Geriatrics
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Physical/functional limitations top risk factor for late-life depression
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VIDEO: Functional noninvasive imaging cuts unnecessary angiography
Key clinical point: Screening patients with suspected angina via cardiovascular MR or myocardial perfusion imaging substantially reduced the rate...
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NSTEMI mortality decline attributed to invasive therapies
Key clinical point: Invasive coronary therapies largely account for the decade-long decline in mortality among patients hospitalized in the U.K....
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VIDEO: Smell test reflects brain pathologies, risk of Alzheimer’s progression
Low scores on the UPSIT olfaction test are related to both brain pathology and progression to dementia.
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Major depressive disorder increases acute MI risk in HIV
Key clinical point: Major depressive disorder is associated with a significant increase in the risk of acute myocardial infarction in adults...
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Flu vaccine prevented hospitalizations in patients 50 and older
Getting a flu shot cut flu-related hospitalizations by more than 50% in people aged 50 years and older.
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Most sepsis cases begin outside of the hospital
Sepsis is a medical emergency that begins outside of the hospital in 79% of cases. In addition, 72% of patients with sepsis had recently used...
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CMV viremia not culprit in high mortality of TB/HIV coinfection
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – Cytomegalovirus viremia is common in patients hospitalized for HIV-associated tuberculosis, but treating the CMV infection...
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ACS NSQIP Geriatric Surgery Pilot Collaborative: Evaluating variables for inclusion
A project to assess geriatric-specific variables for inclusion in the American College of Surgeons/National Surgical Quality Improvement Program...
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Retinal nerve fiber layer thinning predicts cognitive decline
Key clinical point: Thinning of the retinal nerve fiber layer was associated with poorer cognitive performance and predicted cognitive decline as...
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Early Alzheimer’s treatment decreases both costs and mortality
Key clinical point: Alzheimer’s patients who get early medical treatment have less risk of dying and incur lower health care costs. Major finding...