Jean Pierre Michel

Summary

Affiliation: University Hospital
Country: Switzerland

Publications

  1. ncbi Hip fracture surgery: is the pre-operative American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score a predictor of functional outcome?
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Department of Geriatrics, University Hospitals, University Center for Interdisciplinary Gerontology, Geneva, Switzerland
    Aging Clin Exp Res 14:389-94. 2002
  2. ncbi Economic considerations of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders
    J P Michel
    Department of Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
    Aging (Milano) 13:255-60. 2001
  3. ncbi Flu vaccination policy in old adults: need for harmonization of national public health recommendations throughout Europe
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Geneva Medical School and University Hospitals, Chemin du Pont Bochet 3, 1226 Thonex, Geneva, Switzerland
    Vaccine 27:182-3. 2009
  4. ncbi Advocating vaccination of adults aged 60 years and older in Western Europe: statement by the Joint Vaccine Working Group of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society and the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics-European Region
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva Medical School and Univeristy Hospitals, Thonex Geneve, Switzerland
    Rejuvenation Res 12:127-35. 2009
  5. ncbi Coalition of advocates to vaccinate of Western European citizens aged 60 years and older
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva Medical School and University Hospitals, Chemin Pont Bochet, 3 Thonex Geneve, CH 1226, Switzerland
    Aging Clin Exp Res 21:254-7. 2009
  6. ncbi Updated vaccine guidelines for aging and aged citizens of Europe
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva Medical School and University Hospitals, Chemin Pont Bochet, 3 Thonex Geneve, Switzerland
    Expert Rev Vaccines 9:7-10. 2010
  7. ncbi Medical challenges of improving the quality of a longer life
    Jean-Pierre Michel
    Department of Geriatrics and Rehabilitation, University of Geneva, , , Switzerland
    JAMA 299:688-90. 2008
  8. ncbi Looking forward to a general theory on population aging
    Jean Marie Robine
    Geriatric Department, Geneva University Hospitals, CH 1226, Thonex Geneva, Switzerland
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 59:M590-7. 2004
  9. ncbi Promoting life course vaccination
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Medical School and University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
    Rejuvenation Res 14:75-81. 2011
  10. ncbi [Healthy aging: the Swiss experience]
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Departement de Geriatrie, Hopitaux Universitaires de Geneve, 3, chemin du Pont Bochet, CH 1226 Thonex, Suisse
    C R Biol 325:693-6. 2002

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Publications58

  1. ncbi Hip fracture surgery: is the pre-operative American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score a predictor of functional outcome?
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Department of Geriatrics, University Hospitals, University Center for Interdisciplinary Gerontology, Geneva, Switzerland
    Aging Clin Exp Res 14:389-94. 2002
    ..The purpose of this study was to determine the predictive value of peri- and intra-operative factors, and more specifically of the pre-operative American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score on functional outcome in these patients...
  2. ncbi Economic considerations of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders
    J P Michel
    Department of Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
    Aging (Milano) 13:255-60. 2001
    ..Thus, directing efforts at early diagnosis and delaying nursing home placement are two key cost-containment interventions. In this respect, the need to support informal care should not be underestimated...
  3. ncbi Flu vaccination policy in old adults: need for harmonization of national public health recommendations throughout Europe
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Geneva Medical School and University Hospitals, Chemin du Pont Bochet 3, 1226 Thonex, Geneva, Switzerland
    Vaccine 27:182-3. 2009
    ..Combined results of these two studies advocate for promoting efficient, cost-effective and sustainable vaccine programme endorsed by all the National governments in Europe...
  4. ncbi Advocating vaccination of adults aged 60 years and older in Western Europe: statement by the Joint Vaccine Working Group of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society and the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics-European Region
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva Medical School and Univeristy Hospitals, Thonex Geneve, Switzerland
    Rejuvenation Res 12:127-35. 2009
    ..Improved vaccination rates will promote healthy aging by reducing the burden of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases in older populations, a population that is rapidly increasing in Europe...
