies: Otolaryn 23, new research
   present practice
      Otolaryn 20, new research
      Otolaryn KQ3, Supplement 1 updates
   progress in
   quality of life: Otolaryn KQ3, Supplement 1 updates
   surgical approaches: Otolaryn 22, new research
   surgical outcomes: Otolaryn 21, new research
Head injury: Rehab 35
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
Health Care Utilization Project
Health Environmental Integration model, Figure 12.1
Health-related quality of life
   definition of
   diabetic retinopathy and: Ophth 37
   incontinence and: CCI 59
   postoperative sleep disturbances and: CCI 56
   targeted interventions for: CCI 68, CCI 73
   visual impairment and depression and
      Ophth 8, new research
      Ophth 10, new research
   visual loss and dementia and: Ophth 14, new research
Health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) measures
   barriers to application of results
   CCI 53
   condition-specific instruments: CCI 60
   and functional outcomes
   measuring impact of visual loss on functional ability
   procedure-specific assessments
   questions about sexuality: CCI 57
Hearing aids
   bilateral vs. unilateral: Otolaryn 7, Otolaryn 8
   in-the-canal
Hearing loss
   and dementia
   epidemiology
   eustachian tube dysfunction and
      Otolaryn 4, new research
      Otolaryn 5, new research
   high-frequency
   ocular disorders associated with: Ophth 6, new research
   patient-based outcomes measures of: Otolaryn 11, new research
   and quality of life
   sensorineural: Otolaryn 9, new research
   unilateral versus bilateral: Otolaryn 2, new research
   visual loss and: Supplement 1 updates
Hearing measures, in elderly surgical patients: CCI 55
Hearing-related quality of life: Otolaryn KQ1, Supplement 1 updates
Hearing tests
   Otolaryn 6, new research
   Otolaryn 12, new research
Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study (HERS)
   cervical cancer screening
   estrogen replacement and cardiovascular disease
Heart failure, congestive
   cardiac assist devices for: CardiacSurg 7, new research
   etiology: CardiacSurg 8, new research
   surgery for
Heart valve surgery
   CardiacSurg 25, new research
   changing pattern of patients undergoing
   Supplement 1 updates
HELP. See Hospitalized Elderly Longitudinal Project
Hematocrit, intraoperative
   Anes 9, new research
   Anes 10, new research
Hemiarthroplasty
   for femoral neck fractures
   functional outcomes in: Ortho 21, new research
   for hip fracture: Ortho 36, new research
   for proximal humerus fractures
   shoulder
Hepatic artery infusion: GenSurg 24, new research
Hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatic resection for: GenSurg 47
Herpes zoster, acute: Anes 37, new research
HERS. See Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study
Hip disease, degenerative: new research in
Hip flexibility
Hip fracture rehabilitation: Rehab 25, new research
Hip fracture surgery
   hemiarthroplasty: Ortho 36, new research
   length of stay for
   outcomes, Table 2.1
   physical therapy after: Rehab 25, new research
   postoperative restrictions on ambulation: Rehab 25, new research
   risk factors: Ortho 35, new research
Hip fractures
   bone insufficiency and
   clinical management strategies: Ortho 35, new research
   deep-vein thrombosis prophylaxis after: Ortho 22, new research
   factors that influence postoperative outcome
   functional outcomes: Ortho 37, new research
   intertrochanteric: Ortho 36, new research
   literature review methods
   long-term outcomes: Ortho 37, new research
   malnutrition and: Ortho 4
   risk factors: Ortho 4
   Supplement 1 updates
   total knee arthroplasty and: Ortho 20, new research
   UTIs in
Hip osteoarthritis: Ortho 8, new research
Hip protectors
Hip replacement
   hemiarthroplasty
      for femoral neck fractures
      for hip fractures: Ortho 36, new research
   total arthroplasty
      for femoral neck fractures
         new research in
         Supplement 1 updates
      new research in
      preoperative testing, Figure 2.4
      rehabilitation after
      Supplement 1 updates
      surgical approaches: Ortho 11, new research
Hip surgery. See also Hip fractures; Hip replacement
   nutritional deficiencies and: Ortho 5
   nutritional supplementation for: Ortho 5
   regional versus general anesthesia for
   revision: Ortho 12, new research
Hispanics: and visual loss
   new research
History
   in older emergency department patients: EmergMed 19, new research
   otolaryngic
Holmium laser enucleation
Home care: EmergMed 42
Home safety
   assessment of: EmergMed 5, new research
   improvements
      Ophth 5, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   interventions for prevention of falls: Rehab 28, new research
Homeostenosis, and surgical stress
Hormone replacement therapy. See also Estrogen replacement therapy
   androgen replacement
      in elderly women
         Gyn 42, new research
         Gyn 43, new research
      short-term: CCI 2
Hormone therapy
   for osteoporosis
      Gyn 96, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   for prostate cancer
   for wound healing: CCI 8, CCI 9
Hospital-acquired infections: CardiacSurg 32, new research
Hospital at home care
Hospital care
   delirium in hospitalized patients: Ophth 23, new research
   falls-prevention interventions: Rehab 28, new research
   functional outcomes in
   inpatient rehabilitation
   length-of-stay issues, and outcomes of care
   patient satisfaction with
   process issues
   simplifying drug regimens: Anes 31, new research
   visual improvement or stabilization and: Ophth KQ1
   visual loss and
      Ophth 23, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
Hospital Elder Life Program
Hospital length of stay
   cardiac surgery: CardiacSurg 5, new research
   cholecystectomy: GenSurg 25, new research
   early identification and treatment of risk factors and: CCI 19
   laparoscopic antireflux surgery: GenSurg 2, new research
   outcomes of care and
   vision treatments and: Ophth 23, new research
   visual loss and: Ophth 22
Hospitalized Elderly Longitudinal Project (HELP)
Hyaluronate, and degenerative knee disease
   Ortho 6, new research
   Ortho 7, new research
Hydronephrosis: Gyn 27
Hylan, and degenerative knee disease
   Ortho 6, new research
   Ortho 7, new research
Hyperparathyroidism
   GenSurg 6, new research
   GenSurg 7, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Hyperplasia: CCI 8
Hypoestrinism: Gyn 30
Hypoperfusion, cerebral
Hypotension
   perioperative: Anes 18, new research
   postoperative: Anes 30, new research
   postural: Anes 38, new research
Hypovolemia, preoperative: Anes 18, new research
Hypoxia
   postoperative
   ventilatory response to, Figure 2.2
Hysterectomy

I
Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) tool
   best subset of questions, Table 3.1
   EmergMed 15, new research
   new research
ILG. See Interdisciplinary Leadership Group
Imaging studies
   in older emergency department patients: EmergMed 19, new research
   in urinary incontinence
      Urol 3, new research
      Urol 4, new research
Immune modulators, topical: Gyn 37, new research
Immunization
   emergency department–based
      EmergMed 22, new research
      EmergMed 55
   tetanus: EmergMed 54
Immunologic response
Immunosuppression, perioperative: Anes 14, new research
Immunotherapy, injection
Impact of Vision Impairment questionnaire
Implant fixation in osteoporotic bone: Ortho KQ1
Implantable devices for assistance in speaking and swallowing: Otolaryn KQ7
Implantable hearing aids: Otolaryn 8
Implantation, cochlear: Otolaryn 9, new research
In-the-canal (ITC) hearing aids
Incontinence. See Urinary incontinence
Incontinence Quality of Life (I-QOL)
Increasing Geriatrics Expertise in Surgical and Related Medical Specialties
   objectives
   Phase IV
   Statement of Principles
   strategies
   Supplement 1 updates
Increasing Geriatrics Expertise in the Non-Primary Care Specialties
Independence. See also Function overall; Functional outcomes
   cochlear implantation and: Otolaryn 9, new research
   low-vision rehabilitation and: Ophth 16
   return to independent living: CCI 22
Induction therapy
Infectious disease
   hospital-acquired: CardiacSurg 32, new research
   in joint replacement surgery
   in older emergency department patients
      EmergMed 21, new research
      new agenda items
   perioperative
      Anes 13, new research
      Anes 14, new research
   periprosthetic: Ortho 25, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
   surgical site infections: GenSurg 49
   urinary tract infections
      antibiotic therapy for: Urol 12, new research
      literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
      natural history of
         Urol 11, new research
         Urol KQ1
      operational definition of: Urol 10, new research
      preventive therapy: Urol 11, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   wound: Anes 12, new research
Influenza: EmergMed 55
Information for patients. See also Patient education
   patient preferences: CCI 38
   preoperative: CCI 38, CCI 39
Informed consent, outcomes of surgical management and
Infrainguinal vascular reconstruction
Injection therapy
   for erectile dysfunction: Urol 24, new research
   immunotherapy
   for stress incontinence
   for total knee arthroplasty: Ortho 7, new research
Injuries
   brain injury after cardiac surgery
   head injury: Rehab 35
   sports-related injuries: Ortho 2
   traumatic brain injury: Rehab 35
Injury Severity Score (ISS)
Inpatient rehabilitation, acute
Inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) care
   components of
   progress in
Institutionalized populations
   falls among
   frail
      hormonal therapies for osteoporosis in: Gyn 85
      untreated vulvovaginal symptoms in: Gyn 38
   guidelines for selecting candidates for gynecologic surgery from among: Gyn 11, new research
   Hospitalized Elderly Longitudinal Project (HELP)
   visual loss and: Ophth 44
Instrumental activities of daily living
   in age-related macular degeneration
   range of motion necessary for: Ortho 1
   vision loss and
Intensive care unit length of stay: CCI 21
Interdisciplinary Leadership Group (ILG): Supplement 1 updates
Interdisciplinary teams
   composition and structure of: CCI 70
   function of: CCI 69, CCI 70
   and process of care
   referral to geriatric teams: EmergMed 14, new research
   team approach to rehabilitation
      Rehab 14, new research
      Rehab 15
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF): and outcomes of care
International Continence Society
Intertrochanteric hip fracture repair: Ortho 36, new research
Intracavernosal injections: Urol 24, new research
Intraoperative management: research agenda
, Supplement 1 updates
Invasive monitoring
   in blunt multiple trauma: EmergMed KQ3
   for older trauma patients
      EmergMed 30
      EmergMed 31
      new research
Iowa Women's Health Study
ISAR tool. See Identification of Seniors at Risk tool
ISS. See Injury Severity Score
Isshiki technique for presbylarynges
Italian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Ivor Lewis esophagectomy

