1. The study, presented here at the American Geriatrics Society 2008 Annual Meeting, was inspired by 2 earlier primary randomized trials. 这项研究发表于美国老年医学会2008年会，是受到两个稍早的初步随机试验所启发。
2. Notes:* Medicine including Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Respiratory Medicine, Medical Infectious Diseases but excluding Coronary Care Unit. 注：*内科包括内科医学、
3. "The goal of our work was not to make ophthalmologists into geriatricians, but to increase geriatrics expertise and awareness by ophthalmologists, " they write. 作者表示，我们的工作目标不是让眼科医生成为老年医学专家，而是增加眼科医生的老年医学专门技术和辨别力。
英英解释
n.
1. the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people