  5. ncbi Coalition of advocates to vaccinate of Western European citizens aged 60 years and older
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva Medical School and University Hospitals, Chemin Pont Bochet, 3 Thonex Geneve, CH 1226, Switzerland
    Aging Clin Exp Res 21:254-7. 2009
    ..Both healthcare professionals and consumers associations have a critical role to play in the implementation of such consensus clinical guidelines...
  6. ncbi Updated vaccine guidelines for aging and aged citizens of Europe
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva Medical School and University Hospitals, Chemin Pont Bochet, 3 Thonex Geneve, Switzerland
    Expert Rev Vaccines 9:7-10. 2010
    ....
  7. ncbi Medical challenges of improving the quality of a longer life
    Jean-Pierre Michel
    Department of Geriatrics and Rehabilitation, University of Geneva, , , Switzerland
    JAMA 299:688-90. 2008
  8. ncbi Looking forward to a general theory on population aging
    Jean Marie Robine
    Geriatric Department, Geneva University Hospitals, CH 1226, Thonex Geneva, Switzerland
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 59:M590-7. 2004
    ..quot; This theory has to be based on a world harmonization of functional decline measurements and a periodic "International Aging Survey" to monitor global aging through a sample of carefully selected countries...
  9. ncbi Promoting life course vaccination
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Medical School and University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
    Rejuvenation Res 14:75-81. 2011
    ..The midlife vaccine gap drastically impacts health in later life, especially in unvaccinated and older populations. These arguments underline the need for a preventive lifelong health perspective from childhood through old age...
  10. ncbi [Healthy aging: the Swiss experience]
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Departement de Geriatrie, Hopitaux Universitaires de Geneve, 3, chemin du Pont Bochet, CH 1226 Thonex, Suisse
    C R Biol 325:693-6. 2002
    ..Explanations of these outstanding medical progresses on longevity and socio-economical challenges of extreme ageing are discussed in the world context...
  11. ncbi [Tomorrow, who will take care of the elderly? The oldest old support ratio]
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Geriatrie, Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève Suisse, 40A route de Malagou 1208 Genève Suisse
    Bull Acad Natl Med 194:793-801; discussion 801-4. 2010
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  12. ncbi Geriatrics is the youngest of the big clinical disciplines
    Jean-Pierre Michel
    Department of Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 57:M812-3. 2002
  13. ncbi Interdisciplinary geriatric and psychiatric care reduces potentially inappropriate prescribing in the hospital: interventional study in 150 acutely ill elderly patients with mental and somatic comorbid conditions
    Pierre Olivier Lang
    Department of Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Medical School and University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
    J Am Med Dir Assoc 13:406.e1-7. 2012
    ..Potentially inappropriate medications and prescription omissions (PO) are highly prevalent in older patients with mental comorbidities...
  14. ncbi Cortical microinfarcts and demyelination significantly affect cognition in brain aging
    Eniko Kovari
    Department of Psychiatry, HUG Belle Idée, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
    Stroke 35:410-4. 2004
    ..To evaluate the cognitive consequences of such lesions, we prospectively investigated elderly individuals with various degrees of cognitive impairment but without significant neurofibrillary tangle pathology or macrovascular lesions...
  15. ncbi Upper extremity fractures in the elderly: consequences on utilization of rehabilitation care
    Anne Lubbeke
    Service de chirurgie orthopedique et traumatologie de l appareil moteur, Hopital Cantonal Universitaire de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland
    Aging Clin Exp Res 17:276-80. 2005
    ..The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to evaluate rehabilitation care utilization and associated factors in elderly individuals with upper limb fracture...
