Rochon, MD, MPH, FRCPC Archives of Internal Medicine Abstract Background Inappropriate use or excessive dosing of psychotropic medications in the elderly is common and can lead to a variety of adverse drug events including falls, oversedation, and cognitive impairment. Methods We developed a data...
Today’s Geriatric Medicinetakes a deep dive into research pertaining to the social needs of women with gynecologic cancer. Datebook The Last Word Holmium laser enucleation, a gold-standard treatment for the prostate, has one geriatrician thinking about treating patients like family members. ...
Dr. Kauffman limited her practice in 1995 to Geriatrics and is currently the Director of Geriatric Dental Care at 3 local nursing homes. She also lectures in Geriatrics at Penn Dental Medicine and is the founder of the Dental LIFE program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Sh...
During the last year of medical school, students decide which type of medicine they will practice based on factors like personal interests and clinical experience. Those interested in geriatrics will apply for a residency program in this field. Residency training. During graduate medical education, ...
(they slow kidney disease progression), it is likely that in the near future, there will be a shift toward more liberal use in chronic kidney disease [52]. It should be noted that SGLT2is (like other drugs in HF treatment, such as ACEi/ARB and ARNi) result in an initial decline in...
Magnuson A, Canin B, van Londen GJ, Edwards B, Bakalarski P, Parker I. Incorporating geriatric medicine providers into the care of the older adult with cancer. Curr Oncol Rep. 2016;18:65. PubMedGoogle Scholar McDonald SR, Heflin MT, Whitson HE, Dalton TO, Lidsky ME, Liu P, Poer ...
Medicine, Psychiatry, Nursing, Geriatrics, Surgery, OBGYN, Pediatrics,Integrative Medicine, Public Health, Arizona Public Health Preparedness, and Informatics (Fig. 3). Although these offerings do not provide income to the program, they do “advertise” the capabilities of telemedicine and the ATP to...
toxicity without compromising survival," said senior author of the study, William Dale, M.D., Ph.D., the Arthur M. Coppola Family Chair in Supportive Care Medicine and director of the Center for Cancer and Aging at City of Hope, a cancer research and treatment organization near Los Angeles...
Rhinitis is an inflammatory disease, as such, mechanisms and presentation of the condition are altered as immune function changes with age, a concept entitled immunosenescence. A critical component of the immune system is the thymus, which rapidly involutes from adolescence to near middle age, follo...
Shaw M, Pelecanos AM, Mudge AM. Evaluation of internal medicine physician or multidisciplinary team comanagement of surgical patients and clinical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(5):e204088.https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.4088. PMID: 32369179...