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December 28-31, 2009
Infectious Diseases in the Adult Patient: A Primary Care Update
Sarasota, FL
www.ams4cme.comJanuary 27-30, 2010
Alliance for Continuing Medical Education 5th Annual Conference: Establishing Continuing Medical Education as a Pathway to Better Patient Care
New Orleans, LA
www.acme-assn.orgFebruary 1-5, 2010
Endocrinology and Rheumatology: The Most Useful Topics from Two Specialties
Sarasota, FL
www.ams4cme.comFebruary 8-9, 2010
Academy Health: National Health Policy ConferAuthor Index
Alabi TO, Haines CA. Predicting survival from in-hospital CPR. 2009;17(12):
34-36.Alessi CA, Ancoli-Israel S. The AGS Foundation for Health in Aging. Sleep problems. 2009;17(3):39-40.
Arnold SV, Rich MW. Hyperlipidemia in older adults. 2009;17(12):18-24.
Aronow WS. Cardiovascular disease in elderly women. 2009;17(10):38-43.
Aronow WS, Frishman WH. Treating systemic hypertension in older persons. 2009;17(2):28-32.
Baum N, Boyd W. Nocturia in older persons. 2009;17(3):22-24. [Correction:
2009;17(4):32.]Bharani N. AAGP Psychiatry Rounds. A case of late-onset
Case Presentation
AG, a 75-year-old Hispanic female, was informed by the receptionist in the waiting room of her primary care clinic that the physician with whom she had an appointment was available to see her. She had been attending this multispecialty teaching clinic regularly and was accustomed to seeing new resident physicians from different specialties. AG was sent to the office of the psychiatry resident who had recently started the clinic rotation and was scheduled to see a patient “AG” that afternoon. The resident had reviewed AG’s chart prior to asking the receptionis
Case Vignette
An 87-year-old man with well-controlled hypertension and no known cardiovascular disease had his cholesterol checked at a local health fair. He comes to the physician’s office with the following results: total cholesterol 245 mg/dL, triglycerides 141 mg/dL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) 57 mg/dL, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) 160 mg/dL. He is very functional and active, with no symptoms of angina or heart failure. How should this patient be managed?
Introduction
The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP)
Introduction
End-stage renal disease (ESRD), defined as chronic renal impairment severe enough to require renal replacement therapy, is rising in prevalence worldwide, and there are currently more than 500,000 patients with ESRD in the United States.1 This number is projected to exceed 780,000 by 2020, with patients age 65 years and older representing the fastest growing component of the ESRD population.1 As such, geriatricians and other healthcare providers must be familiar with common medical issues related to the older adult with ESRD. In a previous review, we discussed manageme
Introduction
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a serious, immune system–mediated complication of heparin therapy. If the condition of HIT is not detected in a timely manner, it often results in devastating thromboembolic outcomes. Since thrombocytopenia is common in hospitalized older patients, occurring in up to 58% of critically ill patients, and can be caused by a variety of factors,1 HIT, unfortunately, often remains unrecognized. Heparin, especially low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH), is a widely used drug in hospitals. It is important to be aware of HIT by recogni
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was developed to treat individuals who have a sudden unexpected cardiac arrest due to a heart attack, drug overdose, hypothermia, drowning accident, or other reversible condition. However, CPR is now widely used to treat arrests in people with severe underlying illnesses and poor overall likelihood of survival. The purpose of this article is to discuss patient and physician attitudes regarding CPR and survival from CPR, and to examine published general and disease-specific survival rates from in-hospital CPR. Through this, we aim to aid physicians in having
This issue of Clinical Geriatrics features articles that I hope you will enjoy reading as much as I have: “Hyperlipidemia in Older Adults,” “Predicting Survival From In-Hospital CPR,” and “Management of End-Stage Renal Disease in the Older Adult.” As I was reading these articles in sequence, however, I kept thinking of the healthcare debate and the cost of providing care to individuals in their last decade or less of life. Whether someone has hyperlipidemia, end-stage renal disease, cancer, or cardiac arrest, the cost of one’s healthcare is not insubstantial.
We recently have
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009
November 14-18, 2009
Orlando, FL______________________________
Investigational Left Ventricular Assist Device Prolongs Life in Advanced Heart Failure as Compared to FDA-Approved Pulsatile-Flow Device
Orlando, FL—A second-generation left ventricular assist device (LVAD) called HeartMate II achieved superior outcomes as compared to its predecessor, HeartMate XVE, in patients with advanced heart failure (HF) who were ineligible for heart transplantation. In the HeartMate II Destination Therapy Clinical Trial, 2-
Clinical Geriatrics Blogs
Coming in Future Issues of Clinical Geriatrics
Series: Diabetes in the Elderly
Series: Cancer in Older Adults
First Report® Conference Coverage: American Academy of Neurology, American Diabetes Association, 2010 Digestive Disease Week
Assessment and Classification of Pain in the Elderly Patient
Pharmacologic Management of Pain in Older Patients
Miscellaneous Pain Syndromes in Older Adults
Nonhernia Causes of Inguinal Pain in the Elderly
