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Geriatrics

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    Nutritional Support Improves Mortality in Frail, Elderly Patients

    March 1, 2023

    Clinical question: Is there a mortality benefit to optimizing nutritional status for malnourished patients with age-related frailty? Background: Age-related frailty syndrome has been associated with...

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    Acute Care for the Elderly in the Home Environment Increased Physical Activity Levels While Lowering Costs, Health Care Use, and Readmissions

    September 1, 2022

    Dr. Nagaraj Clinical question: Can hospital-level care be provided in the home environment to reduce costs without compromising the quality of care in the U.S.? Background: Inpatient care is...

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    What Medications Prevent Delirium in Elderly Medical Inpatients?

    May 2, 2022

    Case A 79-year-old man with a history of ischemic stroke five months ago presents with fever and shortness of breath. He is admitted for hypoxia secondary to suspected aspiration pneumonia and...

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    Non-gastrointestinal complications, including ischemic stroke, are more common than bleeding or perforation following screening colonoscopy in older adults

    May 2, 2022

    Clinical question: What serious non-gastrointestinal adverse events are due to screening colonoscopy? Dr. Gordon Background: Although the gastrointestinal (GI) risks of colonoscopy have been...

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    No serious CV risks for elderly after Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

    December 2, 2021

    A French study adds to other evidence that the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine does not increase the risk for serious cardiovascular adverse events in elderly individuals.

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    No short-term death risk in elderly after COVID-19 vaccines

    October 13, 2021

    Early reports of deaths shortly after mRNA-based vaccination of very frail elderly patients in Norway prompted a nationwide safety study.

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    Omega-3s tame inflammation in elderly COVID-19 patients

    October 13, 2021

    Those who received an intravenous infusion had significant decreases from baseline to end of treatment in the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.

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    Nutritional support may be lifesaving in heart failure

    May 6, 2021

    Patients with high-risk chronic heart failure given individualized nutritional support in-hospital had lower mortality following discharge, a new analysis shows.

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    COVID-19 virus reinfections rare; riskiest after age 65

    March 19, 2021

    Initial infection was associated with about 80% protection overall against getting SARS-CoV-2 again.

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    Don’t discontinue osteoporosis meds for COVID-19 vaccines, expert guidance says

    March 11, 2021

    Recommendations help physicians distinguish between a reaction to the vaccine and a reaction to medication.

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