Search results for "Geriatrics"
Mixing and matching can work for back pain
This issue details management of back pain, a forum on monkeypox, and pearls about diagnosing delirium.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/11/mixing-and-matching-can-work-for-back-pain.htm
1 Nov 2022
Can we stop the superbugs?
This issue covers antibiotic resistance among bacteria, ways to teach ambulatory care during a hospital residency, and a pair of stories about geriatrics.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/05/editors.htm
1 May 2017
PCP/EMS collaboration appeared to reduce ED visits for assisted-living residents who fall
In the intervention, paramedics responding to a fall followed a protocol that involved phone consultation with a physician and that assigned patients to one of three tiers based on their need for additional care.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/12/2.htm
12 Dec 2017
Resource use, outcomes of hospitalization may be associated with care continuity
Patients were more likely to be discharged home if they were cared for by their primary care physician versus by a hospitalist, while patients cared for by other generalists were less likely to be discharged home than patients cared for by hospitalists.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/21/4.htm
21 Nov 2017
High-value care a focus at Hospital Medicine 2017
Hospital Medicine 2017 featured advice on providing high-value care, from how to talk about the concept with patients to which tests and screens to give and which drugs to stop.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/07/high-value-care-a-focus-at-hospital-medicine-2017.htm
1 Jul 2017
Age only one consideration in post-MI drug therapy
To determine the best therapy for elderly patients after a heart attack, physicians should get to know their goals for their lives.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/09/age-only-one-consideration-in-post-mi-drug-therapy.htm
1 Sep 2020
Will baby boomers' clout lead to better care for the elderly?
Geriatrician and author Robert Butler, MD, has long been involved in activities that have changed the way the U.S. medical establishment and the public view aging.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/elderly.htm
1 Feb 2008
Action, advocacy, partnering for falls
Partnering with patients can make a big difference in preventing falls, which can result in lingering disability.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/03/action-advocacy-partnering-for-falls.htm
1 Mar 2018
Most sinusitis prescriptions exceed recommended duration, study finds
More than 20% of prescriptions were for a five-day course of azithromycin, a course that the Infectious Diseases Society of America explicitly recommends against because of its known association with the development of drug resistance.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/03/1.htm
3 Apr 2018
Squeezing in the cancer screening talk
By making the most of team members and technology, internists can free up valuable physician-patient interaction time to most effectively apply cancer screening guidelines.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/10/squeezing-in-the-cancer-screening-talk.htm
1 Oct 2019