Do elderly persons need to be encouraged to drink more fluids?

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2000, Pages

  Lindeman, Robert D ^a,b   Romero, Linda J ^a   Liang, Hwa Chi ^a   Baumgartner, Richard N ^a   Koehler, Kathleen M ^a   Garry, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; NITROGEN; SODIUM; UREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONSTIPATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FALLING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033921373     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.7.M361     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Russell RM, Rasmussen H, Lichtenstein AH. Modified food guide pyramid for people over seventy years of age. J Nutr. 1999;129:751-753.
2. Epstein M, Hollenberg NK. Age as a determinant of renal sodium conservation in normal men. J Lab Clin Med. 1976;87:411-417.
3. Rowe JW, Shock NW, DeFronzo RA. The influence of age on the renal response to water deprivation in man. Nephron. 1976;17:270-278.
4. Phillips PA, Rolls BJ, Ledingham JJG, et al. Reduced thirst after water deprivation in healthy elderly men. N Engl J Med. 1984;311:753-759.
5. Lindeman RD, Lee TD Jr, Yiengst MJ, et al. Influence of age, renal disease, hypertension, diuretics, and calcium on the antidiuretic response to suboptimal infusions of vasopressin. J Lab Clin Med. 1966; 68:206-223.
6. Romero LJ, Lindeman RD, Hundley R, et al. Outcome of recruitment and report on participation rate in the New Mexico Elder Health Survey. Ethn Dis. 1998;8:350-359.
7. Lindeman RD, Romero LJ, Hundley R, et al. Prevalences of type 2 diabetes, the insulin resistance syndrome, and coronary heart disease in an elderly, biethnic population. Diabetes Care. 1998;21:959-966.
8. Schatz IJ, Bannister R, Freeman RL, et al. Consensus statement on the definition of orthostatic hypotension, pure autonomic failure, and multiple systems atrophy. Neurology. 1996;46:1470-1471.
9. SAS Institute, Inc. SAS User's Guide: Basics, Version 6:10 Edition. Gary, NC: SAS Institute; 1995.
10. Snyder NA, Feigal DW, Arieff AI. Hypernatremia in elderly patients. A heterogenous, morbid, and iatrogenic entity. Ann Intern Med. 1987; 107:308-319.
11. Miller DK, Perry HM III, Morley JE. Relationship of dehydration and chronic renal insufficiency with function and cognitive status in older United States Blacks. In: Arnaud MJ, Baumgartner R, Morley JE, Rosenberg I, Toshikazu S, eds. Hydration and Aging. Facts, Research and Interventions in Geriatric Series. New York: Springer Publishing; 1998:149-159.
12. Miller PD, Krebs RA, Neal BJ, McIntyre DO. Hypodypsia in geriatric patients. Am J Med. 1982;73:354-356.
13. Kleinfeld M, Casimir M, Borra S. Hyponatremia as observed in a chronic disease facility. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1979;27:156-161.
14. Miller M, Morley JE, Rubenstein LZ. Hyponatremia in a nursing home population. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1995;43:1410-1413.
15. Sunderam SG, Mankiker GD. Hyponatremia in the elderly. Age Ageing 1983;12:77-80.
16. Miller M, Hecker MS, Friedlander DA, Carter JM. Apparent idiopathic hyponatremia in an ambulatory geriatric population. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1996;44:404-408.
17. Lindeman RD. Renal and urinary tract function. In: Masoro EJ, ed. Handbook of Physiology. New York: Oxford University Press; 1995: 485-503.
18. Lindeman RD. Aging and renal function. In: Arieff AI, DeFronzo RA, eds. Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid Base Disorders. 2nd ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1995:905-919.
19. Michaud DS, Spiegelman D, Clinton SK, et al. Fluid intake and the risk of bladder cancer in men. N Engl J Med. 1999;340:1390-1397.
20. Jones PA, Ross RK. Prevention of bladder cancer. N Engl J Med. 1999;340:1424-1426.