J
Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Awards: Supplement 1 updates
Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Program
Joint replacement
   complications of
   COX-2 inhibitors and: Ortho 10, new research
   deep-vein thrombosis prophylaxis after: Ortho 22, new research
   factors that influence outcome
   and falls risk: Ortho 9, new research
   for fractures close to joints: Ortho 31
   hemiarthroplasty
      for femoral neck fractures
      functional outcomes in: Ortho 21, new research
      for hip fractures: Ortho 36, new research
      for proximal humerus fractures
      shoulder
   literature review methods
   thromboembolism in, preventive regimens for: Ortho 22, new research
   total ankle arthroplasty
   total hip arthroplasty
      for femoral neck fractures
         new research in
         Supplement 1 updates
      new research in
      preoperative testing, Figure 2.4
      rehabilitation after
      Supplement 1 updates
      surgical approaches: Ortho 11, new research
   total knee arthroplasty
      for comminuted distal femur fracture: Ortho 19, new research
      gait and balance benefits: Ortho 20, new research
      hip fracture and: Ortho 20, new research
      hylan and hyaluronate injections and: Ortho 7, new research
      new research
      rehabilitation after
      risk factors: Ortho 16, new research
   total shoulder arthroplasty: Ortho 21, new research

K
Kidney. See Renal transplantation
Knee
   arthroscopy for injuries of: Ortho 2
   degenerative disease of, new research
Knee osteoarthritis
   exercise for
   and falls: Ortho 8, new research
   hylan and hyaluronate for: Ortho 6, new research
   surgical treatment of
Knee replacement
   regional versus general anesthesia for
   total arthroplasty
      for comminuted distal femur fracture: Ortho 19, new research
      gait and balance benefits: Ortho 20, new research
      hip fracture and: Ortho 20, new research
      hylan and hyaluronate injections and: Ortho 7, new research
      risk factors: Ortho 16, new research
Koenig Scale
Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention trial study

L
Laboratory examination, in older EM patients: EmergMed 19, new research
Laparoscopic antireflux surgery
   short hospital stay: GenSurg 2, new research
   ThoracicSurg 20, new research
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
   outpatient or short-stay vs longer hospital stay: GenSurg 25, new research
   research findings
   and risk for requiring emergency surgical procedures
   Supplement 1 updates
   and surgical outcomes
Laparoscopic colectomy, elective
Laparoscopic gastrojejunostomy
Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication: GenSurg 42
Laryngeal malignancy
Larynx
   aging, novel strategies to treat: Otolaryn 36
   new agenda items
   progress in disorders of
Laser therapy
   for proliferative diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema: Ophth 40
   transmyocardial revascularization
Le Fort colpocleisis
Legal blindness
Leisure World Cohort
   estrogen replacement therapy and Alzheimer's disease
   estrogen replacement therapy and colon cancer
Lichen sclerosus: Gyn 34, new research
Life expectancy
   assessment of
   tools to measure: Urol 30
Limb ischemia, critical
Limb salvage
   GenSurg 33, new research
   research findings
Limb shortening: Ortho 33, new research
Lingonberry juice, and UTIs
Lipolotion
Literature reviews for RASP. See also specific topics
   Supplement 1 updates
Lithotripsy, extracorporeal shock-wave
Liver-directed therapies: GenSurg 24, new research
Liver resection
   for colorectal metastases and hepatocellular carcinoma: GenSurg 47
   new agenda items
   Supplement 1 updates
Liver tests, preoperative
Lobectomy
   thoracoscopic: ThoracicSurg 8, new research
   video-assisted techniques for: ThoracicSurg 8, new research
Logarithm of MAR (logMAR)
Long-term-care facilities: EmergMed 32
Longitudinal Study on Aging
Low-output syndrome: CardiacSurg 8, new research
Low vision
   definition of
   Supplement 1 updates
   therapy for: Ophth 41, new research
Low-vision rehabilitation
   Ophth 2, new research
   Ophth 16
   Ophth 42
   Ophth KQ1
Lower extremity atherosclerotic disease: new research
Lower-extremity bypass: GenSurg 32
Lumbar spinal stenosis
Lumpectomy
Lung cancer
   assessment instruments: ThoracicSurg 2, ThoracicSurg 3, ThoracicSurg 17
   diagnostic techniques for: ThoracicSurg 22
   Early Lung Cancer Action Project
   Elderly Lung Cancer Vinorelbine Italian Study (ELVIS)
   guidelines to indicate inoperability
   new agenda items
   non–small cell
   preoperative assessment: ThoracicSurg 4
   preoperative optimization: ThoracicSurg 7, new research
   risk factors for surgery: ThoracicSurg 5
   screening for: ThoracicSurg 1, new research
   staging
      new agenda items
      new research
      ThoracicSurg 21
      ThoracicSurg 22
   Supplement 1 updates
   surgery for
Lung disease, benign: Supplement 1 updates
Lung function
   and coronary artery bypass grafting: CardiacSurg 9, new research
   Coronary artery diseaseand coronary artery bypass grafting: CardiacSurg 9
   and perioperative care
Lung Health Study
Lung resection: ThoracicSurg 6
Lung volume reduction procedures: ThoracicSurg 9, new research
Lymph node dissection
   axillary: GenSurg 11, new research
   sentinel

