Geriatrics
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Smart insole system helped reduce reulceration risk
NEW ORLEANS – Patients with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy who used a smart watch and specially designed smart insoles equipped with an alert...
News
A new sort of consultant: Advising doctors, patients on California’s aid-in-dying law
Conference Coverage
PAWSS tool identifies alcohol withdrawal syndrome risk
ATLANTA – A new scale for predicting complicated alcohol withdrawal syndrome in hospitalized medically ill patients had high sensitivity and...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Accelerated infliximab dosing halved colectomy rate in severe ulcerative colitis
Commentary
Give serious thought before starting antipsychotics in elders
Delirium is one of the most difficult problems for hospitalists to manage, in part because our management of delirium is often learned on the fly...
News
Midlife interventions help preserve later cognitive function
Conference Coverage
Age, lower baseline ALC increase dimethyl fumarate lymphopenia risk
Key clinical point: Dimethyl fumarate is probably not the best option for older patients with lower baseline lymphocyte counts. Major finding:...
Conference Coverage
Study shines light on ‘invisible epidemic’
ATLANTA – Early findings from the ongoing Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial–Depression Endpoint Prevention (VITAL-DEP) study are bringing to light the “...
Conference Coverage
Flu vaccination cut hospitalizations in heart failure patients
Key clinical point: When heart failure patients received an influenza vaccination, their rate of hospitalization for cardiovascular disease and...
Conference Coverage
Persistent SIRS, leukocytosis linked to unrecognized necrotizing pancreatitis
Patients who have persistent leukocytosis or persistent systemic inflammatory response syndrome on the day of scheduled cholecystectomy may have...