  16. ncbi Geriatrics index of comorbidity was the most accurate predictor of death in geriatric hospital among six comorbidity scores
    Dina Zekry
    Rehabilitation and Geriatrics Department, Geneva University, chemin du Pont Bochet, Thonex, Switzerland
    J Clin Epidemiol 63:1036-44. 2010
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  17. ncbi Clinicopathological validation study of four sets of clinical criteria for vascular dementia
    Gabriel Gold
    Department of Geriatrics, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
    Am J Psychiatry 159:82-7. 2002
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  18. ncbi Telomere length is not predictive of dementia or MCI conversion in the oldest old
    Dina Zekry
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Switzerland
    Neurobiol Aging 31:719-20. 2010
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  19. ncbi Mild cognitive impairment, degenerative and vascular dementia as predictors of intra-hospital, short- and long-term mortality in the oldest old
    Dina Zekry
    Rehabilitation and Geriatrics Department, University of Geneva, Thonex, Switzerland
    Aging Clin Exp Res 23:60-6. 2011
    ..We investigated intra-hospital, 1- and 5-year mortality risk associated with dementia and its various etiologies in a very old population after discharge from acute care...
  20. ncbi Feasibility and reliability of four pain self-assessment scales and correlation with an observational rating scale in hospitalized elderly demented patients
    Sophie Pautex
    Department of Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:524-9. 2005
    ..The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and reliability of four pain self-assessment scales in this population and compare their performance to an observational pain rating scale...
  21. ncbi Who will care for the oldest people in our ageing society?
    Jean Marie Robine
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva Medical School and University Hospitals, 1226 Thonex Geneva, Switzerland
    BMJ 334:570-1. 2007
  22. ncbi Cognitive consequences of thalamic, basal ganglia, and deep white matter lacunes in brain aging and dementia
    Gabriel Gold
    Department of Geriatrics, HUG Belle Idée, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
    Stroke 36:1184-8. 2005
    ....
  23. ncbi Prospective comparison of six co-morbidity indices as predictors of 5 years post hospital discharge survival in the elderly
    Dina Zekry
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Thonex, Switzerland
    Rejuvenation Res 13:675-82. 2010
    ..We conclude that the CIRS and the GIC may improve hospital discharge planning as being useful for clinical decision-making purposes and for clinical research in older patients...
  24. ncbi Expression of mRNA for ROS-generating NADPH oxidases in the aging stomach
    Nathalie Salles
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
    Exp Gerontol 40:353-7. 2005
    ..01). We conclude that in elderly patients the gastric mRNA expression of the ROS-generating enzyme NOX2 increases as a function of age, possibly contributing to stomach aging and gastric vulnerability of the elderly...
  25. ncbi [What do we learn from the SAFEs cohort to fit hospital care models for aged inpatient?]
    Pierre Olivier Lang
    Hopitaux Universitaires de Geneve, hôpital des Trois Chêne, Département de réhabilitation et gériatrie, 1226 Genève, Suisse
    Presse Med 39:1132-42. 2010
    ..Such health policy will have to target the care networks as a whole and lead to specific and adequate financing assistances...
  26. ncbi Pain in severe dementia: self-assessment or observational scales?
    Sophie Pautex
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
    J Am Geriatr Soc 54:1040-5. 2006
    ..To assess the performance of self-assessment scales in severely demented hospitalized patients and to compare it with observational data...
  27. ncbi Efficiency and applicability of comprehensive geriatric assessment in the emergency department: a systematic review
    Christophe E Graf
    Rehabilitation and Geriatrics Department, Geneva University Hospitals, 3, chemin du Pont Bochet, Thonex, Switzerland
    Aging Clin Exp Res 23:244-54. 2011
    ..This review ends by suggesting a short assessment of CGA to be used in ED and ways to improve home discharge management from ED...
  28. ncbi Immunosenescence: Implications for vaccination programmes in adults
    Pierre Olivier Lang
    Department of Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Medical School and University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
    Maturitas 68:322-30. 2011
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  29. ncbi Demented versus non-demented very old inpatients: the same comorbidities but poorer functional and nutritional status
    Dina Zekry
    Geneva University, Rehabilitation and Geriatrics Department, 3, chemin du Pont Bochet, CH 1226, Thonex, Switzerland
    Age Ageing 37:83-9. 2008
    ..demented patients have been reported to be healthier than other old people of the same age...
  30. ncbi Europe-wide survey of teaching in geriatric medicine
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva Medical School and University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
    J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1536-42. 2008
    ..Several different innovative strategies are proposed...