M
Macular degeneration, age-related
   interventions
      new research
      Ophth 28, new research
      Ophth 31, new research
   self-management of
   stratified results
      new research
      Ophth 29, new research
      Ophth 30, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Macular edema, diabetic: Ophth 40
Magnetic navigation bronchoscopy
Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
Major Trauma Outcome Study (ACS)
Male menopause
Male sexual dysfunction
   Urol 23, new research
   Urol 24, new research
Malignancy. See also Cancer
   bladder
      bladder-sparing therapy for: Urol 19
      predictive outcomes models: Urol 20
   genitourinary: Supplement 1 updates
   laryngeal
   renal
      minimally invasive therapy for: Urol 19
      predictive outcomes models: Urol 20
   thyroid nodules: GenSurg 37
   urologic: Urol KQ1
Malnutrition
   in hip fracture: Ortho 4
   and pressure ulcers
   screening methods: CCI 30
   after surgery: Anes 23
Mammary artery, coronary artery bypass through: CardiacSurg 16, new research
Mammographic density: Gyn 59, new research
Mammography screening
   clinical guidelines for: Gyn 74
   functional impairment and comorbid condition measures: Gyn 55, new research
   GenSurg 8, new research
   guidelines for discontinuation of: Gyn 56, new research
   and quality of life: Gyn 57
   screening rates
   strategies to improve: Gyn 58, new research
   stratified results: Gyn 54, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
   variability of interpretations: Gyn 60, new research
Mannheim Peritonitis Index Score
Massachusetts Health Care Panel Study
Massachusetts Male Aging Study
Massed activity, in stroke rehabilitation
Mastectomy
Masters and Johnson
Mechanical valvular prostheses: CardiacSurg 18, new research
Meclizine, for vestibular disease: Otolaryn 13
Medical errors
   CCI 61
   CCI 62
   CCI 65
Medical Outcomes Study Short Form–36 (SF-36)
   assessing impact of urinary incontinence on quality of life
   functional assessment
   and functional outcomes
   measuring impact of visual loss on functional ability
Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
Medicare reimbursements
   for Pap smears: Gyn 48, new research
   for rehabilitation care: Rehab 13, new research
Medications
   adverse drug events
      associated with drug withdrawal
      in emergency medicine
         EmergMed 45
         EmergMed 46
         EmergMed 47
      postoperative: Table 2.2: Anes 26
   age-related physiologic changes and
   alternatives to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: GenSurg 17, new research
   assessment of use: EmergMed 45
   for benign prostatic hyperplasia
   communicating regimens to primary care physicians: Anes 31, new research
   in emergency medicine
   ethanol interactions: CCI 16
   and female sexual dysfunction: Gyn 40, new research
   for frail elderly women: Gyn 97
   guidelines for prescribing: CCI 14
   inappropriate use of
      CCI 10
      outcomes of: EmergMed 12, new research
      reduction of: EmergMed 13, new research
   misuse, overuse, and underuse of
      CCI 10
      new agenda items
   optimization of use: CCI 12
   perioperative
   polypharmacy
      Anes 30, new research
      perioperative: CCI 13
   for postoperative depression: CCI 50
   that reduce bone resorption: Gyn 93, new research
   simplifying drug regimens: Anes 31, new research
   that stimulate bone formation: Gyn 94, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
   for urinary incontinence, needed research in
   and vestibular disease: Otolaryn 13
   withdrawal: CCI 11
Melbourne (Australia) Visual Impairment Project, new research
Memory Study (Women's Health Initiative), new research
Ménière's disease
Meniscectomy: Ortho 15, new research
Menopause
   male
   postmenopausal estrogen therapy
      and cognition: Gyn 72, new research
      dementia associated with: Gyn 70
      Gyn 76, new research
      long-term: Gyn 68
Men's health
   andropause
   benign prostatic hyperplasia
      androgen supplementation and: Urol 27, Urol 28
      early transurethral resection of the prostate for
         Urol 15, new research
         Urol 16, new research
      needed research in
      phytotherapy for: Urol 13, new research
      surgery for
         minimally invasive: Urol 14, new research
         needed research in
   Male menopause
   male sexual dysfunction
      Urol 23, new research
      Urol 24, new research
   osteoporosis: Urol 29
Mental status tests
   Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)
      in emergency department care
      and postoperative delirium
      serial testing with: Anes 33, new research
   Folstein Mini–Mental State Examination (MMSE)
      and delirium
      blind version (MMSE-blind)
      in emergency department care
      and hearing loss
   short: Anes 33, new research
   Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire
Metabolic response to stress
Metal-backed or all-polyethylene tibial components: Ortho 18, new research
Methylsalicylate cream, for degenerative joint disease
Metoclopramide, for postoperative nausea
Mexican-Americans: and cervical cancer screening
Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST-Geriatric Version)
Microscopy, endoscopic confocal
Middle ear diseases, progress in
Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA)
Mini Nutritional Assessment–Short Form (MNA–SF)
Mini–Mental State Examination (Folstein)
   and delirium
   blind version (MMSE-blind)
   in emergency department care
   and hearing loss
Minimum angle of resolution (MAR)
Mitral valve repair: Supplement 1 updates
Mitral valve replacement
   minimally invasive techniques: CardiacSurg 20, new research
   in octogenarians
   Supplement 1 updates
Mitral valve surgery
Mixed urinary incontinence: Urol 6, new research
MMSE. See Mini–Mental State Examination (Folstein)
Mobility, postoperative
Mobility aids: Rehab 28, new research
Models of care delivery
Molecular biology studies of head and neck cancer: Otolaryn 23, new research
MORE. See Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation
Mucociliary function: Otolaryn 30
Multicenter Chest Pain Study
Multiple blunt trauma: EmergMed KQ3
Multiple ocular disorders: Ophth 3, new research
Multiple-organ failure: EmergMed 29, new research
Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation (MORE)
   estrogen replacement therapy and breast cancer
   for osteoporosis
Multisensory loss
   and functional outcomes: Ophth 6, new research
   interventions: Ophth 7, new research
Muscle wasting, after major surgery: Anes 23
Musculoskeletal problems
   exercise, assistive devices, and orthotics for: Rehab 21, new research
   normal aging: Supplement 1 updates
   rehabilitation for: Rehab 22
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial protective techniques
   CardiacSurg 12, new research
   CardiacSurg 13, new research
   in reoperative heart surgery: CardiacSurg 22, new research
Myocardial revascularization

N
Nasal discharge: Supplement 1 updates
NASCET. See North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial
National Cancer Institute
   breast cancer trials
   estrogen replacement therapy and breast cancer
   lung cancer study
National Cardiovascular Network
National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT)
National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ)
   in glaucoma
   new research
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Highway Safety Administration Physician's Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
   EmergMed 1, new research
   patterns of emergency department use
National Hospital Discharge Survey
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   breast cancer treatment recommendations
   consensus statement on rehabilitation with traumatic brain injury
National Medicare claim database
National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2
National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project P-1 Study Breast Cancer Prevention Trial
National VA Surgical Quality Improvement Program: GenSurg KQ3
Nausea and vomiting, postoperative
Neglect. See Abuse, elder
NEI-VFQ. See National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire
Nerve cell loss: CCI 1
NETT. See National Emphysema Treatment Trial
Neurobehavioral assessment tools: CardiacSurg 34, new research
Neurobehavioral changes after CABG: CardiacSurg 34, new research
Neurologic changes
   deficits after cardiac surgery
      CardiacSurg KQ2
      Supplement 1 updates
   perioperative
   and sexual dysfunction
Neurotology: Supplement 1 updates
New Frontiers in Geriatrics Research: An Agenda for Surgical and Related Medical Specialties
New York Heart Association
NHLBI. See National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NHS. See Nurses' Health Study
Nissen fundoplication, laparoscopic: GenSurg 42
Nocturia: Urol 1, new research
Nonagenarians
   as cardiac surgical patients
   estrogen replacement therapy for: Gyn 72, new research
Noncompliance: CCI 65
Non–small cell lung cancer
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
   alternatives to: GenSurg 17, new research
   for osteoarthritis
   safer: GenSurg 18
   and ulcers
North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET)
   follow-up report
   regional versus general anesthesia
North Carolina Trauma Registry
Northeastern Ohio Trauma Study
Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group
Nose, aging
   aesthetics of
   new agenda items
   progress in disorders of nose and sinuses
   rejuvenation therapy for: Otolaryn 29
Nothing-by-mouth orders: Anes 18, new research
Nottingham Health Profile: and functional outcomes
Nottingham Health Survey
Nurses' Health Study (NHS)
   estrogen replacement and cardiovascular disease
   estrogen replacement therapy and breast cancer, new research
Nursing-home residents. See also Institutionalized populations
   falls among
   visual impairment interventions for
Nutritional assessment, preoperative
   and anesthesia
   Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA)
   Mini Nutritional Assessment–Short Form (MNA–SF)
Nutritional deficiencies
   and hip surgery: Ortho 5
   and pressure ulcers
Nutritional impairment, and dysphagia: Otolaryn 33
Nutritional supplementation
   for elective surgery: CCI 30
   for hip surgery: Ortho 5
   for pressure ulcers
Nutritional support
   postoperative: Anes 22, Anes 23
   preventive: CCI 31

O
Occupational therapists
Occupational therapy
   with assistive devices
   components of
   in frail elderly women: Gyn 97
Octogenarians
   as cardiac surgical patients
      CardiacSurg 36, new research
      CardiacSurg 37, new research
      CardiacSurg 38, new research
      CardiacSurg 39, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   cardiac treatment protocols aimed at: CardiacSurg 40, new research
   estrogen replacement therapy for: Gyn 72, new research
Ocular disorders
   associated with hearing loss: Ophth 6, new research
   and falls: Ophth 3, new research
   and functional outcomes: Ophth 6, new research
   multiple: Ophth 3, new research
Older-old, surgical outcomes in: CCI 20
Oldest-old, surgical outcomes in: CCI 20
Olfactory impairment
   biological mechanism of: Otolayn 27
   and quality of life: Otolayn 26
   and safety: Otolayn 26
Olfactory sensitivity: Supplement 1 updates
Olfactory testing: Otolaryn 28
Oligoanalgesia
Onychomycosis
Open cholecystectomy, research findings
Open colectomy, elective
Ophthalmology, geriatric
   age-related risk factors
   key research questions
   literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
   new agenda items
   prognostic indicators
   recommended research strategies
   risk factors
   Supplement 1 updates
Optic devices
Oral estrogen replacement: Gyn 44, new research
Organizational characteristics: CCI 69
Orientation Memory Concentration Test
Orthopedic surgery
   factors that influence postoperative outcome: Ortho 3
   postoperative mortality
   postoperative respiratory insufficiency
Orthopedics, geriatric. See also specific disorders, procedures
   key research questions
   literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
   Supplement 1 updates
Orthotic devices
   for arthritic and musculoskeletal conditions: Rehab 21, new research
   indications for
   progress in
Osteoarthritis
   of ankle
   assistive devices for: Rehab 21, new research
   exercise for: Rehab 21, new research
   of hip: Ortho 8, new research
   of knee
      exercise for
      and falls: Ortho 8, new research
      hylan and hyaluronate for: Ortho 6, new research
      surgical treatment of
   orthotics for: Rehab 21, new research
   rehabilitation for
Osteoporosis. See also Fractures
   in aging men: Urol 29
   bisphosphonates for
      Gyn 95, new research
      long-term use: Gyn 92, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   calcium for: Supplement 1 updates
   cementless components in: Ortho 11, new research
   definition of
   estrogen replacement therapy for, stratified results: Gyn 83, new research
   exercise for
   in frail and institutionalized elderly women: Gyn 85
   hormonal therapies
      Gyn 96, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   implant fixation in: Ortho KQ1
   progress in
   spinal fusion with instrumentation in
   vitamin D for: Supplement 1 updates
Otitis media, serous
Otolaryngology, geriatric. See also specific disorders, procedures
   diagnostic tools: Otolaryn KQ4
   key research questions, new questions
   literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
   minimally invasive techniques: Otolaryn KQ5
   new agenda items
   new key research questions
   Supplement 1 updates
Otologic surgery: Otolaryn 3, new research
Otosclerosis
   Otolaryn 1, new research
   Otolaryn 3, new research
   stapes surgery for
Outcomes assessment
   epidemiologic studies: Anes 2, new research
   measures for emergency department: EmergMed 34
   measures for rehabilitation
      Rehab 33
      Rehab KQ3, new research
   measures for surgery: CCI 35
   measures for swallowing therapy: Otolaryn 32
   patient-based measures of hearing loss: Otolaryn 11, new research
Outpatient surgery
   cholecystectomy: GenSurg 25, new research
   delirium after: CCI 45
   GenSurg 2, new research
Ovarian cancer
Overall Bladder Questionnaire
Overflow incontinence
Oxygen therapy
   guidelines for
   postoperative: Anes 20, new research
   for wound healing

