[Old people in the Emergency Department; Icelandic results from the InterRAI multinational ED study].

Introduction: Old people attend emergency departments (ED´s) in increasing numbers. Old people have age related changes in all organ systems and tend to have multiple chronic diseases, be on multiple medications and often have physical and cognitive functional impairments. Hence, they have complex health and social service needs.

Prevalence of airflow obstruction in nonsmoking older individuals using different spirometric criteria: the AGES Reykjavik Study.

Background: The prevalence and characteristics of airway obstruction in older individuals varies widely with the definition used. We used a random sample of never smoking older population in Iceland to compare the prevalence and clinical profile of subjects diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) based on different spirometric criteria.

Material And Methods: The study uses data from the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study, comprising survivors from the Reykjavik Study.

[The efficacy of high frequency ventilation in severe neonatal respiratory failure].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of high frequency ventilation (HFV) in infants failing conventional ventilator therapy at our institution.

Study Group And Methods: Medical records of all infants managed on HFV after having failed conventional ventilator management from 1994-2004 were reviewed. Ventilatory settings, blood gases and pH just prior to starting HFV, and two and four hours after starting HFV were recorded.