Publications by authors named "Melissa K Andrew"

89Publications

Antibody and Cell-Mediated Immune Responses Are Correlates of Protection against Influenza Infection in Vaccinated Older Adults.

Authors:

Chris P Verschoor Melissa K Andrew Mark Loeb Graham Pawelec Laura Haynes George A Kuchel Janet E McElhaney

Vaccines (Basel) 2021 Jan 7;9(1). Epub 2021 Jan 7.

Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON P3E 5J1, Canada.

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January 2021

Persistent Functional Decline Following Hospitalization with Influenza or Acute Respiratory Illness.

Authors:

Melissa K Andrew Sarah MacDonald Judith Godin Janet E McElhaney Jason LeBlanc Todd F Hatchette William Bowie Kevin Katz Allison McGeer Makeda Semret Shelly A McNeil

J Am Geriatr Soc 2020 Dec 8. Epub 2020 Dec 8.

Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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December 2020

Midlife improvements in financial situation and dementia risk: considerations for research, policy, and practice.

Authors:

Melissa K Andrew

Int Psychogeriatr 2020 Nov;32(11):1271-1273

Departments of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 2E1, Canada.

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November 2020

Age and frailty in COVID-19 vaccine development.

Authors:

Melissa K Andrew Janet E McElhaney

Lancet 2021 12 19;396(10267):1942-1944. Epub 2020 Nov 19.

Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON, Canada.

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December 2021

CCCDTD5: Reducing the risk of later-life dementia. Evidence informing the Fifth Canadian Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia (CCCDTD-5).

Authors:

Kenneth Rockwood Melissa K Andrew Mylène Aubertin-Leheudre Sylvie Belleville Louis Bherer Susan K Bowles D Scott Kehler Andrew Lim Laura Middleton Natalie Phillips Lindsay M K Wallace

Alzheimers Dement (N Y) 2020 11;6(1):e12083. Epub 2020 Nov 11.

Division of Geriatric Medicine Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia Canada.

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November 2020

Recombinant Zoster Vaccine Is Efficacious and Safe in Frail Individuals.

Authors:

Desmond Curran Joon H Kim Sean Matthews Christophe Dessart Myron J Levin Lidia Oostvogels Megan E Riley Kenneth E Schmader Anthony L Cunningham Shelly A McNeil Anne E Schuind Melissa K Andrew

J Am Geriatr Soc 2020 Nov 16. Epub 2020 Nov 16.

Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.

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November 2020

Neuropathologic burden and the degree of frailty in relation to global cognition and dementia.

Authors:

Lindsay M K Wallace Olga Theou Sultan Darvesh David A Bennett Aron S Buchman Melissa K Andrew Susan A Kirkland John D Fisk Kenneth Rockwood

Neurology 2020 12 28;95(24):e3269-e3279. Epub 2020 Sep 28.

From the Departments of Medicine (L.M.K.W., O.T., S.D., M.K.A., J.D.F., K.R.), Physiotherapy (O.T.), Community Health and Epidemiology (S.K.), and Psychiatry (J.D.F.), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (D.A.B., A.S.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.

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December 2020

Influenza vaccination and the evolution of evidence-based recommendations for older adults: A Canadian perspective.

Authors:

Melissa K Andrew Shelly A McNeil

Vaccine 2020 Sep 19. Epub 2020 Sep 19.

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

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September 2020

Frailty among middle-aged and older Canadians: population norms for the frailty index using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Authors:

Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda Judith Godin Joshua J Armstrong Melissa K Andrew Arnold Mitnitski Susan Kirkland Kenneth Rockwood Olga Theou

Age Ageing 2020 Aug 13. Epub 2020 Aug 13.

Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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August 2020

Frailty Combined with Loneliness or Social Isolation: An Elevated Risk for Mortality in Later Life.

Authors:

Emiel O Hoogendijk Annelot P Smit Carmen van Dam Noah A Schuster Sascha de Breij Tjalling J Holwerda Martijn Huisman Elsa Dent Melissa K Andrew

J Am Geriatr Soc 2020 Nov 23;68(11):2587-2593. Epub 2020 Jul 23.

Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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November 2020

Complicated hospitalization due to influenza: results from the Global Hospital Influenza Network for the 2017-2018 season.

Authors:

Bruno Lina Alexandre Georges Elena Burtseva Marta C Nunes Melissa K Andrew Shelly A McNeil Guillermo M Ruiz-Palacios Luzhao Feng Jan Kyncl Philippe Vanhems Justin R Ortiz John Paget Robert C Reiner

BMC Infect Dis 2020 Jul 2;20(1):465. Epub 2020 Jul 2.

Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, Department of Health Metrics Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

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July 2020

Frailty Is Associated With Increased Hemagglutination-Inhibition Titers in a 4-Year Randomized Trial Comparing Standard- and High-Dose Influenza Vaccination.

Authors:

Nathalie Loeb Melissa K Andrew Mark Loeb George A Kuchel Laura Haynes Janet E McElhaney Chris P Verschoor

Open Forum Infect Dis 2020 May 24;7(5):ofaa148. Epub 2020 Apr 24.

Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

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May 2020

The immune response to influenza in older humans: beyond immune senescence.

Authors:

Janet E McElhaney Chris P Verschoor Melissa K Andrew Laura Haynes George A Kuchel Graham Pawelec

Immun Ageing 2020 7;17:10. Epub 2020 May 7.

1Health Sciences North Research Institute, 41 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 5J1 Canada.

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May 2020

Influenza Vaccination: Accelerating the Process for New Vaccine Development in Older Adults.

Authors:

Janet E McElhaney Melissa K Andrew Laura Haynes George A Kuchel Shelly A McNeil Graham Pawelec

Interdiscip Top Gerontol Geriatr 2020 9;43:98-112. Epub 2020 Apr 9.

Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

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September 2020

Exploring Clinically Meaningful Changes for the Frailty Index in a Longitudinal Cohort of Hospitalized Older Patients.

Authors:

Olga Theou Alexandra M van der Valk Judith Godin Melissa K Andrew Janet E McElhaney Shelly A McNeil Kenneth Rockwood

J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2020 Sep;75(10):1928-1934

Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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September 2020

Family doctors providing home visits in Nova Scotia: Who are they and how often does it happen?

Authors:

Melissa K Andrew Frederick Burge Emily Gard Marshall

Can Fam Physician 2020 04;66(4):275-280

Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS.

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April 2020

Age-stratified burden of pneumococcal community acquired pneumonia in hospitalised Canadian adults from 2010 to 2015.

BMJ Open Respir Res 2020 03;7(1)

Canadian Center for Vaccinology (CCfV), Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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March 2020

Frailty Hinders Recovery From Influenza and Acute Respiratory Illness in Older Adults.

Authors:

Caitlin Lees Judith Godin Janet E McElhaney Shelly A McNeil Mark Loeb Todd F Hatchette Jason LeBlanc William Bowie Guy Boivin Allison McGeer André Poirier Jeff Powis Makeda Semret Duncan Webster Melissa K Andrew

J Infect Dis 2020 Jul;222(3):428-437

Geriatric Medicine Research, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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July 2020

Influenza surveillance case definitions miss a substantial proportion of older adults hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza: A report from the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS) Network.

Authors:

Melissa K Andrew Janet E McElhaney Allison A McGeer Todd F Hatchette Jason Leblanc Duncan Webster William Bowie Andre Poirier Michaela K Nichols Shelly A McNeil

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2020 05 9;41(5):499-504. Epub 2020 Mar 9.

Department of Medicine (Geriatrics), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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May 2020

Above and beyond: A qualitative study of the work of nurses and care assistants in long term care.

Authors:

Emily Gard Marshall Melissa Power Nancy Edgecombe Melissa K Andrew

Work 2020 ;65(3):509-516

Department of Medicine (Geriatrics), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

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October 2020