P
Pain. See also Analgesia; Pain assessment; Pain management
   abdominal
      EmergMed 18, new research
      EmergMed 26, new research
      EmergMed 51
      EmergMed KQ2
      Supplement 1 updates
   acute postoperative: Anes 25, new research
   chest
   chronic
      assessment tools for, in cognitive impairment: Anes 40
      progress in
      research agenda
      and sexual dysfunction
   perioperative with dementia: CCI 36
   syndromes: Rehab 29, new research
Pain assessment, in cognitive impairment
   Anes 28, new research
   Anes 40, new research
Pain Assessment for the Dementing Elderly (PADE)
Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) scale
Pain management
   chronic pain therapy
      Anes 36, new research
      Anes 38, new research
   in cognitive impairment
      Anes 29, new research
      Anes 39, new research
   and functional outcomes: Anes 35, new research
   postoperative
   after total knee replacement
Pain syndromes: Rehab 29, new research
Pancreatic cancer: GenSurg 28, new research
Pancreatic disease: Supplement 1 updates
Pancreatic resection, selection criteria for: GenSurg 27, new research
Papanicolaou (Pap) smears: Gyn 48, new research
Paraprofessionals: Rehab 14, new research
Parathyroid disease
Parkinson's disease, differential diagnosis of: Otolaryn 28
Participation Measure for Post-Acute Care
Patient-based outcomes measures. See also Outcomes assessment
   of hearing loss: Otolaryn 11, new research
Patient care process
Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)
   Anes 26
   Anes 43
   CCI 15
   intraoperative
Patient education. See also Information for patients
   for partners of cognitively impaired patients: Gyn 46
   preoperative
      CCI 38
      CCI 39
   to reduce inappropriate medications: EmergMed 13, new research
   in rehabilitation: Rehab 22
Patient management plans: Anes KQ1
Patient Perception of Bladder Condition
Patient satisfaction
   CCI 65
   components of: Rehab 34
   Supplement 1 updates
   toward services rendered: EmergMed 33
Patient satisfaction surveys: CCI 22
Pelvic floor muscle exercises: Gyn 25, new research
Pelvic organ prolapse
   definition of: Gyn 98
   early: Gyn 24, new research
   estrogen receptor modulators and: Gyn 23, new research
   estrogen therapy and: Gyn 21, new research
   hydronephrosis in: Gyn 27
   natural history of: Gyn 26, new research
   needed research in
   new agenda items
   nonsurgical management: Gyn 13
   pathophysiology of: Gyn 17, new research
   pelvic floor muscle exercises and: Gyn 25, new research
   risk factors: Gyn 28, new research
   risk factors for recurrence after surgical treatment: Gyn 100
   Supplement 1 updates
   surgical management
      anesthesia for: Gyn 101
      estrogen therapy and: Gyn 22
      quality-of-life outcomes: Gyn 14, new research
   surgical outcomes description: Gyn 99
Pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q) system: Gyn 99
Penetrating trauma
   in emergency department
   EmergMed 60
Penile prostheses: Urol 24, new research
Peptic ulcer disease
   complications of: GenSurg 13, new research
   emergency surgery for
      GenSurg 15, new research
      GenSurg 16, new research
   presentation and pathophysiology of: GenSurg 12, new research
   risk factors for: GenSurg 14, new research
Percutaneous coronary intervention
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
   changing pattern of patients undergoing
   in octogenarians
      CardiacSurg 36, new research
      CardiacSurg 38, new research
Perioperative care
   age-related physiologic changes and
   in cardiac surgery: CardiacSurg KQ3
   in chronic disease and comorbid conditions: CCI 13
   clinical pathways for
   evidence-based medicine to improve: CCI 62
   glucose control: Anes 42
   in gynecologic surgery
      complications: Gyn 1, new research
      estrogen replacement therapy and: Gyn 8, new research
      risk factors for complications: Gyn 2, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   pulmonary function and
   temperature management: Anes 11, new research
   in thoracic surgery: ThoracicSurg KQ2
Peripheral occlusive disease
   limb salvage rates: GenSurg 33, new research
   research findings
   Supplement 1 updates
Peripheral vestibular system disorders: Otolaryn KQ2, Supplement 1 updates
Periprosthetic fractures
   Ortho 14, new research
   protective factors: Ortho 23, new research
   risk factors
      Ortho 23, new research
      Ortho 24, new research
Periprosthetic infections: Ortho 25, new research
Pessaries
   Gyn 16
   long-term use: Gyn 15, new research
   use in early pelvic organ prolapse: Gyn 24, new research
Pharmacology, geriatric
Pharmacotherapy. See also Medications; Polypharmacy
   age-related physiologic changes and
   for benign prostatic hyperplasia
   communicating regimens to primary care physicians: Anes 31, new research
   and female sexual dysfunction: Gyn 40, new research
   for frail elderly women: Gyn 97
   guidelines for prescribing medications: CCI 14
   inappropriate use of medications
      CCI 10
      outcomes of: EmergMed 12, new research
      reduction of: EmergMed 13, new research
   medications that reduce bone resorption: Gyn 93, new research
   medications that stimulate bone formation: Gyn 94, new research
   misuse, overuse, and underuse of medications: CCI 10
   perioperative
   for postoperative depression: CCI 50
   simplifying drug regimens: Anes 31, new research
   for urinary incontinence, needed research in
   and vestibular disease: Otolaryn 13
Pharyngeal cancer: Otolaryn 22, new research
Pharyngeal instrumentation: Anes 21, new research
Phenylpropanolamine, for stress incontinence
Phonosurgery
Photodynamic therapy: GenSurg 20, new research
Physical examination, in older emergency department patients: EmergMed 19, new research
Physical therapists
   types of
Physical therapy. See also Rehabilitation
   components of
   for frail elderly women: Gyn 97
   after hip fracture surgery: Rehab 25, new research
   for musculoskeletal conditions: Rehab 22
   referral for vestibular disease: Otolaryn 13
   synergy with hormone replacement therapy and selective estrogen receptor modulators: Gyn 81, new research
Physician training
   emergency medicine
      EmergMed 35
      EmergMed 36
      EmergMed 37
      new agenda items
   Supplement 1 updates
Physician's Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers
Phytotherapy
   for benign prostatic hyperplasia: Urol 13, new research
   for prostate disease
Picker Institute Consumer Satisfaction Survey
Pinna, diseases of
Pituitary growth hormone
Planning, postoperative
Pleiotropy, antagonistic
Pneumococcus, emergency department–based programs: EmergMed 55
Pneumonectomy: ThoracicSurg 6
Pneumonia
   immunization programs: EmergMed 55
   postoperative
      Anes 12, new research
      Anes 19, new research
      Anes 21, new research
Polychemotherapy, for breast cancer: GenSurg 38
Polyethylene tibial components: Ortho 18, new research
Polypharmacy
   Anes 30, new research
   perioperative: CCI 13
Post-herpetic neuralgia, chronic: Anes 37, new research
Post-hospital care: CCI 63, CCI 64
Post-nasal drip
Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Outcomes Project, usage patterns of anticoagulant, antihypertensive, NSAID, and antiplatelet agents in
Posterior tibial tendon insufficiency
Postoperative analgesia
   Anes 25, new research
   Anes KQ2
Postoperative management
   ethical issues
   factors that influence outcome: Supplement 1 updates
   planning and coordination
   research agenda, Supplement 1 updates
Postoperative morbidity: Anes KQ2
Postoperative mortality: CCI 21
Postural hypotension: Anes 38, new research
Practice-Based Evidence–Clinical Practice Improvement (PBE-CPI)
"Pre-existing medical condition" (term): EmergMed 59
Prehabilitation
   for elderly cardiac surgery patients
   Rehab 31
Prehospital care: EmergMed 5, new research
Preoperative assessment
   Anes 2, new research
   and anesthesia
   functional
      Anes 5, new research
      Anes 6, new research
   in general surgery: Anes KQ1
   instruments for
      Anes 3, new research
      Anes 4, new research
   in lung cancer: ThoracicSurg 4
   progress in
   testing, Figure 2.4
Preoperative education
   CCI 38
   CCI 39
Preoperative interventions: CCI 29
Preoperative optimization
   in lung cancer: ThoracicSurg 7, new research
   for pneumonectomy: ThoracicSurg 6
Preoperative preparation: ThoracicSurg KQ1
Presbycusis
   eustachian tube dysfunction and: Otolaryn 5, new research
   eustachian tube function and: Otolaryn 5, new research
   inheritance of
   and quality of life
   Supplement 1 updates
   treatment of
Presbylarynges
   Otolaryn 19, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Presbyphonia
   pathophysiology of: Otolaryn 34
Pressure ulcers
   postoperative: CCI 52
   prevention
   prevention and treatment strategies: GenSurg 36, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Prevention
   Falls prevention programs
      EmergMed 20, new research
      EmergMed 52
Preventive nutrition: CCI 31
Primary care physicians
   communicating drug regimens to: Anes 31, new research
   communication between emergency department and: EmergMed 33
Primary OAB Symptom Questionnaire
Profile of Mood States
Promethazine, for postoperative nausea
Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Screening Trial (PLCO)
Prostate cancer
   androgen supplementation and: Urol 27, Urol 28
   screening for
      needed research in
      Urol 17, new research
   treatment of: Urol 18, new research
Prostate diseases
   literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
   needed research
   pathophysiology and natural history of: Urol KQ1
   Supplement 1 updates
Prostate-specific antigen: Urol 17, new research
Prostatectomy, radical
Prostatic hyperplasia, benign
Prosthetics
   cellular response to wear debris: Ortho 13
   costs and benefits: Rehab 26, new research
   mechanical valvular: CardiacSurg 18, new research
   metal-backed or all-polyethylene tibial components: Ortho 18, new research
   penile: Urol 24, new research
   periprosthetic fractures
      Ortho 14, new research
      protective factors: Ortho 23, new research
      risk factors
         Ortho 23, new research
         Ortho 24, new research
Proximal humerus fractures
   literature review methods
   Ortho 43
   Ortho 44
   Ortho 45
   Supplement 1 updates
Proxy Pain Questionnaire (PPQ)
Psychologic assessments and interventions
Psychological Well-Being Schedule
Pubovaginal sling procedures: Urol 7, new research
Pulmonary embolism: CCI 41
Pulmonary Embolism Prevention (PEP) trial
Pulmonary function
   and coronary artery bypass grafting: CardiacSurg 9, new research
   and perioperative care
   postoperative complications: Anes KQ3
Pulmonary resection: ThoracicSurg 6
Pulse oximetry

