PATIENT safetyBackground: Falls are a major concern among hospitalized adults, and it is essential to identify high-risk patients to prevent falls. This retrospective cohort study conducted at the Asan Medical Center, Korea, compared the screening abilities of the at-point Clinical ...
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) piloted primary care intensive management (PIM) for patients at high risk for hospitalization or death, or “high-risk.” We evaluated whether a referral model would decrease high-risk patient costs. Design Retrospective cohort study using a quasi-experimental...
Mining geriatric assessment data for in-patient fall prediction models and high-risk subgroups. BMC medical informatics and decision making - Marschollek, G枚vercin, et al. - 2012 () Citation Context ... In particular, fall risk assessment/evaluation consists in determining the probability of a...
default doses do matter and lowering defaults for vulnerable patient groups such as elderly patients may be an easy way to reduce inappropriate use of high risk drugs for thesepatients", said
Medication adherence is crucial for managing chronic diseases, especially in complex, high-risk patients. Compliance packaging is a key tool for managing these populations.
We describe the case of an elderly patient presenting with critical double-vessel disease, severely depressed LV function, and a large LV thrombus in the setting of a mechanical fall causing spinal cord compression. In this report, we describe the use of a TandemHeart pVAD during high-risk ...
For example, a 65-to- 70-year-old patient with coronary artery disease will be at a greater risk of developing heart failure. Similarly, very young children, whose organs are still developing, tend to be more susceptible to the cardiotoxic effects of these treatments. Q: When does the ...
Not surprisingly, each patient had many interactions with the health system, including at least one hospitalization during the index year. They were heterogenous in their backgrounds, medical histories, knowledge, attitudes, and experiences. Complex, active medical issues, physical disability/frailty, ...
Gibbons are at risk of dying out across Southeast Asia, largely because of habitat loss. With just 30 inpiduals (个体) left, the Hainan gibbon is considered the rarest primate (灵长目动物) on Earth. All of these animals live on the Bawangling National Nature Reserve in Hainan, an island...
doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.3915 Key Points Question Is a fall prevention–specific tai ji quan intervention clinically more effective in reducing falls among older adults at high risk of falling than a stretching intervention (control) or a standard multimodal exercise intervention? Findings In a ...