Search results for "Geriatrics"
Comprehensive geriatric assessment improves survival in older adults, study finds
Comprehensive geriatric assessment of older adults appears to improve hospital survival, a new study indicates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/09/4.htm
9 Nov 2011
Clearing or clouding the mind?
Antipsychotics can resolve agitation in patients with delirium, but that may not provide much overall benefit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/delirium.htm
15 Nov 2011
Recent Research
Outpatient vs. inpatient PE treatment, handheld echocardiography and length of stay, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/rr.htm
15 Dec 2011
Recent Research
Hospitalist care and post-discharge costs, very elderly patients and vitamin K thromboprophylaxis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/01/rr.htm
15 Jan 2012
Recent Research
Early statin use in stroke, acute lung injury, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/02/rr.htm
15 Feb 2012
Take the C-TraIn
Oregon Health ##amp; Science University helped improve transitions by paying community clinics to serve as medical homes for low-income patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/03/ctrain.htm
15 Mar 2012
Patient-centered care: Not just a catchphrase
Better rapport between physicians and patients can help the latter get well, and keep them that way.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/08/coverstory.htm
15 Aug 2012
Guidance available for managing inappropriate meds, multiple comorbidities in the elderly
The American Geriatrics Society offers several updated resources for clinicians caring for elderly patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/10/03/7.htm
3 Oct 2012
Reviewing medications in elderly inpatients
Multiple medication use is common among the elderly, and carries inherent risks.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/meds.htm
15 Oct 2012
Hospital medicine matures
Post-acute care is emerging as a dedicated field of practice on a path similar to hospital medicine's a decade or so ago.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/coverstory.htm
15 Oct 2012