Q
Quality improvement
   emergency department: EmergMed 38
   interventions for: EmergMed 2, new research
   methodologies
   for older emergency department patients: EmergMed 39
   systems interventions for
   in thoracic surgery
Quality indicators: EmergMed 49
Quality of care, barriers to and disparities in: CCI 68
Quality of life
   dysphagia and: Otolaryn 33
   early detection of cervical neoplasia and: Gyn 53, new research
   early identification and treatment of risk factors and: CCI 19
   esophagectomy and: ThoracicSurg 15, new research
   in gynecologic surgery
      Gyn 5, new research
      Gyn 9, new research
      Gyn 10
   head and neck cancer management and: Otolaryn KQ3, Supplement 1 updates
   health-related
      diabetic retinopathy and: Ophth 37
      targeted interventions for: CCI 68
      visual impairment and depression and
         Ophth 8, new research
         Ophth 10, new research
      visual loss and dementia and: Ophth 14, new research
   hearing-related: Otolaryn KQ1, Supplement 1 updates
   loss of nasal function and: Otolaryn 29
   mammography and: Gyn 57
   olfactory impairment and: Otolayn 26
   postoperative: GenSurg 37
   presbycusis and
   in prostate cancer
   visual improvement or stabilization and: Ophth KQ1
   vulvovaginal disorders and: Gyn 31, new research
Quality-of-life instruments
   after cardiac surgery: CardiacSurg 41, new research
   in dementia: CCI 54
   health-related (HRQOL)
      CCI 53
      condition-specific: CCI 60
      and functional outcomes
      measuring impact of visual loss on functional ability
      procedure-specific assessments
   patient satisfaction surveys: CCI 22
   targeting vulvovaginal symptoms: Gyn 29, new research
   visual function rating tools
Quality-of-life measures
   EmergMed 49
   for visual impairment
Quality-of-life outcomes
   with bisphosphonates
      Gyn 80, new research
      Gyn 84
   in cardiac surgery: Supplement 1 updates
   with estrogen-progestin: Gyn 80, new research
   with estrogen replacement therapy: Gyn 84
   in gynecologic surgery
      Gyn 5, new research
      Gyn 9, new research
   with long-term estrogen: Gyn 80, new research
   in nonoperative management of pelvic organ prolapse: Gyn 13
   in operative management of pelvic organ prolapse: Gyn 14, new research
   with selective estrogen receptor modulators
      Gyn 80, new research
      Gyn 84
   with sexual dysfunction
      Gyn 104
      Gyn 105
   in thoracic surgery: ThoracicSurg KQ3
Quality of Well-being Scale

R
Radial artery, coronary artery bypass through: CardiacSurg 16, new research
Radiofrequency ablation, liver-directed: GenSurg 24, new research
Radiotherapy
   for breast cancer
      GenSurg 38
      Supplement 1 updates
   for esophageal cancer
   for rectal cancer
Raloxifene
   and breast cancer
   for osteoporosis: new research
Rancho Bernardo cohort
RASP. See Research Agenda–Setting Project
Reactive oxygen species
Recovery from acute illness: Rehab 4, new research
Rectal cancer
Rectal examination
   for prostate cancer
   Urol 17, new research
Referral to geriatric teams: EmergMed 14, new research
Referral to surgery: CardiacSurg KQ4
Reflux
   gastroesophageal reflux disease
      criteria for intervention in: ThoracicSurg 19
      new agenda items
      research findings
      surgery for
   laparoscopic antireflux surgery
      short hospital stay: GenSurg 2, new research
      ThoracicSurg 20, new research
Rehabilitation, geriatric
   acute inpatient rehabilitation
   auditory: CCI 55
   cardiac: Rehab 24, new research
   combinations of treatments: Rehab 16, new research
   components of
      progress in
      Rehab 11, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   for disability prevention and treatment
   equipment
   family caregiving and: CCI 71
   hip fracture: Rehab 25, new research
   inpatient
   inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) care
      components of
      progress in
   interventions: progress in
   after joint replacement
   key research questions, progress in
   literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
   low-vision
      Ophth 2, new research
      Ophth 16
      Ophth 42
      Ophth KQ1
   Medicare reimbursements: Rehab 13, new research
   for musculoskeletal problems: Rehab 22
   new agenda items
   outcome measures
      Rehab 33
      Rehab KQ3, new research
   outcomes of care
      Rehab 33
      Supplement 1 updates
   patient assessments
   patient satisfaction with: Supplement 1 updates
   personnel
   post-stroke
   prehabilitation
      for elderly cardiac surgery patients
      Rehab 31
   process of care
   providers
      progress in
      Rehab 15
   relative merits of treatments: Rehab KQ3, new research
   response to: Rehab 4, new research
   after rotator cuff surgery
   settings: Rehab 12, new research
   single providers: Rehab 15
   skilled nursing facility (SNF) care
   slow stream rehabilitation, for frail elderly
   special sense: Otolaryn KQ6
   for specific conditions
      progress in
      Supplement 1 updates
   stroke rehabilitation
      guidelines for, compliance with
      key components: Rehab 23, new research
      massed activity or constraint therapy
      settings for: Rehab 23, new research
   structure, process, outcome rehabilitation model, Figure 12.1
   structure of care
   Supplement 1 updates
   team approach
      Rehab 14, new research
      Rehab 15
   terminology
      Rehab 1, new research
      Rehab KQ3, new research
   theoretical underpinnings
      new agenda items
      progress in
   theory or model of treatment for: Rehab 10, new research
   vestibular
   visual: CCI 55
Rehabilitation psychologists
Rejuvenation therapy for aging nose: Otolaryn 29
Renal cell carcinoma
Renal changes, perioperative
Renal disease, end-stage
Renal failure
   guidelines for prescribing with: CCI 14
   pathophysiology and natural history of: Urol KQ1
Renal insufficiency, perioperative: Anes 18, new research
Renal malignancy
   minimally invasive therapy for: Urol 19
   predictive outcomes models: Urol 20
Renal transplantation
   literature review methods
   needed research in, Supplement 1 updates
   older adult donors
   older adult recipients
   Supplement 1 updates
   Urol 26, new research
   Urol KQ1
Research Agenda–Setting Project (RASP)
   mission
   online version
Residency training, for emergency department (ED) care: EmergMed 35, EmergMed 36, EmergMed 37
Residential facilities: EmergMed 32
Resistance exercise
   Rehab 16, new research
   task-specific
Resistance training
Respiratory failure, postoperative
   Anes 19, new research
   Anes 20, new research
Respiratory insufficiency, postoperative
Respiratory monitoring, postoperative: Anes 20, new research
Respiratory response to hypoxia, Figure 2.2
Resuscitation
   aggressive
      in blunt multiple trauma: EmergMed KQ3
      in older trauma patients
         EmergMed 30
         EmergMed 31
         new research
   Brain Resuscitation Clinical Trials
   cardiopulmonary resuscitation training: EmergMed 58
   consent for: CCI 34
   do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders, in operating room
   in operating room: CCI 37
   for out-of-hospital arrest: EmergMed 25, new research
   preoperative discussion of: CCI 37
   of trauma patients: Supplement 1 updates
Return to independent living: CCI 22
Revascularization, repeat: CardiacSurg 23, new research
Rhinitis
   allergic: Otolaryn 17, new research
   gustatory
Rhinoplasty
Rhinosinusitis
Risedronate, for osteoporosis
Rofecoxib. See also COX-2 inhibitors
Rollators
Ross procedure
Rotator cuff disease
Rotator cuff surgery: Ortho 21, new research