  31. ncbi End-of-life care of persons with dementia
    Jean Pierre Michel
    Geriatric Department, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 57:M640-4. 2002
    ..This goal includes the improvement of our communication skills with the patient, and the facilitation of interdisciplinary exchanges with the caregiver's team and with the family members to allow acceptance of the death...
  32. ncbi Frailty syndrome: a transitional state in a dynamic process
    Pierre Olivier Lang
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Medical School and University Hospitals of Geneva, Hospital of Trois Chêne, Geneva, Switzerland
    Gerontology 55:539-49. 2009
    ..We therefore provide an update of the physiopathology and clinical and biological characteristics of the frailty process and speculate on possible preventative approaches...
  33. ncbi Natural history of older adults with impaired kidney function: the InCHIANTI study
    Sandra V Giannelli
    Department of Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
    Rejuvenation Res 14:513-23. 2011
    ..Older people with CKD displayed a low progression of renal disease and therefore are at higher risk for co-morbidities related to CKD than for progression to end-stage renal disease...
  34. ncbi The FIM instrument to identify patients at risk of falling in geriatric wards: a 10-year retrospective study
    Nicolas Julien Petitpierre
    Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
    Age Ageing 39:326-31. 2010
    ..the main objective was to evaluate if the admission functional independence measure (FIM) score could be used to predict the risk of falls in geriatric inpatients...
  35. ncbi Potentially inappropriate prescribing including under-use amongst older patients with cognitive or psychiatric co-morbidities
    Pierre Olivier Lang
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Medical School and University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
    Age Ageing 39:373-81. 2010
    ..the study aimed to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for inappropriate prescribing (IP) and prescribing omission (PO) in elderly with mental co-morbidities...
  36. ncbi Association between social relationships and survival of Swiss octogenarians. A five-year prospective, population-based study
    Edith Guilley
    Centre for Interdisciplinary Gerontology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
    Aging Clin Exp Res 17:419-25. 2005
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  37. ncbi [Vaccination: a programme for the whole life]
    Pierre Olivier Lang
    Département de réhabilitation et gériatrie, hôpital des Trois Chêne, HUG
    Rev Med Suisse 6:2118-24. 2010
    ....
  38. ncbi Non-invasive (transcutaneous) monitoring of PCO2 (TcPCO2) in older adults
    Jean Paul Janssens
    Geriatric University Hospital, Thonex, Switzerland
    Gerontology 51:174-8. 2005
    ..However, age-related changes in skin perfusion, metabolism, or thickness may alter the validity of the technique...
  39. ncbi [STOPP-START: adaptation of a French language screening tool for detecting inappropriate prescriptions in older people]
    Pierre Olivier Lang
    Service de Geriatrie, Département de réhabilitation et gériatrie, hôpitaux universitaires et faculté de médecine de Genève, Suisse
    Can J Public Health 100:426-31. 2009
    ..An adaptation of the tool into French language is presented here...
  40. ncbi [Herpes zoster in old adults]
    Pierre Olivier Lang
    Département de réhabilitation et gériatrie, Faculté de médecine et Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, CH 1226 Thônex Genève, Suisse
    Presse Med 38:571-83. 2009
    ..A recent advance in primary prevention is approval of a vaccine (Zostavax) to prevent herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in subjects 60 years or older...
  41. ncbi Does dementia predict adverse hospitalization outcomes? A prospective study in aged inpatients
    Dina Zekry
    Rehabilitation and Geriatrics Department, Geneva University, Thonex, Switzerland
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 24:283-91. 2009
    ..Dementia is often considered a predictor of adverse hospitalization outcomes. However, the relative contributions of dementia and other risk factors remain unclear...
  42. ncbi Decreased theta event-related synchronization during working memory activation is associated with progressive mild cognitive impairment
    Pascal Missonnier
    Neuroimaging Unit, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
    Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 22:250-9. 2006
    ..This phenomenon is not related to working memory load but may reflect the presence of early deficits in directed attention-related neural circuits in MCI...
