Predictors of histopathological esophagitis in infants and adolescents with esophageal atresia within a national follow-up programme.

Purpose: Esophageal atresia (EA) is a congenital anomaly of the foregut. Although the survival has improved over the years there is a significant gastrointestinal morbidity affecting physical function and health-related quality of life. The aims of the study were to identify and evaluate predictors of histopathological esophagitis in infants and adolescents with EA.

The difficulty of opening medicine containers in old age: a population-based study.

Objectives: To investigate elderly people's ability to open medicine containers, and how this ability correlates to some common disorders that may cause functional or cognitive impairment.

Methods: Cross-sectional study of older people age 81 years and older, from the second follow-up (1994-1996) of the Kungsholmen project, a population-based study of very old people in an urban area of Stockholm, Sweden. Six hundred and four persons (mean age 86.

Can elderly people take their medicine?

This study used performance tests to assess the cognitive, visual and physical abilities related to taking medicines in the elderly population. The study population consisted of the Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old (SWEOLD II), a nationally representative interview survey. SWEOLD II is a random sample of all community-based and institutionalized persons aged 77+ in Sweden.