S
SAEM. See Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Safety
   driving safety
   home safety assessment: EmergMed 5, new research
   home safety improvements
      Ophth 5, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   interventions for prevention of falls: Rehab 28, new research
   olfactory impairment and: Otolayn 26
SAGA. See Society for the Advancement of Geriatric Anesthesia
SAGES. See Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
Salisbury Eye Evaluation (SEE) project
   prevalence of visual acuity
   visual loss and overall function
Saphenous vein graft, coronary artery bypass through: CardiacSurg 16, new research
Sarcopenia
   Rehab 4, new research
   Rehab 27, new research
   rehabilitation treatment of
   resistive exercise and
Scopolamine, for postoperative nausea
Screening
   abdominal aortic aneurysm: GenSurg 34, new research
   alcohol abuse
   breast cancer: Supplement 1 updates
   carotid disease: GenSurg 30, new research
   central auditory processing impairment: Otolaryn 12, new research
   cervical cancer
      Gyn 48, new research
      Gyn 51, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   cognitive dysfunction: EmergMed 6, new research
   cognitive impairment: EmergMed 8, new research
   colon cancer: Gyn 74
   colorectal cancer: GenSurg 22, new research
   comprehensive: EmergMed 14, new research
   depression
   elder abuse: EmergMed 61
   in emergency department
      for asymptomatic conditions: EmergMed 17, new research
      for driving impairment: EmergMed 43
      new agenda items
      for specific conditions
         EmergMed 16, new research
         Supplement 1 updates
   esophageal dysplasia: ThoracicSurg 11, new research
   glaucoma: Ophth 34, new research
   Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) tool
      best subset of questions, Table 3.1
      EmergMed 15, new research
      new research
   lung cancer: ThoracicSurg 1, new research
   mammography
      clinical guidelines for: Gyn 74
      functional impairment and comorbid condition measures: Gyn 55, new research
      GenSurg 8, new research
      guidelines for discontinuation of: Gyn 56, new research
      and quality of life: Gyn 57
      rates
      strategies to improve: Gyn 58, new research
      stratified results: Gyn 54, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
      variability of interpretations: Gyn 60, new research
   by nonprofessional specialists: EmergMed 48
   prostate cancer
      needed research in
      Urol 17, new research
   for specific conditions
      EmergMed 16, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   vision
      efficacy of: Ophth 25, new research
      in emergency department patients
      mandatory: Ophth 17
      Ophth KQ3
      recommendations for: Ophth 24, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
Seattle Angina Questionnaire
Sedative-hypnotics
   adverse drug events, Table 2.2
   and length of stay
Sedimentation rate, preoperative
SEE project. See Salisbury Eye Evaluation project
SEER program. See Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program
Selective estrogen receptor modulators
   and breast cancer: Gyn 77, new research
   and cardiovascular disease
   cardiovascular effects: Gyn 63, new research
   and colon cancer: Gyn 77, new research
   fracture benefits after age 75: Gyn 86
   long-term: Gyn 77, new research
   for osteoporosis: Gyn 85
   quality-of-life outcomes
      Gyn 80, new research
      Gyn 84
   selection of older women for initiation or continuation of: Gyn KQ3
   stratified results: Gyn 75, new research
   synergy with fracture-prevention interventions: Gyn 81, new research
Self-management of age-related macular degeneration
Sensorineural hearing loss: Otolaryn 9, new research
Sensory disorders, postoperative
Sentinel lymph node dissection
Sepsis: GenSurg 48
Service delivery quality indicators: EmergMed 49
Sexual dysfunction
   androgen replacement and: Gyn 43, new research
   comorbid disease: Urol 21, new research
   female
      definition of: Gyn 102
      estrogen replacement and: Gyn 44, new research
      Gyn 39
      medications and: Gyn 40, new research
      needed research in
      new agenda items
      prevalence of: Gyn 103
      quality-of-life outcomes: Gyn 104
      Urol 22, new research
   literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
   male
      Urol 23, new research
      Urol 24, new research
   needed research in, Supplement 1 updates
   pathophysiology and natural history of: Urol KQ1
   quality-of-life outcomes
      Gyn 104
      Gyn 105
   sildenafil and: Urol 23, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Sexual response
   age-related changes
   in older women: Gyn 45, new research
Sexuality
   educational strategies for partners of cognitively impaired patients: Gyn 46
   HRQOL measures: CCI 57
   older women's
      Gyn 41, new research
      Gyn 45, new research
      new agenda items
      Supplement 1 updates
   operative procedures and: CCI 58
Shoe wear
Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire
Shoulder disease. See also Rotator cuff disease
   degenerative, new research in
   functional outcomes in: Ortho 21, new research
Shoulder injuries
   arthroscopy for: Ortho 2
   fractures of proximal humerus: Supplement 1 updates
Shoulder replacement
   hemiarthroplasty, for proximal humerus fractures
   total shoulder arthroplasty: Ortho 21, new research
Sickness Impact Profile (SIP)
   cataract surgery and functional decline
   and functional outcomes
   quality of life after cardiac surgery
Siebens Domain Management Model
Sildenafil citrate
   Urol 22, new research
   Urol 23
Sinonasal disease: Otolaryn 30
Sinuses
   new agenda items
   progress in disorders of nose and sinuses
Sinusitis
   age-related differences: Otolaryn 16, new research
   new agenda items
   risk factors: Otolaryn 17, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
SIP. See Sickness Impact Profile
Six-Minute Walk Test
Sjögren's syndrome, progress in
Skilled nursing facility (SNF) care
   and ADL disability
   progress in
Sleep apnea
Sleep problems, postoperative: CCI 56
Slow stream rehabilitation, for frail elderly
Smell. See also Olfactory impairment; Olfactory sensitivity; Olfactory testing
   new agenda items
   Supplement 1 updates
Snellen testing
Social participation
   disabling impact of disease on: Rehab 6, new research
   risk factors for disability: Rehab 7, new research
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM): Geriatric Emergency Medicine Task Force
Society for the Advancement of Geriatric Anesthesia (SAGA)
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
   ThoracicSurg 5
   ThoracicSurg 13
Society of University Urologists (SUU)
Speaking: implantable devices for assistance in: Otolaryn KQ7
Special sense rehabilitation: Otolaryn KQ6
Special sense rehabilitation
Specialty databases
Speech language pathologists
Speech therapy, components of
Spinal decompression: Ortho 27
Spinal fusion
   with instrumentation
   strategies to augment bone healing after: Ortho 26
Spinal stenosis
Spine, degenerative disease of: Supplement 1 updates
Spine fractures
   bone insufficiency and
   literature review methods
   Supplement 1 updates
Spirituality: Rehab 32
Spondylolisthesis
Spondylosis
Sports-related injuries: Ortho 2
Staff work, duplication of: CCI 65
Stapes surgery
Stem cell therapy
   for aging larynx: Otolaryn 36
   for special sense rehabilitation: Otolaryn KQ6
Stents
   coronary: Supplement 1 updates
   in octogenarians: CardiacSurg 36, new research
Steroids, gonadal, and surgical stress
Stomach disorders
   GenSurg 20, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Stone disease, urinary tract
   literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
   pathophysiology and natural history of: Urol KQ1
   Supplement 1 updates
   surgery for: Urol 25, new research
Strength training
Stress incontinence
   injection therapy for
   surgery for
Stress response
   acute: CCI 3
   age-specific: CardiacSurg 8, new research
   CCI 2
   CCI 4
   CCI 7
   postoperative: CCI 5
Stroke
   and cardiac surgery
      CardiacSurg KQ2
      risk factors: CardiacSurg 35, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   EmergMed 56
   EmergMed 57
   models of care for
   perioperative
   post-CABG: CardiacSurg 34, new research
   research findings
   Veterans Affairs study of
Stroke rehabilitation
   guidelines for, compliance with
   key components: Rehab 23, new research
   massed activity or constraint therapy
   settings for: Rehab 23, new research
STS. See Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Study of Osteoporotic Fractures
Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment (SUPPORT)
SUPPORT. See Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment
Surface electrical stimulation, for swallowing disorders: Otolaryn 32
Surgery, geriatric. See also Analgesia; Anesthesia; Delirium; Perioperative care; specific disorders; specific procedures
   acute stress of: CCI 3
   aesthetic
   age-related physiologic changes and
   age-specific risks: CCI 24
   ambulation early or ultra-early after: CCI 6
   anti-delirium strategies for: CCI 28
   candidate preventive and therapeutic methods: CCI 26
   and caregivers: CardiacSurg 41, new research
   challenges in
   cognitive decline after: CCI 47
   comorbidities: CCI 23
   complementary or alternative medicine and: CCI 17
   complications of
      CCI 20
      perioperative
      postoperative: CCI 23
      standard procedures for: CCI 27
   conduct of operation
   cosmetic
   costs of
   day surgery
   with dementia: CCI 36
   early
      for urinary incontinence
         Urol 8, new research
         Urol 9, new research
      for urologic disorders: Urol KQ2
   elective
      for abdominal aortic aneurysm
      cardiac: CardiacSurg 43, new research
      colectomy
      nutritional supplementation for: CCI 30
      prehabilitation for
         for elderly cardiac surgery patients
         Rehab 31
      survival rates
   emergency procedures
      for colorectal disease
      for gastric disease
      GenSurg 3, new research
      GenSurg 4, new research
      GenSurg 5, new research
      identification of high-risk patients: GenSurg KQ1
      for peptic ulcer disease
         GenSurg 15, new research
         GenSurg 16, new research
   esophagectomy model: ThoracicSurg 18
   family caregiving and: CCI 71
   general
      key research questions
      literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
      new agenda items
      Supplement 1 updates
   interdisciplinary teams and: CCI 70
   intraoperative management: research agenda, Supplement 1 updates
   key research questions
   minimally invasive techniques
      for aortic valve replacement: CardiacSurg 19, new research
      for bladder and renal malignancy
      for BPH: Urol 14, new research
      for CABG: CardiacSurg 17, new research
      for cardiac surgery: CardiacSurg 30, new research
      for cholecystectomy
         GenSurg 25, new research
         laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Supplement 1 updates
         and risk for requiring emergency surgical procedures
         and surgical outcomes
      for empyema: ThoracicSurg 10
      for esophageal cancer: ThoracicSurg 14
      for mitral valve replacement: CardiacSurg 20, new research
      for otolaryngologic disorders: Otolaryn KQ5
      for renal malignancies: Urol 19
      for stone disease: Urol 25, new research
      for valvular procedures
   operative mortality
   organizational characteristics and: CCI 69
   outcome measures: CCI 35
   outcomes of: Anes 1, new research
   outpatient
      delirium after: CCI 45
      outcomes in: GenSurg 2, new research
   pain and adverse outcomes
   patient management plans for: Anes KQ1
   patient preferences for: CCI 34
   perioperative care
   perioperative clinical pathways
   perioperative problems and complications
   phonosurgery
   physiologic management
   postoperative analgesia: Anes KQ2
   postoperative complications
      CCI 23
      pulmonary: Anes KQ3
   postoperative depression: CCI 49, CCI 50
   postoperative falls, prevention of: CCI 51
   postoperative function, scoring system for: CCI 25
   postoperative management
   postoperative mortality: CCI 21
   postoperative outcome, factors that influence: Supplement 1 updates
   postoperative planning and coordination
   postoperative quality of life: GenSurg 37
   postoperative research agenda
   postoperative sleep disturbances: CCI 56
   postoperative stress response: CCI 5
   preoperative assessment
      Anes KQ1
      and anesthesia
      progress in
   preoperative interventions: CCI 29
   preoperative optimization
   preoperative predictors of functional outcomes: CCI 18
   preoperative preparation: CCI 24, CCI 38, CCI 39
   preoperative research agenda
   preoperative risk assessment
   preoperative risk factors for falls: CCI 51
   preventive nutrition for high-risk patients: CCI 31
   procedures and outcomes: Supplement 1 updates
   research findings
   referral to: CardiacSurg KQ4
   resuscitation during: CCI 37
   risk assessment
      Anes 2, new research
      CCI 20
   risk-benefit projections: GenSurg KQ3
   risk factors
      CCI 21
      CCI 24
      GenSurg 1, new research
      stratified: CCI 24
   risk factors for fluid and electrolyte problems: CCI 32
   scoring system for: CCI 25
   and sexuality: CCI 58
   short hospital stay: GenSurg 2, new research
   stress of: CCI 2, CCI 4
   surgical site infections: GenSurg 49
   team function and: CCI 69, CCI 70
   timing of
      Anes 4, new research
      Anes 6, new research
Surgical emergency, pathophysiology of: GenSurg KQ2
Surgical specialty societies: CCI 39
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program
   cervical cancer screening
   lung cancer screening
   operative mortality for esophagectomy
   survival rates for breast cancer
SUU. See Society of University Urologists
Swallowing, implantable devices for assistance in: Otolaryn KQ7
Swallowing disorders
   new agenda items
   progress in
   therapy outcomes: Otolaryn 32
Swallowing evaluation: Otolaryn 18, new research
Sympathetic nervous system
Systems interventions