  43. ncbi Appropriateness of hospital use: comparison between elderly patients' point of view and a structured questionnaire
    Christophe Luthy
    Division of General Medical Rehabilitation, Geneva University Hospitals, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
    Age Ageing 36:681-4. 2007
  44. ncbi Commentary: European initiatives and future fields of interest in geriatric medicine
    Reto W Kressig
    Geriatric Department, Medical School and University Hospitals of Geneva, Route de Mon-Idee CH, 1226 Thonex-Geneve, Switzerland
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 59:1163-4; discussion 1132-52. 2004
  45. ncbi Gait variability while dual-tasking: fall predictor in older inpatients?
    Reto W Kressig
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
    Aging Clin Exp Res 20:123-30. 2008
    ..We therefore sought to determine, in an acute geriatric setting, whether gait variability in single- (i.e., usual walking) or dual-task conditions can predict inpatient falls...
  46. ncbi Prevalence and prediction of previously unknown MRSA carriage on admission to a geriatric hospital
    Hugo Sax
    Infection Control Program, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
    Age Ageing 34:456-62. 2005
    ..Once validated in a clinical trial, our risk score may be used as a tool to optimise MRSA control...
  47. ncbi Comparative value of medical diagnosis versus physical functioning in predicting the 6-year survival of 1951 hospitalized old patients
    Emilia Frangos Lordos
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva Medical School and University Hospitals, 3 chemin du Pont Bochet, Thonex-Geneve, Switzerland
    Rejuvenation Res 11:829-36. 2008
  48. ncbi Stop shingles in its tracks
    Pierre Olivier Lang
    University Hospitals and Medical School of Geneva, Thonex Geneva, Switzerland
    J Fam Pract 58:531-4. 2009
    ..Do not prescribe tricyclic antidepressants or corticosteroids in the acute phase of HZ...
  49. ncbi Procalcitonin and infection in elderly patients
    Fabien Stucker
    Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
    J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1392-5. 2005
    ..This finding may also be related to aging per se. CONCLUSION: PCT may be useful to identify severely ill elderly patients admitted to an acute geriatric ward but not to discriminate patients with infection from those without...
  50. ncbi Effect of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, educational program on the use of antibiotics in a geriatric university hospital
    Monika Lutters
    Department of Geriatrics, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
    J Am Geriatr Soc 52:112-6. 2004
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  51. ncbi [Prevalence of dementia in the City of Zurich]
    Michal Gostynski
    Institut für Sozial und Präventivmedizin, Universitat Zurich
    Soz Praventivmed 47:330-5. 2002
    ..The purpose of the study was to estimate the prevalence rate of dementia (PRD) in relation to age, gender, and ApoE-genotype...
  52. ncbi New health care challenges for the "old Europe"
    Jean-Pierre Michel
    Wien Klin Wochenschr 115:273-4. 2003
  53. ncbi [The economical impact of dementia]
    Sylvie Bonin-Guillaume
    , , CHU Nord
    Presse Med 34:35-41. 2005
    ..The current question is to know whether present and future medical treatments will be able to reduce the tremendous financial costs of this chronic disease...
  54. ncbi Early event-related potential changes during working memory activation predict rapid decline in mild cognitive impairment
    Pascal Missonnier
    Neuroimaging Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Hospitals Geneva, ch. Pont-Bochet 3, , Switzerland
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:660-6. 2005
    ..They also reveal that the absence of the PN(wm) component may provide an easily applicable qualitative predictive marker of rapid cognitive deterioration in MCI...
  55. ncbi Commentary on "Embracing complexity: A consideration of hypertension in the very old"
    Jean-Pierre Michel
    University of Geriatric Institute-Geneva, Switzerland
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 58:665-6; discussion 669-70. 2003
  56. ncbi Frailty judgment by hospital team members: degree of agreement and survival prediction
    Francois R Herrmann
    J Am Geriatr Soc 53:916-7. 2005
  57. ncbi Endocarditis in older people
    Didier Schoevaerdts
    Age Ageing 31:219-20. 2002
  58. ncbi Varicella-zoster vaccine
    Pierre-Olivier Lang
    N Engl J Med 357:89. 2007