T
T cells: CCI 1
Tai Chi
   and falls
   and fear of falling
Tamoxifen therapy
   for breast cancer
      and cardiovascular endpoints
      GenSurg 9, new research
      GenSurg 10, new research
      research findings
      results
   for osteoporosis
   plus surgery
      for breast cancer
      GenSurg 9, new research
Tandem Gait test
Task-based training for function
Task-specific resistive exercise
Team approach
   and process of care
   and outcomes: CCI 69
   referral to geriatric teams: EmergMed 14, new research
   to rehabilitation
      Rehab 14, new research
      Rehab 15
Temperature management, perioperative: Anes 11, new research
Temporal bone pathology: Otolaryn 10, new research
Temporal bone studies: Otolaryn 15, new research
Tension-free vaginal tape
Terminology, rehabilitation
   Rehab 1, new research
   Rehab KQ3, new research
Testing. See also Assessment; Screening
   preoperative, Figure 2.4
Tetanus immunity: EmergMed 54
Therapeutic recreation therapists
Thoracic surgery, general geriatric. See also specific disorders, procedures
   key research questions
   literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
   new agenda items
   perioperative care: ThoracicSurg KQ2
   preoperative preparation: ThoracicSurg KQ1
   preoperative testing, Figure 2.4
   quality-of-life outcomes: ThoracicSurg KQ3
   Supplement 1 updates
   video-assisted
      for empyema
      for lobectomy: ThoracicSurg 8, new research
Thoracic Surgery Directors Associations (TSDA)
Thoracoscopic lobectomy: ThoracicSurg 8
Thoracoscopy
Thromboembolism. See also Deep-vein thrombosis
   intraoperative
      Anes 9, new research
      Anes 10, new research
   in joint replacement surgery
   preventive regimens for: Ortho 22, new research
   Pulmonary Embolism Prevention (PEP) trial
   risk of: Anes 16, new research
Thrombolytic therapy: GenSurg 31, new research
Thyroid carcinoma
Thyroid disease
   malignant nodules: GenSurg 37
   new agenda items
   Supplement 1 updates
Thyroid tests, preoperative
Thyroid tumors: GenSurg 37
Tibia components, metal-backed or all-polyethylene: Ortho 18, new research
Timed Get Up and Go test, new research
Tissue-engineering–based treatment strategies for dysphagia: Otolaryn 33
Tissue healing: Ortho 10, new research
Tissue plasminogen activator: EmergMed 57
Tongue cancer: Otolaryn 22, new research
Topical immune modulators: Gyn 37, new research
Toremifene, and cardiovascular disease
Total joint replacement
   in ankle
   deep-vein thrombosis prophylaxis after: Ortho 22, new research
   for fractures close to joints: Ortho 31
   in hip
      for femoral neck fractures
         new research in
         Supplement 1 updates
      new research in
      preoperative testing, Figure 2.4
      rehabilitation after
      Supplement 1 updates
      surgical approaches: Ortho 11, new research
   in knee
      for comminuted distal femur fracture: Ortho 19, new research
      gait and balance benefits: Ortho 20, new research
      hip fracture and: Ortho 20, new research
      hylan and hyaluronate injections and: Ortho 7, new research
      new research
      rehabilitation after
      risk factors: Ortho 16, new research
   in shoulder: Ortho 21, new research
Traffic accidents
   among elderly drivers: Ophth 18, Ophth 21
   mandatory vision screening and: Ophth 17
   visual improvement or stabilization and: Ophth KQ1
Transdermal estrogen replacement: Gyn 44, new research
Transitional cell carcinoma
   of upper urinary tract
   of urinary bladder
Transmyocardial laser revascularization
Transplantation
   cardiac
   renal
      literature review methods
      needed research in, Supplement 1 updates
      Supplement 1 updates
      Urol 26, new research
      Urol KQ1
Transurethral microwave therapy for BPH: cost effectiveness
Transurethral needle ablation of the prostate
Transurethral resection of the prostate
   early
      Urol 15, new research
      Urol 16, new research
   needed research in: Urol 14, new research
Trastuzumab: GenSurg 41
Trauma
   blunt
      EmergMed 60
      invasive monitoring and aggressive resuscitation in: EmergMed KQ3
      risk of multiple-organ failure and death after: EmergMed 29, new research
   drug and ethanol interactions: CCI 16
   geriatric trauma survival score
   Major Trauma Outcome Study (ACS)
   new agenda items
   North Carolina Trauma Registry
   Northeastern Ohio Trauma Study
   penetrating
      in emergency department
      EmergMed 60
   prediction of outcomes: EmergMed 28, new research
   standardization of outcomes: EmergMed 27, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Trauma Score (TS)
Traumatic brain injury: Rehab 35
Triage Risk Screening Tool
TSDA. See Thoracic Surgery Directors Associations
Tympanic membrane, diseases of, progress in

U
Ulcers
   peptic
      complications of: GenSurg 13, new research
      emergency surgery for
         GenSurg 15, new research
         GenSurg 16, new research
      presentation and pathophysiology of: GenSurg 12, new research
      risk factors for: GenSurg 14, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
      ulcer disease
   pressure
      postoperative: CCI 52
      prevention
      prevention and treatment strategies: GenSurg 36, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
Ultrasound
   endoscopic bronchoscopic biopsy
   for fracture healing: Ortho 34, new research
Uniform Data System
United Kingdom General Practice Research Database
Upper abdominal surgery
Urge incontinence: Urol 6, new research
Urgency Questionnaire
Urinalysis, preoperative
Urinary incontinence
   assessment of: Urol 2, new research
   biobehavioral therapies for, needed research in
   complementary therapy for: Urol 6, new research
   diagnostic evaluation
   early surgery for
      Urol 8, new research
      Urol 9, new research
   epidemiology of
   functional
   and health-related quality of life: CCI 59
   imaging techniques
      Urol 3, new research
      Urol 4, new research
   literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
   natural history of: Urol KQ1
   needed research in, Supplement 1 updates
   pharmacotherapy for, needed research in
   postoperative
   Supplement 1 updates
   surgery for: Gyn 20
   survey instruments: Urol 2, new research
   treatment
   types of
   urodynamic studies
      Urol 3, new research
      Urol 4, new research
Urinary retention
   chronic pain therapy and: Anes 38, new research
   postoperative: Anes 30, new research
Urinary tract infections
   antibiotic therapy for: Urol 12, new research
   literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
   natural history of
      Urol 11, new research
      Urol KQ1
   operational definition of: Urol 10, new research
   preventive therapy: Urol 11, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Urinary tract stone disease
   pathophysiology and natural history of: Urol KQ1
   Supplement 1 updates
   surgery for: Urol 25, new research
Urodynamic studies
   Urol 3, new research
   Urol 4, new research
Urogenital atrophy, dyspareunia secondary to: Gyn 47, new research
Urogenital health
   estrogen replacement therapy and: Gyn 32, new research
   estrogen therapy and
      Gyn 32, new research
      Gyn 33
   maintenance of: Gyn KQ2
   Supplement 1 updates
Urologic disorders, early surgery for: Urol KQ2
Urologic malignancy: Urol KQ1
Urology, geriatric. See also specific disorders, procedures
   key research questions
   literature review methods, Supplement 1 updates
   longitudinal outcomes: Urol KQ3
   new agenda items
   Supplement 1 updates
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, recommendations for screening for visual impairment
UTIs. See Urinary tract infections

V
Vacuum erection devices: Urol 24, new research
Vaginal cancer, risk factors: Gyn 52
Vaginal delivery, and pelvic organ prolapse: Gyn 19, new research
Vaginal estrogen replacement
Vaginal tape, tension-free
Valve surgery, cardiac
   CardiacSurg 25, new research
   changing pattern of patients undergoing
   Supplement 1 updates
Valvular heart surgery: changing pattern of patients undergoing
Valvular prostheses, mechanical: CardiacSurg 18, new research
Vascular disease, atherosclerotic
Vascular radiology, interventional: GenSurg 31, new research
Vascular reconstruction, infrainguinal
Vascular repair: CCI 1
Vena cava filters: CCI 41
Venous thromboembolism
Ventilatory response (VI) to hypoxia, Figure 2.2
VERT trial. See Vertebral Efficacy with Risedronate Therapy trial
Vertebral compression fractures
Vertebral Efficacy with Risedronate Therapy (VERT) trial
Vertebroplasty: Ortho 42, new research
Vertigo
Vestibular rehabilitation
Vestibular system
   disorders of: progress in
   Otolaryn 15, new research
   peripheral: Otolaryn KQ2, Supplement 1 updates
Vestibular testing: Otolaryn 14
Vestibular therapy: Otolaryn 25
Veterans Affairs Low-Vision Visual Functioning Questionnaire
Veterans Affairs stroke study
Veterans Health Administration guidelines for stroke rehabilitation
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)
   for empyema
   for lobectomy: ThoracicSurg 8, new research
Video imaging studies
Vinorelbine, for lung cancer
Vision
   distance testing
   low
      definition of
      rehabilitation of
         Ophth 2, new research
         Ophth 16
         Ophth KQ1
      Supplement 1 updates
      therapy for: Ophth 41, new research
   and outcomes
   stabilization or improvement of
      and delirium in hospitalized elderly patients: Ophth 23, new research
      in glaucoma: Ophth 33, new research
      and length of hospital stay: Ophth 23, new research
      Ophth KQ1
Vision measures, in elderly surgical patients: CCI 55
Vision screening
   efficacy of: Ophth 25, new research
   in emergency department patients
   mandatory: Ophth 17
   Ophth KQ3
   recommendations for: Ophth 24, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Visual acuity testing
Visual aids
Visual function assessment tools
   in glaucoma
   new research
Visual Function Index
Visual-functioning index (VF-7)
Visual Functioning Scale (VF-14)
   after cataract surgery
   in glaucoma
   measuring impact of visual loss on functional ability
Visual loss
   assessment of
      Ophth 1, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   definition of
   and delirium
   and dementia
      Ophth 11, new research
      Ophth 12, new research
      Ophth 13, new research
      Ophth 14, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   and depression
      Ophth 8, new research
      Ophth 9, new research
      Ophth 10, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   and driving performance
      Ophth 19
      Ophth 20
      Supplement 1 updates
   and falls
      new agenda items
      Ophth 2, new research
      Ophth 4, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   functional, risk factors: Ophth KQ3
   functional outcomes in: Ophth 1, new research
   and hearing loss: Supplement 1 updates
   and hospitalization
      Ophth 23, new research
      Supplement 1 updates
   and institutional residence
   and institutionalized populations: Ophth 44
   intervention methods: Ophth KQ2
   and length of hospital stay: Ophth 22
   and loss of independence or decreases in overall function: Ophth 15
   measures and levels of
   measuring impact on functional ability: Supplement 1 updates
   measuring impact on visual function
   moderate
   and mortality: Ophth 43
   outcome measures: Ophth KQ2
   and overall function: Supplement 1 updates
   quality-of-life measures for
   scope of the problem: Supplement 1 updates
   and specific geriatric conditions: Supplement 1 updates
   timing for intervention: Ophth KQ2
   types associated with depression: Ophth 8, new research
Visual measures: Ophth KQ3
Visual rehabilitation
   CCI 55
   low-vision rehabilitation
      Ophth 2, new research
      Ophth 16
      Ophth 42
      Ophth KQ1
Vitamin D supplements
   best form of supplementation, Gyn 91
   costs and side effects: Gyn 88, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Voice changes with aging
   animal model: Otolaryn 35
   Supplement 1 updates
Voice disorders, age-related: Otolaryn 19, new research
Voice therapy
Vulnerable elderly subgroups: CCI 67
Vulvar cancer
   age-related factors: Gyn 35
   susceptibility profiles: Gyn 36
   topical immune modulators and: Gyn 37, new research
Vulvovaginal conditions
   Gyn 31, new research
   Gyn 38
   Supplement 1 updates

W
Warfarin, for DVT prophylaxis
WHI. See Women's Health Initiative
Women's health
   androgen replacement
      Gyn 42, new research
      Gyn 43, new research
   estrogen replacement therapy
      and Alzheimer's disease
         Gyn 71, new research
         Supplement 1 updates
      and breast cancer
         Gyn 73, new research
         Gyn 76, new research
      and cancer
      progress in
   gynecology: Supplement 1 updates
   Iowa Women's Health Study
   optimal time for calcium supplements: Gyn 89, new research
   osteoporosis, progress in
   routine care of well elderly women, progress in
   sexual dysfunction
      definition of: Gyn 102
      estrogen replacement and: Gyn 44, new research
      Gyn 39
      medications and: Gyn 40, new research
      new agenda items
      prevalence of: Gyn 103
      quality-of-life outcomes: Gyn 104
      Urol 22, new research
   sexuality
      Gyn 41, new research
      Gyn 45, new research
      new agenda items
      Supplement 1 updates
   urogenital health
      estrogen replacement therapy and: Gyn 32, new research
      estrogen therapy and
         Gyn 32, new research
         Gyn 33
Women's Health Initiative (WHI)
   estrogen replacement and cardiovascular disease, new research
   Memory Study, new research
World Health Organization
   conceptual framework for disability
   International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF): and outcomes of care
   recommendations for evaluation before anti-incontinence surgery
   recommendations for surgery for stress incontinence
Wound complications
   CardiacSurg 30, new research
   CardiacSurg 32, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Wound healing: CCI 8, CCI 9
Wound infection, postoperative: Anes 12, new research
Wrist fractures
   bone insufficiency and
   fixation methods: Ortho 40, new research
   graft material to supplement: Ortho 41, new research
   literature review methods
   management: Ortho 38, new research
   Supplement 1 updates
Wrist range of motion and strength necessary for ADLs: Ortho 38, new research

X
Xerostomia: progress in

Z
Zoster, acute: Anes 37, new research